Dominaria's Judgment

March of the Machine previews have kicked off, and so have hot takes about card types no one has played with! Dom and Ari discuss a lot of things about Battles and even more about team-up Legends, new planeswalkers, and all the other March of the Machine cards that might have impacts across Standard, Pioneer, and Modern. 00:00 - Battles, Battles, more Battles 35:00 - Preview Cards that aren't Battles 1:25:30 - Brief LotR discussion 1:31:50 -  Modern (and other format) Results 1:47:15 - Nonsense of the Week Patreon / Twitter / Discord Nonsense of the Week: Goryo's Omnath  Crashing Kavus 

Many moons ago, 'midrange' was an insult you hurled at a deck that couldn't justify its existence - now, midrange is the default dominant strategy in sane formats. We take a deep dive on the theory and practice of midrange past and present and what it says about the state of the game. 1:27:27 Results/Nonsense Patreon / Twitter / Discord LSV on why midrange sucks (2009)

After two action-packed weekends of Standard RCs, the format has taken shape - with more corners and edges than seemed possible at first. We tell tall tales about the best and worst decks of the format and discuss just what the Grixis mirror-breaker might be.  Patreon / Twitter / Discord

Jarvis Yu joins the podcast this week to catch us up with all things Four-Color Midrange now that Elesh Norn has kicked the deck back into gear! Patreon / Twitter / Discord 2:10 - Legacy Bans 7:25 - 4C Deck Discussion 49:45 - 4C vs the Meta Overview 1:02:30 - Modern Results 1:07:20 - Nonsense of the Week : 23 Mana Value, 1 Ad Nauseum

Dom went to the dark side and Scammed all comers in this month's ManaTraders Series so this week we take a deep dive on a deck that went from gimmick to Modern mainstay over the past few months. Amid war stories from the weekend we go over how to choose your mark, how to fix the supposedly awful Murktide matchup, and why this isn't your boomer relative's midrange deck - or a midrange deck at all. Patreon / Twitter / Discord 00:00 Scam! 1:25:55 Results