Dominaria's Judgment

As Dom and Ari swap their absentee roles for a bit, Gavin "alfaphrog" Thompson steps in to chat about the world of competitive Magic Online cube. How different are the try hard queues from your normal Vintage cube leagues, and what can be learned about drafting and building cubes from the experience of aiming to win over drafting the coolest Storm deck? Patreon / Twitter / Discord

With Ari off scaling the beanstalks of the Mediterranean, noted JOTS (Jarvis of the show) Jarvis Yu steps in for a rapid reaction to Monday's announcements and non-announcements. The nature of Booster Draft may or may not be able to change forever while Modern is chugging along as our previous guests do everything in their power to show why this visit to Eldraine may cause lasting damage too. Patreon / Twitter / Discord

Simon Nielsen has always been a fan favourite but he's no underdog now - he's the 2023 Player of the Year in a season that also saw historic runs from several of his comrades on Team Handshake. He loves giving interviews and he was kind enough to give us one this week, taking Dom through his background as a rising star first in Denmark and then the European and global GP circuit to his domination of online OP and the Pro Tour after its return to paper.  Competitive Magic with the Karnies (+ Simon) PT LOTR Draft Deep Dive Simon's YouTube channel Simon's coaching on Metafy Patreon / Twitter / Discord

Slow play is just one of many topics that consumed The Website this week so we went over Ari's article explaining how he avoided unintentional draws and all the awkwardness around them for years. What can designers, TOs, players, and judges do to address a problem that has plagued paper Magic since the beginning and is now a bigger problem than ever? We then turn to other timely and sobering threads: why coaching is/isn't a scam, and why all of competitive Magic is/isn't a scam, before raising a shared eyebrow at some of the early Pioneer RC results.  59:37 Discourse - Coaching  1:09:13 Discourse - Competitive Magic?! Show Notes Patreon / Twitter / Discord