Dominaria's Judgment

This week we try to present a united front as we judge the official and not-so-official Dominaria previews available at the time of recording.  Patreon / Twitter / Discord Results (Modern): Challenges - Saturday / Sunday LMS Copenhagen SCG Balt Team / Modern 5k Previews (in order): Liliana of the Veil Temporary Lockdown Rundvelt Hordemaster Twinferno Haughty Djinn Inscribed Tablet Stenn Cut Down Karn's Sylex Resolute Reinforcements Llanowar Loamspeaker Astor, Bearer of Blades Plaza of Heroes Evolved Sleeper Serra Paragon Queen Allenal Painlands

The last SCG Baltimore was derailed by the pandemic - this one will hopefully go more smoothly and will test teams in Pioneer, Modern, and Legacy. We tackle all of those and celebrate mad genius cftsoc3's smart yet nonsensical Legacy Showcase win with a deckbuilding masterpiece. Patreon / Twitter / Discord Timestamps: 00:00 Results 15:10 Teams 20:00 Modern 27:30 Pioneer 1:28:20 Legacy 1:54:10 Nonsense Results (Modern): Challenges - Saturday / Sunday Nonsense: Possibility Storm (Pioneer) 4c Omnath Hammer (Modern) 5c Yorion Ephemerate by cftsoc (Legacy)

  (apologies for some slight audio issues this episode) The Modern Showcase [Tournament That Matters] took place last weekend and the results make for interesting viewing. We also take a chance to check in on some of the rising and falling stars of the format - which cards are still getting too much/little hype? Patreon / Twitter / Discord Timestamps: 00:00 Results 38:45 Over/Underrated 1:35:00 Nonsense Results (Modern): Showcase Challenges - Saturday / Sunday Nonsense: 4c Carth Planeswalkers

This week we dive into the kaleidoscopic blur of Modern Four-Colour Fill-in-the-blank and uncover a family of decks with more deckbuilding decisions and tradeoffs than almost anything else in the format. Should you stick with stock Four-Colour or embrace Traverse the Ulvenwald, Risen Reef, or something else entirely? We do our best to answer that question and many others for now. Patreon / Twitter / Discord Timestamps: 46:40 4c (stock) + Traverse 56:25 Ragavan 59:50 Understanding different variants + Risen Reef 1:12:24 Vivien 1:21:00 Glimpse (+ Yorion?) 1:33:50 Creativity 1:40:30 Bring to Light 1:46:00 Time Warp + other wildcards 2:00:50 Nonsense Results (Modern): Challenges (23/24 July) - Showcase / Sunday   Challenges (30/31 July) - Saturday / Sunday   F2F St John's NRG Chicago   Nonsense: 4c Turns   4c Snakes!  

This week Dom and Ari (and Taylor Swift, I guess) tackle a timeless question (just how am I meant to flip a bad matchup?) with some specific examples from Modern and beyond. Timestamps: 19:05 Flipping Bad Matchups 1:39:05 Nonsense Patreon / Twitter / Discord Results (Modern): Challenges - Saturday / Sunday Nonsense: BR Creativity (Pioneer) Puresight Merrow Hammer

Every Pioneer deck is in a quantum state - it's the hot new deck poised to take down your next tournament, and it also sucks! Today we investigate how both can be true - why do all the decks in the format feel so medium, and why is this perhaps the entire point of Pioneer? Timestamps: 31:15 Pioneer 1:43:00 Nonsense Patreon / Twitter / Discord Results (Modern): Challenges - Saturday / Sunday SCG Syracuse 30k / 5k F2F Toronto Nonsense: Vesperlark Urza Agent of Transmogrify Visits Modern Grixis Vampires (Pioneer) Metalwork Colossus (Pioneer)

This week we're back to tackle one of the most eternally vexing topics in Magic: sideboarding. After a spirited defense of the much-maligned sideboard guide, we cover as much ground as we can to help with sideboarding at your next match of Modern in a league or in a Standard tournament ten years from now. Timestamps: 39:40 Sideboarding 1:55:10 Nonsense Patreon / Twitter / Discord Results: Challenges (last week) - Saturday / Sunday   Challenges (this week) - Saturday / Sunday   Super RCQ   F2F Calgary   Nonsense: Sacred Ground Cascade (illegal!)   Alchemy Ignus Combo   UB Faeries/Ninjas