Top Level Podcast

Sorry beatdown boys... It looks like this is /actually/ a Torrential Gearhulk format! Find out about the Pro Tour's hot Torrential Gearhulk decks here.

Direct download: torrential-gearhulk.mp3
Category:Standard -- posted at: 11:04pm EDT

Two big topics on this week's cast! 1: We revisit Schools of Magic per a Sean O'Brien Patreon request, and 2: Blossoming Defense and more Kaladesh in Modern

Direct download: blossoming-defense.mp3
Category:Modern -- posted at: 11:22pm EDT

There were 32 copies of Smuggler's Copter -- the maximum number -- in the first SCG Open Top 8 with Kaladesh. Play any Smuggler's Copter deck you want.

Direct download: smugglers-copter.mp3
Category:New Cards -- posted at: 12:29am EDT

Is new Kaladesh card Madcap Experiment too good in Modern? Learn about a sweet one-card combo that might just make it so!

Direct download: madcap-experiment.mp3
Category:Modern -- posted at: 12:44am EDT

Kaladesh is going to make Magic fast again... And Toolcraft Exemplar will be one of the best, and fastest (and not just in Standard).

Direct download: toolcraft-exemplar.mp3
Category:New Cards -- posted at: 12:10am EDT

Voltaic Brawler will be the centerpiece of a new Energy Aggro deck.

Direct download: pure-energy.mp3
Category:New Cards -- posted at: 12:24am EDT

Combustible Gearhulk completes the Kaladesh Gearhulk Cycle

 

 

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Category:New Cards -- posted at: 2:38am EDT

New set Kaladesh brings with it three (five?) great new Planeswalkers. Pro Tour Hall of Famer Patrick Chapin and Michael J Flores walk through new Nissa, new Chandra; other new Nissa, other new Chandra + Saheeli Rai in this podcast.

Direct download: Planeswalkers-of-Kaladesh.mp3
Category:New Cards -- posted at: 12:18am EDT

Wild Nacatl potentially pushes Naya Burn from "Lava Spike Deck" to "Red Aggro" in terms of macro archetype. What are the trade-offs for this move in Modern?

Direct download: wild-nacatl.mp3
Category:Modern -- posted at: 5:25am EDT

Patrick Chapin and Michael J Flores explore exciting and powerful decks that DIDN'T make the Top 8 of the Star City Invitational in New Jersey. In particular the U/G Crush of Tentacles archetype had two players with 7-1 records or better... And of course there was Shaheen Soorani with an undefeated Esper Control...

Direct download: crush-of-tentacles.mp3
Category:Standard -- posted at: 2:43pm EDT