About the show
The Dive Down is a Magic: The Gathering podcast focused on the latest decks, trends, and strategies for the casual spikes in Modern, Pioneer, Explorer, and more!
Each week your hosts Dave, Shane, and Stanislav discuss the latest innovations, competitive events, and level-up topics for paper and online players.
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Episodes and Blog Entries
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Episode 227: The Pod Tempts You, ft. aspiringspike & d00mwake
Episode | June 16th, 2023 | 1 hr 36 mins
This week Shane welcomes back two friends of the show — Devon O'Donnell (aka d00mwake) & Evart Moughton (aka aspiringspike) — to sub in for Dave and Stan to talk Pioneer and Modern.
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Episode 226: Pioneer RC Results and Modern Ring Temptations, pt. 1
Episode | June 8th, 2023 | 1 hr 49 mins
The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth spoilers are in full swing, so we dive into a bunch of cards that could see play in existing Modern decks or even create some new ones. Plus we recap the results of the latest Pioneer Regional Championship in Dallas.
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Episode 225: Boros Convoke: Demolishing Artifacts For Fun & Profit, ft. d00mwake
Episode | June 1st, 2023 | 1 hr 40 mins
Join us this week for our deep dive into the Pioneer's hype deck: Boros Convoke — followed by a quick preview of Dreamhack Dallas.
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Episode 224: B&R Hot Takes & NRG Minneapolis
Episode | May 25th, 2023 | 1 hr 17 mins
Stan and Shane combine forces to discuss the NRG Pioneer $10K in Minneapolis, and then give some hot takes about the changes to the B&R cadence and Standard's new 3-year rotation. What latest tech from March of the Machine (and it's Aftermath?) had an impact in Pioneer? And what do WOTC's changes mean for the future of our formats? Listen and find out!
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Episode 223: Getting Weird in the Aftermath of MOM, ft. d00mwake
Episode | May 18th, 2023 | 1 hr 23 mins
This week d00mwake joins Shane and Dave to go through a quick tour of the weirdness that happened in Modern and Pioneer MTG. We dive deep into several MTGO tournaments from the weekend and talk about the new decks that appeared — and the old decks that re-appeared.
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Episode 222: Aftermath and LOTR: The Spoilers Will Continue Until Morale Improves
Episode | May 11th, 2023 | 1 hr 16 mins
This week it's time for... you guessed it... more card talk on The Dive Down. We're doing double duty with a look at the cards that stand tall in the Aftermath of MOM and then a quick trip to Middle Earth to talk about some tempting new information. Listen. Now. You've been tempted.
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Episode 221: Deckfest 2 (Pioneer ed.): Gruul Elves & Boats, Dimir Rogues, Izzet Pyro, and Naya Tokens, ft. d00mwake
Episode | May 4th, 2023 | 1 hr 22 mins
Devon is here to make sure we're playing his Pioneer brews correctly. We tried out a ton of decks this week in Pioneer, including some more ways to play Ancient Imperiosaur, Meeting of Minds, and Elesh Norn. We found time to chat about a ton of Modern data!
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Episode 220: Sleeve/Believe/Heave: Decks Go Marching (Modern and Pio)
Episode | April 27th, 2023 | 1 hr 36 mins
It's Sleeve Believe Heave week for new cards from March of the Machine. We play Modern and Pioneer with cards like Ancient Imperiosaur, Rona, Herald of Invasion, Fairie Mastermind, and more!
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Episode 219: Pio d00m Brews & Modern SCG Richmond, ft. d00mwake
Episode | April 20th, 2023 | 1 hr 41 mins
This week we get to look at the first paper Modern tournament featuring the new cards of March of Machines - the $20K Modern RCQ that took place in Richmond this past weekend. We go over the metagame, the performances, and the top 12 decks! Following that, d00mwake is back to talk to us about a bunch of brews he has for Pioneer, featuring some hot tech from MOM. Is Jeskai Ascendancy back? Is Invasion of Tarkir going to change Pioneer? We don't actually know yet, but we sure can hope!
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Episode 218: These Machines Are Making Me Marchy, pt 2
Episode | April 13th, 2023 | 1 hr 19 mins
The boys are back for some more spicy takes and overall expectations for March of the Machine. We chat about some new instant speed draw spells, some potential combo shenanigans, and our called shots on the set's potential sleeper hits.
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Episode 217: These Machines Are Making Me Marchy, pt. 1
Episode | April 6th, 2023 | 1 hr 20 mins
There's a new card in town, and we're here to chat about Battles (including the band) during our first look at spoilers from March of the Machine, a Magic set that comes out in April...
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Episode 216: Rhinos Overrun NRG & Pure Modern Preview, ft. d00mwake
Episode | March 30th, 2023 | 1 hr 51 mins
Devon O'Donnell returns to help us break down the results of this weekend's NRG Chicago Modern and Pioneer trials. Then chat about d00mwake's own upcoming Pure Modern tournament and what to play in a tournament without Modern Horizon cards.
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Episode 215: New Sets, First Looks: Shadows Over Hobbiton
Episode | March 23rd, 2023 | 1 hr 28 mins
Sure it's 3 months away, but if that doesn't stop WOTC from sharing The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth spoilers, what should stop us from talking about the summer's straight to Modern set? Then we dust off our old Arena accounts to play some new Innistrad cards.
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Episode 214: Deckfest 1: Tyvar Sac, Spirits, Elves, Calibrated Blast, and Humans, ft. d00mwake
Episode | March 16th, 2023 | 2 hrs 6 mins
Our international relations split today's show into two sections, and a new episode tradition was born. Join us for a multi-format look at some our favorite tribes, a new take on Calibrated Blast, and the latest version of Pioneer Sac.
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Episode 213: Let There Be Combo, ft. Ryan Donkin
Episode | March 9th, 2023 | 1 hr 15 mins
Fresh off the heels of his RCQ win with Amulet Titan, our Twitter friend Ryan Donkin joins us to break down the power of Mycosynth Garden, pour one out for Ad Nauseum, and how to count all the triggers in Glimpse of Tomorrow decks.
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Episode 212: Modern's Back & So is Stanislav!
Episode | March 2nd, 2023 | 1 hr 23 mins
Well, here it is. The week you've all been waiting for — the Rhino Boyz finally get back their Rhino format. And also, Stanislav is back. We take a look at the Top 32 metas of all the MTGO Challenges from 2/10 – 2/24 and throw in some data on the Manatraders February final to boot. Hear what we sound like during a daytime recording (for the first time ever) and also hear what we sound like in British accents (hopefully for the last time ever).