Episode 241

Don't Play Control in Modern & RCQ Prep, ft. George Jabbour

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September 21st, 2023

1 hr 40 mins 16 secs

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About this Episode

President of the Narset fan club, George Jabbour, joins Stanislav to go over some tips to prep for the upcoming Modern RCQ season, a brand new sideboard guide tool, and why playing control is such a pain in the @$$.

Stan and George are gearing up for some Modern RCQs this weekend, so they swap notes on how they prepare for competitive tournaments in any format. Plus, George talks about his brand new sideboard tool, flexslot.gg, which he developed himself and is free for anyone to use.

Finally, we dive into control strategies, which are near and dear to George's heart, to go over why they're so tough to play, how they stack up against today's Modern metagame, and why some people should probably avoid them.

The Break Down: How to prepare for a Modern tournament.
The Dive Down: Never playing control again.

Timestamps:
1:12 - Stan gets Heavy
3:33 - Housekeeping
5:55 - George in the Grinder's Studio
17:41 - Tournament prep practices
48:19 - Sideboarding and flexslot.gg
1:00:25 - Special Shane smell appearance
1:04:40 - Talking about Control
1:14:07 - How to think about playing Control
1:21:48 - Evaluating Control finishers
1:27:47 - Controls matchups
1:36:38 - Promoting George
1:38:33 - Wrapping up

Links from this week's episode:
https://linktr.ee/jabjabber
https://shuddermtg.substack.com/p/how-bad-practice-can-make-you-worse-085

Our opening music is Nowhere - You Never Knew, and our closing music is Space Blood - Goro? Is That Your Christian Name?

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