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 17: The Best Unplayables
Episode | April 12th, 2019 | 1 hr 42 mins
The Break Down: We talk the SCG Cleveland Modern Open and the latest MTGO Modern Challenge.
The Dive Down: 4 cards (and a little bonus!) that aren't quite ready for prime time. Why they aren't there and what we're looking for to make them playable.
The Wind Down: A special announcement many of you have been waiting for! -
Episode 16: The Unholy Grail
Episode | April 5th, 2019 | 1 hr 46 mins
The Break Down: Dissecting GP Calgary, the Modern MOCS, and Tobi Henke's full meta packet of GP Bilbao.
The Dive Down: How best to use, abuse, and understand Chalice of the Void.
The Wind Down: Our first picks to click from War of the Spark. -
Episode 15: 1+1+1=7
Episode | March 29th, 2019 | 1 hr 45 mins
The Break Down: Analyzing the results from SCG Cincinnati's Team Open and Modern Classic.
The Dive Down: We dive down into the big green menace: TRON. How it works, what it's trying to do, and how you can try to stop it.
The Wind Down: The crew answers a listener question about the Modern decks we miss most. -
Episode 14: The Bird That Shan't Be Named ft. Ross Merriam
Episode | March 22nd, 2019 | 2 hrs 9 mins
The Break Down: Analyzing the results from GPs Tampa and Bilbao, and SCG Philadelphia.
The Dive Down: We interview Ross Merriam about Izzet Phoenix, tournament preparation, Modern Horizons reprints, and more.
The Wind Down: New decks the hosts are looking at. -
Episode 13: Modern Modulation ft. GP LA Runner-Up Gal Schlesinger
Episode | March 15th, 2019 | 1 hr 42 mins
The Break Down: Digesting all the top 8 results from the SCG Regionals
The Dive Down: Gal Schlesinger joins us for an interview to talk all things Hardened Scales
The Wind Down: Another B&R announcement with no changes -
Episode 12: Surgical Precision
Episode | March 8th, 2019 | 1 hr 43 mins
The Break Down: The Grand Prix Los Angeles metagame, fun and winning decks, and the power of Faithless Looting.
The Dive Down: How to avoid and overcome 3 problems related to Surgical Extraction.
The Wind Down: How Stan is prepping for this weekend's SCG Regionals. -
Episode 11: Dredge: It's Confla-Great!
Episode | March 1st, 2019 | 1 hr 48 mins
First things first, we talk about the announcement of Modern Horizons!
The Break Down - Feb 24 Modern Challenge and MagicFest Cleveland's Modern MCQ, as well as some spicy picks from this weeks Modern Leagues
The Dive Down - an in-depth look at Dredge: how it works, how it wants to win, and how to try to beat it
The Wind Down - We talk the newly proposed mulligan rule -
Episode 10: Prime Real Estate
Episode | February 22nd, 2019 | 1 hr 18 mins
We break down the GP Strasbourg and Magic Online Modern Mythic Champ Qualifiers, dive down into four different decks built around Primeval Titan, then wind things down with a conversation on what happens if your favorite deck gets banned.
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Episode 9: Sleeve It / Believe It / Heave It: The Latest Developments in Modern
Episode | February 15th, 2019 | 1 hr 20 mins
We go over GP Toronto and the Nerd Rage Gaming 5k in Milwaukee, then rate 5 of the latest winning decks in Modern, and finally define the burning question: what is a "casual spike?"
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Episode 8: To Tweak: Weak, or on Fleek?
Episode | February 8th, 2019 | 1 hr 20 mins
We talk about the Modern portion of the Team Constructed event at SCG Baltimore, then dive down into the highs and lows of tweaking decks for the metagame, and bring it home with a listener question.
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Episode 7: When In Doubt, Burn 'Em Out!
Episode | February 1st, 2019 | 1 hr 11 mins
We go over the latest Modern Challenge and the new Pod, talk about Stanislav's awesome finish at the SCG Classic, then dive down into a discussion of the latest experiments with Burn.
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Episode 6: My Shadow Hold Me Down 4 Whatever
Episode | January 25th, 2019 | 1 hr 17 mins
We discuss the banning of KCI and some MTGO tournament results, dive down into an analysis of Death's Shadow decks, and chat about Gavin Varhey's interview with The Professor.
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Episode 5: Pterry, Phoenix, and Pfriends
Episode | January 18th, 2019 | 1 hr 27 mins
We discuss the results of SCG Worcester, analyze ways to beat Izzet Phoenix, and break down our picks for the top modern cards from Ravnica Allegiance.
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Episode 4: I, For One, Welcome Our New Furnace Overlords
Episode | January 11th, 2019 | 1 hr 12 mins
The crew break down the SCG Non-Unified Team Modern and GP Oakland results, then talk about KCI, what makes a deck bannable, and the impact of some potential upcoming bans in modern.
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Episode 3: These Planes Were Made For Walking
Episode | January 5th, 2019 | 1 hr 17 mins
The crew talks about the MTGO Modern "Finals" (whatever that means) results, then dives down into the topic of Planeswalkers in Modern.
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Episode 2: 2018 in Review
Episode | December 29th, 2018 | 1 hr 15 mins
In this episode, the crew talks about the most impactful cards of 2018, then breaks down the 2018 metagame across all the Modern GPs.