Episode 106: Modern: Stop. Hammertime.

This week we asked our patrons to tell us what deck to do our next dive on, and they chose one of the up-and-comers of Modern: Hammer Time. And what do you know, it performed incredibly well at the ManaTraders Modern Tournament and put 4 decks into the latest Challenge top 8. What timing! We first go deep on the ManaTraders tourny, then head into the Dive Down to provide a thorough overview of Hammer Time: how do the pieces work together, how you should think about playing it, and how people will try to hate you out. The Break Down: Modern Manatraders Meta Madness The Dive Down: The 0s and 1s The Dive Down, cont: The 2s and +10/+10s Download the FREE Untapped Companion to track your stats, see your decklists, get details on your performance and more! Use our link to help us out without spending anything: https://mtga.untapped.gg/companion?utm_medium=affiliate&utm_source=youtube&utm_campaign=divedown Become a citizen of The Dive Down Nation!: http://www.patreon.com/thedivedown Get 15% off your first 3 months of ManaTraders! Timestamps: 2:39 - Housekeeping 6:39 - Break Down Begins 8:03 - Dave’s Tournament Report 12:36 - Manatraders Modern Metagame 40:27 - Dive Down Begins - Hammer Time 41:31 - What is Hammer Time? 48:44 - Steelshaper’s Gift & other cards that get hammers 51:50 - Sigarda’s Aid & other cards that cheat on equipment costs 58:42 - Ornithopter & other cards that wield hammers 1:03:41 - Mishra’s Bauble & other support cards 1:15:03 - Auriok Champion & other sideboard cards 1:19:23 - Playing the deck to various levels of success 1:27:14 - Keep or Mulls 1:32:43 - How to beat Hammer Time 1:37:48 - Why is Hammer so good right now? 1:42:14 - Who is this deck for & other parting thoughts Our opening music is Nowhere - You Never Knew, and our closing music is Space Blood - Goro? Is That Your Christian Name? Watch us stream our episodes every Monday night at 8pm Central: https://www.twitch.tv/thedivedown_shane email us: [email protected] twitter: https://twitter.com/thedivedown