Episode 112: Roll That Beautiful Ban Footage ft. Aspiringspike

Well, those were some bans. And we're here to talk about them, with our regular guest host Evart Moughon, aka Aspiringspike. We first discuss the big bans in Modern, Pioneer, and Historic, then head into the Dive Down to talk about what these changes mean for the formats themselves. The Break Down: They Really Really Did It The Dive Down: The Face of the New Formats The Dive Down, cont: Why Does This Keep Happening? 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! https://www.manatraders.com/?medium=thedivedown and use code "thedivedown" Timestamps: 2:33 - Housekeeping 4:59 - The Break Down fake begins - we give Spike an open door and he runs through it 8:08 - The Break Down actually begins - takes on the bans 8:53 - WOTCs statement on why they made some bans 15:00 - The Modern bans - Uro, Titan of Nature's Wrath 22:15 - Field of the Dead/Mystic Sanctuary 27:21 - Simian Spirit Guide 31:52 - Tibalt's Trickery 35:56 - The Cascade rule change 38:51 - Will Modern be more fun? 43:45 - The Historic ban - so they banned Uro here, too 51:00 - The Pioneer bans 52:25 - WOTC's stated vision of Pioneer 55:18 - Teferi, Time Raveler 58:10 - Balustrade Spy/Undercity Informer 59:00 - Will Pioneer be better now? 1:04:15 - Final thoughts on all of this 1:08:38 - The Dive Down begins 1:09:05 - What looks good in Modern? 1:21:24 - Modern's other victims 1:28:42 - Historic's post-ban winners 1:34:52 - What are the dark horses in Pioneer? 1:42:35 - Formats full of possibilities? 1:44:50 - Why does this keep happening? 1:58:56 - Closing out Links from this week's episode: The 2/15/2021 B&R: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/news/february-15-2021-banned-and-restricted-announcement Watch Aspiringspike on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/aspiringspike Find Aspiringspike on Twitter: https://twitter.com/moughonevart 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