Episode 113: Post-Ban Plans: Small Samples, Big Conclusions

So what next? This week The Three Friends talk about each of our favorite formats in the wake of what some have claimed is the biggest set of bans in MTG history. Is it? We don't know. BUT. We do know that there's new (and old) stuff going on in Modern, Historic, and Pioneer. We will be giving you a Break Down of ALL THREE formats, talk about our experiences playing the formats, and, of course, tell you what we'd play. Shane and Stan pivot table it up while Dave just reads some line graphs out loud. It's can't miss audio content! The Break Down: First Modern The Break Down II: Then Historic The Break Down III: Then Pioneer The Break Down IV: Yep, All Three 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: 1:28 - Housekeeping 4:32 - The Format-Palooza begins 6:16 - Modern post-ban event Break Down 13:47 - The winningest decks from Modern this week 19:00 - What's Modern about now? 22:26 - The NRG Open 31:39 - Stan's play experience 36:11 - Modern Cool Decks, Inc. 44:26 - What would we play in Modern? 47:21 - Historic post-ban meta Break Down 1:03:54 - Selensya Angels 1:14:26 - Golgari Elves 1:21:11 - What would we play in Historic? 1:25:14 - Pioneer post-ban event Break Down 1:39:41 - Pioneer Top 8s and Cool Decks, Inc 1:43:05 - Shane's play experience 1:46:00 - How is Pioneer different from Historic? 1:55:43 - What would we play in Pioneer? Links from this week's episode: 2/20/21 Modern Challenge: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/mtgo-standings/modern-challenge-2021-02-21 2/21/21 Modern Challenge: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/mtgo-standings/modern-challenge-2021-02-22 NRG Modern Open: https://mtgmelee.com/Tournament/View/4904 Selesnya Angels: https://mtga.untapped.gg/meta/archetypes/1041/selesnya-angels?format=historic&meta=current&rank=BRONZE_TO_MYTHIC&tab=decks&wincon=bo3 Golgari Elves: https://mtga.untapped.gg/meta/archetypes/984/golgari-elves?format=historic&meta=previous&min-matches=100&rank=BRONZE_TO_MYTHIC&tab=decks&wincon=bo3 2/20/21 Pioneer Prelim: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/mtgo-standings/pioneer-preliminary-2021-02-20 2/21/21 Pioneer Challenge: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/mtgo-standings/pioneer-challenge-2021-02-21 Grixis Release to the Wind: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/3781283#paper 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