Episode 156: Yawgmoth: We Persisted

This one goes out to the one I Yawg. It's been a long time coming, but it's finally time for us to sling some wither counters and get undying with everyone's favorite physician, Yawgmoth. Tune in to hear us fumble around with triggers, stacking, and life totals, and to hear Shane give his tepid approval to a deck beloved by millions. Stan's approval is even more tepid. Dave claims he'd rather be playing Titan (is that a bit?). Before we get into all this though, we go over one of this weekend's Modern Challenges and talk about the weirdness that is Jund Reclaimer and a few other things. Thanks for tuning in, #yawgsqwad! The Break Down: They Reclaim Sagas Now Don't They? The Dive Down: -1 for You, -1 for Me The Dive Down, pt.2: For the Yawg Stans but Not for Our Stan Check out our NEW SPONSOR, Barrister and Mann! https://www.barristerandmann.com/ Use code THEDIVEDOWN2022 for 15% off your first order of some incredible fragrances, soaps, beard oils, and more. Become a citizen of The Dive Down Nation!: http://www.patreon.com/thedivedown Get 15% off your first 2 months of ManaTraders! https://www.manatraders.com/?medium=thedivedown and use code "THEDIVEDOWN2022" Timestamps: 3:00 - Housekeeping 4:48 - Barrister and Mann Promo Time 6:20 - The Break Down - The Sunday Challenge 18:08 - Cool Decks, Inc. 27:26 - The Dive Down Begins - Yawgmoth! 30:00 - Our history with Yawg 32:05 - The Yawgmoth combo 37:15 - Yawgmoth, Thran Physician 42:52 - The Undying creatures 48:12 - The mana dorks 54:13 - The tutors 58:07 - Grist, the Hunger Tide 1:05:15 - Sideboard options 1:11:41 - Strategic considerations and playing with Yawgmoth 1:20:34 - Keeps and mulls 1:26:45 - Life-total management 1:29:00 - Matchups 1:35:20 - Proliferating 1:37:45 - Strengths and weaknesses of Yawgmoth 1:42:16 - Our bottom line on Yawg Links from this week's episode: Sunday's Challenge: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/tournament/modern-challenge-12372530#paper DemonicTutors Yawg list: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/4541927#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 Sunday night at 8pm Central: https://www.twitch.tv/thedivedown_shane email us: [email protected] twitter: https://twitter.com/thedivedown Leave us an audio message: https://www.podinbox.com/thedivedown