Episode 264: Rippin’ Veins & Takin’ Names at MagicCon Chicago

Last weekend was MagicCon Chicago — and wow are we tired, friends. Join the Rhino Boyz as we recap the main event, side events, and small events that made up what was a great weekend in the Motor City! Shane give a metagame breakdown of the PT. Stan takes a shot at the cup. D00m plays the hero. Dave falls in love with a bunch of real Jokers. • They Broke It • Rats, Assassins, Villians, and Free Spells • We Tried It Become a citizen of The Dive Down Nation!: http://www.patreon.com/thedivedown Show the world that you're a proud citizen of The Dive Down Nation with some merch from the store: https://www.thedivedown.com/store Upgrade your gameplay and your gameday with Heavy Play accessories. Use code THEDIVEDOWN2024 for 10% off your first order at https://www.heavyplay.com Get 10% off your first 2 months of ManaTraders! https://www.manatraders.com/?medium=thedivedown and use coupon code THEDIVEDOWN_3YO And now receive 8% off your order of paper cards from Nerd Rage Gaming with code DIVE8 at https://www.nerdragegaming.com/ Timestamps: 3:38 - Heavy Play is not on a PIP 6:18 - This week's show/housekeeping 10:42 - The Break Down begins: MagicCon Chicago! 14:11 - A Pro Tour MKM breakdown 39:08 - The PT Top 8 41:46 - Final thoughts on the PT 45:04 - 4 new sets from the MC Preview Panel 1:10:53 - An interview with Blake Rasmussen and Roy Graham from WOTC 1:32:30 - The Dive Down begins: Rakdos Vampires takes a bite out of Pioneer 1:52:48 - Wrapping up Links from this week's episode: PT Meta on Melee: https://melee.gg/Tournament/View/52679 Frank Karsten's WR%s: https://twitter.com/karsten_frank/status/1761570878737748061/photo/1 Preview card reference: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/articles/future-sets-spoilers-february-23-modern-horizons-3-thunder-junction-bloomburrow-and-assassin-s-creed Seth Manfield's/CFB's RB Vampires Decklist: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/6211825#paper Our opening music is Nowhere - You Never Knew, and our closing music is Space Blood - Goro? Is That Your Christian Name? email us: [email protected] twitter: https://twitter.com/thedivedown