Episode 297: Modern: What to Play Before RCQ Season Ends

On this week's show, Dave tries to determine what to play during the one RCQ he can attend this season. We do our best to help him out by reviewing the latest Metagame Mentor, taking a closer look at Dimir Oculus, following in the steps of some Jeskai Control masters, and trying something new with Fear of Missing Out in Rakdos and Jund Delirium. The Break Down: Frank Loves Stats The Dive Down: Dave Needs a Deck 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 THEDIVEDOWNTEN And now receive 8% off your order of paper cards from Nerd Rage Gaming with code DIVE8 at https://www.nerdragegaming.com/ Timestamps: 7:25 - Heavy Play is our actual sponsor 9:00 - This week's show/housekeeping 14:36 - The Break Down begins: no Pioneer RCQs in 2025?? 22:35 - Frank analysis on Modern's current meta 34:22 - Current Modern winrates 41:54 - The Dive Down begins: Shane played Dimir Frogtide 1:04:32 - Dave and Devon played Delirium decks 1:17:30 - Stan played actual Jeskai Control Links from this week's episode: https://www.channelfireball.com/article/What-s-New-in-Modern-with-Duskmourn-House-of-Horror/80e67eba-474a-41bf-a704-15bc28755f02/ Jeskai Control by YungDingo/George Jabbour: https://x.com/YungDingoMTG/status/1844245120658653515 Dimir Oculus by Kane Daly: https://old.starcitygames.com/decks/159924 Jund Delirium by Offl1ne: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/6682017#paper Jund Delirium by d00mwake: https://www.moxfield.com/decks/OFxKWf-jx0WIiWlS_TWENg Rakdos Shadow by J from TDD Nation: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/6701125#paper Rakdos FOMO by @jacesdaddy from Twitter: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/6701123#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