Episode 304: Why Isn’t Faithless Looting the Best Card in Modern?

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In the first of our episodes diving into each card from the recent unbans, we take a deep look at Faithless Looting. First we take a look at the history of the card — all the way back to spoiler conversations — followed by a dive into many of the decks trying to play it in Modern today. Creativity? Check. Hollow One? Check. Phoenix? You know it. Dredge? Well, we almost forgot Dredge, but we at least mention it in passing. Why isn't it as powerful as it used to be? We have thoughts and those thoughts are what make us The Dive Down. And the recording of the thoughts, too. • Devon Does it Again • Draw Two, Discard Two, Do Nothing • We All Just WANT to Play Phoenix, Ok? 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_OBX And now receive 8% off your order of paper cards from Nerd Rage Gaming with code DIVE8 at https://www.nerdragegaming.com/ Timestamps: 2:58 - Housekeeping/this week's episode 5:59 - The Break Down begins: Devin, relax! 13:20 - The Dive Down begins: Why isn't Faithless Looting the best card in Modern? 16:20 - The History and Present of Faithless Looting 25:44 - Excitement Levels 29:45 - Anatomy of a Looting 32:45 - From Here it's Just Decks 33:15 - Jund Creativity 35:45 - Hollow One 40:47 - Grixis Reanimator/Froculus 43:14 - Izzet Phoenix 46:15 - Mono-Red Phoenix 49:15 - Other Decks 52:55 - The Faithless Looting grudge match 1:05:20 - Wrapping up 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

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In the first of our episodes diving into each card from the recent unbans, we take a deep look at Faithless Looting. First we take a look at the history of the card — all the way back to spoiler conversations — followed by a dive into many of the decks trying to play it in Modern today. Creativity? Check. Hollow One? Check. Phoenix? You know it. Dredge? Well, we almost forgot Dredge, but we at least mention it in passing. Why isn't it as powerful as it used to be? We have thoughts and those thoughts are what make us The Dive Down. And the recording of the thoughts, too. • Devon Does it Again • Draw Two, Discard Two, Do Nothing • We All Just WANT to Play Phoenix, Ok? 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_OBX And now receive 8% off your order of paper cards from Nerd Rage Gaming with code DIVE8 at https://www.nerdragegaming.com/ Timestamps: 2:58 - Housekeeping/this week's episode 5:59 - The Break Down begins: Devin, relax! 13:20 - The Dive Down begins: Why isn't Faithless Looting the best card in Modern? 16:20 - The History and Present of Faithless Looting 25:44 - Excitement Levels 29:45 - Anatomy of a Looting 32:45 - From Here it's Just Decks 33:15 - Jund Creativity 35:45 - Hollow One 40:47 - Grixis Reanimator/Froculus 43:14 - Izzet Phoenix 46:15 - Mono-Red Phoenix 49:15 - Other Decks 52:55 - The Faithless Looting grudge match 1:05:20 - Wrapping up 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/thedivedownSupport The Dive Down