Episode 44: Ascending Urza: A Whirld of Clicks

We go over the SCG Indy (AKA the Motor City) Open, then perform our patented deep dive process on the various Urza-based decks showing up in Modern! The Break Down: The Motor City SCG Open The Dive Down: Playing Vintage in Modern The Wind Down: How the podcast has impacted our play Become a citizen of The Dive Down Nation!: http://www.patreon.com/thedivedown Get 10% off your first 3 months of ManaTraders! https://www.manatraders.com/?medium=thedivedown and use code "thedivedown" Timestamps: 1:54 - Housekeeping 2:48 - The Break Down begins - SCG Indy's day 2 metagame 8:13 - SCG Indy top 8 20:01 - SCG Indy take-aways 23:20 - The Dive Down begins - how we're covering Urza 28:45 - The common thread - Urza! 35:24 - The artifact friends 45:09 - Paradoxical Urza 50:40 - Paradoxical Urza's payoffs 54:24 - Emry, Lurker of the Loch 58:18 - Planeswalkers 1:05:08 - Paradoxial Ascendancy 1:14:35 - Selecting between the Paradoxical versions 1:17:18 - Whirza 1:24:01 - How to beat Urza decks 1:28:30 - Our thoughts on Urza decks 1:34:45 - The Wind Down - are we better or worse? Links from this week's episode: The day 2 meta of SCG Indy: http://www.starcitygames.com/events/coverage/4664_day_2_metagame_breakdown.html The day 2 decks of SCG Indy: http://www.starcitygames.com/decks/Star_City_Games_Open/2019-10-12_modern_Indianapolis_IN_US/1/ Paradoxical Urza: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/2327485#online Paradoxical Ascendancy: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/2368650#paper 4C Whirza: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/archetype/modern-four-color-whirza#online 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