Premodcast

The season has completed and Mike and Jared are here to give their thoughts. (Spoiler they like it!). We go through character by character tracing their arcs, what we liked what we didn't, and close with a look to the future. Enjoy!

High-ranking member of the Duress Crew Bradley Stone stops by to give the premodcast and all of you an exclusive run-down of next year's DuressFest/North American Premodern Championship! Sign-ups are live now at:  https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/duresscrew/duressfest Don't put it off! One of the critical things we discuss is that if they don't reach the goal it does not fire. The boys go over this and more, we're already excited and think all of you will be too!

The dragons are back! And so are Jared and Mike to talk about an incredible opening to the newest season of HotD.

Brian Kowal joins the gang to tell about his lobstercon experience along with Andrew and Jared's 49 minutes in the Dante. 

It's that time of year again! Lobstercon is fast approaching and who better to analyze the meta with than last year's champion Rich Shay. Best of luck to all the participants and we wait with baited breath to see who will emerge victorious!

We say hello, we say goodbye! Jared and Mike give their thoughts on A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms season 1. Spoiler alert, we loved it!

Jared and Mike venture back to Westeros to discuss the first two episodes of Knight of the Seven Kingdoms. HBO's latest Song of Ice and Fire series adapting the Dunk and Egg novellas.

And here's the promised bigger episode. The boys are joined by PM heavy-weights Fran Pawluszek and Tom Metelsky to discuss how we expect the premodern meta to shift as the tide goes out.

Hey friends! We were planning to record an episode later in the week with guests, but had to give a rapid fire response to the big news of the day. Enjoy and stay tuned!

Hello Premodern heads and farewell 2025. The boys get together to just chit chat about Premodern in the last quarter of the year. And then stick around for Jared's interview with Martin Berlin as he bestows The Premodern Magic Community Award 2023 on everyone's favorite Goblin King. We recorded the episode on December 4th so there won't be any discussion of the insane Lobstercon 2026 roll-out that occurred this past Sunday.

Howdy howdy! The gang is back for the school year to talk about their premodern and some Old School summers, as well as some OS Lobstercon hype and the buzz around PM Lobstercon just starting out. Stick around for a top 8 of Nemesis and Prophecy because those sets had to be combined for reasons.

Lobstercon may be long over but we're still recovering! The boys are back to chat about their experiences and what we think it means for the format moving forward. A look to what the future may hold!

He's baaaaack! Jared rejoins the cast to get everyone hype for Lobstercon this weekend!!! We couldn't be more excited and look forward to letting the good times roll!

Hello! We're back with the episode Andrew has been waiting for, an interview with Chris Tolar after winning the January monthly with Enchantress! If you like Replenish as a 1-of and Opalescence as a 2-of this episode is for you.

Hello 2025! Mike and Andrew are joined by Chris DiBiase, the face of Magic Online's Premodern scene. He explains the ins and outs of the world of MTGO and the great system they have going. For anyone who is considering joining MTGO to get more premodern in you can't miss this one!

Happy Holidays all! As the year winds down everyone is abuzz about the state of the format, so we had Tom Metelsky on to talk about our feelings on premodern right now. Stay tuned for his tier list!

In preparation for Thanksgiving the crew goes through many different topics of Premodern, as well as the state of Modern Magic, Pre-Fire Modern, plus off topic family and life events. All neatly wrapped up with our Mercadian Masques Top 5. Happy Holidays all!

Lobstercon 2024 is in the books! The gang invites Duress Crew leader and Saturday Side Event TO Nick Mayo to go over the weekend that was. We also look forward to Lobstercon 2025 already being planned, May 2nd and 3rd 2025 for Premodern!

And here we are, less than a week from the main event. Lobstercon hosted by the one and only Jared Doucette and Dave Firth Bard will fire alongside Euro Champs across the pond this week. We have Tom Metelsky on to go over his tier list so everyone can get a sense of what to expect, can't wait to see everyone!

And we are back after a bit of a hiatus to go over the summer Premodern events. Then a look forward to Lobstercon and Euro Champs!

And we are back just in time for the end...well not really. Jared and Mike meet one more time to discuss the second half of House of the Dragon season 2 with a focus on the finale, the effect of a shortened season, and a brief look ahead. Enjoy!

And thus we arrive at Rook's Rest! Jared and Mike discuss the episode which contains the first major battle of the Dance. Highly anticipated and highly consequential!

Two lovely gentlemen discussing two fantastic expisodes from season two of House of the Dragon. Sorry we didn't get one in last week, but we make up for it with a longer than usual episode of the HotDcast.

House of the Dragon is back baby! And so is the HotD-cast. Jared and Mike discuss the first episode of season 2 and look forward to the rest of the season.

It is time for another premodcast! The gang chats about Mike's participation in PSS6, as well as the skipped over Urza's Legacy top 5. Around minute 56 we give some tournament announcements that we forgot to do at the beginning, sorry! Be sure to check that out, looks like a lot of events coming up so be on the look out for Premodern near you!

It's that time of year again, premodcast's annual meta- analysis. With the rising popularity of the format we changed things up a bit, instead of crunching the numbers on TC Decks the boys are joined by Premodern All-Star Tom Metelsky who provided his personal tier list. And yes a brief discussion on "the state of premodern" enjoy!

The boys are back to discuss the rise of RG Terraponza, UW Flippi, and a fun twist on FEB. It's also time for another top 5...although mistakes were made and it should have been Urza's Legacy we plow ahead into Urza's Destiny.

Hello 2024! The gang kicks off the year by bringing back guest Michael James Heup, as he along with all 3 members of the cast attended an in-person Premodern tournament on January 13th. And one of the 4 took their tournament down! Who could it be? Listen and find out!

And we're back! The gang talks about the 5 major tournaments that went on in the last month, and the resulting exciting rise of White Weenie. Happy Holidays all and we look forward to 2024!

The guys are back to talk about the recent changes made to the Online Webcam Monthly tournaments. As well as go over the two major European tournaments that took place in the last month. Euro Champs in Germany and Spanish Nationals, congrats to the winners and all participants!

Fresh of his big win at the Sacred Torch Showdown in NYC, Mike takes the guys through his day. Big thanks to  Phil Nguyen, Jeff Farris, Jordan Navarette, and Lanny Huang for putting on an incredibly fun and successful in person tournament in the heart of Manhattan at Bifrost Games. Then a set too big for top 5, the guys do their top 8 Urza's Saga cards.

With the Land Tax ban settling in we decided to take a look at the rest of the banned list. And who better to consult than the host of the Banned Series Mike Arnold. In his second appearance Mike braves the hurricane hitting SoCal to share his expertise on this particular topic. Buckle up it's a good one!

Emergency episode! Tune in for the Premodcast crew's takes on the big shake-up.

Fresh off his top 8 at the Midwest Premodern Championship Robin Lundh stops by to make a 3-peat appearance on the Premodcast, and give Mike the chance to discuss Hermit FEB on his own podcast! Bear with us as we attempt to explain this confusing monster of a deck. Congrats to all the winners and attendees of the Midwest Championship and thanks to Brian Kowal and Mike Heup for putting it on.

With the changing season lots of awesome premodern events coming up. The boys talk a little more Lobstercon and give their Exodus top 5. Good luck to all those attending the upcoming events!

Lobstercon 2023 was a resounding success! And here to discuss it we have the winner himself, Brian Selden. A mere 25 years after being the Magic World Champion with Rec Sur, gifting our community a plethora of discount gold-bordered staples, he received another copy of Survival of the Fittest. This time stamped with North American Premodern Champion. Big thank you to everyone who had a hand, no matter how small, in making Lobstercon great. And a huge thank you to Jared and Dave for pulling it off yet again.

As June is upon us the preparations are in high gear for Lobstercon. The crew talk to Premodern master, mainstay, and all-around good guy Tom Metelsky about what to expect and what to be surprised by. And for those who can't make it to LC there is abundant meta discussion you won't want to miss.

And we are back with an interview episode of Premodern staple Patrick Burt! If you played or played against a green-white land-based value deck you probably have Patrick to thank (or curse). He goes over the ins and outs and all the what have yous, enjoy!

Just in time for the Spring Fling we go over the 2022 meta analysis provided by Fede Rico (thank you!). As well as the freshly crunched numbers (thank you Jared) on the 2023 meta so far. Also below is the link for Tom Metelsky's daughter's go fund me, please check it out!https://www.gofundme.com/f/x93j8-milas-spinal-surgery?2023 meta spreadsheet:https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1GLzmtUQWYzYNKYnokm6oq8ki24iqg7LbN3p15QDZ5nA/edit?usp=sharing

With the genius altering of the Rock by Lanny Huang the gents analyze it and other classic archetypes that can and have been re-vamped. A bottomless pit of possibilities and a topic that will likely be revisted. Then with the 25th anniversary of Stronghold a top 5 is in order.

The premodcast is back with a guest episode. We interviewed Will Hirst after his incredible run of multiple first place and top finishes in the past 4 months.

Welcome to 2023! The gang goes over the meta from 2022 highlighting the top 4 in each monthly. Pop the champagne and enjoy!

And we are back to go over the latest in Premodern. Lots of major tournaments over the past month both IRL and online. As well as a return of the deck tech segment: Counters, Burns, and Broken Things. Mike gushes about the Mono Blue Dreadnought deck that has been taking the community and top 8s by storm.

Howdy all! We are back with a catch up on a number of events and happenings in the premodern world. Jared's journey to LA for the West Coast Premodern Championship. Then onto a top 5 of one of the best sets in Premodern....Tempest.

The Finale!

The Council of the Greens and the Crowning of Aegon II

All Hail Viserys First of His Name!

The boys welcome Aaron Dicks back to the states fresh off his almost top 8 at Euro-Champs. If you didn't know the largest in-person Premodern tournament (so far) recently occurred you're in luck! You get an in person retelling of the weekend by Aaron, the sole American to attend. You can find the full stream on www.twitch.tv/wakwakmtg . Congrats to Marc Eric Vogt for his win! We also talk about the big news of the day. . . Show and Tell is officially unbanned in Premodern!! Lastly, one of our Premodern brothers was hit badly by Hurricane Ian. If you've ever had the pleasure to play against Ryan Grodzinski you know he is one of the true representatives of everything the Premodern community is about. Here's the link to he and his family's go fund me.https://gofund.me/f10a8786

Funerals, dragon-taming, fights and eyes!

Sorry for the delay! But we are back and raring to go with a massive content-filled episode for the new era the show has brought us to!