Since 2017 the MTG Grindcast has broadcast weekly, talking everything competitive Magic, from up-to-the-minute metagame updates to Magic news to tournament coverage. Hosted by Chris Castro-Rappl and Lee McLeod and home to a rotating cast of guests including Dom Harvey, Jarvis Yu, and Jesse Robkin, we're bringing you your weekly dose of competitive MTG.
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It's ban discussion time! Thank goodness no one got a podcast episode out on this before we did! Get ready for some fresh, unsullied takes on legacy, modern, and pioneer!Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music!If you’d like to support the podcast, check out our patreon at patreon.com/mtggrindcast. Subscribers get swag and bonus content! And w…
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Grindcast 357: Lee and CCR fixed Magic
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We did it *sniff*Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music!If you’d like to support the podcast, check out our patreon at patreon.com/mtggrindcast. Subscribers get swag and bonus content! And whether you subscribe or not, you’re invited to join our discord, where we’re building a community of friendly people all looking to improve at the game w…
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Grindcast 356: Let's all shame Lee for liking Nadu
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Lee won his RCQ with Nadu...and he ENJOYED IT. How dare he? Join me in angrily shaking our fists at him, and then talking about Duel Commander and Standard because optimizing Nadu builds sounds just awful to me.Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music!If you’d like to support the podcast, check out our patreon at patreon.com/mtggrindcast. Subs…
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Grindcast 355: Lee and CCR Fix Magic
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Definitely don't miss this one, because we're tackling all the problems one by one and fixing them up, all for YOU!Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music!If you’d like to support the podcast, check out our patreon at patreon.com/mtggrindcast. Subscribers get swag and bonus content! And whether you subscribe or not, you’re invited to join our…
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Grindcast 354: Bloomburrow Set Review!
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You otter listen to this oneThanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music!If you’d like to support the podcast, check out our patreon at patreon.com/mtggrindcast. Subscribers get swag and bonus content! And whether you subscribe or not, you’re invited to join our discord, where we’re building a community of friendly people all looking to improve at…
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Grindcast 353: Standard Rotation Spectacular!
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Standard is rotating, everyone take cover! Will Domain survive the loss of triomes? Is there any way to make Aftermath Analyst work? Can you Relic without Gurk? All this and more!Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music!If you’d like to support the podcast, check out our patreon at patreon.com/mtggrindcast. Subscribers get swag and bonus conte…
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More Bloomburrow cards! A lot of them are bats! Boy is it a shame the Orzhov creature land sucks so much!Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music!If you’d like to support the podcast, check out our patreon at patreon.com/mtggrindcast. Subscribers get swag and bonus content! And whether you subscribe or not, you’re invited to join our discord, …
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It turns out Bloomburrow is the next set after all! This episode has it all: Mouse Knights, Frogs eloping, hot takes on decklists. Grab some dandelion cordial and come hang out!Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music!If you’d like to support the podcast, check out our patreon at patreon.com/mtggrindcast. Subscribers get swag and bonus content…
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Pro Tour MH3: Complete. Nadu: unbeatable. Probably. We're talking about our expectations for modern over the next few weeks, along with plenty of discussion of the newly-announced MTG Foundations and what that means for standard.Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music!If you’d like to support the podcast, check out our patreon at patreon.com/…
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Grindcast 349: No Bans! Only PT MH3! (with Mark Stanton!)
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Mark is back! We're talking all things modern in the runup to Pro Tour MH3, but we've also got some time to talk about the recent ban announcements as a pressure release for Lee before he explodes. This is a fun one!Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music!If you’d like to support the podcast, check out our patreon at patreon.com/mtggrindcast.…
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Grindcast 348: Modern Horizons 3 Set Review!
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It's here! The set is out and it's getting played and we delayed this episode just enough that we could cheat a little before wildly guessing at which cards are good or not. Don't worry though, there's still a hot take or two to carry the episode.Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music!If you’d like to support the podcast, check out our patre…
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Grindcast 347: A Kiss on the Forehead
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MH3 is here! But we haven't talked about all the interesting cards yet, so we're catching up today! One last overview of the set before our big honkin' set review next week. We've got Takes, Opinions, and What Have Yous.Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music!If you’d like to support the podcast, check out our patreon at patreon.com/mtggrindc…
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Grindcast 346: RC Dallas with Yoman5!
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Adam came to hang out! Fresh off of qualifying for the pro tour, we're talking Gurk, swapping stories, and then diving into the cards we're most excited for from MH3. Come hang out!Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music!If you’d like to support the podcast, check out our patreon at patreon.com/mtggrindcast. Subscribers get swag and bonus con…
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We're breaking down CCR's standard prep, his deck choice for the RC, and then a bunch of MH3 cards! Don't miss out! Woo! Magic!Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music!If you’d like to support the podcast, check out our patreon at patreon.com/mtggrindcast. Subscribers get swag and bonus content! And whether you subscribe or not, you’re invited…
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Previews are finally here! So let's talk about some of the cards that we've known about for weeks from blurry daguerreotypes someone sent in to Internet headquarters by stagecoach.Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music!If you’d like to support the podcast, check out our patreon at patreon.com/mtggrindcast. Subscribers get swag and bonus cont…
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Grindcast 343: Ante, Dexterity, Stickers, Attractions
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It's (technically) the largest ban announcement in magic history! We're talking the, frankly, confusing B&R announcement and then digging into some standard results!Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music!If you’d like to support the podcast, check out our patreon at patreon.com/mtggrindcast. Subscribers get swag and bonus content! And whethe…
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Episode 342: Bowdy 2: Electric Buckaroo
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It's back to our roots for a classic Lee and CCR episode, where we're going over the last week of standard and some Modern Horizons 3 spoilers!Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music!If you’d like to support the podcast, check out our patreon at patreon.com/mtggrindcast. Subscribers get swag and bonus content! And whether you subscribe or not…
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Grindcast 341: Jarvis Saddles Up Once More
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With Pro Tour OTJ in the books we grabbed Jarvis to talk us through it! We're talking Esper, Domain, SLOGURK, and even a little Orzhov Bronco today.Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music!If you’d like to support the podcast, check out our patreon at patreon.com/mtggrindcast. Subscribers get swag and bonus content! And whether you subscribe o…
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Grindcast 340: Saddling up for PT Thunder Junction (with Jake Beardsley!)
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Jake is here! And he's sharing his prep for Pro Tour: Outlaws of Thunder Junction. What new cards will come out to play this weekend? What draft strategies are we wielding? Come find out!Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music!If you’d like to support the podcast, check out our patreon at patreon.com/mtggrindcast. Subscribers get swag and bon…
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OTJ is out! And we're doing our best to keep up, with reports coming in of Slickshot Showoff and Satoru in older formats and a whole lot of brainstorming about Annie Joins Up in standard. Come hang out!Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music!If you’d like to support the podcast, check out our patreon at patreon.com/mtggrindcast. Subscribers g…
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Grindcast 338: Outlaws of Thunder Junction Set Review!
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Howdy! This week we're going through our top cards in OTJ and have come up with one absolute, uh, tumbleweed of an episode. From scorpion dragons to cactus people that aren't people, come check out all the hits!If you’d like to support the podcast, check out our patreon at patreon.com/mtggrindcast. Subscribers get swag and bonus content! And whethe…
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Grindcast 337: Lee tries to sign off by saying "Bowdy"
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More legends! More colors! More Thunder Junction previews!Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music!If you’d like to support the podcast, check out our patreon at patreon.com/mtggrindcast. Subscribers get swag and bonus content! And whether you subscribe or not, you’re invited to join our discord, where we’re building a community of friendly pe…
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Grindcast 336: Once Upon a Time in Thunder Junction
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It's preview season! We're looking at all the rootin'est, tootin'est cards from OTJ, preparing ourselves mentally for convoke with a playable manabase, and trying to figure out the easiest ways to commit crimes.Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music!If you’d like to support the podcast, check out our patreon at patreon.com/mtggrindcast. Subs…
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Grindcast 335: We took the RC slots and we doubled them
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Announcements! Post-ban modern results! Worldsoul's Rage! This episode has it all DO NOT MISS ITThanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music!If you’d like to support the podcast, check out our patreon at patreon.com/mtggrindcast. Subscribers get swag and bonus content! And whether you subscribe or not, you’re invited to join our discord, where we’…
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Grindcast 334: CCR has a Violent Outburst
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Oh no, they banned Violent Outburst! We served up our hot takes as fresh as possible this week!Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music!If you’d like to support the podcast, check out our patreon at patreon.com/mtggrindcast. Subscribers get swag and bonus content! And whether you subscribe or not, you’re invited to join our discord, where we’r…
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Harmonic Simultaneous 4-Set Spoilers
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We were too busy talking about Chicago last week to get to all the previews. But fear not! We're talking about your favorite criminals dressed up in adorable cowboy outfits and also a card based on the concept that Psychatog sounds like you're saying "psychic frog" wow maybe I can design cards one day too!Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our mus…
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Grindcast 332: Tales from MC Chicago
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CCR is back from Chicago, and he's got stories to tell! From a decent run in the 75k to Pro Tour birding to adventures in cubing, there's plenty to talk about. And that's not even getting into the Vein Ripper or 68 card Slogurk of it all!Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music!If you’d like to support the podcast, check out our patreon at pat…
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Grindcast 331: Chicago Bound! (with Mark Stanton)
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Mark was kind enough to stop by again and give us the inside scoop on his pro tour prep. We talk a LOT of Pioneer UW control, with a bit of Modern and MKM limited for spice. See you all in Chicago!Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music!If you’d like to support the podcast, check out our patreon at patreon.com/mtggrindcast. Subscribers get sw…
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I told you we'd get around to it! MKM is here, and it's already making waves in Standard and Modern. We explore all the darkest mysteries (like where are all the good black cards?) and the funniest detective caps. Come hang out!Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music!If you’d like to support the podcast, check out our patreon at patreon.com/m…
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Grindcast 329: The Lutri Episode (with Collins Mullen!)
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Collins is back, and he's here to talk about everyone's favorite otter! We do responsibly talk about modern in general for a bit, but then it's all business: singleton card choices and why Tombstalker is better than Jace the Mind Sculptor. Don't miss this one!Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music!If you’d like to support the podcast, check …
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Grindcast 328: Let's Ghent Down to Business
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With the European RC in the books it's time to check in on Modern, magic's...most stale format? Ok, maybe that's going a little too far but this looks like the most constricted modern format in a while. Don't worry, though, we've also got plenty of MKM previews to get through in this episode!Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music!If you’d li…
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CCR and Lee have been having success with very different standard decks, so we can't not talk about the format for a bit. But! We've got hella MKM cards, including a mana leak, adds for monogreen and maybe Incarnation in Pioneer, and a bunch of neat standard nonsense!Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music!If you’d like to support the podcast…
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Grindcast 326: An extra special episode (with Tannon Grace!) (Part 1 and 2 of 2)
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Whoa! Tannon stopped by today and we're talking about the RC system, the ins and outs of covering magic tournaments, and a pet topic: Deck Difficulty and You.Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music!If you’d like to support the podcast, check out our patreon at patreon.com/mtggrindcast. Subscribers get swag and bonus content! And whether you s…
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Grindcast 325: Some toxic takes on Standard
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CCR's coming off of a top 16 and top 32 in this weekend's standard challenges, and we're both prepping for our standard RCQ season that starts this week! Is domain dead--or just dead on magic online? Can this Bant deck featuring unplayable creatures and worse mana really be good? All that and more!Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music!If yo…
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Grindcast 324: Standard is just Big Limited
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Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music!We're back and ready to talk about standard! RCQ season is finally here and we've got, uh, two RCQs to prepare for locally. Maybe it wasn't worth ordering five hundred dollars' worth of standard cards?If you’d like to support the podcast, check out our patreon at patreon.com/mtggrindcast. Subscribers ge…
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CCR Guests on the Dive Down's Phoenix Episode
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Hey everyone! We traditionally take off for Christmas week, but CCR sat down with Stan of the Dive Down and Oaf McNamara to talk Phoenix at the close of Pioneer season. We figured we'd drop the episode into our feed as well in case you're jonesing, but make sure to check out their other episodes--the Dive Down does great deck dives and often has on…
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Grindcast 323: Cruising through Atlanta (with RC finalist Mark Stanton)
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Pioneer season is finally over! And although CCR couldn't quite close out RC Atlanta after a decent start, Mark took Phoenix all the way to the finals. We talk through prep, the tournament, and the Pioneer format with him in an extra large episode!Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music!If you’d like to support the podcast, check out our patr…
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In the wake of major Pioneer and Modern shakeups we're taking a look at how things are shaping up, especially with a new Splinter Twin-esque combo making big waves just before the RC!Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music!If you’d like to support the podcast, check out our patreon at patreon.com/mtggrindcast. Subscribers get swag and bonus c…
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Grindcast 321: They banned the beans
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Huge ban update in Modern and Pioneer! We saw some of these coming (because they...told us) but it's time to talk through the implications. Will the Fury ban free creature decks in Modern? Is Smuggler's Copter good enough for Pioneer? Let's find out!Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music!If you’d like to support the podcast, check out our pa…
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Grindcast 320: Appraiser? We hardly knew 'er
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Fresh, hot takes following the ban announcement announcement! Appraiser: gonna get banned. Karn: gonna get banned. But, like, not now. In a week. Probably. Strike through all the show notes that CCR created comparing different discover builds and sleeve up your lotus field deck because it's time for chaos at the RC baby!Thanks as always to Wave Sun…
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Grindcast 319: The Unhinged Modern Banlist Episode
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While Pioneer is on fire we took a little break to talk through the modern banlist. Our opinion: banning Grief isn't gonna work. The whole thing could use a once-over, and a lot of cards could come off the list. Are we totally off-base or did we just fix the format? Come yell at us in Discord!Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music!If you’d l…
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Grindcast 318: Lost Caverns of Ixalan Set Review!
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With the whole set released and legal on Magic Online it's time for our fully vetted and evidence-based set review! Only the finest pure gut takes as we look at everything from terrible pioneer combos to straight upgrades for the best deck in modern. Let's go spelunking!Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music!If you’d like to support the podc…
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Grindcast 317: Counting Ixalan's Playable Dinosaurs
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We're back with more LCI previews! We now have more than enough discard outlets to do whatever you want to do with the graveyard, infinite two-drops to curve into Raffine, and a solid three-and-a-half playable dinosaurs for your dino birds of paradise!Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music!By MTG Grindcast
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Grindcast 316: Discovering Ixalan (in a spooky way because we recorded on Halloween)
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Ixalan's back and it's...really cool? And an artifact set for some reason? We're going over the biggest hitters previewed so far, from a great one-drop for pioneer humans to--wait, an upgrade to modern scam? That can't be right. Spooky!Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music!By MTG Grindcast
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Grindcast 315: What is a podcast? A miserable pile of takes.
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Fresh takes here! We've got Marvel cards incoming and what kind of podcasters would we be if we didn't have Opinions on them? Plus Lee's got stories from cubecon and whoops almost forgot Ixalan previews just started. Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music!By MTG Grindcast
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Grindcast 314: Beans, Bans, and Boosters
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No changes to any format! But, by the way, draft is changing forever! We're going over everything from this past week including the all-new play booster. Come hang out!Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music.By MTG Grindcast
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Ok we're actually not really mad about Dr. Who but maybe a clickbait title will rocket us to fame and fortune in podcasting. We're talking about the tournaments we played this weekend, a bunch of nonsense in the twittersphere, and why do the Dr. Who cards...look like that?Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music!…
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Grindcast 312: Scam, Scales, and Savai Triomes
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We're keeping up with modern, and CCR talks about his favorite build of scam and the reasons behind the card choices. Plus we've got our first results from pioneer RC season and there's plenty to talk about!Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our musicBy MTG Grindcast
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Grindcast 311: Worlds and Stuff (with Jarvis Yu!)
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Jarvis is back from Vegas to regale us with stories of Ragavans and Princess Bride cards and Bean-based shenanigans. We're talking about new products, an itty bit of standard, and plenty of randomly interjected asides. Come hang out!Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music!By MTG Grindcast
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Grindcast 310: Magic Worlds with PT Champ Jake Beardsley
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Hey, would you look at that! PT Champ Jake Beardsley stopped by to talk about his Worlds prep. He answers all of our hard-hitting questions from "is the cascade deck real" to "would you ever draft UW in Wilds of Eldraine" and we even get to hang out with his cat!Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music…
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