The Dive Down podcast

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The Dive Down is a Magic: The Gathering podcast focused on the latest decks, trends, and strategies for the casual spikes in Modern and constructed! Each week your hosts Dave, Stan, and D00mwake discuss the latest innovations, competitive events, and level-up topics for paper and online players. Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thedivedown Proudly sponsored by Heavy Play, a new card gaming accessories brand that'll improve your gameplay and game day. Use code THEDIVEDOWN2025 for 10% off your first order at https://www.heavyplay.com/ We're also sponsored by ManaTraders, the best Magic card rental service for both Magic Online and paper! Get 25% cashback after 3 months of using ManaTraders! https://www.manatraders.com/?medium=thedivedown or use Manatraders coupon code THEDIVEDOWN

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Episode 314: Staying Busy Until Bans & Dragons Burn it All Down 1:08:46

4 days ago1:08:46

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On this week's show, we discuss how to approach deck practice in Modern and Standard even though both formats are about to see significant changes. Stan plays some Living End and Jeskai Energy, d00mwake plays Lumbering Worldwagon in as many decks as possible. Plus some Dragonstorm: Tarkir spoilers! 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 THEDIVEDOWN2025 for 10% off your first order at https://www.heavyplay.com Get 25% Cashback after 3 months of service with ManaTraders! https://www.manatraders.com/?medium=thedivedown and use coupon code THEDIVEDOWN And now receive 8% off your order of paper cards from Nerd Rage Gaming with code DIVE8 at https://www.nerdragegaming.com/ Timestamps: 4:56 - This week's show/housekeeping 9:23 - The Dive Down begins: Talking Modern bans/unbans 30:14 - Some Standard discussion 50:04 - More Tarkir: Dragonstorm spoilers 1:06:54 - Wrapping up Links from this week's episode: Gruul Hawk: https://moxfield.com/decks/STjZ2b_B7UOIB518BQYpLg Selesnya Wagon: https://moxfield.com/decks/8XnQjL4pS0qgKD8eAYqUzw Boros Monument: https://moxfield.com/decks/ycv8IOlQ2UKDxOhuli2phQ Gruul midrange: https://moxfield.com/decks/o2UKm5ROIUGGXgDfAlQviA Our opening music is Nowhere - You Never Knew , and our closing music is Space Blood - Goro? Is That Your Christian Name? email us: thedivedown@gmail.com Support The Dive Down…

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Episode 313: Is Ugin Sexy Enough to Save Modern? 1:07:13

11 days ago1:07:13

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On this week's show, we review the coolest decks from the Hunter Burton Memorial Open, the Spotlight Series in Utrecht, and the Southeast Asia RC in Bangkok. Then we wrap with a first look at Dragonstorm: Tarkir and admire yoked Ugin. 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 25% Cashback after 3 months of service with ManaTraders! https://www.manatraders.com/?medium=thedivedown and use coupon code THEDIVEDOWN And now receive 8% off your order of paper cards from Nerd Rage Gaming with code DIVE8 at https://www.nerdragegaming.com/ Timestamps: 6:18 - This week's episode/housekeeping 12:28 - The Dive Down begins: It's time to talk Modern (again) 14:56 - Modern observations following Modern events, and Cool Decks, Inc. 46:38 - Some Tarkir Dragonstorm spoilers 1:04:04 - 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: thedivedown@gmail.com Support The Dive Down…

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Episode 312: Breach Takes Charlotte and Other Modern Tales 1:07:17

18 days ago1:07:17

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The final Modern RC of the season is now behind us, but the story of Temur Breach's dominance continues. We chat about the event metagame, the incredible amount of Grinding Station decks in the top 32, and D00mwake's experience playing Eldrazi. 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 THEDIVEDOWN2025 for 10% off your first order at https://www.heavyplay.com Get 25% Cashback after 3 months of service with ManaTraders! https://www.manatraders.com/?medium=thedivedown and use coupon code THEDIVEDOWN And now receive 8% off your order of paper cards from Nerd Rage Gaming with code DIVE8 at https://www.nerdragegaming.com/ Timestamps: 6:46 - Housekeeping/this week's episode 9:32 - The Dive Down begins: RC Charlotte 13:30 - The Day 1 metagame and Stan plays a game 24:08 - How the best decks in the format did 28:55 - The top 32 41:25 - Devon's Charlotte experience and our next Modern steps 1:04:42 - 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: thedivedown@gmail.com Support The Dive Down…

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Episode 311: Eldrazi Innovations & A Modern Dose of Ketramose 1:04:20

25 days ago1:04:20

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With RC Charlotte on D00mwake's doorstep, Devon shares the results and findings of his practice for the one of the year's biggest Modern tournaments. Dave kicks off the show a look at the metagame data from last week's Modern RC in China, then Stan wraps up with his new found fondness and admiration for Ketramose in Orzhov Blink. 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 THEDIVEDOWN2025 for 10% off your first order at https://www.heavyplay.com Get 25% Cashback after 3 months of service with ManaTraders! https://www.manatraders.com/?medium=thedivedown and use coupon code THEDIVEDOWN Try out our new promo code for Magic Mind! Visit https://magicmind.com/divedownUse or use code DIVEDOWN at checkout to get up to 48% off your first subscription or 20% off one time purchase of Stan's new favorite mental performance shot. And now receive 8% off your order of paper cards from Nerd Rage Gaming with code DIVE8 at https://www.nerdragegaming.com/ Timestamps: 9:26 - This week's episode/housekeeping 14:03 - The Dive Down begins: RC China results! 29:09 - Devon's Eldrazi testing 46:02 - Stan played Ketramose 1:01:23 - 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: thedivedown@gmail.com Support The Dive Down…

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Episode 310: A Lot of MaRo in Chicago 1:58:28

5 weeks ago1:58:28

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MagicCon: Chicago was the biggest MagicCon ever, in part because The Dive Down was there to experience it. This week's show features conversation we had at the Con with Mark Rosewater, Blake Rasmussen, and Athena Froehlich. We chat about a couple cards revealed from Tarkir: Dragonstorm and gather some WOTC insights following December's Modern unbans. A Preview Panel! A Chat with Blake! MaRo's 20 Cards of All Time! 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 THEDIVEDOWN2025 for 10% off your first order at https://www.heavyplay.com Get 25% Cashback after 3 months of service with ManaTraders! https://www.manatraders.com/?medium=thedivedown and use coupon code THEDIVEDOWN Try out our new promo code for Magic Mind! Visit https://magicmind.com/divedownUse or use code DIVEDOWN at checkout to get up to 48% off your first subscription or 20% off one time purchase of Stan's new favorite mental performance shot. And now receive 8% off your order of paper cards from Nerd Rage Gaming with code DIVE8 at https://www.nerdragegaming.com/ Timestamps: 7:26 - This week's show/housekeeping 14:05 - The Dive Down begins: MagicCon Chicago! 23:06 - The MagicCon Chicago Spoiler Panel 47:44 - An interview with Blake Rasmussen 1:16:03 - The MaRo Q&A 1:50:35 - 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: thedivedown@gmail.com Support The Dive Down…

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Episode 309: Aetherdrift & Green Sun’s Zenith: Not What We Expected 1:08:42

6 weeks ago1:08:42

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Magic never ceases to amaze us. On this week's episode, we discuss our mutual surprise over the impact of Aetherdrift on Modern. Then we wrap our series on Modern's latest unbans with a look at Green Sun's Zenith in Amulet Titan, Yawgmoth, and beyond. 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 THEDIVEDOWN2025 for 10% off your first order at https://www.heavyplay.com Get 25% Cashback after 3 months of service with ManaTraders! https://www.manatraders.com/?medium=thedivedown and use coupon code THEDIVEDOWN Try out our new promo code for Magic Mind! Visit https://magicmind.com/divedownUse or use code DIVEDOWN at checkout to get up to 48% off your first subscription or 20% off one time purchase of Stan's new favorite mental performance shot. And now receive 8% off your order of paper cards from Nerd Rage Gaming with code DIVE8 at https://www.nerdragegaming.com/ Timestamps: 4:36 - This week's show/housekeeping 8:19 - The impact of Aetherdrift 37:53 - A new sponsor - Magic Mind! Code DIVEDOWN gets you 48% your first subscription 42:03 - Green Sun Zenith 1:03:50 - 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: thedivedown@gmail.com Support The Dive Down…

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Episode 308: Portland RC: Reactions & Reflections 1:05:32

7 weeks ago1:05:32

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On this week's show, we review the results of the latest Modern Regional Championship, along with the Sunday 10K, and kneel at the altar of our new format overlords, Underworld Breach & Grinding Station. Then we chat about Stan's experiences playing both events, and Dave shares some horror stories from drafting Aetherdrift four times. 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 THEDIVEDOWN2025 for 10% off your first order at https://www.heavyplay.com Get 25% Cashback after 3 months of service with ManaTraders! https://www.manatraders.com/?medium=thedivedown and use coupon code THEDIVEDOWN And now receive 8% off your order of paper cards from Nerd Rage Gaming with code DIVE8 at https://www.nerdragegaming.com/ Timestamps: 7:01 - This week's episode/housekeeping 11:18 - The Break Down begins: RC Portland 39:51 - The top 8 47:34 - What Stan learned 59:50 - Some Aetherdrift limited thoughts 1:03:13 - 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: thedivedown@gmail.com Support The Dive Down…

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Episode 307: Energy Bars: Prepping for Portland 1:07:40

8 weeks ago1:07:40

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It's Portland time! Join us as we go deep on Stan's tournament prep for the Modern RC. We talk Stan's testing journey with Boros Energy, go deep on the mirror and the other top matchups, discuss the finer points of Stone Rains, card advantage options, and more. • Energy at the RC • Mirror Matches • The Rest of the Field 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 25% Cashback after 3 months of service with ManaTraders! https://www.manatraders.com/?medium=thedivedown and use coupon code THEDIVEDOWN And now receive 8% off your order of paper cards from Nerd Rage Gaming with code DIVE8 at https://www.nerdragegaming.com/ Timestamps: 6:02 - This week's show/housekeeping 11:18 - The Dive Down seems to begin: Talking about the upcoming SCG Portland RC 20:12 - Stan's testing process and planning for matchups 52:32 - Tournament predictions 1:01:52 - Find us in Portland! 1:05:47 - 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: thedivedown@gmail.com Support The Dive Down…

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Episode 306: You Can't Play Splinter Twin in Prague 1:10:26

9 weeks ago1:10:26

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After a huge weekend of Modern Regional Championships, we're tripping over spreadsheets of matchup data. We discuss which decks impressed us, surprised us, and disappointed us from three huge tournaments in Prague, Canada, and Brazil. Then we wrap up with a chat about our experiences playing Splinter Twin. The Break Down: 45 Minutes of Regional Championships The Dive Down: 30 Minutes of Splinter Twin 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 25% Cashback after 3 months of service with ManaTraders! https://www.manatraders.com/?medium=thedivedown and use coupon code THEDIVEDOWN And now receive 8% off your order of paper cards from Nerd Rage Gaming with code DIVE8 at https://www.nerdragegaming.com/ Timestamps: 9:05 - The Break Down begins: Some RCs! 43:40 - The Dive Down begins: Why are the Splinter Twin Stans quiet? 1:08:18 - Wrapping up Links from this week's episode: https://melee.gg/Tournament/View/203977 https://mtgdecks.net/Modern/ultimate-guard-european-magic-series-regional-championship-prague-2025-tournament-182396/winrates https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/6882292#paper Our opening music is Nowhere - You Never Knew , and our closing music is Space Blood - Goro? Is That Your Christian Name? email us: thedivedown@gmail.com Support The Dive Down…

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Episode 305: Why Mox Opal Is or Isn't the Best Card in Modern 1:08:15

10 weeks ago1:08:15

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As we continue to play with Modern's latest round of unbans, something has become apparent. Mox Opal is a heck of a card. On this week's show, we play it in Temur Breach, Affinity, Hammer Time, and Broodscale to figure where Opal shines and where it feels dull. Turns out, the card is quite good even when its deck is bad. The history of Opal. Breaching is easy! Other Opal decks are whatever. 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 25% credit back after your first 3 months of renting ManaTraders! https://www.manatraders.com/?medium=thedivedown and use coupon code THEDIVEDOWN And now receive 8% off your order of paper cards from Nerd Rage Gaming with code DIVE8 at https://www.nerdragegaming.com/ Timestamps: 5:41 - This week's show/housekeeping 12:20 - The Dive Down begins: What we talk about when we talk about Mox Opal 13:28 - A bit of history 24:35 - The unban of Mox Opal 30:06 - Underworld Breach - the best deck in Modern? 47:55 - The decks people WANT to be good 1:01:14 - So how good is Mox Opal? 1:05:48 - 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: thedivedown@gmail.com Support The Dive Down…

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Episode 304: Why Isn’t Faithless Looting the Best Card in Modern? 1:06:50

11 weeks ago1:06:50

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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: thedivedown@gmail.com twitter: https://twitter.com/thedivedown Support The Dive Down…

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Episode 303: The One Where Devon 9-0d a Spotlight 56:41

12 weeks ago56:41

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We're back — to podcasting. But also Devon's back — to large eventing. And, in a way, Magic is back — with a 1,400+ person open tournament. We spend this week talking about what happened, what's going on in Standard (Modern next week!), what the return of opens like the Spotlight Series means, and more. Devon cheats in overlords. Dave considers what to do with his wild cards. Stan starts working towards Portland. • Hot in Hotlanta • A Deck Full of Blade Splicers • A Day Full of Ws 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: 4:02 - Housekeeping 5:01 - Spotlight Series Atlanta Begins 5:42 - The Selesnya Cage Deck: How and Why 11:21 - What Happened Round-by-Round 27:54 - Day 1 Ends/Day 2 Begins 39:45 - The Health of Standard 46:02 - Upcoming Spotlight Series 51:09 - Starting to Think About RCs 53:00 - Stan Will Be in New York! Links from this week's episode: Devon's Decklist from Atlanta: https://melee.gg/Decklist/View/464658 Our opening music is Nowhere - You Never Knew , and our closing music is Space Blood - Goro? Is That Your Christian Name? email us: thedivedown@gmail.com twitter: https://twitter.com/thedivedown Support The Dive Down…

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Bonus: Return of the Rhinos 27:13

13 weeks ago27:13

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Rhinos is making a comeback and so are we! As we wind down from vacation mode, Stan and D00mwake warm up their podcasting muscles with one of their favorite topics: Crashing Footfalls in Modern. Enjoy this bonus minisode before our official feature length return next week! 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 now receive 8% off your order of paper cards from Nerd Rage Gaming with code DIVE8 at https://www.nerdragegaming.com/ Our opening music is Nowhere - You Never Knew , and our closing music is Space Blood - Goro? Is That Your Christian Name? email us: thedivedown@gmail.com twitter: https://twitter.com/thedivedown Support The Dive Down…

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Episode 302: The Mad Lads Did It 1:39:27

15 weeks ago1:39:27

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A B&R so hot we had to pause our vacation. The One Ring, Amped Raptor, and Jegantha are banned. Mox Opal is unbanned. Mox Opal, Green Sun's Zenith, Faithless Looting and Splinter Twin are unbanned. Discuss. 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: 4:17 - Housekeping 8:38 - The Dive Down begins: Bans, and Unbans 10:15 - Before the announcement 16:38 - Getting into the meat of the announcement 45:38 - The unbans 1:23:22 - Hot takes and cool vibes 1:37:58 - Wrapping up Links from this week's episode: https://magic.wizards.com/en/news/announcements/banned-and-restricted-december-16-2024 Our opening music is Nowhere - You Never Knew , and our closing music is Space Blood - Goro? Is That Your Christian Name? email us: thedivedown@gmail.com twitter: https://twitter.com/thedivedown Support The Dive Down…

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Episode 301: Standard Rules, Modern Drools, and Pokémon Fools 1:50:22

19 weeks ago1:50:22