This week we dive into both Modern AND Pioneer to explore Naya Winota! Did she successfully recruit us into joining her forces, or did we remain unaffiliated? We also do a quick break down of the latest Modern Challenge to explore the variety of decks finding success, and wind down with some Patreon questions.
The Break Down: Stanislav <3s Modern
The Dive Down: History's Best BoP Deck?
The Wind Down: A Few Questions
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Timestamps:
2:58 - Housekeeping
6:12 - The Break Down begins: A Modern Challenge
8:10 - Top 8 analysis
23:42 - Takes on the tournament
26:14 - Core 21 projections
27:58 - The Dive Down begins: Why Winota?
30:50 - What Winota?
34:35 - The payoffs
40:32 - Payoff math and payoff tactics
45:40 - Gut checks and initial takes
49:55 - The mana dorks
52:55 - The token generators
56:21 - Eldritch Evolution and the sac fodder
1:06:00 - The early game plan and the power of that game plan
1:11:25 - Creating advantage with Winota
1:19:40 - Losing advantage with Winota
1:22:09 - Comparing this to other decks in the formats
1:30:18 - What's the better version? Pioneer or Modern?
1:40:02 - The Wind Down: Patreon questions
1:48:38 - Closing out
Links from this week's episode:
The 6/21 Modern Challenge: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/mtgo-standings/modern-challenge-2020-06-21#decklists
Pioneer Winota: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/3130303#paper
Modern Winota: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/3114576#paper
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