Episode 166: All Shadow, No Doubt (ft. Michael Rapp) - a podcast by The Dive Down

This week, Shane's on vacation and Stan's late so Dave gets to do whatever he wants. And what he's decided is to check in with friend of the show and certified shadow scientist Michael Rapp about where everyone's avatar is headed these days. That's right, it's time for a deep dive on (mostly) Grixis Death's Shadow (along with a few other things). But first, we chat about Michael's recent trip to Indy and break down the Modern meta there.
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Timestamps:2:45 - Break Down Begins: Michael's Team at SCG Con Indianapolis
8:50 - Indianopolis Top 6 Begins24:43 - The Indianapolis Modern Metagame
38:50 - How Michael's Team Prepared for Indy44:19 - Dive Down Begins: Michael's Relationship with Death's Shadow
50:09 - The Lurrus Era of Shadow56:27 - The First Weekend after Lurrus Was Banned
1:02:15 - The "Stock" Grixis Shadow Deck1:15:3 - An Ode to Dress Down
1:20:00 - GDS, Still Hard to Play1:25:35 - Murktide Shadow
1:33:27 - Mardu Shadow1:37:39 - Jund Shadow
1:42:35 - Closing OutLinks from this week's episode:
Michael's Twitter: https://twitter.com/RappaciousOneMichael's recent article on the Card Kingdom Blog (includes write-ups and decklists): https://blog.cardkingdom.com/the-rumors-of-deaths-shadows-demise-have-been-greatly-exaggerated/
All Articles: https://blog.cardkingdom.com/author/mrapp2/Discord server: https://discord.gg/wYCx6N4
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