Episode 178: NRG Modern&Pio: Is 4c 2 Good 4 U? - a podcast by The Dive Down

It's a hot one on The Dive Down this week. We take a deep look at NRG's recent set of Modern and Pioneer Trials in Lansing, Michigan and tackle the big questions about our favorite formats. Is 4c too good for Modern? What can even be done if it is too good? What's happened to Pioneer without Winota and Expressive Iteration? How many words can the three of us get beeped out in one episode? And more! Stan fights through jet lag and still brings the insights. Shane loves talking about bad decks that performed badly. And, finally, Dave gets his comeuppance.
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Timestamps:4:30 - Housekeeping
6:15 - The NRG Lansing Event9:40 - The NRG Modern overall metagame
15:39 - The Top 64 meta36:10 - The Top 8
39:07 - Is 4-Colortoo good?
54:45 - Stan's back, and he smells good57:30 - The NRG Pioneer metagame
1:02:33 - How the good Pioneer decks performed1:21:20 - What decks didn't do well?
1:26:30 - The Top 81:28:47 - Even more thoughts on Pioneer
1:32:02 - Closing outLinks from this week's episode:
NRG Modern $10k: https://mtgmelee.com/Tournament/View/9604NRG Pioneer: $5k: https://mtgmelee.com/Tournament/View/9605
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