Episode 229: NRG Chicagoland&the Power of The One Ring, ft. d00mwake - a podcast by The Dive Down

We finally return to Modern!! Shane and Devon join forces to break down a bunch of tournaments from last weekend, including the NRG Chicagoland Modern $10k, a huge Japanese paper tournament, and some wild MTGO Challenges. After that, they look more closely at The One Ring (and some other cards) and how it's quickly changing the face of Modern.
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Timestamps:6:36 - Housekeeping
8:59 - The Break Down begins: The NRG Chicagoland Modern $10k11:46 - The overall metagame and deck breakdowns
26:25 - The NRG Top 833:55 - The NRG Leaderboard
35:52 - The Players Convention Modern Open42:35 - What these two paper tournaments tell us
45:30 - The Modern Showcase Challenge1:00:07 - What are we thinking about all these tournaments?
1:04:38 - Devon goes on an advertising journey1:08:00 - The Dive Down begins: The One Ring(s)
1:27:54 - Delighted Halfling and Orcish Bowmasters1:32:46 - Devon has been playing... Modern?
1:38:51 - Wrapping upLinks from this week's episode:
The NRG Chicagoland Modern $10K: https://melee.gg/Tournament/View/14061The Player's Convention Modern Open: https://melee.gg/Tournament/View/15431
Mixed data: https://mtgmeta.io/tournaments/14956?mix=14939The Showcase Challenge: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/tournament/modern-showcase-challenge-2023-06-24#paper
Sunday's Challenge: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/tournament/modern-challenge-2023-06-25#paperBoros Hammer: https://melee.gg/Decklist/View/306630
Izzet... Stuff: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/5694033#paperOur opening music is Nowhere - You Never Knew, and our closing music is Space Blood - Goro? Is That Your Christian Name?
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