Episode 50: How to Casual Spike a New Deck - a podcast by The Dive Down

The crew tackle a level-up topic: how to overcome the challenge of picking up a new deck!
The Break Down: GP ColumbusThe Dive Down: That Fresh Deck Smell
The Dive Down, cont.: Those Fresh Deck PlansBecome a citizen of The Dive Down Nation!: http://www.patreon.com/thedivedown
Now get 15% off your first 3 months of ManaTraders! https://www.manatraders.com/?medium=thedivedown and use code "thedivedown"Timestamps:
2:16 - Housekeeping4:45 - The Break Down begins - GP Columbus
7:07 - The day 1 meta17:20 - The day 2 meta
21:38 - The top 8 and our thoughts on Modern at the end of 201931:30 - The Dive Down begins - how to learn a new deck
33:10 - What we like about picking up a new deck40:10 - What we don’t like about picking up new decks
45:59 - How do we learn about new decks54:58 - Thinking about a deck’s plan - the early game
1:05:38 - The mid-game1:11:03 - The late-game
1:13:25 - What is your deck trying to do better than other decks1:19:00 - Looking for card synergies in your deck
1:21:24 - What is your deck’s position in the meta?1:23:44 - What’s the role of your deck?
1:31:52 - what can you lose to?1:37:50 - closing out
Links from this week's episode:CFB's MF Columbus Coverage: https://coverage.channelfireball.com/event/42
Who's The Beatdown?: https://articles.starcitygames.com/premium/whos-the-beatdown/Our opening music is Nowhere - You Never Knew, and our closing music is Space Blood - Goro? Is That Your Christian Name?
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