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The boys are back in town and they’re looking to talk about developments in Legacy and now Modern thanks to the printings of Modern Horizons and M20.

Hello and welcome to a “side-project” if you will of the Salt Mine. The Salt Mine is not over but just on a mini-break. Steve sits down with the mods from the Goblin’s Discord, GoblinLackey1, Olaf Forkbeard and ScatmanX and talk about the best tribe in the format that we call Legacy. Download Shownotes: Goblin … Continue reading Steven and Superfriends – The Gobcast, Episode 1.

The boys are back in town to talk all about the new Legacy metagame, now rid of the Deathrite menace! We talk about the decks we expect to rise, the decks we expect to be on the downswing and where people can move to in their quest for Legacy heaven. Download Link Sean’s This Week in … Continue reading The Salt Mine Episode 18 – Goodbye Deathrite Shaman!

The Salt Mine finally return, this time with Melbourne ANT specialist Michael Webb in their wings, analysing where the metagame’s moving post-GP Seattle, the perceived under performance of ANT and Death & Taxes and what they’re looking to play for Australia’s upcoming Masters event.

Rugved’s Preordain Miracles Article:
https://thelibraryatpendrellvale.com/beating-the-best-deck-with-upkeep-terminus/

Jim Davis’ Miracles Primer:
http://www.starcitygames.com/article/36752_Basic-Lands-Are-Better-Than-Duals-Back-To-Basics-In-Legacy.html

Blue Waffle (NSFW):
http://www.lmfgtfy.com/?q=blue+waffle

The ultimate Zealous Persecution – Thomas Hertzog (Maverick) vs. Ben Weinberg (RUG Delver):
https://youtu.be/26PPRnVCLVA?t=2353

Our good friend, Cyrus Corman-GIMM:

Steve's D&T list:

Non-Creature Spells: (14)
4 Æther Vial
1 Sword of Body and Mind
1 Sword of Fire and Ice
1 Umezawa's Jitte
4 Swords to Plowshares
3 Spectral Procession

Creature (23)
4 Phyrexian Revoker
3 Flickerwisp
2 Mirran Crusader
4 Mother of Runes
1 Recruiter of the Guard
2 Serra Avenger
3 Stoneforge Mystic
4 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben

Lands: (23)
3 Karakas
12 Plains
4 Rishadan Port
4 Wasteland

Sideboard: (15)
2 Cataclysm
2 Containment Priest
2 Council's Judgment
3 Ethersworn Canonist
1 Holy Light
2 Path to Exile
2 Rest in Peace
1 Surgical Extraction

Mono-Blue Painter primer from the The Library at Pendrell Vale:
Part 1: https://thelibraryatpendrellvale.com/a-brief-history-of-modern-painting/
Part 2: https://thelibraryatpendrellvale.com/the-painters-palette/
Part 3: https://thelibraryatpendrellvale.com/a-broad-canvas-of-options/
Part 4: https://thelibraryatpendrellvale.com/legacy-league-with-blue-painter/

Team America “Inside the Deck” feat. Dan Signorini:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6GtH7BYizs

Maverick “Inside the Deck” feat. more Dan Signorini
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9mvnnJjIlI

  We’re back! Happy New Year dear listeners! We leap into 2018 with a longtime friend of the cast, Callum Smith also known as Whitefaces on MtgtheSource and Magic Online. In this cast we take an in-depth look at the new Miracles lists that Callum has helped to pioneer and examine the strengths and weaknesses … Continue reading The Salt Mine Episode 16 ft Callum Smith aka Whitefaces – The Unexpected Rise of Miracles and Canadian Thresh.

Welcome dear listeners to another episode of The Salt Mine! On this episode Steve, Sean and Matt are joined by streamers Alex Jay Chen and Ethan Gaieski to talk about GP Vegas. They banter about the results, Alex and Ethan's runs, as well as a variety of other topics, such as where Alex and Ethan see themselves with Magic, the nature of content creation and the typical ragging on Sneak & Show. Enjoy!

Ethan Gaieski's GP Montreal Top 8!
http://magic.wizards.com/en/events/coverage/gpmon17/top-8-decklists-2017-05-21

Alex (Grixis Delver) vs. Tom Ross (Infect)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EeejG2PVPI

Alex and Ethan's stream!
https://www.twitch.tv/alexjchen

Andrew Calderon's interview by Thraben University:
http://www.thrabenuniversity.com/?p=1145

Trent Clarke's 4c Control Report:
https://thesaltminesite.com/2017/06/13/the-fair-way-into-top-8-top-8-of-legacy-masters-with-4c-control/

Who is PewDiePie? Here is PewDiePie's YouTube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/user/PewDiePie

Josiah's tournament report:
https://www.reddit.com/r/GoblinsMTG/comments/6irlyh/gp_las_vegas_legacy_goblins_tournament_report/

NLG Dandenong Eternal Weekend metagame breakdown:
https://thesaltminesite.com/2017/06/26/nlg-dandenong-legacy-masters-metagame-breakdown/

Songs, in order of appearance:
"Viva Las Vegas" by Elvis Presley
"F****n' Problems" by A$AP Rocky feat. Drake, 2 Chainz and Kendrick Lamar

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