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Welcome to the new Horizon of Modern. That long awaited day is finally here — Horizons 3 has launched and is in the hands of anyone who wants to: 1) use a Bird Wizard to draw their whole deck, 2) Break a line with a bowl of spaghet monsters, 3) Pay life to draw cards, then DIE, and 4) explore an potentially incredible new format.


This week Dave and Devon talk through early impressions of decks we're seeing, things we've tested, early results from an MH3-inclusive 5k in Las Vegas and more. Tune in for the Nadu, stay for the Unstable Amulet. It's another week on The Dive Down!


• Nadu
• Eldrazi
• And All the Rest of the Cards



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Timestamps:
3:20 — Heavy Play Means Business
7:40 — Housekeeping
9:30 — The only place we can start: Nadu
27:15 — Big Eldrazi (Tron)
33:40 — Lil 'Drazi (Aggro)
42:00 — Affinity
43:55 — Ruby Storm
52:05 — Energy Decks (Boros, R Prowess, 4c Control)
56:40 — Mono Black Griefs, Scam (Necrodominance and more)
1:07:02 — Buried Alive/Phoenix
1:09:38 — Stuff We Haven't Seen (Flare of Cultivation, Shifting Woodlands)
1:13:03 — What We've Excited for Next
1:16:01 — What About Old Modern?
1:17:19 — Outro


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It took another couple hours but we finally made it through the complete MH3 spoiler (even after skipping a ton of limited fodder). We wrap up our set review with the gold cards along with the new to Modern reprints, and cap it off with some of our favorite cards in the set and a few called shots about cards to watch.



We at least mention every card by name so YOU KNOW if we don't think a card is good enough to see play.

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Timestamps:
4:26 - Heavy Play: likely better than Dark Knight Rises
5:36 - This week's episode/housekeeping
9:29 - Multicolored
35:12 - Artifacts
46:50 - Lands
1:04:25 - Dual-Faced cards
1:28:26 - Reprints
1:57:18 - Our MH3 awards
2:10:12 - Our final takes on MH3
2:20:55 - Wrapping up


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It's finally here! The Modern Horizons 3 spoiler is complete — and wow do we have a lot to talk about. Join us this week as Dave, Devon, and Shane talk through every card * in the set from Colorless and WUBRG. We debate which new Eldrazi titan is best, how much energy you need to feel paid off, some pet cards that we wish we good, and more! Lots more because we're talking about every card *.



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Timestamps:
3:17 - Heavy Play is nothing to be apprehensive about
5:01 - This week's show/housekeeping
9:08 - The Dive Down: It's Modern Horizons 3 set review time!
10:10 - Colorless
23:29 - White
45:30 - Blue
1:10:05 - Black
1:32:42 - Red
1:50:53 - Green
2:07:05 - Wrapping up


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The time has finally come for the sea change that is Modern Horizons 3. We dissect the first batch of official spoilers from Tuesday, and revisit some of our most embarrassing evaluations from MH2 spoiler season all those moons ago.


We chat about Phlage, the Eldrazi Titans, the Flares and Medallions, new toys for Storm, and lots more!


The Dive Down: The MH3 Spoiler Season We Always Wanted
The Wind Down: The MH2 Spoiler Season We Hoped to Forget



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Timestamps:
7:10 - Heavy Play can hold MH3 cards
9:08 - Housekeeping/this week's episode
12:37 - The Dive Down begins: MH3 spoilers begin!
15:26 - Stan's Polygon spoiler: Phlage, Titan of Fire's Fury
24:17 - Amped Raptor
28:00 - Devourer of Destiny
30:51 - Ulamog the Defiler
35:49 - Breaker of Creation
36:39 - Ugin's Labyrinth
39:52 - Thief of Existence
41:51 - Basking Broodscale
44:36 - Kozilek, the Broken Reality
49:00 - Flare of Fortitude (and other Flares)
54:09 - Flare of Duplication
55:11 - The Medallions
59:16 - Ral, Monsoon Mage
1:03:07 - Tamiyo, Inquisitive Student
1:05:06 - Harbinger of the Seas
1:09:58 - Orim's Chant
1:11:19 - Powerbalance
1:12:54 - Double-faced lands
1:14:54 - Eladamri, Korvecdal
1:19:01 - Our worst takes from the MH2 spoiler season
1:30:13 - Wrapping up


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On this week's show, the four amigos break down the results of the Modern Open at NRG Indianapolis, the last big paper Modern tournament before MH3 changes everything (presumably). Plus, D00mwake joins the dark side and started playing Phoenix. And Stan tries some new cards in Ensoul, plus a bunch of OJT drafts.


The Break Down: The Motor City is a Real Zoo Meta
The Dive Down: Be the Bad Guy, Play Phoenix
The Dive Down cont.: Stan Likes OTJ



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Timestamps:
6:56 - Heavy Play is our favorite co-host
8:25 - Goodbye, Tanner!
12:23 - This week's show/housekeeping
17:15 - NRG Indy's Modern $10K
46:15 - Cool decks grab bag - d00m on Izzet Phoenix
56:36 - Stan played some new cards in Ensoul
1:08:20 - Talking about Freestrider Lookout
1:13:45 - Stan loves OTJ draft
1:25:40 - Wrapping up


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After a brief intro, Stan is forced to drop out of the ep leaving Shane and Dave in the hot seat. First, they examine last weekend's 4 Modern Challenges in search of ideas, inspiration, and surprises. Do you know what the highest frequency deck was in all these Challenges? How about the one most likely to convert to an X-2 or better record? After all the event talk, the team goes deep into Andrea Mengucci's Gruul Prowess list from the weekend and welcome the return of the real king — Tarmogoyf.


• Shane & Dave Take Over
• A Few Surprising Challenges
• More Talk About Tarmogoyf



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Timestamps:
1:55 - Stanley Cups x Heavy Play
5:33 - This week's show/housekeeping
9:49 - The current Modern Challenge metagame
34:48 - Gruul Prowess in Modern
51:25 - Is Abundant Harvest good?
54:22 - Is Questing Druid good?
58:26 - More on Gruul Prowess
1:11:52 - Briefly talking MH3 spoilers
1:18:37 - Turn it off if you want: some Survivor chat
1:24:50 - Wrapping up


Links from this week's episode:
Bamzing's Challenge Posts:
Saturday: https://www.reddit.com/r/ModernMagic/comments/1ckv7pz/saturday_modern_challenges_results_may_4_2024/
Sunday: https://www.reddit.com/r/ModernMagic/comments/1cllxrd/sunday_modern_challenges_results_may_5_2024/
Mengu's Prowess List: https://x.com/Mengu09/status/1786721343523704991


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