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A Premodern Magic: The Gathering podcast from the Squee's House of Pizza crew. Tournament reports, deck deep dives, and honest takes on the format, for the people already brewing in it. 

Episodes

  1. 2h ago

    Episode 3: "House of Champions" - Sligh Takes Sacred Torch Showdown 2026

    Neal Sacks won the 2026 Sacred Torch Showdown in New York on a Sligh list built almost entirely to beat Dreadnought, and this episode is the full accounting of how that deck came together and how the tournament went. Twelve of the fifteen sideboard slots went to one matchup: four Mogg Salvage, four Overload, and four Red Elemental Blast, which forced the maindeck to answer everything else on its own. That meant four Wasteland, no Ball Lightning, three Volcanic Hammer, Goblin Patrol over Goblin Cadet, and cutting Price of Progress entirely for anti-synergy with the Wastelands. Neal goes round by round through the Swiss and the top eight, including the three or four mistakes he admits to and did not get punished for. Chris Roy takes down the ELD monthly on Psychatog one week after bubbling ninth at a regional, as part of the crew's first triple top four. Sam White makes his first appearance on the show to talk about his 195-page Naya Terrageddon primer, why he thinks Enlightened Tutor is the biggest trap card in the format, and qualifying for the Regional Championship out of a 343-player MTGO Super Qualifier. Shane Echevarria from the Duress Crew comes on to lay out the DuressFest Kickstarter, the tiers, the crew map add-on, and what happens if it does not fund. There is also a long argument about play or draw in the Sligh mirror, and a tangent on the most disappointing video games any of them ever bought. Chapter timestamps 00:00:16 - Neal takes down Sacred Torch 00:04:41 - Shane on the DuressFest Kickstarter 00:17:17 - Chris wins ELD, crew triple top four 00:25:42 - Sam White's Terrageddon primer 00:34:52 - Most disappointing video games ever bought 01:07:48 - Building Sligh to beat Dreadnought 01:45:07 - Growtog finals and the last turn References and links DuressFest Kickstarter - duressfest.com Sacred Torch Showdown decklists - https://www.mtgtop8.com/event?e=88865&f=PREM Chris Roy's July ELD tournament report - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-ofUBTLNysBKdZTGlmlk-ClwJbSw9PkIBhSCTxaSfxg/edit?usp=sharing Neal's Sacred Torch tournament report - thesack1.substack.com Send us Fan Mail Fact or Fiction is unofficial Fan Content permitted under the Fan Content Policy. Not approved/endorsed by Wizards. Portions of the materials used are property of Wizards of the Coast. ©Wizards of the Coast LLC.

    Episode 3: "House of Champions" - Sligh Takes Sacred Torch Showdown 2026

  2. Jul 18

    Episode 2: "Summer Regional" - Bubbled at Both Cuts

    Neal Sacks and Chris Roy recap a New England summer regional, one of the bigger events on the local calendar, run by Duress Crew and drawing a crowd that included players up from New York. It is a full tournament report aimed at anyone following the Northeast Premodern scene or curious how the paper metagame is pulling away from what Magic Online looks like. The headline is Chris going 5-0-2 with Psychatog and missing top eight in ninth on tiebreakers, undefeated and out. Before the event the two talk through how they read the field, landing on Terrageddon, Oath Ponza, and Replenish as the decks to beat. Neal took Replenish to a 4-3 in his first paper tournament with the deck, including a game where an opponent's Meddling Mage named the wrong card and it happened to be Fact or Fiction. Chris goes round by round through the Psychatog run: a fast Sligh race against Hodge, an Aluren opponent flipping Form of the Dragon off Academy Rector, and the concession from Jason Grigley in the last round that set up the ninth-place bubble. They finish with the regional top eight, Landstill taking down the event, Stasis and HFeb over-performing, Goblins doing what Goblins does, and a Fact or Fiction verdict on Claire Ackerman's Gloom-and-Vindicate Oath Ponza. Also in here: the charity raffle mystery pizza box and its Onslaught packs, a run of Melee signup headaches, and a case of pre-tournament poison ivy. Chapters 00:00:16 - Reading the field and picking decks 00:10:16 - Tournament prep and signup woes 00:16:16 - The mystery pizza box 00:20:16 - Neal's 4-3 on Replenish 00:28:35 - Chris's 5-0-2 Psychatog run 01:01:16 - Ninth on the bubble, undefeated 01:08:02 - Top 8 and metagame breakdown 01:13:25 - Fact or Fiction: Claire's Oath Ponza  Send us Fan Mail Fact or Fiction is unofficial Fan Content permitted under the Fan Content Policy. Not approved/endorsed by Wizards. Portions of the materials used are property of Wizards of the Coast. ©Wizards of the Coast LLC.

    Episode 2: "Summer Regional" - Bubbled at Both Cuts

  3. Jul 1

    Episode 1: "Pilot" - Meet the Crew

    The first episode of Fact or Fiction is all introductions. Neal Sacks and Chris Roy lay out who the Squee's House of Pizza crew is, how a group of friends playing Premodern turned into a registered crew, and where the name came from. If you've seen S.H.O.P. near the top of the Crew Clash League standings and wondered who these people actually are, this is the background before the deck talk starts in later episodes. Chris walks through the founding members and how the crew came together, then gets into the name origin: Granite Goblins was the early idea, then Squee's House of Pizza won out, tying together Squee, Goblin Nabob, the New England "House of Pizza" convention, and Squee's cameo on the original Fact or Fiction art. The back half is a roster rundown of who plays what across the crew: Replenish, Stiflenought, Terrageddon, Psychatog, Sligh, Oath Ponza, Stasis, and a red-green Fires-nostalgia Survival build. Along the way there's the mystery pizza box charity raffle, how the Crew Clash League got started, and why the group decided to make a podcast in the first place. Chapters: 00:00 Intro 00:16 Welcome to Episode One 01:16 How the Crew Came Together 02:16 Getting Pulled Into Premodern 06:16 Forming a Crew and the CCL 19:16 From Granite Goblins to Squee's House 25:16 Roster and Deck Specialists 40:16 Why Start a Podcast 45:16 Where the Show Name Comes From References and links: Crew members mentioned: Neal Sacks (host), Chris Roy (host), Brian Siu, JP Phelan, Sam White, Carlos Pearman, Andreas Damaskos, William Damaskos, Scott Wassmer Send us Fan Mail Fact or Fiction is unofficial Fan Content permitted under the Fan Content Policy. Not approved/endorsed by Wizards. Portions of the materials used are property of Wizards of the Coast. ©Wizards of the Coast LLC.

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A Premodern Magic: The Gathering podcast from the Squee's House of Pizza crew. Tournament reports, deck deep dives, and honest takes on the format, for the people already brewing in it. 

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  • Creator
    Squee's House of Pizza
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    3
  • Rating
    Clean
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    © 2026 Squee's House of Pizza
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