The Dive Down
The Dive Down is a weekly podcast for people who love Magic: The Gathering but like talking about other things too. From videogames, to parenting, to 3D printing, and beyond.
Each week hosts Dave, Stan, and Shane discuss the latest Magic formats they've been playing, videogames they've been beating, movies they've been watching, music they've discovered, and the daily embarrassments they endure along the way.
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- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 96 minutes
- Episodes
- 357
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2025
Episode 17: The Best Unplayables
The Break Down: We talk the SCG Cleveland Modern Open and the latest MTGO Modern Challenge.
The Dive Down: 4 cards (and a little bonus!) that aren't quite ready for prime time. Why they aren't there …
Episode 16: The Unholy Grail
The Break Down: Dissecting GP Calgary, the Modern MOCS, and Tobi Henke's full meta packet of GP Bilbao.
The Dive Down: How best to use, abuse, and understand Chalice of the Void.
The Wind Down: Our f…
Episode 15: 1+1+1=7
The Break Down: Analyzing the results from SCG Cincinnati's Team Open and Modern Classic.
The Dive Down: We dive down into the big green menace: TRON. How it works, what it's trying to do, and how yo…
Episode 14: The Bird That Shan't Be Named ft. Ross Merriam
The Break Down: Analyzing the results from GPs Tampa and Bilbao, and SCG Philadelphia.
The Dive Down: We interview Ross Merriam about Izzet Phoenix, tournament preparation, Modern Horizons reprints, …
Episode 13: Modern Modulation ft. GP LA Runner-Up Gal Schlesinger
The Break Down: Digesting all the top 8 results from the SCG Regionals
The Dive Down: Gal Schlesinger joins us for an interview to talk all things Hardened Scales
The Wind Down: Another B&R announcem…
Episode 12: Surgical Precision
The Break Down: The Grand Prix Los Angeles metagame, fun and winning decks, and the power of Faithless Looting.
The Dive Down: How to avoid and overcome 3 problems related to Surgical Extraction.
The…
Episode 11: Dredge: It's Confla-Great!
First things first, we talk about the announcement of Modern Horizons!
The Break Down - Feb 24 Modern Challenge and MagicFest Cleveland's Modern MCQ, as well as some spicy picks from this weeks Moder…
Episode 10: Prime Real Estate
We break down the GP Strasbourg and Magic Online Modern Mythic Champ Qualifiers, dive down into four different decks built around Primeval Titan, then wind things down with a conversation on what hap…
Episode 9: Sleeve It / Believe It / Heave It: The Latest Developments in Modern
We go over GP Toronto and the Nerd Rage Gaming 5k in Milwaukee, then rate 5 of the latest winning decks in Modern, and finally answer the burning question: what is a "casual spike?"
Decklists from t…
Episode 8: To Tweak: Weak, or on Fleek?
We talk about the Modern portion of the Team Constructed event at SCG Baltimore, then dive down into the highs and lows of tweaking decks for the metagame, and bring it home with a listener question.…
Episode 7: When In Doubt, Burn 'Em Out!
We go over the latest Modern Challenge and the new Pod, talk about Stanislav's awesome finish at the SCG Classic, then dive down into a discussion of the latest experiments with Burn.
Prime Speaker…
Episode 6: My Shadow Hold Me Down 4 Whatever
We discuss the banning of KCI and some MTGO tournament results, dive down into an analysis of Death's Shadow decks, and chat about Gavin Varhey's interview with The Professor.
Our opening music is N…
Episode 5: Pterry, Phoenix, and Pfriends
We discuss the results of SCG Worcester, analyze ways to beat Izzet Phoenix, and break down our picks for the top modern cards from Ravnica Allegiance.
Our opening music is Nowhere - You Never Knew,…
Episode 4: I, For One, Welcome Our New Furnace Overlords
The crew break down the SCG Non-Unified Team Modern and GP Oakland results, then talk about KCI, what makes a deck bannable, and the impact of some potential upcoming bans in modern.
The KCI Combo E…
Episode 3: These Planes Were Made For Walking
The crew talks about the MTGO Modern "Finals" (whatever that means) results, then dives down into the topic of Planeswalkers in Modern.
The Modern Finals results can be found here: https://magic.wiz…
Episode 2: 2018 in Review
In this episode, the crew talks about the most impactful cards of 2018, then breaks down the 2018 metagame across all the Modern GPs.
The reddit article that looks at the 2018 Modern GPs can be foun…
Episode 1: Modern Izzet Phoenix and the costs and benefits of self-mill
Welcome to the first episode of The Dive Down, a modern focused podcast for the casual spike!
In this episode we talk about Izzet Phoenix, and the costs and benefits of milling yourself.
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