Episode 102: A Tribal Quest: Hives, Grenades, and Skeletons

It's time for another top-tier Patron request episode! This time, long-time citizen of the nation Sean asked us to talk about tribal decks. We cover the history of tribes in Magic, common aspects of tribal decks, and do a Sleeve/Believe/Heave of some of the less popular tribes of Modern. Prior to that, we spend a long time breaking down the Historic decks and meta of the Zendikar Rising Championship that took place last weekend!

The Break Down: A Historic Championship

The Dive Down: Tribe Talk

The Dive Down, cont: Which Deck Will Stan Qualify With?

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Timestamps:

4:27 - Housekeeping

9:42 - The Break Down: Championship Chat

12:20 - The Championship meta

21:40 - The Top 64 meta

29:05 - The Top 8

41:03 - Some takes

45:13 - Cool Decks, Inc.

50:25 - The Dive Down: Tribal Time

53:02 - A brief history of tribes in Magic

58:38 - What are the common features of these decks?

1:02:58 - The lords and lieutenants of tribal decks

1:10:55 - The best cards for tribal decks

1:13:40 - Testing lesser-known tribal decks: 5-Color Elementals

1:29:03 - Goblins Combo

1:35:50 - 8-Whack Goblins

1:40:44 - Slivers

1:53:22 - Tribal takeaways

1:57:03 - Closing out

Links from this week's episode:

Zendikar Rising Championship Coverage: https://magic.gg/events/zendikar-rising-championship

5-Color Elementals: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/3574926#paper

Goblin Combo: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/archetype/goblins#paper

8-Whack: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/3468163#paper

Slivers: https://mtgdecks.net/Modern/slivers-decklist-by-justburn420-1060211

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