Episode 118: Back To School: Spoiling Strixhaven, Vol. 1

This week, Professor Stan is on sabbatical, so Shane and Dave are headed back to school to give their takes on the first batch of Strixhaven spoilers. Is this the episode where Shane is the optimist? We also take some time to go over our Mystical Archive tier lists for Historic. Will Crux of Fate have what it takes to be the only S-Tier card? Before all that, we briefly go over the Historic meta at the Kaldheim Championship, and look at two novel decks that some big names brought.

The Episode: Stan's Not Here, Man

The Break Down: The History is History

The Dive Down: Wizard College's Deepest Secrets

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Timestamps:

4:25 - Housekeeping

7:11 - The Break Down begins: the Kaldheim Champs

11:36 - Abzan "Midrange" overview

16:50 - Boros Cycling overview

18:48 - The Dive Down begins: Back to School!

19:50 - The Mechanics of Strixhaven

32:29 - The Snarl Lands

34:23 - Will & Rowan

37:28 - Storm-Kiln Shaman

40:50 - Rip Apart

45:40 - Elite Spellbinder

49:48 - Venerable Warsinger

53:30 – Radiant Scrollwielder

56:03 – Efreet Flamepainter

59:55 – Reduce to Memory

1:02:38 – Archmage Emeritus

1:06:40 – Witherbloom Apprentice

1:08:10 – Dragonsguard Elite

1:10:35 – Curate

1:13:09 – Shadrix Silverquill

1:15:46 – The Commands

1:23:20 – Professor Onyx

1:27:05 – The Mystical Archive in Historic

1:30:07 – The S/A-Tier

1:39:25 – The B-Tier

1:44:28 – C-Tier

1:51:34 – D-Tier

1:52:50 – Closing Out

Links from this week's episode:

The Kaldheim Championship Decks: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/tournament/kaldheim-championship#paper

Strixhaven Spoilers: https://scryfall.com/sets/stx?order=set&as=grid

Strixhaven... Mystical Archive?? Spoilers: https://scryfall.com/sets/sta?as=grid&order=set

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