Episode 166: All Shadow, No Doubt (ft. Michael Rapp)

This week, Shane's on vacation and Stan's late so Dave gets to do whatever he wants. And what he's decided is to check in with friend of the show and certified shadow scientist Michael Rapp about where everyone's avatar is headed these days. That's right, it's time for a deep dive on (mostly) Grixis Death's Shadow (along with a few other things). But first, we chat about Michael's recent trip to Indy and break down the Modern meta there.

The Break Down: Shane’s Gone, Stan’s Late

The Dive Down: Why Street Wraith is a Bad Card Now

The Dive Down (pt.2): Shadow, Prepared Three Ways

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Timestamps:

2:45 - Break Down Begins: Michael's Team at SCG Con Indianapolis

8:50 - Indianopolis Top 6 Begins

24:43 - The Indianapolis Modern Metagame

38:50 - How Michael's Team Prepared for Indy

44:19 - Dive Down Begins: Michael's Relationship with Death's Shadow

50:09 - The Lurrus Era of Shadow

56:27 - The First Weekend after Lurrus Was Banned

1:02:15 - The "Stock" Grixis Shadow Deck

1:15:3 - An Ode to Dress Down

1:20:00 - GDS, Still Hard to Play

1:25:35 - Murktide Shadow

1:33:27 - Mardu Shadow

1:37:39 - Jund Shadow

1:42:35 - Closing Out

Links from this week's episode:

Michael's Twitter: https://twitter.com/RappaciousOne

Michael's recent article on the Card Kingdom Blog (includes write-ups and decklists): https://blog.cardkingdom.com/the-rumors-of-deaths-shadows-demise-have-been-greatly-exaggerated/

All Articles: https://blog.cardkingdom.com/author/mrapp2/

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