Episode 230: Put a Ring(s) on It

This week we keep talking about THE PRECIOUSSSSs... because no one can stop putting this colorless 4-drop in their Modern decks. Dave and Devon go through at least 6 or 10 decks with the ring while Stan silently looks on and nods approvingly (he has no voice, yet he lent his energy and notes to this episode). Then we do a bit of a deep dive into how to think about playing against The One Ring — and try to create a roadmap for how to think about playing against format-warping cards in general. Finally, we talk quickly about a couple of non-Ring decks you can consider right now.

Rings Decks

Playing Against Rings Decks

Non-Rings Decks

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Timestamps:

1:48 - Housekeeping

3:39 - Modern is different, and The One Ring is why

5:30 - 4C Ringpile

15:14 - Ringos (and other chat)

29:10 - Ringanimator

37:20 - Dimir Asmoringtacular

42:13 - The emerging Ring Meta

44:35 - Azorius Ringtrol

46:26 - Playing against The One Ring

1:05:40 - Decks outside The One Ring

1:25:42 - Wrapping up

Links from this week's episode:

Rhinos ft TOR

https://twitter.com/d00mwake/status/1674247337416310786

4C Money Pile

https://twitter.com/Fencingbrick/status/1674185814429900804/photo/3

https://twitter.com/CHERRYAXEMAN_OP/status/1674357284795809794

https://twitter.com/Aspiringspike/status/1675246156874498048

Ponza ft TOR

https://twitter.com/d00mwake/status/1674838758108037128

Reanimator ft TOR

https://twitter.com/d00mwake/status/1673860448347619328

UW Control ft TOR

https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/5707375#paper

Dimir Asmo w/ TOR

https://twitter.com/d00mwake/status/1675667766634860544

Scam ft. Bowmasters

https://twitter.com/YungDingoMTG/status/1672503676840058880/photo/1

Samwise combo

https://twitter.com/d00mwake/status/1672268892868161536

Creativity playing Reprieve

https://www.mtggoldfish.com/tournament/modern-challenge-2023-06-30#paper

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