Episode 68: Ikoria: Lair of the Spoilers, Pt. 1 ft. Aspiring Spike

We have Evart Moughon, aka Aspiring Spike, on as a guest host to go over the first batch of Ikoria spoilers!

The Break Down: Modern Showcase!

The Dive Down: Behemoth Spoilers!

The Wind Down: Listener Questions!

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Timestamps:

2:28 - Housekeeping

3:35 - The Break Down: Modern Super Qualifier

5:30 - The top 8

14:42 - The top 32 meta

28:07 - The Dive Down begins: how we evaluate cards

32:39 - The mechanics of Ikoria

44:31 - Picks to Click: Lurrus of the Dream Den

52:09 - Heartless Act

57:01 - Vivien, Monsters' Advocate

1:04:06 - Sea-Dasher Octopus

1:07:24 - Fiend Artisan

1:11:29 - Sprite Dragon

1:16:24 - General Kudro of Drannith

1:22:01 - Rielle, the Everwise

1:25:39 - Mythos of Nethroi

1:29:27 - Some quick hits

1:35:12 - The Wind Down - questions for Aspiring Spike

1:45:21 - Where to find Aspiring Spike

1:46:29 - Closing Out

Links from this week's episode:

Modern Super Qualifier: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/mtgo-standings/modern-super-qualifier-2020-04-05#decklists

The Mechanics of Ikoria: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/feature/ikoria-lair-behemoths-mechanics-2020-04-02?sd

Ikoria spoilers: https://scryfall.com/sets/iko?order=set&as=grid

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Aspiring Spike on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MoughonEvart/

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