Episode 79: Naya Winota: Joining Forces in Modern & Pioneer

This week we dive into both Modern AND Pioneer to explore Naya Winota! Did she successfully recruit us into joining her forces, or did we remain unaffiliated? We also do a quick break down of the latest Modern Challenge to explore the variety of decks finding success, and wind down with some Patreon questions.

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Timestamps:

2:58 - Housekeeping

6:12 - The Break Down begins: A Modern Challenge

8:10 - Top 8 analysis

23:42 - Takes on the tournament

26:14 - Core 21 projections

27:58 - The Dive Down begins: Why Winota?

30:50 - What Winota?

34:35 - The payoffs

40:32 - Payoff math and payoff tactics

45:40 - Gut checks and initial takes

49:55 - The mana dorks

52:55 - The token generators

56:21 - Eldritch Evolution and the sac fodder

1:06:00 - The early game plan and the power of that game plan

1:11:25 - Creating advantage with Winota

1:19:40 - Losing advantage with Winota

1:22:09 - Comparing this to other decks in the formats

1:30:18 - What's the better version? Pioneer or Modern?

1:40:02 - The Wind Down: Patreon questions

1:48:38 - Closing out

Links from this week's episode:

The 6/21 Modern Challenge: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/mtgo-standings/modern-challenge-2020-06-21#decklists

Pioneer Winota: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/3130303#paper

Modern Winota: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/3114576#paper

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