We’re playing catch up after a very hectic June so please bear with us. This was recorded pre-Bridge from Below ban so Hogaak was still running roughshod over the format. Core 2020 hadn’t even been fully spoiled. Oh, heady halcyon days!
Anyhoo, Chris and I talk about the highlights and mediumlights of what was out at the time, what we were playing, a leafy green Spice Rack card and more!
Ari and I start the dive into Modern Horizons! Metagame developments, winners and losers, a rundown of superlatives: Most Nostalgia, Top Competitive, Most Likely Legacy/Vintage, Most Excited (Good Cards) and Most Excited (Long Shots)! All that plus new potential archetypes, the Spice Rack card and more!
Huge thanks to Wizards of the Coast for our SNOWtally free preview card from the upcoming set Modern Horizons!
Art by Zack Stella. From the artist:
This piece actually came together from a near-identical sketch. Sometimes that happens, where the initial idea mirrors the final. I just knew that I wanted a triangular classical art composition, a small pop of subdued warm color in the background to indicate some distant dying fires, and enough haze in the atmosphere to catch that quiet feeling you get when walking through a blizzardy snow storm at night. I did sneak a friend in, as the front left dead body.
My print store is still being constructed, but people can reach me for prints at this email (zackstella@gmail.com). It will eventually be at www.zackstella.com – the website is live with art, just not a print store yet.
Emma’s back to talk with me about British cereal, some tournament results, War of the Spark Planeswalkers, Modern Horizons, Celestial Kirin combo, a chilly Spice Rack card and more!
Stay tuned tomorrow 5/28 for our exclusive Modern Horizons preview card!
We’ve spruced up the the Thoughtseize Cabal Dungeon and we’d love to have you join us. Find out more at www.patreon.com/turnonethoughtseize!
My broadcast of Nerd Rage Gaming’s Wednesday Night Modern VOD is here: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/415950761 (there are some audio issues in the first few minutes but hang in there!).
Team One Thoughtseize has its first player! As a test run we are sponsoring a player from my and Chris’ LGS named Jeff Pyka. He’s a 6 time PT competitor, former Silver Pro, 11th place at PT Ixalan, Top 8 at GP Cinci 2014 and a number of Top 16 finishes at SCG and GP events. This pilot program will run for the MCQ season that feeds MC IV 2019.
Modern writer extraordinaire Emma Partlow joins the Turn One Thoughtseize crew and we dip our toes into the first bits of War of the Spark, talk about our latest pickups, decks we’re playing, London Mulligan, the first Sponsored Player for TEAM One Thoughtseize and my upcoming coverage debut at NRG!
We’ve spruced up the the Thoughtseize Cabal Dungeon and we’d love to have you join us. Find out more at www.patreon.com/turnonethoughtseize!
God-Pharaoh’s Statue + Thalia + Trinishphere is: All opponent’s spells cost 2 more (3 more if they are non-creature) then after all cost additions and reductions have been applied, Trinisphere makes sure they pay at least 3 mana total for the spell.
Team One Thoughtseize has its first player! As a test run we are sponsoring a player from my and Chris’ LGS named Jeff Pyka. He’s a 6 time PT competitor, former Silver Pro, 11th place at PT Ixalan, Top 8 at GP Cinci 2014 and a number of Top 16 finishes at SCG and GP events. This pilot program will run for the MCQ season that feeds MC IV 2019.
Episode 101 marks the beginning of the new format for the main Turn One Thoughtseize podcast! The first episode of each month I will be joined by Pro Tour Champion Ari Lax to cover the more competitive aspects of Modern.
This week we do a deep dive into recent results, discuss card advantage in theory and practice, hit deckbuilding with packages, talk Proliferate in War of the Spark, What We’re Playing and a Spice Rack card!
Show notes:
Examples of starting cores for package deckbuilding:
Chris returns! We cover Modern as it was when the show started back in 2015 and where it is now, highlights from the first 100 episodes, decks we’re playing, metagame and of course, the Spice Rack.
Show Notes:
Updated Decked Builder affiliate link is: https://store.deckedbuilder.com/t1thoughtseize so please check them out if you are so inclined, it definitely helps us out!
Join the Thoughtseize Cabal, we’d love to have you. Find us at www.patreon.com/turnonethoughtseize
Stay tuned for Part 2 which is an hour long interview with our very first guest, Ethan Fleischer of Wizards R&D! We talk about everything from the Magic design pipeline to biggest mistakes to the glory of designing cards for your own decks and a lightning round of “what’s up with this card”!
So folks aren’t blindsided, Episode 99 was Zach’s last episode. That’s the main reasons this episode took so long to come out. It was a tough record and proved to be a tough edit.
He is stepping away from the game for the time being, there’s no drama or bad blood. His time with the show was great and there will always be space in the lineup if/when he comes back.
Original co-host Chris will be returning for Episode 100 currently scheduled for release the week of the 20th. Following that, the main Turn One Thoughtseize show will be split into a “pro/spike” focused show with myself and Ari Lax and a “general/Johnny Jenny” show with myself and Emma Partlow (Hipsters of the Coast, Card Kingdom).
Chris will be heading up new content for the third week of the schedule focusing on Standard and Arena.
I’m leaving the “fourth” week of the month open for special features, future shows or just a good ol’ fashioned week off.
Zach was cloistered with his Pro Tour testing team earlier this week so Dylan Hand, Star City grinder and contributor subbed in to help me cover the back half of our Faithless Looting/Ancient Stirrings degeneracy review in the post-KCI world!
We cover:
Recent event results
Metagame trends
Cards you *should* be playing
Ancient Stirrings decks – how to play ’em and how to beat ’em
