Mani Davoudi joins the show after winning 15K USD at DreamHack Anaheim (2nd place). The guys pick his brain on what's good in Standard moving forward. Support the show: http://patreon.com/FirstStrike Find us on Twitter: Kar Yung Tom – https://twitter.com/kytmagic Elliot Fortier – https://twitter.com/elliot_fortier Andy Robdrup – https://twitter.com/AndyAWKWARD Jonathan Zhang – https://twitter.com/finalnub First Strike is a Magic: The Gathering debate-style podcast hosted by KYT that discusses the week’s hottest competitive and social topics of the game. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/firststrike/support

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Winning 15K USD at DreamHack Anaheim

Support the show: http://patreon.com/FirstStrike Find us on Twitter: Kar Yung Tom – https://twitter.com/kytmagic Elliot Fortier – https://twitter.com/elliot_fortier Andy Robdrup – https://twitter.com/AndyAWKWARD Jonathan Zhang – https://twitter.com/finalnub First Strike is a Magic: The Gathering debate-style podcast hosted by KYT that discusses the week’s hottest competitive and social topics of the game. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/firststrike/support

Mono Alberta Power!

Post-Players Tour Phoenix Show

Hanging out with tangrams

GP New Jersey & F2F Vancouver Champions join the show!

The New Modern World & Our Theros: Beyond Death Top 5

Chilling with Zach Allen

Yolo with Rolo - The Return of Robert Lombardi

Celebrating with finalnub aka the GOG

Support the show: http://patreon.com/FirstStrike (1:00) Tyler Nightingale joins the show fresh off his WPNQ Finals win with Jeskai Fires. (8:15) Our own Andy also won his WPNQ Finals with Jeskai Fires as well. The two break down the deck. (30:55) What's #mtgfitness? (44:10) Why does Tyler love wrestling? Is there something to be learned from how wrestling uses their branding? (53:10) Discretionary invites (1:03:00) Pioneer and Modern analysis with the God of the Graveyard Find us on Twitter: Kar Yung Tom – https://twitter.com/kytmagic Elliot Fortier – https://twitter.com/elliot_fortier Andy Robdrup – https://twitter.com/AndyAWKWARD Jonathan Zhang – https://twitter.com/finalnub Shaheen Soorani - https://twitter.com/shaheenmtg Guest: Tyler Nightingale - https://twitter.com/tylernightinga3 First Strike is a Magic: The Gathering debate-style podcast hosted by KYT that discusses the week’s hottest competitive and social topics of the game. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/firststrike/support

Tyler Nightingale, Jeskai Fires, Eldrazi Tron

Support the show: http://patreon.com/FirstStrike (3:00) Elliot has been playing a busted Devoted Druid list in Modern (6:45) Reaction to the recent bans (20:20) Analyzing the Toronto Open+ results (25:00) Has the game passed Shaheen by? Edgar thnks so. (26:40) How was Edgar's mindset heading into the SCG Invitational this past weekend? (29:05) What was Edgar's prep / what decks did his team come up with and why? (30:20) Hardened Scales in Pioneer (41:00) What would Edgar recommend for Modern? Find us on Twitter: Kar Yung Tom – https://twitter.com/kytmagic Elliot Fortier – https://twitter.com/elliot_fortier Andy Robdrup – https://twitter.com/AndyAWKWARD Jonathan Zhang – https://twitter.com/finalnub Shaheen Soorani - https://twitter.com/shaheenmtg First Strike is a Magic: The Gathering debate-style podcast hosted by KYT that discusses the week’s hottest competitive and social topics of the game. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/firststrike/support

Edgar Magalhaes, Hardened Scales in Pioneer

Support the show: http://patreon.com/FirstStrike (0:45) What Happened? - Andy's MC Richmond performance (6:00) Asking Shaheen about Eli's top 8 performance, lifetime split (12:00) Reactions to Pioneer ban (28:35) Shaheen's suggestion for Standard (29:55) finalnub's Pioneer deck seeing notable success (44:00) Top 16 MC competitor Andrew Huska joins the show! (57:00) Andrew had the best Constructed record at the MC (59:15) What Andrew thinks is the best deck from here on out Find us on Twitter: Kar Yung Tom – https://twitter.com/kytmagic Elliot Fortier – https://twitter.com/elliot_fortier Andy Robdrup – https://twitter.com/AndyAWKWARD Jonathan Zhang – https://twitter.com/finalnub Shaheen Soorani - https://twitter.com/shaheenmtg First Strike is a Magic: The Gathering debate-style podcast hosted by KYT that discusses the week’s hottest competitive and social topics of the game. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/firststrike/support

Shaheen Soorani & Andrew Huska

Support the show: http://patreon.com/FirstStrike Find us on Twitter: Kar Yung Tom – https://twitter.com/kytmagic Elliot Fortier – https://twitter.com/elliot_fortier Andy Robdrup – https://twitter.com/AndyAWKWARD Jonathan Zhang – https://twitter.com/finalnub Shaheen Soorani - https://twitter.com/shaheenmtg First Strike is a Magic: The Gathering debate-style podcast hosted by KYT that discusses the week’s hottest competitive and social topics of the game. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/firststrike/support

Crushing Standard with Mardu Knights

Support the show: http://patreon.com/FirstStrike (1:05) Isaak Krut joins the show after just Q'ing for the next Arena Mythic Championship (4:00) How'd Isaak become part of Team Hairy T? Did David Rood scout him? (9:00) Elliot qualified for F2F Montreal's WPNQ Finals with Sultai (15:00) Why Andy & Elliot think Sultai has the best sideboard in Standard (23:00) Keith Capstick joins the show to discuss state of Magic and recent OP news (36:50) Picking Keith's brain on Pioneer (49:30) Nam Dang joines the show after a 2nd place finish in the first Pioneer Challenge with UR Phoenix (57:45) Nam gets into his Standard prep, currently trying Simic Ramp with Mass Manipulation (1:03:00) Who are some of the top players in Nam's local area? (1:09:30) KYT thinks Keith sounds like Patrick Mahomes Find us on Twitter: Kar Yung Tom – https://twitter.com/kytmagic Elliot Fortier – https://twitter.com/elliot_fortier Andy Robdrup – https://twitter.com/AndyAWKWARD Jonathan Zhang – https://twitter.com/finalnub Shaheen Soorani - https://twitter.com/shaheenmtg First Strike is a Magic: The Gathering debate-style podcast hosted by KYT that discusses the week’s hottest competitive and social topics of the game. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/firststrike/support

Sultai for MC Richmond, Pioneer, Fractional Invites

BONUS: Jonathan Medina

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