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This week, our duo brings you a Standard deep dive leading up to this weekend's Arena Championship which Edgar will be competing in. He even shares what deck he will be playing with! They also talk a little Modern and Gab finally qualifies for an Arena Championship! Predrag's Lifegain Guide: https://metafy.gg/@pedja13-382553db/guides Edgar's UW Control Standard List: https://www.tcgplayer.com/content/magic-the-gathering/deck/UW-Control/551758 Gab's Modern Omnath List: https://www.tcgplayer.com/content/magic-the-gathering/deck/4c-Omnath/551644

In this week's ep, Edgar goes over another great run in his Modern Regional Championship and Gab talks about some new builds he's been trying. Canadian RC results: https://melee.gg/Tournament/View/459699 Japanese RC results: https://melee.gg/Tournament/View/411350 Gab's decklists: https://www.tcgplayer.com/content/author/Gabriel-Nassif/decks

In this week's ep, Edgar shares his process and journey leading up to his most likely Modern deck choice for the Canadian Regional Championship this weekend. Gab also shares what he's been up to and one car from Reality Fracture he's especially excited about. Edgar's Jeskai Blink list: https://www.tcgplayer.com/content/magic-the-gathering/deck/Jeskai-Blink/550864 Gab's 5c Creativity list: https://www.tcgplayer.com/content/magic-the-gathering/deck/5c-Way-of-the-Creativity/550859 ShadowTitan's Domain Zoo list: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/7975043#paper Gab's 4c Kasmina Combo list: https://www.tcgplayer.com/content/magic-the-gathering/deck/4c-Kasmina-Combo/550863

With the first couple Modern Regional Championships in the books, including a huge field one in Baltimore, Edgar and Gab share their thoughts on the format as well as their personal testing. Gab in particular is excited about one of Modern's many forgotten archetype. RC Baltimore Results: https://melee.gg/Tournament/View/405588 RC China Results: https://melee.gg/Tournament/View/451148 Gab's Decklists: https://www.tcgplayer.com/content/author/Gabriel-Nassif/decks

In this week's ep, Gab and Edgar talk Moder, Timeless, Standard and even Pioneer with Gab having just taken down the most recent Pioneer Showcase Challenge on Magic Online. Gab's Pioneer Golgari Midrange List: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/7934039#paper Gab's Modern Esper Control Deck: https://www.tcgplayer.com/content/magic-the-gathering/deck/Esper-Control/550019 Brisbane Spotlight Series Results: https://melee.gg/Tournament/View/441441 Modern Showcase Challenge Results: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/tournament/modern-showcase-challenge-2026-08-29#paper

In this week's ep, Edgar and Gab share their thoughts on the most recent Banned and Restricted announcement. They also talk about Standard, Modern, Timeless and Arena Directs!

Edgar and Gab are back and so is the Hall of Fame. Gab was part of the voting committee and shares his ballot. The pair also talk about the new Hobbit set as well as a quick recap of their Team Spotlight Series in Brussels and a little Modern update. Reid's Hall of Fame article: https://www.tcgplayer.com/content/article/Who-I-m-Voting-for-To-Be-in-the-Magic-The-Gathering-Pro-Tour-Hall-of-Fame-2026/6f8fbb9a-a88e-43ca-9746-6ad2f152acfd/

Gab and Edgar give you the full recap of their tournament as well as their last week of testing and how and why they played the Modern decks they did. The Pro Tour Decklists: https://melee.gg/Tournament/View/434455 Gab's Azorius Loki Deck: https://www.tcgplayer.com/content/magic-the-gathering/deck/Azorius-Loki/548974

In this week's ep, Edgar and Gab share their experience with the Marvel limited format as well as where their heads are at in Modern two weeks before the Pro Tour.  Gab's Scepter/Chant Build: https://www.tcgplayer.com/content/magic-the-gathering/deck/Azorius-Scepter-Chant/547777 Edgar's Goryo's Build: https://www.tcgplayer.com/content/magic-the-gathering/deck/Edgar-s-Goryo-s/547776 Edgar's 5-0 Loki List: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/7846358?__cf_chl_f_tk=4xSOmfVxErvM0G2b49118onuvVMqbe_UaeZwvpup.r4-1782947970-1.0.1.1-xEHHCjxpf9LJIiPAYnrmurNrqQkQGISK0lPDYon5Eng#paper

In this week's ep, Edgar shares how he qualified for his first Arena Championship (beat Gab to it too!). The pair also discusses the new Marvel Super Heroes set and share their picks for potential playable cards in Modern as an update on their Pro Tour testing.   Gab's Life on the Line pick: https://www.tcgplayer.com/content/magic-the-gathering/deck/Black-Eyetwitch/546950 All of Gab's decks: https://www.tcgplayer.com/content/author/Gabriel-Nassif/decks

In this week's ep, Edgar shares his Goryo's build as well as the reasoning behind his card choices and Gab talks about the different Birthing Ritual decks he's tried among others. Edgar's Goryo's List: https://www.tcgplayer.com/content/magic-the-gathering/deck/Esper-Goryo-s/546893 Gab's Azorius Chant Miracle list: https://www.tcgplayer.com/content/magic-the-gathering/deck/Azorius-Chant-Miracles/546332 Arun's Selesnya Ritual list: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/7828367#paper

Edgar and Gab have played a ton of Modern this week and share their findings as their Pro Tour testing continues. They also start the pod by quickly going over the last round of RCs. Gab's decks: https://www.tcgplayer.com/content/author/Gabriel-Nassif/decks   Edgar's Standard Mardu guide: https://metafy.gg/guides/view/mardu-discard-how-to-be-really-cool-but-al-qTOmcwUiWUB

This week, Edgar and Gab go over the Standard RCs and an update on Mardu as well as their week of playing Modern with some old and new decks. As always, they end the podcast by putting their lives on the line with their deck choice for Standard and Modern.   Edgar's Metafy Mardu guide: https://metafy.gg/guides/view/mardu-discard-how-to-be-really-cool-but-al-qTOmcwUiWUB

Edgar starts us off with his Standard Regional recap then the duo gets into the big news of the week: the Modern bans AND unbans and their initial thoughts and experience with the new meta!

In this week's ep, Edgar shares his week of Standard testing and results leading up to his Regional Championship and goes into detail about his two front runners. Gab also shares his early Modern testing with a new promising brew and talks about the recent development in the format.