MSP #32 PT HOU and Commander 2017

August 13th, 2017

This week Massimo and Matthew break down the major speccing opportunities from Pro Tour Hour of Devastation and the lessons learned in retrospect. With the Commander 2017 spoilers hitting us this week, Matthew and I spent some time looking at the reserve list for financial opportunities and we share our suggestions.

Timestamps:

04:00 Pro Tour prices and learnings

23:09 Commander 2017 and the reserve list

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Music:

“Severe Tire Damage”

Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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MSP #31 HOU Standard Predictions

July 13th, 2017

This week on MTG Speculator Podcast Massimo, Matthew and Dan share our expectations for the upcoming standard, as well as our preliminary testing results. Decklists available below!

Timestamps:

0:02:43 Our expectations of the metagame

0:20:09 RG Ramp

0:23:48 UR Control

0:30:26 UW Flash

0:33:36 Cx Eldrazi & others

0:50:16 Don’t play zombies & other traps

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Decklists:

Mardu + Ammit

http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/hou-mardu-vehicles-ammit/

BG + Dreamstealer

http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/hou-bg-snake/

RG Ramp

http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/hou-rg-ramp/

UR Control

http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/hou-ur-control-4/

UW Flash

http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/hou-uw-flash/

BR Eldrazi

http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/hou-rb-eldrazi/

UR Emerge

http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/hou-ur-emerge/

UB Emerge

http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/hou-ub-emerge/

Music:

“Severe Tire Damage”

Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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MSP #30 GP Montreal 2017 GP Report

June 18th, 2017

This week on MTG Speculator Podcast Massimo and new guest Dan do a tournament report for GP Montreal 2017, where Massimo finished 11th and Dan finished 60th. Lot’s of fun was had on this epsiode, hope you enjoy!

Post production note: this episode was recorded prior to the Marvel banning, and we predicited no banning 😦

Massimo’s List:

tappedout.net/mtg-decks/akh-mass…1th-place-mardu-u/

Dan’s List:

tappedout.net/mtg-decks/akh-dans…h-place-bg-energy/

The best handshake ever:

http://kefnerd-godofknowledge.tumblr.com/private/image/162108531370/tumblr_orxhevlvjl1vfrhclbit.ly/2tA2zMk

Massimo getting wrecked on round 14 coverage:

www.twitch.tv/videos/146740684

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Music:

“Severe Tire Damage”

Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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MSP #29 Daniel Fournier’s PT Report

May 18th, 2017

This week on MTG Speculator Podcast we have a very special guest, Daniel Fournier! Also from Toronto, we were able to ask him about his performance at PT Ahmonket in Nashville. We dive into his testing, decklist, and takeaways from this PT. Follow Daniel @Tirentu on Twitter.

Timestamps:

03:20 PT prep

10:59 Decklist specifics

31:07 PT rounds

46:15 Comparing to 8-2 lists

57:27 What’s the best deck?

59:23 Wrap up questions

Daniel’s PT Decklist:

http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/akh-fourniers-pt-mardu-decklist/

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Music:

“Severe Tire Damage”

Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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MSP #28 AKH Standard Predictions

May 3rd, 2017

This week on MTG Speculator Podcast Massimo and Sam share our testing results for the new Amonkhet Standard! We were unfortunately blindsided by the Felidar Guardian banning (as was everybody), so our data isn’t as concrete as it usually is, but hopefully our findings are still useful to you!

Timestamps:

04:44 Mardu Vehicles

08:12 GB Midrange

12:05 GW Midrange

18:07 Ux Control

21:44 Kefnet is bad

22:44 Sweltering Suns and other control cards

26:03 Drake Haven.dec

31:12 Cycle Combo.dec

35:26 BR Discard

38:28 BW Midrange

42:14 Glorybringer

44:11 Nissa, Steward of Elements

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Decklists:

Mardu Vehicles

http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/akh-mardu-vehicles-1/

GB Delirium

http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/akh-gb-delerium/

GW Midrange

http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/akh-wg-midrange/

UR Control

https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/635083#paper

UR Drake Haven

http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/akh-ur-drake-haven/

UB Drake Haven

http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/akh-ub-cycling-3/

BR Discard Aggro

http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/akh-bru-discard-aggro-1/

BW Midrange

http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/akh-bw-midrange-1/

Music:

“Severe Tire Damage”

Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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