The Masters Of Modern

We've got an exclusive preview card and it's a very exciting mythic reprint (and Alex's favorite card ever!) We break down the strategies which are hungry for this card, as well as explore some exciting new deck possibilities that this easy-to-mispronounce card enables! Kess, Dissident Mage  1UBR Legendary Creature - Human Wizard FlyingDuring each of your turns, you may cast an instant or sorcery card from your graveyard. If a card cast this way would be put into your graveyard, exile it instead.“Loss has no meaning here. You cannot take from those who have nothing.” 3/4 Join The MMCast Patreon  https://www.Patreon.com/TheMMCast    Follow us on YouTube - Every Friday we release a video of this podcast with card images! www.youtube.com/themmcast Follow us on Facebook and join the conversation on the Official Masters of Modern Facebook group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/17038...   Also please make sure to follow us on Twitter: @theMMcast - http://www.twitter.com/theMMcast Alex @Kesswylie - http://www.twitt

Alex and Michael are going over the state of modern, the Ban announcements this week, and giving their first opinions on the new Modern Horizon cards! Join The MMCast Patreon  https://www.Patreon.com/TheMMCast   Follow us on YouTube - Every Friday we release a video of this podcast with card images! Follow us on Facebook and join the conversation on the Official Masters of Modern Facebook group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/17038... Also please make sure to follow us on Twitter: @theMMcast - http://www.twitter.com/theMMcast Alex @Kesswylie - http://www.twitter.com/kesswylie Ben @BenBatemanMedia - http://www.twitter.com/BenBatemanMedia Michael @dudardd - http://www.twitter.com/dudardd Marshall @MarshUnfocused - http://www.twitter.com/marshunfocused Follow Our Instagram @themmcast - https://www.instagram.com/themmcast/ Produced by Time Traveler Media - https://www.timetravelermedia.com Check out Alex Kessler's Battle Bosses miniatures combat game! - https://www.kess.co/battlebosses Learn more about your

Ben and Michael are talking all about Magic Pro League news, including several high-profile players leaving or being forced out. With Watanabe and Turtenwald  booted for bad behavior and Gerry Thompson resigning in protest, the Magic Pro League has become a source of much confusion and consternation. Luckily, the Masters of Modern are here to break down what this means for competitive Magic. Ari Lax's "The Death of Competitive Magic via the MPL" Gerry Thompson "Why I Quit the Magic Pro League" Join The MMCast Patreon  https://www.Patreon.com/TheMMCast  Follow us on YouTube - Every Friday we release a video of this podcast with card images! Follow us on Facebook and join the conversation on the Official Masters of Modern Facebook group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/17038... Also please make sure to follow us on Twitter: @theMMcast - http://www.twitter.com/theMMcastAlex @Kesswylie - http://www.twitter.com/kesswylieBen @BenBatemanMedia - http://www.twitter.com/BenBatemanMediaMichael @dudardd - http://www.twi

War of the Spark has so many strong cards well-positioned to affect Magic's Best Format that we had to spend three episodes reviewing it! This week we tackle Neoform (a card already causing troubling things to happen to our favorite format) through Vivien, Champion of the Wilds. Join The MMCast Patreon  https://www.Patreon.com/TheMMCast    Follow us on YouTube - Every Friday we release a video of this podcast with card images! Follow us on Facebook and join the conversation on the Official Masters of Modern Facebook group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/17038...   Also please make sure to follow us on Twitter: @theMMcast - http://www.twitter.com/theMMcast Alex @Kesswylie - http://www.twitter.com/kesswylie Ben @BenBatemanMedia - http://www.twitter.com/BenBatemanMedia Michael @dudardd - http://www.twitter.com/dudardd Marshall @MarshUnfocused - http://www.twitter.com/marshunfocused Follow Our Instagram @themmcast - https://www.instagram.com/themmcast/ Produced by Time Traveler Media - https://www.timetravelerm

The first Modern Mythic championship happened this past weekend, and we are here to talk about it, and then continue our discussion on the Modern playable cards from War of the Spark! Join The MMCast Patreon  https://www.Patreon.com/TheMMCast    Follow us on YouTube - Every Friday we release a video of this podcast with card images! Follow us on Facebook and join the conversation on the Official Masters of Modern Facebook group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/17038...   Also please make sure to follow us on Twitter: @theMMcast - http://www.twitter.com/theMMcast Alex @Kesswylie - http://www.twitter.com/kesswylie Ben @BenBatemanMedia - http://www.twitter.com/BenBatemanMedia Michael @dudardd - http://www.twitter.com/dudardd Marshall @MarshUnfocused - http://www.twitter.com/marshunfocused Follow Our Instagram @themmcast - https://www.instagram.com/themmcast/ Produced by Time Traveler Media - https://www.timetravelermedia.com Check out Alex Kessler's Battle Bosses miniatures combat game! - https://www.kess.co/ba

Alex and Ben break down War of the Spark, possibly the most exciting Magic set ever printed. There are so many good cards that we have to break up the review into multiple parts! Part one - Ajani the Great-hearted through Feather the Redeemed! Join The MMCast Patreon  https://www.Patreon.com/TheMMCast    Follow us on YouTube - Every Friday we release a video of this podcast with card images! Follow us on Facebook and join the conversation on the Official Masters of Modern Facebook group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/17038...   Also please make sure to follow us on Twitter: @theMMcast - http://www.twitter.com/theMMcast Alex @Kesswylie - http://www.twitter.com/kesswylie Ben @BenBatemanMedia - http://www.twitter.com/BenBatemanMedia Michael @dudardd - http://www.twitter.com/dudardd Marshall @MarshUnfocused - http://www.twitter.com/marshunfocused Follow Our Instagram @themmcast - https://www.instagram.com/themmcast/ Produced by Time Traveler Media - https://www.timetravelermedia.com Check out Alex Kessler's Ba

Alex and Michael welcome 8-year-old Magic phenom Dana Fischer onto the podcast to discuss what she loves about Modern and her signature deck, Elves! Follow Dana on her Twitter at @DanaFischerMTG ( https://twitter.com/danafischermtg ) and she also has Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/DanaFischerMagic Join The MMCast Patreon  https://www.Patreon.com/TheMMCast   Follow us on YouTube - Every Friday we release a video of this podcast with card images! Follow us on Facebook and join the conversation on the Official Masters of Modern Facebook group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/17038...   Also please make sure to follow us on Twitter: @theMMcast - http://www.twitter.com/theMMcast Alex @Kesswylie - http://www.twitter.com/kesswylie Ben @BenBatemanMedia - http://www.twitter.com/BenBatemanMedia Michael @dudardd - http://www.twitter.com/dudardd Marshall @MarshUnfocused - http://www.twitter.com/marshunfocused Follow Our Instagram @themmcast - https://www.instagram.com/themmcast/ Produced by Time Traveler Med

Alex is joined by Nick Prince to discuss all things related to the upcoming Mythic Championship London! They discuss the new mulligan, the likely field of decks, the affect of Phoenix on the metagame, and then go on to discuss the impact War of the Spark will have on Modern! Follow Nick @nicknprince, http://twitch.tv/nicknprince Join The MMCast Patreon  https://www.Patreon.com/TheMMCast   Follow us on YouTube - Every Friday we release a video of this podcast with card images! Follow us on Facebook and join the conversation on the Official Masters of Modern Facebook group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/17038...   Also please make sure to follow us on Twitter: @theMMcast - http://www.twitter.com/theMMcast Alex @Kesswylie - http://www.twitter.com/kesswylie Ben @BenBatemanMedia - http://www.twitter.com/BenBatemanMedia Michael @dudardd - http://www.twitter.com/dudardd Marshall @MarshUnfocused - http://www.twitter.com/marshunfocused Follow Our Instagram @themmcast - https://www.instagram.com/themmcast/ Produce

Ben and Michael discuss their exclusive War of the Spark preview card - Gideon's Triumph! They follow it up with some discussion of how this card could fit into the landscape of Modern and brew a few decks. And Ben lays out a way you can get your hands on every Gideon ever printed! Join The MMCast Patreon  https://www.Patreon.com/TheMMCast    Follow us on YouTube - Every Friday we release a video of this podcast with card images! Follow us on Facebook and join the conversation on the Official Masters of Modern Facebook group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/17038...   Also please make sure to follow us on Twitter: @theMMcast - http://www.twitter.com/theMMcast Alex @Kesswylie - http://www.twitter.com/kesswylie Ben @BenBatemanMedia - http://www.twitter.com/BenBatemanMedia Michael @dudardd - http://www.twitter.com/dudardd Marshall @MarshUnfocused - http://www.twitter.com/marshunfocused Follow Our Instagram @themmcast - https://www.instagram.com/themmcast/ Produced by Time Traveler Media - https://www.timetravel

Episode 208 -  Alex and Ben break down the best of the best for each of the ten two-color pairs; some are undisputed, some are hotly contested. The gang also speculates on the reprintability of the older cards into Modern Horizons. And as always, the guys give a review of the current major tournament news and the hot decks in the format. Join The MMCast Patreon  https://www.Patreon.com/TheMMCast    Follow us on YouTube - Every Friday we release a video of this podcast with card images! Follow us on Facebook and join the conversation on the Official Masters of Modern Facebook group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/17038...   Also please make sure to follow us on Twitter: @theMMcast - http://www.twitter.com/theMMcast Alex @Kesswylie - http://www.twitter.com/kesswylie Ben @BenBatemanMedia - http://www.twitter.com/BenBatemanMedia Michael @dudardd - http://www.twitter.com/dudardd Marshall @MarshUnfocused - http://www.twitter.com/marshunfocused Follow Our Instagram @themmcast - https://www.instagram.com/themmcast/

Episode 207 - A new product is on the Horizon and Alex & Ben have got some predictions for what's going to be in it. We also discuss the dominance of Izzet Phoenix in Bilbao, Tampa Bay, and Philly, and then get right into it. What counterspells will be in? Land cycles? Are their cards so valuable that they would break the set itself? Join The MMCast Patreon Follow us on YouTube - Every Friday we release a video of this podcast with card images! Follow us on Facebook and join the conversation on the Official Masters of Modern Facebook group Follow Our Instagram @themmcast Also please make sure to follow us on Twitter: @theMMcast Alex @Kesswylie Ben @BenBatemanMedia Michael @dudardd Marshall @MarshUnfocused Produced by Time Traveler Media Check out Alex Kessler's Battle Bosses miniatures combat game! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode 206 - Ben and Alex go deep discussing the Modern deck archetypes that gain significantly from the new London Mulligan. The guys also discuss the recent "No Bannings" announcement and go into a brief history of decks which many called to be banned but were ultimately solvable without bannings. Join The MMCast Patreon Follow us on YouTube - Every Friday we release a video of this podcast with card images! Follow us on Facebook and join the conversation on the Official Masters of Modern Facebook group Follow Our Instagram @themmcast Also please make sure to follow us on Twitter: @theMMcast Alex @Kesswylie Ben @BenBatemanMedia Michael @dudardd Marshall @MarshUnfocused Produced by Time Traveler Media Check out Alex Kessler's Battle Bosses miniatures combat game! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ben is joined by Michael Grothe to discuss making Day 2 of the Grand Prix LA with Izzet Phoenix, the very archetype that won the whole thing. Ben gos in deep about his match ups, his wins and losses, and provides a deep decktech on the hottest deck in modern.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex and Ben interview Magic game designer Andrew Brown about designing for Modern, then they discuss the big news that dropped today: the release of a non-Standard booster set called Modern Horizons, and the experimental new London Mulligan!  Join The MMCast Patreon  https://www.Patreon.com/TheMMCast    Follow us on YouTube - Every Friday we release a video of this podcast with card images! Follow us on Facebook and join the conversation on the Official Masters of Modern Facebook group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/17038...   Also please make sure to follow us on Twitter: @theMMcast - http://www.twitter.com/theMMcast Alex @Kesswylie - http://www.twitter.com/kesswylie Ben @BenBatemanMedia - http://www.twitter.com/BenBatemanMedia Michael @dudardd - http://www.twitter.com/dudardd Marshall @MarshUnfocused - http://www.twitter.com/marshunfocused Follow Our Instagram @themmcast - https://www.instagram.com/themmcast/ Produced by Time Traveler Media - https://www.timetravelermedia.com Check out Alex Kessler's Ba

In this special episode, we preview a new sister podcast to the MMCast focused on Arena called "Best of One" with Alex, Ben, and friend of the show, Michael Grothe.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ben and Alex discuss the results of the GP Toronto and the SCG Classic, then talk to Magic finance guru Chaz Andres about price predictions.  Join The MMCast Patreon  https://www.Patreon.com/TheMMCast    Follow us on YouTube - Every Friday we release a video of this podcast with card images! Follow us on Facebook and join the conversation on the Official Masters of Modern Facebook group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/17038...   Also please make sure to follow us on Twitter: @theMMcast - http://www.twitter.com/theMMcast Alex @Kesswylie - http://www.twitter.com/kesswylie Ben @BenBatemanMedia - http://www.twitter.com/BenBatemanMedia Michael @dudardd - http://www.twitter.com/dudardd Marshall @MarshUnfocused - http://www.twitter.com/marshunfocused Follow Our Instagram @themmcast - https://www.instagram.com/themmcast/ Produced by Time Traveler Media - https://www.timetravelermedia.com Check out Alex Kessler's Battle Bosses miniatures combat game! - https://www.kess.co/battlebosses Learn more about your ad choice

Ben and Alex discuss the recent appearance of Spectacle cards in Modern events and then discuss the best alternative win conditions in the format!  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ben and Alex welcome Gavin Verhey, Magic's Product Architect, onto the show to discuss the future of Modern and the recent banning of Krark Clan Ironworks! It's our 200th Episode!  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Masters of Modern 199 and a Half: Ravnica Allegiance Set Review Part 2  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Masters of Modern 199 and a Half: Ravnica Allegiance Set Review Part 1  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices