Modest MTG: Magic on a Budget: Recent Episodes
Ryan and Dylan
A budget-friendly way to play Magic: the Gathering. With a fun way to play each episode and tips to save money, have more fun, and play more.
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Dylan and Ryan welcome Drew back for their first Modest Minute: A discussion episode around the price of Double Masters.
Art by Stefan Keller
Music: Take Me Higher by Jahzzar is licensed under a Attribution-ShareAlike License.
Dylan and Ryan welcome their first guest: Drew! During Theros Beyond Death, Drew was #1 ranked Mythic in limited (though not by the end of the season).
The crew discusses our draft of PAPER Mystery Booster packs, done while maintaining quarantine!
The resources discussed to facilitate the draft were
Marco Polo, for exciting pack opening videos: https://www.marcopolo.me/
Turning your bundle into a camera stand: https://www.justgamesrochester.com/prepping-your-at-home-camera/
Archidekt, for allowing an interactive draft record: https://archidekt.com/
Also, don't forget to download your Planeswalker Points history by May 27th! https://www.wizards.com/magic/planeswalkerpoints
Art by Stefan Keller
Music: Take Me Higher by Jahzzar is licensed under a Attribution-ShareAlike License.
Season 3 Episode 1
From undisclosed and isolated locations, Dylan and Ryan discuss card evaluation and ways to play Magic under quarantine.
Resource: https://dr4ft.info/ -- Concurrent remote drafting!
Art by Stefan Keller
Music: Take Me Higher by Jahzzar is licensed under a Attribution-ShareAlike License.
Season 2 Episode 3
The main topic begins around 41 minutes.
Do you miss the days of Thrulls, Thallids, and Homarids? Do you like to shake your fist at the sky because kids these days don't know how Banding works? Do you think a 1/3 for 3 mana is about right?
Then, boy-howdy, do we have the cube for you!
FALLEN EMPIRES REMASTERED!
We return to the Dominaria continent of Sarpadia as the Ice Age is approaching. 360 cards--nearly singleton (arts). We took the best of Fallen Empires and added some win conditions (but not too many of them, because we still want you to play Fallen Empires cards).
See the cube here: https://cubecobra.com/cube/overview/femremastered
Resources:
Cube Cobra: https://cubecobra.com/
Magic Multiverse Project: https://www.mtg-multiverse.com/
Solely Singleton: https://solelysingleton.libsyn.com/
Solely Singleton's Starter Cube: https://cubecobra.com/cube/overview/thestartercube
Card Kingdom's Starter Cube: https://www.cardkingdom.com/catalog/shop/card-kingdom-starter-cube
Art by Stefan Keller
Music: Take Me Higher by Jahzzar is licensed under a Attribution-ShareAlike License.
Season 2 Episode 2
We take an episode off of trying to provide you ways to save money, and instead, we just have fun. Our casual friend-group's prerelease draft.
Art by Stefan Keller
Music: Take Me Higher by Jahzzar is licensed under a Attribution-ShareAlike License.
Season 2 Episode 1
Dylan and Ryan return from the break caused by our existential crisis we were thrown into with the announcement of Pioneer, a format that is so much better than modern for brewing on a budget.
This episode is a bit more casual (and casually edited), so I hope you enjoy our rambles.
This week's resources:
www.mtgstocks.com
Budget Pioneer articles on TCGPlayer by Emma Partlow
Link to her articles.
Twitter: @emmmzyne
Decks discussed:
STAR PACT OF DOOM
Pioneer Phoenix
Pioneer BG Constrictor
Art by Stefan Keller
Music: Take Me Higher by Jahzzar is licensed under a Attribution-ShareAlike License.
Season 1 Episode 4.
Dylan and Ryan discuss some sweet new budget cards from Throne of Eldraine!
We also crack a Collector Booster and discuss strategies that might work for each of the cards we open--it's a challenge!
Even better than that, WE ARE GIVING AWAY THE CONTENTS OF THE PACK! Just retweet this episode and DM us, or email us, with the card from the pack you most want to build around!
We also discuss some budget sideboard options and some resources to help you save money and have more fun playing Magic.
Twitter @ModestModernMTG
Email ModestModernMTG@gmail.com
Resources:
MTG Dawnglare: https://mtg.dawnglare.com/?p=sets&source=tcgmarket/
Magic Online -- now with free accounts and new player points you can use to enter the MODERN GAUNTLET!
Art by Stefan Keller
Music: Take Me Higher by Jahzzar is licensed under a Attribution-ShareAlike License.
Season 1 Episode 3.
Dylan and Ryan discuss a budget COMBO deck that will ruffle your opponent's feathers--Seismic Swans! Now with more chaos.
We also discuss some budget sideboard options and some resources to help you save money and have more fun playing Magic.
Twitter @ModestModernMTG
Email ModestModernMTG@gmail.com
Resources:
MTG Top 8: http://www.mtgtop8.com/
Scryfall--now with Deckbuilder! https://scryfall.com/register
MTG Nexus Dual Land Chooser: https://www.mtgnexus.com/tools/duallandguide/
Deck: Seismic Swans
Archidekt: https://archidekt.com/decks/213776#Swans!
MTG Goldfish: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/2300566#paper
Art by Stefan Keller
Music: Take Me Higher by Jahzzar is licensed under a Attribution-ShareAlike License.
Season 1 Episode 2.
Dylan and Ryan discuss a budget deck that will make your opponents salty--the Rack!
We also discuss some budget sideboard options and some resources to help you save money and have more fun playing Magic.
Sorry this episode is late; the software froze mid-edit and I had to start all over. I didn't edit anything after the outro.
Twitter @ModestModernMTG
Email ModestModernMTG@gmail.com
Resources:
The Dive Down: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/the-dive-down
Their Twitter: https://twitter.com/thedivedown?lang=en
Cardsphere: https://www.cardsphere.com/
Ryan's Burn Resource: https://archidekt.com/decks/192009#Burn_Cards
Filterable Spreadsheet of ALL GP Vegas Decks: https://onedrive.live.com/view.aspx?resid=2664722324D94579!109567&ithint=file%2cxlsx&authkey=!AAMPG6L4rgVClhY
Deck: Budget 10-Rack ($50):
Archidekt: https://archidekt.com/decks/205844#Budget_10_Rack
MTG Goldfish: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/2187046#paper
Art by Stefan Keller
Music: Take Me Higher by Jahzzar is licensed under a Attribution-ShareAlike License.
Season 1 Episode 1.
Dylan and Ryan launch their new podcast by discussing a budget-friendly mono-red deck (without Faithless Looting, phew!)
We also discuss some budget sideboard options and some resources to help you save money and have more fun playing Magic.
Resources:
Archidekt: https://archidekt.com/
MTG Arena: https://mtgarena.appspot.com/
Deck: Prowess Flame ($57):
Archidekt: https://archidekt.com/decks/173444#Budget_Flame
MTG Goldfish: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/2182874#paper
Art by Stefan Keller
Music: Take Me Higher by Jahzzar is licensed under a Attribution-ShareAlike License.