Midweek Metagame

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.

EdgarMTG is back from the Pro Tour and a great finish and Gab and him go over the team's testing, Edgar's run as well as their thought on Standard going forward.

The pod is back as EdgarMTG and Yellowhat review the best cards for Standard out of Secrets of Strixhaven!

In this week's ep, we take a look at the results of the last four Standard Regional Championships of this cycle and we also take a good first look at Historic ahead of the April Arena Qualifier Weekend.

In this week's ep, we go over the results of another huge weekend of Standard, see if and how the meta adjusted to Izzet Prowess and the continued dominance of Green Landfall as well as what TMNT cards showed up in the top decks. We also talk a little bit of Modern, No Ban List Modern, Premodern and Legacy.

This week, Edgar shares his Regional Championship experience, we talk about Standard before and after Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles as well as some No ban List Modern recently added as a format on Magic Online!

This week, it's all Standard as Edgar shares what his front runner for the Canadian Regional Championship is and Gab tries to help him make sense of the format as a whole.

In this week's Ep, Gab and Edgar go over their Pro Tour prep, the tournament itself with a focus on the Standard format and how it has already evolve since as well as the decks they've been working on post-PT.

This week, Edgar and Gab talk all things Lorwyn: a limited crash course as well as Lorwyn's day 1 impact on Standard and Modern!