Since 2017 the MTG Grindcast has broadcast weekly, talking everything competitive Magic, from up-to-the-minute metagame updates to Magic news to tournament coverage. Hosted by Chris Castro-Rappl and Lee McLeod and home to a rotating cast of guests including Dom Harvey, Jarvis Yu, and Jesse Robkin, we're bringing you your weekly dose of competitive MTG.
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Grindcast 393: The Ordeal of the Final Fantasy Episode
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1:19:12CCR has...thoughts about the Final Fantasy set.Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music!If you’d like to support the podcast, check out our patreon at patreon.com/mtggrindcast. Subscribers get swag and bonus content! And whether you subscribe or not, you’re invited to join our discord, where we’re building a community of friendly people all lo…
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Grindcast 392: Getting back to our Insidious Roots (with Jesse Piland!)
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1:08:55Our friend Jesse qualified for the PT and he did it in style, smashing through Hartford with his beloved Roots deck. We're talking Roots, his run two weeks before with Monument, and a sprinkling of Final Fantasy in the mix. Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music!If you’d like to support the podcast, check out our patreon at patreon.com/mtggr…
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Grindcast 391: Proficient with Prowess (with Jarvis Yu!)
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1:35:07Get hype for the 20 minute cold open featuring us trying to remember which guy is from which final fantasy!Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music!If you’d like to support the podcast, check out our patreon at patreon.com/mtggrindcast. Subscribers get swag and bonus content! And whether you subscribe or not, you’re invited to join our discord…
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Grindcast 390: How do you pronounce Mako?
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1:07:47This week! We're breaking down standard LIVE as it develops at the height of RC season. Prowess put up a breach-like metagame share in Minneapolis but did not continue delivering breach-like numbers, so what should we play going forward? Find out on this episode!Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music!If you’d like to support the podcast, che…
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We've got our first RC results, so we're looking at how the stage is set for high level standard season! Newcomer Izzet Prowess is lighting the tables up, but does it have what it takes in the format for the long haul?Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music!If you’d like to support the podcast, check out our patreon at patreon.com/mtggrindcas…
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Grindcast 388: Popes, Property, and Primeval Titan
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1:09:52We kind of go all over the place on this one, but land squarely on amulet talk for a healthy portion. Will CCR finally learn how to cast Primeval Titan? Find out this week!Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music!If you’d like to support the podcast, check out our patreon at patreon.com/mtggrindcast. Subscribers get swag and bonus content! And…
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Grindcast 387: Steel Cutter? I barely know her
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1:15:01It's postban modern RCQ season! We're playing all sorts of bad decks this time around, from Hardened Broodscale to Coretapper Control. Well, Lee is playing those decks while CCR goes long on Prowess. Come check out the format with us!Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music!If you’d like to support the podcast, check out our patreon at patreon…
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Grindcast 386: Bangeons and Dragons
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1:24:19Ooooh they banned Underworld Breach and nothing else? Should we tell everyone? Should we throw a party? Should we invite Bella Hadid?And Dragonstorm spoilers!Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music!If you’d like to support the podcast, check out our patreon at patreon.com/mtggrindcast. Subscribers get swag and bonus content! And whether you s…
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Grindcast 385: DRAGONS. STORMS. KHANS.
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1:24:03We're here, hanging out on Tarkir, bringing you the hottest spoilers while dodging dragonstorms and trying to make sure Sarkhan doesn't notice us.Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music!If you’d like to support the podcast, check out our patreon at patreon.com/mtggrindcast. Subscribers get swag and bonus content! And whether you subscribe or …
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Grindcast 384: Sarkhan's Dumb Adventure
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1:25:16Lee held CCR at gunpoint so it's a lore episode with some modern thrown in for good measure! Why can't Jace tell anyone what he's up to until he throws the multiverse into chaos? Why does Tarkir get restored offscreen? Why does Sarkhan get beaten not by a character but a random series of events? We don't answer any of those questions! But we sure d…
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Grindcast 283: You Mean to Tell Me a Tiddypills Won this Tournament? (With Jesse Robkin!)
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1:19:41There was only one type of episode that made sense the week after Jesse won the RC with Breach! We got her on the cast to talk about the tournament, her 5-year arc as a Breach main, and what the future holds. And there are a lot of bits.Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music!If you’d like to support the podcast, check out our patreon at patr…
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Grindcast 382: Taking Stock of Modern
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1:15:23RC Charlotte is almost here! We're talking all the recent developments in the format, including a 2U counterspell that has captured our imaginations. A perfect listen on your drive to the tournament!Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music!If you’d like to support the podcast, check out our patreon at patreon.com/mtggrindcast. Subscribers get …
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Grindcast 381: The Perfectly Organized Pro Tour Aetherdrift Episode
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1:12:14It's the week after the Pro Tour! We break down the winning, losing, and confusing strategies from this past weekend's big standard tournament. Is this town big enough for them all?Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music!If you’d like to support the podcast, check out our patreon at patreon.com/mtggrindcast. Subscribers get swag and bonus con…
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Grindcast 380: Why do we have final fantasy previews already?
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1:22:45Join two final fantasy experts as we mostly avoid talking about chocobos and delve into standard (upcoming pro tour!) and modern (almost time for our RC!) and don't even complain about how good breach is!Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music!If you’d like to support the podcast, check out our patreon at patreon.com/mtggrindcast. Subscribers…
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Grindcast 379: Is Breach Hogaak? (with Abe Stein!)
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1:24:06This week! Abe Stein joins us off a top 64 finish in Portland with a deck that has risen to the top of the format, and we take his words and turn them into clickbait. Come for the hot takes on the modern format, stay for the thoughtful discussion of how to properly beat Breach.Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music!If you’d like to support t…
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We're zooming around from card to card, trying not to just talk about which ones are good to put under an Agatha's Soul Cauldron (we also talk about what cards are good with Ketramose!)Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music!If you’d like to support the podcast, check out our patreon at patreon.com/mtggrindcast. Subscribers get swag and bonus…
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Grindcast 377: Start your Engines and Cycle your Motorcycles
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1:27:38We got modern results! And Lee played standard! And Aetherdrift spoilers! Kachow!Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music!If you’d like to support the podcast, check out our patreon at patreon.com/mtggrindcast. Subscribers get swag and bonus content! And whether you subscribe or not, you’re invited to join our discord, where we’re building a c…
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Boros Energy is Dead. Long live Boros Energy (with Bobinchese!)
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1:13:02Our friend Nick has won the inaugural Atomic Empire modern invitational, and he did with with Boros Energy which remains...really, really good. We talk about the tournament, the breach matchup, and how modern is looking going forward from here!Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music!If you’d like to support the podcast, check out our patreon …
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Grindcast 375: What to play in Modern and Standard
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1:19:39Lee's got a Modern invitational coming up! And he's...not playing breach! And we talk about standard! Let's goooooThanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music!If you’d like to support the podcast, check out our patreon at patreon.com/mtggrindcast. Subscribers get swag and bonus content! And whether you subscribe or not, you’re invited to join our …
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Grindcast 374: Very Dimir, Very Mindful (With Oaf McNamara!)
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1:26:13Hot on the heels of his second place finish at Spotlight Foundations, our friend Scott is here to talk about his extremely sweet hybrid Dimir deck! We talk matchups, stories, and wax poetic about just how good Stormchaser's Talent is with This Town Ain't Big Enough. Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music!If you’d like to support the podcast,…
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Grindcast 373: 2024, Truly One of the Years of All Time
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1:49:20It's New Year's Eve! (as of recording) So we're breaking down this past year of sets: the hits, the misses, the cowboy hats and detective's phoenixes of it all. Sit back and unwind as we bring in the new year by reveling in the last one.Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music!If you’d like to support the podcast, check out our patreon at patr…
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Can you imagine? A world without The One Ring, and one in which your (yes your!) favorite card was never banned from Modern? Well, my friend, that world is THIS world, and we're gonna talk about it. Together.Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music!If you’d like to support the podcast, check out our patreon at patreon.com/mtggrindcast. Subscri…
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Grindcast 371: What we talk about when we talk about banning The One Ring
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1:27:44This week: Team Tournaments! Ban talk! Path of Exile! This episode has everything!By MTG Grindcast
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Hey everyone! With RCQ season kicking into gear, we wanted to share our experiences and try to equip you with some tools that have helped us be successful in RCQ seasons past. If you're thinking of grinding for that qualification, whether you're a grizzled vet or have never made an RC before, I think there's something in here for you.Thanks as alwa…
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Grindcast 369: 4 Bezas vs the World
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1:17:52It's still early in the standard format, and the red decks aren't letting us forget it. But players are fighting back with Preachers and Bezas and Sheoldreds and we break it all down for you. Plus! We review all the standard-relevant cards from Foundations that you can't open in Foundations packs.Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music!If you…
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We all love standard! So let's chat about it at the onset of RCQ season, and not spend too much brainpower trying to figure out exactly which cards are in Foundations.Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music!If you’d like to support the podcast, check out our patreon at patreon.com/mtggrindcast. Subscribers get swag and bonus content! And whet…
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Mark is here! And we're chatting about his first Worlds experience, this standard format, and why he actually kinda loves Arena. Distract yourself from reality with the soothing sounds of the MTG Grindcast.Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music!If you’d like to support the podcast, check out our patreon at patreon.com/mtggrindcast. Subscribe…
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Grindcast 366: Shaking Magic's Foundations
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1:27:00Wooooooof what a news week. Somehow next year's sets managed to overshadow a pretty sweet Worlds, with cataclysmic shifts to magic as a whole. We go over the latest ways Magic is DyingTM.Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music!If you’d like to support the podcast, check out our patreon at patreon.com/mtggrindcast. Subscribers get swag and bon…
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Grindcast 365: Spooky Standard Season
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1:13:53We're back, from the exotic lands of Iceland and Wisconsin, respectively, and we're here to talk standard and cube! Respectively.Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music!If you’d like to support the podcast, check out our patreon at patreon.com/mtggrindcast. Subscribers get swag and bonus content! And whether you subscribe or not, you’re invit…
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It's here! Simultaneously late (for a set review) and early (in the week!) we're going over all our spookiest favorite cards from the new set. Don't miss out!Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music!If you’d like to support the podcast, check out our patreon at patreon.com/mtggrindcast. Subscribers get swag and bonus content! And whether you s…
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Grindcast 363: The Enchanties Episode
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1:11:47The RC's coming, and CCR's playing Enchanties! Get the inside scoop on the deck and all the weird places Pioneer has gone over the past week.Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music!If you’d like to support the podcast, check out our patreon at patreon.com/mtggrindcast. Subscribers get swag and bonus content! And whether you subscribe or not, …
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Grindcast 362: Lol let's talk about commander I guess
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1:12:26It's...commander ban week? Ok, I guess that's what we're talking about because we must engage with the Discourse, it's in our contract.But we talk Duskmourn cards too, don't worry!Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music!If you’d like to support the podcast, check out our patreon at patreon.com/mtggrindcast. Subscribers get swag and bonus cont…
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Episode 361: Pioneer RC Prep-isode (with Collins Mullen!)
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1:17:20Collins is here! And he's been pioneering up a storm to prep for this RC. He shares his thoughts on the format and we talk through which Duskmourn cards are looking to make a splash.Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music!If you’d like to support the podcast, check out our patreon at patreon.com/mtggrindcast. Subscribers get swag and bonus co…
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Spoiler season continues, even as the thought of how much Pioneer CCR has to play this month manifests dread within him.Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music!If you’d like to support the podcast, check out our patreon at patreon.com/mtggrindcast. Subscribers get swag and bonus content! And whether you subscribe or not, you’re invited to joi…
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Duskmourn is coming out soon! OOoooOOoo! Lee played lantern in a 7 round RCQ this weekend! Eeeeeek! CCR's focusing on Pioneer all month long AAAUUUGGgghhhhhhhhh!Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music!If you’d like to support the podcast, check out our patreon at patreon.com/mtggrindcast. Subscribers get swag and bonus content! And whether yo…
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It's ban discussion time! Thank goodness no one got a podcast episode out on this before we did! Get ready for some fresh, unsullied takes on legacy, modern, and pioneer!Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music!If you’d like to support the podcast, check out our patreon at patreon.com/mtggrindcast. Subscribers get swag and bonus content! And w…
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Grindcast 357: Lee and CCR fixed Magic
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1:31:16We did it *sniff*Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music!If you’d like to support the podcast, check out our patreon at patreon.com/mtggrindcast. Subscribers get swag and bonus content! And whether you subscribe or not, you’re invited to join our discord, where we’re building a community of friendly people all looking to improve at the game w…
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Grindcast 356: Let's all shame Lee for liking Nadu
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1:12:47Lee won his RCQ with Nadu...and he ENJOYED IT. How dare he? Join me in angrily shaking our fists at him, and then talking about Duel Commander and Standard because optimizing Nadu builds sounds just awful to me.Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music!If you’d like to support the podcast, check out our patreon at patreon.com/mtggrindcast. Subs…
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Grindcast 355: Lee and CCR Fix Magic
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1:12:03Definitely don't miss this one, because we're tackling all the problems one by one and fixing them up, all for YOU!Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music!If you’d like to support the podcast, check out our patreon at patreon.com/mtggrindcast. Subscribers get swag and bonus content! And whether you subscribe or not, you’re invited to join our…
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Grindcast 354: Bloomburrow Set Review!
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1:32:55You otter listen to this oneThanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music!If you’d like to support the podcast, check out our patreon at patreon.com/mtggrindcast. Subscribers get swag and bonus content! And whether you subscribe or not, you’re invited to join our discord, where we’re building a community of friendly people all looking to improve at…
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Grindcast 353: Standard Rotation Spectacular!
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1:14:03Standard is rotating, everyone take cover! Will Domain survive the loss of triomes? Is there any way to make Aftermath Analyst work? Can you Relic without Gurk? All this and more!Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music!If you’d like to support the podcast, check out our patreon at patreon.com/mtggrindcast. Subscribers get swag and bonus conte…
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More Bloomburrow cards! A lot of them are bats! Boy is it a shame the Orzhov creature land sucks so much!Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music!If you’d like to support the podcast, check out our patreon at patreon.com/mtggrindcast. Subscribers get swag and bonus content! And whether you subscribe or not, you’re invited to join our discord, …
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It turns out Bloomburrow is the next set after all! This episode has it all: Mouse Knights, Frogs eloping, hot takes on decklists. Grab some dandelion cordial and come hang out!Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music!If you’d like to support the podcast, check out our patreon at patreon.com/mtggrindcast. Subscribers get swag and bonus content…
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Pro Tour MH3: Complete. Nadu: unbeatable. Probably. We're talking about our expectations for modern over the next few weeks, along with plenty of discussion of the newly-announced MTG Foundations and what that means for standard.Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music!If you’d like to support the podcast, check out our patreon at patreon.com/…
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Grindcast 349: No Bans! Only PT MH3! (with Mark Stanton!)
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1:43:44Mark is back! We're talking all things modern in the runup to Pro Tour MH3, but we've also got some time to talk about the recent ban announcements as a pressure release for Lee before he explodes. This is a fun one!Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music!If you’d like to support the podcast, check out our patreon at patreon.com/mtggrindcast.…
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Grindcast 348: Modern Horizons 3 Set Review!
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1:51:40It's here! The set is out and it's getting played and we delayed this episode just enough that we could cheat a little before wildly guessing at which cards are good or not. Don't worry though, there's still a hot take or two to carry the episode.Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music!If you’d like to support the podcast, check out our patre…
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Grindcast 347: A Kiss on the Forehead
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1:33:03MH3 is here! But we haven't talked about all the interesting cards yet, so we're catching up today! One last overview of the set before our big honkin' set review next week. We've got Takes, Opinions, and What Have Yous.Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music!If you’d like to support the podcast, check out our patreon at patreon.com/mtggrindc…
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Grindcast 346: RC Dallas with Yoman5!
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1:43:48Adam came to hang out! Fresh off of qualifying for the pro tour, we're talking Gurk, swapping stories, and then diving into the cards we're most excited for from MH3. Come hang out!Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music!If you’d like to support the podcast, check out our patreon at patreon.com/mtggrindcast. Subscribers get swag and bonus con…
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We're breaking down CCR's standard prep, his deck choice for the RC, and then a bunch of MH3 cards! Don't miss out! Woo! Magic!Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music!If you’d like to support the podcast, check out our patreon at patreon.com/mtggrindcast. Subscribers get swag and bonus content! And whether you subscribe or not, you’re invited…
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Previews are finally here! So let's talk about some of the cards that we've known about for weeks from blurry daguerreotypes someone sent in to Internet headquarters by stagecoach.Thanks as always to Wave Sunray for our music!If you’d like to support the podcast, check out our patreon at patreon.com/mtggrindcast. Subscribers get swag and bonus cont…
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