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Arena Regulars
Your regularly scheduled Magic: The Gathering Arena podcast with tipsy hosts, Jeff Pike and Zach Eulberg, whose skills are limited and criticism is constructive.
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Arena Regulars68 - New Kamigawa Cards
We go through everything you may have missed at the Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty Set Championship and which decks took it home. Normally we would tell you which…
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67 - Back to Our Roots
We're bringing back some classic beer styles (for us) and finally getting back to talking about Historic which we've forgotten about completely. Follow us on…
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66 - NEO Standard
The Standard meta has been really interesting since Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty came out. We talk about what we think the top decks are and some tips on how to play…
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65 - On Draft: Kamigawa
Getting prepped for the Limited Arena Open, just looking to up your draft game, or even looking for some drafting war stories...this one's for you! Hear what…
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64 - First Sips of Neon Dynasty
There is no better time than when a new Magic set is released! These are our first sips....or first thoughts of Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty, plus a handful of cards…
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63 - Neon Dynasty Pregame
We are pretty excited for Kamigawa....okay we are REALLY EXCITED!! If you're not hyped yet we will help you aboard the hype train. Plus we have some sweet Neon…
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62 - Drunken Vorthos: Neon Dynasty
We heard you love them so we are back with another Drunken Vorthos this week! Back to back story episodes, what a time to be alive. If you've been looking at…
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61 - Drunken Vorthos: Kamigawa Myths and Legends
Do you wanna know about the Kamigawa backstory? Yes. Do you want to read? No. Listen to a couple beer drinking buds break everything down for ya! Link to the…
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60 - Crimson Vow Happy Hour!
We are nearing the end of the Innistrad: Crimson Vow set, so as always we wanted to look back fondly on what awesome things it brought to us. Timestamps 0:00…
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59 - Always block Satoru Umezawa
It's been 18 years since we've visited Kamigawa. What was the original block all about and what do we hope to see brought back for Neon Dynasty? Timestamps…
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58 - New Year, More Beer
We're BACK! After taking a break for the holidays, we are back and thirstier than ever! This episode we take a look back on the year that MTG Arena just had…
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57 - Discover the Formula… to win at Alchemy
Our first thoughts on the brand new Alchemy format after being able to play this last week. What is the Key to the Alchemy Archives? Timestamps 0:00 Intro 2:59…
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56 - Arena's Newest Format
We got some HUGE news over this last week about the future of Arena and we definitely have some thoughts about it. Plus we have to break down the Innistrad…
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55 - Drunken Vorthos: Crimson Vow
Back by popular demand, it's another Drunken Vorthos episode! Which also means we have another Silver Series! We're drinking silver beers and breaking down…
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54 - On Draft:Crimson Vow
Crimson Vow is on Draft tonight so we're breaking down the ten 2-color archetypes and debating which cards are undervalued and overvalued. Are you drafting…
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53 - First Sips of Crimson Vow
We're back with an Arena Regulars classic First Sips episode, however this time with a little twist. See what's going on with our Worth a Slots for this set…
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52 - Wedding Pregame
We got invited to a wedding or at least we are crashing one! Time to make sure we throw back a few and take some shots before heading out to the event of the…
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51 - Midnight Hunt Happy Hour!
With Crimson Vow coming out next week, we say goodbye to Midnight Hunt and take a look back on this formats short journey. Will it be remembered as THE…
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50 - Drunken Vorthos: Midnight Hunt
We're back with another Drunken Vorthos! Listen to us fight over how werewolves work in Innistrad and if Teferi actually contributed anything at all. Of course…
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49 - World Championship and the Two Four Winner
A new World Champion has been crowned and we breakdown the entire tournament for ya. If you missed it we got you covered with all the highs, lows, and twitter…
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48 - The Final Fantasy
It's time. The World Championship is upon us which means only one thing..... who will win the Weird Two Four of Beer?!?! Timestamps 0:00 Intro 1:07 What's on…
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47 - Drafting Midnight Hunt
We've been drafting Innistrad Midnight Hunt and we have some advice, mainly trying to help you learn from our many shortcomings. Timestamps 0:00 Intro 1:00…
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46 - First Sips of Midnight Hunt
It's the best time of the year, a new Magic set just dropped and we things to say about it! Tune in for our first thoughts....or first sips of what Innistrad…
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45 - Midnight Hunt Set Review
Let's dive into the mechanics coming to new standard! Plus we take a stab at guessing what the best commons of the set will be for limited and some of them may…
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44 - Drunken Vorthos: Innistrad Backstory
We are back with a new Drunken Vorthos episode! This time we are catching you up with everything that happened the last two times that we went to the plane of…
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43 - Adventures in the Forgotten Realms Happy Hour!
It's that time again! We are looking back fondly on all the things we liked about the D&D set and see if any of our Worth a Slots from the beginning of the set…
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42 - Silver Series: Showcase 2021 Reaction
Wow did we get a big Magic announcement this week! The entire lineup for next year has officially been announced so obviously thats all we want to talk about…
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41 - Don't trick yourshelf, play Standard 2022
Everyone is ready for rotation, so we might as well talk about all the sweet Standard 2022 decks that have been hitting the Bo1 queues! Also get ready for some…
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40 - Historic Horizons Review
Historic is about to get a HUGE make over, so of course we need to talk about all the new cards coming to Arena. How many new archetypes will be relevant in…
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39 - *CASH THE ARENA OPEN $2,000!!!!* and other clickbait titles
If you're looking for which deck to play in this weekends Arena Open then you have come to the right place! We break down every single deck in the current…
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38 - Wizard Soup
This week we are talking all about limited! Drafting at the beginning of a new set is one of the best things Magic has to offer so we do a deep dive into…
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37 - First Sips of the Forgotten Realms
Adventures in the Forgotten Realms has officially been released on Arena so it's that time again! We discuss our first thoughts (or first sips) of the set…
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36 - Adventuring into Forgotten Realms Previews
There is a new standard set of magic so of course we gotta dive in a talk all about it and the new mechanics we are going to be using! Not only are we talking…
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35 - Strixhaven Happy Hour!
It's that time again! The new set Adventures in the Forgotten Realms is starting it's spoiler season next week so we wanted to take the time and reflect on all…
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34 - Magic Slang
Magic the Gathering has been around for quite awhile and at this point has basically its own language to describe almost every aspect around the game. Whether…
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33 - Strixhaven Championship
*DISCLAIMER - This episode was recorded on Tues 6/8/21, before WOTC Banned Time Warp in Historic* The Strixhaven Championship was last weekend and we do a full…
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32 - Historic and the 5th Anthology
Historic has once again gained some new cards over the last week and the format feels like the wild west! We discuss how the format has evolved over the last…
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31 - Drunken Vorthos Strixhaven Edition
We (drunkenly) explain everything we know about the episodic short stories for Strixhaven School of Mages. Back by popular demand! We had so much fun with this…
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30 - Results of the Strixhaven League Weekend #2
We give our thoughts on the organized play announcement from last week and tell you all about what happened at the League Weekend. Who is one step closer to…
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29 - Strixhaven vs. Ravnica
We finally sit down and have the discussion about if Strixhaven is really all that different from Ravnica. Will these new college names take over the enemy…
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28 - Strixhaven Sealed
Getting ready to play the Arena Open coming up this weekend? Haven't played much Strixhaven limited or just need a little refresher? Well do we have the show…
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27 - How to Brew
We have put together a system on how to brew new decks and how it relates to brewing beer! Jeff even shares his most recent home brew with probably the best…
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26 - Strixhaven First Sips
Finally Strixhaven has been released and this episode has our first sips....or first thoughts of the new set. Plus we bring back our Worth a Slot segment to…
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25 - Kaldheim Happy Hour!
We take a look back at all the fun we had with Kaldheim and all the home runs WOTC hit with this set before we officially move on to Strixhaven next week. Also…
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24 - Strixhaven Rants and Kaldheim Champs
Strixhaven spoilers are everywhere so of course we are going to be talking all about them, plus we breakdown the Kaldheim Championship. If you missed the…
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23 - Strixhaven Predictions
Strixhaven spoilers start the day this episode comes out so we wanted to talk about the few spoilers we've already received and what we are looking forward to…
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22 - Top Tier or Outta Here (Historic post Uro ban)
We are finally getting to talk about the shake ups that have happened since Uro, Titan of Nature's Wrath was banned from Historic and how the format has…
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21 - Historic Anthology IV
We go through every card that is being added to Historic in the Historic Anthology IV, how it as a hole stands up to the first 3, and how we think this will…
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20 - Results of the KHM LW #2
The second Kaldheim League Weekend is in the books and we have a lot to say about it! Our Magic Pro fantasy results are in so we break down what happened and…
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19 - Fantasy Draft (KHM League Weekend #2)
We debrief after the first sealed Arena Open and draft our Fantasy teams for the second Kaldheim League Weekend Feb 27-28. 0:00 Intro 3:41 What's on Tap? 5:43…
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18 - Kaldheim Sealed
The upcoming Feb 20-21 Arena Open is Kaldheim Sealed so we discuss how to approach the format for those not familiar with it, also some pitfalls you should…
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17 - Top Tier or Outta Here (Kaldheim Standard)
We look at the Kaldheim Standard meta game and guess which decks will have staying power and which ones will fall away or go under big rebuilds. The link for…
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16 - Kaldheim BINGO
We are loving Kaldheim so much that we decided to put together a BINGO card of a bunch of all the objectives we want to accomplish. This episode we explain…
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15 - Drunken Vorthos (Kaldheim)
If you ever wondered what the story of a Magic set was but didn't want to find and read all the materials, this is the episode for you! We break down…
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14 - KHM League Weekend #1 Results, plus "Worth a Slot: Kaldheim Spoilers Edition"
The results for our 3rd Magic Pro Fantasy League are in! Find out who is now in the lead and what the perfect team would have looked like. Also we debut a new…
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13 - Kaldheim Spoilers and KHM League Weekend #1 Fantasy Draft
Kaldheim spoilers are here! We talk about some of the new mechanics, cards, and archetypes that have been spoiled so far. Also we change up the rules for our…
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12 - ZNR Happy Hour!
Kaldheim is right around the corner so we wanted to look back on all the things that Zendikar Rising gave us. Link to Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa's Youtube…
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11 - Year in Review and HOT TAKES for the New Year
We look back on everything that happened to MTG Arena in 2020 and speculate on what we think 2021 has in store. Both of us have a few hot takes we expect to…
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10 - Red/Green Historic Decklists (Budget and Expensive)
The holidays are coming fast so we put together some Gruul decks to feel festive and fun. Also we decompress from the Arena Open talking about what we learned…
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9 - Fantasy Results from ZNR Championship, plus Arena Open
Whose team won the Fantasy League this time and what would a perfect ZNR Championship team look like? Plus we talk about what we can take from the Championship…