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Crew3: A Magic Podcast
Welcome to Crew3! Join your hosts Ruckman, Chris, and Ricky as they discuss the current happenings in their favorite game Magic the Gathering. With combined decades of experience their goal is to help players find succcess in their local communities and make the jump from kitchen table to competitive success. Come for the advice, stay for the hilarity that ensues.
Episodes
- Crew3: A Magic Podcast
54: Secret Lair: Crew3 Edition
As usual this week take a look at the ever shifting Pioneer meta game before taking a stop at Chris' Crafting Corner to discuss the year of Secret Lair. Want…
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53: Mono-Red Won Both Challenges?
In a surprising turn of events, mono-red won not one but both of the challenges this last weekend. One has some interesting tech against the meta while the…
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52: Sultai Rec Is Here To Play
This week the Crew3 boys check out the new king on the Pioneer throne in the weekly metagame update. From there is time for a big deck doctor session as they…
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51: The MOCS and Pioneer Champs
There was a lot of high level pioneer action this weekend, so just what do the boy think of it all? What decks took the crown in this jam packed pioneer meta…
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50: One Year Q&A
Please consider donating to our Extra Life Campaign HERE. It was Pioneer's birthday 2 weeks ago, this week is ours! This week on the podcast we turned to our…
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49: Burn Is Back And Budget Buy-Ins
Please consider donating to our Extra Life Campaign HERE. If you thought last week's meta change was a big switch up, this week the hits kept coming and burn…
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48: 77 Is The New 60?
Please consider donating to our Extra Life Campaign HERE. This week there's been a big meta game shake up not just in the top decks, but the decks themselves…
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47: Happy Birthday Pioneer
Please consider donating to our Extra Life Campaign HERE. Well, it's been 1 full year since the initial pioneer announcement. This week we're talking about the…
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46: Pioneer Isn't All About Omnath
Please consider donating to our Extra Life Campaign HERE. This week the guys take a look at a stacked week of events to show that Pioneer is about a lot more…
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45: Is Omnath Too Good For Pioneer?
This week it's all Pioneer as the boys break down what's going on in the recent Pioneer Challenges. From there they share their thoughts on how Omnath fits…
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44: Manic Monday and the Pioneer Meta
If you'd like to skip past the Secret Lair and Standard talk jump after Chris' special report to 34:50 where we start our Pioneer meta breakdown. Well, Monday…
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43: Zendikar Rising Deck Ideas
Well with the recent release of Zendikar Rising it's time for one of our favorite recurring episodes New Set Deck Builds! This week the guys each present a…
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42: Drafting Our Top Picks In Zendikar
This week the boys decided to do something a little different and instead of going over our overall collective top 5, we went through and drafted our own top 5…
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Ep 41: Zendikar Deep Dive
With a majority of the set spoiled at time of recording the boys take a look at several of the cards that stick out to them the most. Pie bets a made, Ruckman…
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40: Zendikar Rising Is Rising
Well, September is here and that means a new main line magic project will soon be upon us. This week the boys discuss the weekly meta and hop around in time a…
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39: Bruce Willis is in Temur Rec?
Ruckman didn't mess up his audio this week, so all the boys are back for full length Pioneer goodness! Mono-green still has a hold on the format but Jund…
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38: A Big Return For Jund
After an audio mishap, Chris and Ruckman are here for a quick redux of episode 38. This week was a big debut weekend for Jund Citadel and Jeskai Fires…
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37: Post Ban Pioneer and Amonkhet Hype
The guys are back this week to take a look a what the pioneer landscape looks like in the wake of last Monday's B&R updates. Oh, and they're pretty hyped for…
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Episode 36: Surprise Banlist, The Evil Has Been Defeated!
A surprise early episode release for a surprise banlist. Strike up the band, throw some streamers, pour the drinks cuz WE DID IT! With multiple bans across…
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Episode 35: Amonkhet, and Zenikar, and Masters OH MY!
The guys are back this week to discuss some exciting stuff on the horizon for Pioneer and Magic Arena. Between Amonkhet Remastered, Zendikar Rising, and…
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Episode 34: Talking Pioneer w/ Emma Handy
This week the guys a joined by a very special guest, SCG writer/commentator, Rivals League Competitor, and Twitch streamer Emma Handy! Take a listen for her…
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Episode 33: B&R Announcement aka The One Where Ruckman Gets Mad
**I had to edit out some expletives that I used to play up my frustration in this week's B&R announcement which lead to mea wanting to label the episode as…
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Episode 32: Benchmarks of a Pioneer Deck
Well the boys thought they would be helpful this week and go over some benchmarks you need to clear when brewing up for the Pioneer meta, little did they know…
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Episode 31: The Deck Doctors Are In
Core Set 2021, hasn't had much time to shake things up yet so the boys are turning to the pile of Does It Slap submissions and playing doctor this week after…
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Episode 30: Core 2021 Wrap Up and Brews
After delivering their top 5 picks from the set to the Professor at TCC, the guys come together to give their final overall thoughts on the core set. They've…
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Episode 29: Current Meta and More Core 2021
With the return of Dimir Inverter the guys take some time to discuss their thoughts on the current state of the Pioneer meta. Also we're taking another look at…
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Episode 28: First Look at Core Set 2021
This week the guys are taking a look at the already jam packed first round of Core Set 2021 Spoilers. Does this set have what it takes to compete with the…
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Episode 27.5: The Companion Update
The boys are back with a brief update breaking down their thoughts on the changes to companion. We'll be back to a regular release schedule this Friday. Want…
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Podcast Update: A Moment of Solidarity
As a point of solidarity with the Black Lives Matter protests across the country and world we will not be posting a full podcast episode this week. Right now…
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Episode 27: Listener Questions
This week the boys are back to answer YOUR listener questions. Thank you to everyone who took the time to send us a question, we really enjoyed all of them! We…
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Episode 26: What To Do About Companion?
The guys are back once again, and this week they're looking at the implications following the May 18th B&R updates. What should happen with companions in other…
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*Corrected Audio* Episode 25: How Have We Been Playing Magic
The Crew3 boys take a much needed break from discussing the impact on Companions to talk about our processes in picking deck. Most importantly though they talk…
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Episode 24: The Lotus Box and an Extra Spicy League
After fighting through multiple failed recording attempts and despite being down a host, Episode 24 is here! Ruckman and Chris are taking a look at decklists…
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Episode 23: Our First Week of Ikoria
Our first full week of Ikoria is in the books, how has the pioneer meta shaken out? With companions running rampant, do the guys think they'll be fine for the…
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Episode 22: Ikoria's Companion Filled Debut
Ikoria's debut weekend is in the books! How has the set affected the landscape of Pioneer and Magic as a whole? Will companion reign supreme, or are there…
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Episode 21: Ikoria Spoilers Pt. 2
We're back with our final thoughts on Ikoria spoilers as we head into online release weekend. What cards get the final seal of approval? Did anything get…
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Episode 20: Ikoria Spoilers Pt. 1
Another episode of Crew 3 Podcast and this week we have the full crew. Exciting times abound as we start diving into all the Ikoria spoilers available at the…
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Episode 19: Deckbuilding Tips and Storytime
Another episode of Crew 3 Podcast, this time sans Ricky due to other engagements. This week Chris and Ruckman walk through some helpful deck building tips that…
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Episode 18: Upgrading 2020 Challenger Decks for Pioneer on a Budget
Crew 3 is back for another episode, this week we're discussing budget updates for the 2020 Challenger decks. We take a look at $25 and $50 tiers of upgrades to…
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Episode 17: Pioneer on MtG Arena?
Welcome back to another episode of Crew 3. This week we're talking about Ruckman and Ricky playing in what will possibly the last paper magic event for some…
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Episode 16: How About That Banlist?
This week saw the release of a new banlist..........except pioneer wasn't touched. With no planned bans until the end of April, how will Pioneer evolve around…
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Episode 15: Our Banlist Predictions and Chris' Special Report
It's about to get real exciting in Pioneer again! This week we're discussing our predictions for the recently announced ban list on March 9th, giving a peek at…
Crew3: A Magic PodcastEpisode 14: This is Fine
Welcome back listeners to another exciting episode of Crew 3. We're bundled up as combo winter continues to roll through pioneer without respite in sight. This…
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Episode 13: NRG Series and Listener Q&A
Hello listeners, this last week was slow going for pioneer so we're bringing to you a more relaxed episode than usual. We're talking about Worlds, the NRG…
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Episode 12: Time to Ban Dimir Inverter?
Well after another big weekend of pioneer and more events full of Dimir Inverter and Lotus Breach the guys sit down to discuss if it’s time to bring down the…
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Episode 11: Dimir Inverter's Debut Weekend
After a pioneer packed weekend of premier level play the guys sit down to discuss the Top 8's and deck performance numbers for PT Brussels and Nagoya. Is Dimir…
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Episode 10: Pioneer on a Budget
You listeners have been asking for it, and it's finally here! This week Crew 3 is taking a peek at options to play pioneer on a budget. We're presenting three…
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Episode 9: PAX South and Theros Brews
Hey listeners, we're back home safe after enjoying a fun weekend at PAX South. This week we go a little into what we did and then present our Theros Beyond…
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Episode 8: Chonky Red is King of Pioneer
This week we roll on with the formatting change and take time to discuss the new apparent king of the format in Mono/Big/Chonky Red, what makes mono-colored…
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Episode 7:Talking About Phoenix and More Theros
Sorry for the delayed release, but episode 7 is finally here! We want to take a quick moment to thank all of our listeners new and old for joining us and we…
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Episode 6: Theros Spoiler Musings
The boys are back a week early! Theros spoilers began in earnest and we just couldn't stay away. Tune in for our thoughts on the set's early heavy hitters like…
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Episode 5: Say Noko to Oko
We're back after a week off for what will be our final episode of 2019. This week we're talking about the banning of Nexus of Fate and Oko, Thief of Crowns…
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Episode 4: Pre and Post Ban Discussion
What was initially intended as a brief weekend update has merged with a quick post ban discussion. This week your Crew 3 hosts discuss the potential bans and…
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Episode 3: Crew 2?
After Ricky's computer died mid recording Chris and Ruckman decided to start over and record a shorter episode this week covering some of what was discussed in…
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Episode 2: The Invitational
Welcome back to Crew 3, sorry for the delay in getting this episode to you all. This week we're talking about the fallout of the Star City Games Invitational…
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Episode 1: Welcome to Pioneer!
Welcome to the first episode of Crew 3. This week we'll be introducing you to ourselves as well as the new Magic the Gathering Format Pioneer. Just as well…