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We are two casual try hard Magic the Gathering players. We are trying to balance jobs, families and other responsibilities while also trying to be the best players possible. We want to help you get from the 1-3 bracket of your FNM to 3-1 or 4-0 then move on to Mythic Qualifiers, Magic Fest and beyond. We will talk about fundamental strategy, Arena, traveling and more.
Episodes
Thursday Jun 27, 2019
Thursday Jun 27, 2019
From the title, it sounds like you are graduating high school or college but we are talking about goals in magic this week. We talk about what some goals are, setting reasonable goals and making progress toward them. We then discussed some topics that came up from listeners. First, was some basic magic vocabulary. We covered some of the slang terms that get used by Magic players that you may not be used to. We then discussed buying cards before rotation and that got us discussing when to sell out of standard. Finally, we talk about MC III and how it will impact the Arena metagame for the next few weeks.
Pro Club- 1:48
Arena Goals - 6:11
Paper Goals 10:19
How to qualify for a Mythic Championship - 21:22
Magic Vocabulary - 31:31
Buying in before rotation - 44:02
Arena Talk - 54:28
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Music by Juan Rodriguez II ZeeManlove.com
Thursday Jun 20, 2019
Thursday Jun 20, 2019
This week we recap our time at Magicfest DC. We talk about all the things to do at a Magicfest and how to get the most out of your time there. Next, we talk about how a GP, in this case a limited GP, works and what you should expect. We then get to the really good part, James's deep run in the GP and almost top 8-ing. Bryan's round 8 opponent, Noah, gets a segment where we talk about his tournament and the importance of being cool. There are more spoilers, this time for Core 2020 and we discuss if the set releases are too close together. Finally, we finish talk about our next GP.
How to Magicfest - 2:38
How does a limited GP operate/what to expect - 18:42
Bring Snacks - 24:11
GP DC recap - 25:56
The Ballad of Noah - 44:44
The Modern Horizon Format - 50:42
Core 2020 Spoilers - 55:53
The next GP - 1:02:42
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Email: casualtryhardmtg@gmail.com
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Music by Juan Rodriguez II ZeeManlove.com
Thursday Jun 13, 2019
Thursday Jun 13, 2019
This week we answer a listener question. The question from twitter was how do I get from Arena to paper. We breakdown the pro and cons of all the different ways to play magic, paper, MTGO and Arena. We then talk about how to try to keep the cost of paper play and how to use Arena to do that. Bryan and James discuss how they approach get a new set. Finally, the Arena singleton format is broken down.
The ways to play magic 2:03
Paper Majic Pro/Cons 2:22
Magic Online Pro/Con 28:32
MTG Arena Pro/Con 35:40
How to get from Arena to paper 49:40
How to get cards when a new set comes out 1:04:15
Arena Singleton 1:13:10
Facebook: Casual Try Hard MTG
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Email: casualtryhardmtg@gmail.com
You can find us on the Apple podcast app, Google Play, Podbean, Soundcloud, Spotify or Stitcher, just search casual try hard.
Music by Juan Rodriguez II ZeeManlove.com
Thursday Jun 06, 2019
Thursday Jun 06, 2019
This week we talk about the new set Modern Horizons. First, we reviewed how we did on our predictions. Then we decided to take a different approach than most people and jump right in with four different modern brews using cards from Modern Horizons. One of them has the best name EVER! Next, we discuss some cards we decided not to brew around, but that may or may not be interesting. We have chilled a little on Arena data so we discuss the special event formats a bit. Then we compare the complexity of War of the Spark with what we can expect from Core 2020. We end on some listener questions about Horizons.
Modern Horizons Intro 2:02
List Review 3:48
The London Mulligan’s Impact on Modern Horizons 8:55
Back to the lists 14:27
Modern Horizons Brews 18:06
Mono-red Prison 19:46
Wren and Six Jund 25:09
Sultai the Snowman 28:50
Wren and Six Land 35:31
Hot Takes and Single Card Discussion 40:16
Missing Arena Data 57:05
Core 2020 vs War Complexity Talk 1:00:03
Listener Question 1:02:25
Mono-Red engineer prison
Sultai the Snowman
https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/1963921#paper
Wren and Six Jund
https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/1970231#paper
Lands
https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/1968716#paper
Vintage Bears - https://www.reddit.com/r/magicTCG/comments/2f27zj/36_bears_vintage_tournament_report/
Sir Bearington - https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Sir_Bearington or https://external-preview.redd.it/pz7c1pZ-lHTeqoH_ejzfqocjYRl2flzOhaTQ56RFsf4.png?auto=webp&s=cba75fc3f22abf7785d20c5c62855ee4690b3773
Facebook: Casual Try Hard MTG
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Email: casualtryhardmtg@gmail.com
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Music by Juan Rodriguez II ZeeManlove.com
Wednesday May 29, 2019
Wednesday May 29, 2019
This week we try leveling the battlefield segment focused answering the question "how do I play against this deck?" We walk you through the basics of how to play against control, midrange, aggro and combo when you are playing any of those archetypes. We do a quick aside on the best ways to play discard spells to get maximum value. We give you a taste of some Modern Horizons cards we are excited about. Bryan has some strong feelings about the set that he wants to get off his chest before we do the full horizons episode. Next we talk about Bryan's experience in the MCQW, the metagame for the event and finally how they could improve these events going forward. Then we talk about the random number generator that is Momir. That's right, Momir strategy talk.
Leveling the Battlefield - How to approach different matchups 1:39
How to play against the control deck 2:24
How to play against the aggro deck 12:56
How to play against midrange decks 22:05
Playing as/against Combo 32:41
When to use discard 35:05
Back to Combo 37:15
Modern Horizons 40:39
Arena MCQW 59:56
Arena Momir 1:12:23
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Email: casualtryhardmtg@gmail.com
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Music by Juan Rodriguez II ZeeManlove.com
Thursday May 23, 2019
Thursday May 23, 2019
This week, we briefly talk about our experience at the MCQ from the last weekend. Our we going to the pro tour? Find out! Then we talk about the results of the SCG Open and the interesting lists to come from there. We do a quick check in on the Challenger decks and suggest some cards to try from War of the Spark. Next up are the must answer threats from current Standard and how they warp the game around them. The awesome WOTC communication about the MCQW and great tournament structure that will led to tons of Twitter drama. Finally, we touch on the Arena metagame on our way out.
MCQ 1:28
SCG Event Results and the Metagame 9:18
4-color Command - 18:35
Challenger deck updates - 32:50
The must answers - 45:26
Arena MCQ weekend - 56:41
Arena Metagame - 1:13:16
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Email: casualtryhardmtg@gmail.com
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Music by Juan Rodriguez II ZeeManlove.com
Thursday May 16, 2019
Thursday May 16, 2019
This week we introduce everyone to the Mythic Championship Qualifier (MCQ) grind. James breaks down his experience this past weekend. We talk about what we would play next week. We have some ideas and things we are trying. We have a rough deck list of a neat grixis planeswalker list that we might take for a spin for the next MCQ. Then we breakdown the Arena metagame.
What is an MCQ? - 2:40
MCQ Tournament Report - 9:15
What are we on this week - 28:00
Grixis Walkers - 47:46
Arena Meta Game - 59:49
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Email: casualtryhardmtg@gmail.com
You can find us on the Apple podcast app, Google Play, Podbean, Soundcloud, Spotify or Stitcher, just search casual try hard.
Music by Juan Rodriguez II ZeeManlove.com
Monday May 13, 2019
Monday May 13, 2019
There was some crazy Magic drama today that lead to a shake up of the Magic Pro League. We wanted to get an episode out quickly to fill in some of the details. We go into what has happened to members of the MPL since it was formed and explain why there have been three new members announced in the last few weeks. This episode has not got much of an edit so we could release it quickly. So we might not sound as polished as normal.
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Email: casualtryhardmtg@gmail.com
You can find us on the Apple podcast app, Google Play, Podbean, Soundcloud, Spotify or Stitcher, just search casual try hard.
Music by Juan Rodriguez II ZeeManlove.com
Thursday May 09, 2019
Thursday May 09, 2019
This week, we dive into the results from the first major event of War of the Spark standard. What did we find? We found that red deck still wins. We talk about why this deck had such a good weekend and what decks it faced in day 2. We talk about some new cards that are in the format, some we like and some we already can't wait to rotate out. Then we get into some decks we are interested in playing for upcoming events and talk about what looks interesting about them. Then we get into some brews. We talk about what worked, what did not work and where we are going next. A degenerate Modern combo deck comes up in the form of Neoform-brand (you see what I did there). Finally, we talk about where the Arena Meta game is at and what we have been seeing.
Red Deck Wins Week One Standard 1:02
Teferi Misery 6:08
Simic Nexus - 12:11
Why Narset? - 18:52
Blasting off with Blast Zone - 23:18
Standard Deck Choices - 28:35
Ricoplays1723 Abzan - 37:35
Bolas’s Citadel Testing - 39:47
Neoform in Modern - 48:30
Arena breakdown - 55:30
To see more of the Abzan list check out twitch.tv/ricoplays1723 and on twitter @ElCharruaRico
Facebook: Casual Try Hard MTG
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Email: casualtryhardmtg@gmail.com
You can find us on the Apple podcast app, Google Play, Podbean, Soundcloud, Spotify or Stitcher, just search casual try hard.
Music by Juan Rodriguez II ZeeManlove.com
Thursday May 02, 2019
Thursday May 02, 2019
This week we discuss the prerelease weekend and give their impressions of the new limited format. Then we move on to talk about the great planning of having a Mythic Championship on the same weekend as prerelease. Next, we dive into some new standard brews that may be worth considering. Remember, this is brainstorming so there are no bad ideas....right? Finally, Bryan discussing his approach to getting cards on Arena on the cheap. It involves being so-so at limited and saving gold.
War of the Spark Prerelease/Sealed First Impressions 1:12
Limited Mechanics breakdown 10:28
Planeswalkers in Limited 13:00
Rare planeswalkers are great 18:53
Mythic Championship 2 20:43
London Mulligan Talk 22:02
Modern Jank Combo 29:35
Casual Try Hard Road Show 31:25
New Standard Ideas 33:37
Arena - 52:05
Arena finance strats - 54:07
Facebook: Casual Try Hard MTG
Twitter: @casualtrypod
Email: casualtryhardmtg@gmail.com
You can find us on the Apple podcast app, Google Play, Podbean, Soundcloud, Spotify or Stitcher, just search casual try hard.
Music by Juan Rodriguez II ZeeManlove.com