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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 Apr 25, 2019
Thursday Apr 25, 2019
This week we are talking about how War of the Spark may be changing standard. We have some brews to discuss that use powerful cards and interactions that we are excited to try. We then run down some smaller "cute" interactions that you may have missed and could be a small synergy in a deck you are building. Then we go over clearly powerful cards that do not have a clear home yet. Finally, we talk about Arena and how we are looking forward to the meta changing with the new set.
Time Stamps
Intro and #CTHGAME 0:00:17
War of the Spark Mechanics 1:50
Beginning Brews for War 7:20
Grixis Amass 8:05
Bolas Control 11:51
Simic Ramp 16:53
Gruul Monsters 23:20
Citadel Combo 30:40
Cute Interactions 35:09
Powerful and Homeless 37:55
Arena 43:52
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Email: casualtryhardmtg@gmail.com
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Music by Juan Rodriguez II ZeeManlove.com
Thursday Apr 18, 2019
Thursday Apr 18, 2019
This week we talk about a lot of topics related to the mental side of the game and generally good play. The topics range from dealing with play mistakes during the game, to what your deck sleeves tell your opponent to all kinds of bluffing. There is something in here that you may not have thought about and will help level the battlefield for you. We take a quick look at Arena and see how the metagame looks at the end of the format. Safe to say we both are excited for a new format as we go on a War of the Spark preview sneak peak.
The Mental Game - 2:57
Variance - 3:25
Decisions/Discussing plays - 5:12
Dealing with in-game mistakes - 9:05
Having a game plan - 10:12
Properly sequencing your plays - 15:28
Tapping your mana correctly - 18:11
Playing post combat - 22:22
Matching cards - 26:05
Accessories - 28:40
Telegraphing -31:16
Bluffing - 35:01
Holding land- 37:30
Bluffing an alternate action - 40:34
Good bad plays - 43:17
Ticks - 52:26
Arena -57:10
War spoiler sneak peek and Bryan does not know card text -1:00:20
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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
Wednesday Apr 10, 2019
Wednesday Apr 10, 2019
This week we get hype for a couple of sets. We talk about the early preview for War of the Spark that have us excited. We then invite you to play the prerelease game. Build a cart of cards before the end of the prerelease that is under $25 and screen shot it. Then tweet it at us with #CTHGAME or email us. Then on the day of the M20 release, we will determine the peak of each card in your cart using MTGGoldfish and the person with the highest peak total for all their cards wins some sweet CTH swag. Then we talk about how to travel "not hatefully" to events. Our next trip is to MF DC to play Modern Horizons. We then work down our top 10 cards we hope to see printed in Modern Horizons. Finally, we talk about the current state of BO1 Arena. We are not thrilled about it and Bryan seems to use this as segment as a therapy session to talk about a bad week of the grind. We do offer some suggestions about how BO1 could improve.
War of the Spark Previews - 1:25
The Game - 8:07
Travel - 12:06
Modern Horizons Top 10's - 30:31
State of Arena BO1 - 57:09
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Email: casualtryhardmtg@gmail.com
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Music by Juan Rodriguez II ZeeManlove.com
Saturday Apr 06, 2019
Saturday Apr 06, 2019
This week we officially have a podcast! We have a lost segment. It was the best 10-15 minutes we may ever do and it is gone. We still have the rest of it though. We are talking about the new Challengers decks that come out on 4/12. We breakdown Unified Assault, Arcane Tempo and Deadly Discovery (RIP Lightning Aggro) and tell you how to upgrade the deck. We have two or more builds for each deck with level 1 being under $50 and level 2 being under $100. All of the decklists are linked below so you can follow along. Then we talk about the mythic invitational and the current state of the MTGA meta game. When the video is posted, we will send out the link.
You may notice that we sound more professional this is all thanks to super producer Juan Rodriguez II.
Challenger Deck Introduction - 1:29
Unified Assault - 4:35
Arcane Tempo - 14:14
Deadly Discovery - 26:08
Which Challenger deck is best? - 37:37
Mythic Invitational - 45:47
BO1 Meta - 56:40
Conclusion and final decklist discussion 1:09:25
Unified Assault
Level 1:https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/1747062#paper
Level 2:https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/1747072#paper
Lightning Aggro
Level 1:https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/1747090#paper
Level 2:https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/1747094#paper
Arcane Tempo
Level 1:https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/1747106#paper
Level 2:https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/1747111#paper
Phoenix:https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/1747123#paper
Deadly Discovery
Level 1:https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/1747126#paper
Level 2:https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/1747154#paper
Undergrowth 1:https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/1747133#paper
Undergrowth 2:https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/1747144#paper
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Email: casualtryhardmtg@gmail.com
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Music by Juan Rodriguez II ZeeManlove.com
Tuesday Mar 26, 2019
Tuesday Mar 26, 2019
We have timestamps under the description so if you want to jump ahead, you can.
We are just simple middle aged men and your new fancy ways confuse and frighten us. This episode Bryan yells at people to get off his modern lawn! We take a deep dive into 4+ years of modern meta game data from MTGgoldfish and modern results from SCG opens and classics to answer a simple question "Should they have banned faithless looting?" We compare the make-up of this formats to past formats, look at how modern changes over time and discuss other decks that needed to be banned. After this, we discuss possible decks to attack the phoenix and dredge meta that we are currently living in. We switch from modern to standard to discuss the Arena metagame and the decks that we have been playing. Bryan made it to mythic again and he discusses the thought process to getting to Gruul Warriors. Then James talks about his 18-0 run with Judith.
Old Men talks about Modern - 2:10
Decks to try to attack the modern meta - 52:20
Our Arena Decks and the meta - 1:01:44
How the Mythic Invitational may impact the Arena meta - 1:10:23
Outro - 1:15:29
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
Thursday Mar 21, 2019
Thursday Mar 21, 2019
This week, after a delay to get Bryan off his death bed (really he just had a cold), we are back with the end of MTG Finance. We talk about foils, sealed product, tracking your collection's value and most importantly where to sell your cards to maximize your value! We then take a trip to Arena town to talk a little about the meta game breakdown and a lot about the decks we are playing. Bryan switched from mono-red to play Gruul warriors and James is jamming some Judith. We also talk about the different random version of Esper control that you play against.
Need a haircut: https://www.vagaro.com/trustthybarber
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
Saturday Mar 09, 2019
Saturday Mar 09, 2019
This week, we discuss some ways to improve your play on the battlefield and in the market. First, we discuss some play fundamentals about using mana and resources most effectively. Then at the 27:29 mark we transition to magic finance. We talk about why to play the market, some of our successes and failures then provide tips on the best way to get cards. Finally, we spend a little bit of time talking about arena to discuss why and how the meta game changes so quickly.
The Very Good Comic Podcast #1 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-8CMPDWWF8
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Email: casualtryhardmtg@gmail.com
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/casual-try-hard-283498489/show-me-the-money
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Music by Juan Rodriguez II ZeeManlove.com
Sunday Mar 03, 2019
Sunday Mar 03, 2019
This week be bring in Cameron (@CameronJGalindo) to discuss the announcement of Modern Horizons, a new set that will inject new life into modern. Then Cameron takes us on a deep dive about modern infect. This is will give you an idea of how the deck plays, the important cards and some idea of how to play against the deck. Finally, we discuss the Arena grind and how the meta game has changed after preseason 2 and how the MCQ may change the meta going forward.
Soundcloud:https://soundcloud.com/casual-try-hard-283498489/modern-movement
Cameron’s Infect List - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EtKE3I7q1D-pQwAhfnjqHy-2lTMnetmoEaS6DNKfy0g/edit?usp=sharing
Facebook: Casual Try Hard MTG
Twitter: @casualtrypod
Email: casualtryhardmtg@gmail.com
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/casual-try-hard-283498489/rptq-sideboarding
You can find us on the Apple podcast app, Google Play, Podbean, Soundcloud or Spotify, just search casual try hard.
Music by Juan Rodriguez II ZeeManlove.com
Monday Feb 25, 2019
Monday Feb 25, 2019
Today we discuss the biggest of standard stages, the Mythic Championship. We focus on what archetypes did well and why. We also find some spicy brews from the 7-3 or better decks and let you know what might be sweet to try. Next, we give our two cents on the possible London mulligan rule and how it may impact Magic. Finally, we discuss Bryan's journey to mythic playing Mono-red Frenzy in BO1 and how our data helped him pick a deck with a 70% win rate.
Mythic Championship deck lists:
https://magic.wizards.com/en/events/coverage/2019MC1/7-30-and-24-26-match-point-decklists-2019-02-24
P Sully on the London Mulligan:
http://www.starcitygames.com/articles/38349_The-London-Mulligan-A-Game-Designers-Take.html
Facebook: Casual Try Hard MTG
Twitter: @casualtrypod
Email: casualtryhardmtg@gmail.com
Soundclound:https://soundcloud.com/casual-try-hard-283498489/light-up-the-standard-stage
You can find us on the Apple podcast app, just search casual try hard. We are also to the Google Play app and Spotify
Music by Juan Rodriguez II ZeeManlove.com
Monday Feb 18, 2019
Monday Feb 18, 2019
This week's pod starts off with us talking about the tools we are giving to you in the forms of match result tracking spreadsheets and a sideboard guide form. Check us out on twitter and facebook for the links. We then discuss the standard meta game in light of the MF Memphis results and talk about the big decks in the format. Our major topic today is modern. We discuss the pillars of the modern format and tell you about the types of decks they enable. Then give you some suggestions on how to get into the format.
Facebook: Casual Try Hard MTG
Twitter: @casualtrypod
Email: casualtryhardmtg@gmail.com
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/casual-try-hard-283498489/you-want-to-know-about-modern-i-know-some-guys
You can find us on the Apple podcast app, just search casual try hard. We are coming to the Google Play app soon
Music by Juan Rodriguez II ZeeManlove.com