This week we dive into both Modern AND Pioneer to explore Naya Winota! Did she successfully recruit us into joining her forces, or did we remain unaffiliated? We also do a quick break down of the latest Modern Challenge to explore the variety of decks finding success, and wind down with some Patreon questions.The Break Down: Stanislav <3s ModernThe Dive Down: History's Best BoP Deck?The Wind Down: A Few QuestionsBecome a citizen of The Dive Down Nation!: http://www.patreon.com/thedivedownNow get 15% off your first 3 months of ManaTraders! https://www.manatraders.com/?medium=thedivedown and use code "thedivedown"Timestamps:2:58 - Housekeeping6:12 - The Break Down begins: A Modern Challenge8:10 - Top 8 analysis23:42 - Takes on the tournament26:14 - Core 21 projections27:58 - The Dive Down begins: Why Winota?30:50 - What Winota?34:35 - The payoffs40:32 - Payoff math and payoff tactics45:40 - Gut checks and initial takes49:55 - The mana dorks52:55 - The token generators56:21 - Eldritch Evolution and the sac fodder1:06:00 - The early game plan and the power of that game plan1:11:25 - Creating advantage with Winota1:19:40 - Losing advantage with Winota1:22:09 - Comparing this to other decks in the formats1:30:18 - What's the better version? Pioneer or Modern?1:40:02 - The Wind Down: Patreon questions1:48:38 - Closing outLinks from this week's episode:The 6/21 Modern Challenge: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/mtgo-standings/modern-challenge-2020-06-21#decklistsPioneer Winota: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/3130303#paperModern Winota: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/3114576#paperOur opening music is Nowhere - You Never Knew, and our closing music is Space Blood - Goro? Is That Your Christian Name?email us: [email protected] (mailto:[email protected])twitter: https://twitter.com/thedivedown
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