This week the team tries to just chill (for once) and ends up with a 60min+ Break Down of the last 6 months of Modern and Pioneer, some ban speculation (before the upcoming announcement was announced), and answering listener questions. Shane brings some takes. Stanislav disagrees with Dave. Dave opens packs on air in retaliation. It's another week on The Down Down! The Break Down: 6 months of Modern + PioneerThe Dive Down: Listener 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:3:20 - Housekeeping4:59 - The extended Break Down begins - Modern and Pioneer in 20206:35 - Modern in 202010:15 - The Modern up-and-comers14:04 - Modern still hanging on21:35 - Modern Falling Stars28:13 - Recent Modern tournaments45:35 - Our takes on Modern in 202049:15 - Pioneer in 202050:50 - The Pioneer up-and-comers52:59 - Pioneer still hanging on and the falling stars54:29 - Recent Pioneer tournaments.... sorta57:55 - Our takes on the problems of Pioneer in 20201:10:58 - What would we change in Pioneer?1:15:25 - What could be added to Pioneer?1:21:40 - What would we ban/unban in Modern?1:24:34 - The Wind Down begins: listener questions1:25:34 - How do we track our performance?1:31:30 - What promo cards do we like?1:35:55 - What makes a deck eternal?1:40:10 - What has been your favorite deck to play?1:43:14 - What other formats would we like to try?1:45:45 - What cards would we like to see printed into Modern?1:48:58 - Closing outLinks/Tournaments Referenced in this week's episode:Modern Challenge #1: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/mtgo-standings/modern-challenge-2020-07-05Modern Challenge #2: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/mtgo-standings/modern-challenge-2020-07-06Pioneer League #1: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/mtgo-standings/pioneer-league-2020-07-02Pioneer League #2: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/mtgo-standings/pioneer-league-2020-07-06Pioneer Prelim #1: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/mtgo-standings/pioneer-preliminary-2020-07-02Our 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