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Top 8 Magic: Magic Con Minneapolis

Brian David Marshall is joined by special guest Roman Fusco at Magic Con Minneapolis, where they talk about the Pro Tour, team drafting, and Roman's work on the March of the Machine cinematic trailer. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
5/12/202355 minutes, 7 seconds
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Top 8 Magic: Mike and Brian Battle Over Battles

Continuing their triumphant return to Top 8 Magic, Mike and BDM discuss all the battles from March of the Machine! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
5/4/20231 hour, 27 minutes, 35 seconds
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Top 8 Magic: The Return

BDM and Michael J make their triumphant return to Top 8 Magic to talk March of the Machine! With a slew of new mechanics what cards will pop out as the stars of the set? --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
4/12/202356 minutes, 30 seconds
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Top 8 Magic: Grand Finals Deck Review: Omnathematics

The decklists are not fully revealed at the time of this recording but the metagame has been made public and many players have already shared their lists on social media. Omnath is towering over Standard with 72% of the field playing either one of the two big decks that have sprung up around the elemental. Only NINE players chose to play without it in Standard. Omnath has even nabbed the top of the metagame list for Historic at 34%, pushing Jund Sacrifice, Rakdos Arcanist and Goblins, which had been such a big part of the last event down into much smaller percentages of the field. Brian David-Marshall and Magic: The Gathering Hall of Famer Zvi Mowshowitz talk their way through the metagame breakdowns, look at the various publicly known lists, and make their predictions for who they think will emerge on top of the insanely competitive field. Your Hosts: https://twitter.com/TheZvi https://twitter.com/Top8Games --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
10/8/20201 hour, 46 minutes, 15 seconds
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Top 8 Magic: Omnath's Bodyman

With less than a week until the Grand Finals Brian David-Marshall and Magic: The Gathering Hall of Famer Zvi Mowshowitz discuss the state of Standard post-Uro ban and pre-grand reveal of the 32 Standard decks the players will bring to the virtual tables. Topics include: Has the over/under on the number of Omnath's changed? Why aren't people playing Arboreal Grazer in their Omnath lists? Red Bull Qualifier decklist discussion. What does the Walking Dead Secret Lair mean? Has WotC lost our trust? Has the Free to Play Arena business model hurt Magic? Why are the NY Giants and the NFC East soooooo bad right now? Your hosts: Brian David-Marshall - @Top8Games Zvi Mowshowitz - @TheZvi --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
10/6/20201 hour, 15 minutes, 19 seconds
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Top 8 Magic: Mythic Invitational Deck Review

Normally Brian David-Marshall and Magic Hall of Famer Zvi Mowshowitz would be doing a preview show for the Mythic Invitational -- showcasing the Arena-only Historic format -- but with the decks being revealed so close to the starter pistol for the event that was not possible. Instead they are looking through the decks while the early rounds of the event play out in the background. Metagame Breakdown Mythic Invitational Decklists Your Hosts: https://twitter.com/Top8Games https://twitter.com/TheZvi --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
9/10/20201 hour, 28 minutes, 28 seconds
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Top 8 Magic: Quest for the Messed-up Magic Cards

With Zendikar Rising previews in full swing, Brian David-Marshall and Magic Hall of Famer Zvi Mowshowitz go on a quest to find the most messed-up Magic cards in the set so far. The duo go through the 41 rares and mythics that had been previewed as of Thursday Sept 3rd looking for the cards that most like to party, which ones are going to impact your Commander games and which ones meet the highest honor Zvi can bestow upon a card -- "That's a messed up Magic card!" Your hosts: Brian David-Marshall - https://twitter.com/Top8Games Zvi Mowshowitz - https://twitter.com/thezvi --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
9/4/20202 hours, 10 minutes, 15 seconds
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Top 8 Magic: Next Ban Up

With the Temur Reclamation dominated Players Tour Finals in the rearview mirror, Wizards of the Coast announced a huge swath of bans in Standard, Pioneer, Historic, and even Brawl. The announcement takes the total number of banned cards in this Standard format to ten -- a number of cards we have not seen banned at the same time since Urza's Block. Brian David-Marshall and Magic Hall of Famer Zvi Mowshowitz walk through the history of banned and restricted cards in Standard, talk about the impact of these bans in the various formats, and Zvi brews a Lukka deck for Standard that he is excited to play with in this new Reclamation-less Standard format. Meanwhile... BDM has been playing Teferi Tribal in Historic and is now in need of a new deck. Badly. Ping him on Twitter and tell him what you are liking now that the format has been shaken up a little. Your Hosts: Brian David-Marshall – @Top8Games Zvi Mowshowitz – @TheZvi --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
8/4/20201 hour, 12 minutes, 33 seconds
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Top 8 Magic: Standard Wolf Ratios

BDM and Magic Hall of Famer Zvi Mowshowitz climb back on the virtual bicycle to resume creating new episodes of the game's longest running (okay, okay, walking) podcast about all things MTG. In this episode the duo talk about: Zvi's wolf ratio -- how often has he cried wolf accurately and how many times has it just been a stray dog? SPOILERS Wilderness Reclamation was a MF'n wolf. This weekend's upcoming Player's Tour Finals Top 8 and the various weapons the 8 players will be bringing to the table. Their picks for the winner of the event. SPOILERS: Zvi does some math. Brian plays a hunch.. SPOILERS Zvi does some math. Brian plays a hunch. Gab Nassif's Historic control deck and what Zvi has done to tinker with it for the upcoming Historic Open. The Hat Squad 2 Oath of Teferi (DAR) 200 5 Island (SLD) 64 4 Teferi, Time Raveler (WAR) 221 3 Plains (SLD) 63 3 Teferi, Hero of Dominaria (DAR) 207 1 Teferi, Hero of Dominaria (DAR) GR6 4 Shatter the Sky (THB) 37 4 Shark Typhoon (IKO) 67 2 Elspeth Conquers Death (THB) 13 3 Mystical Dispute (ELD) 58 4 Mind Stone (WTH) 153 1 Dovin's Veto (WAR) 193 2 Omen of the Sea (THB) 58 1 Essence Scatter (IKO) 49 3 Narset, Parter of Veils (WAR) 61 4 Hallowed Fountain (RNA) 251 4 Glacial Fortress (XLN) 255 4 Raugrin Triome (IKO) 251 4 Field of Ruin (THB) 242 1 Fabled Passage (ELD) 244 1 Castle Ardenvale (ELD) 238 Sideboard 2 Aether Gust (M20) 42 3 Dovin's Veto (WAR) 193 2 Essence Scatter (IKO) 49 1 Search for Azcanta (XLN) 74 3 Grafdigger's Cage (M20) 227 2 Tale's End (M20) 77 2 Cleansing Nova (M19) 9 Your hosts: Brian David-Marshall - @Top8Games Zvi Mowshowitz - @TheZvi --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
7/29/20201 hour, 9 minutes, 13 seconds
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Top 8 Magic: You Still Had All These

The longest running Magic podcast is back with a new (and long-running) episode. Brian David-Marshall is once more joined by Magic Hall of Famer Zvi Mowshowitz as the pair discuss the upcoming Players Tour, recent bannings, the changes to companions, and how Zvi's Stompy deck has found a lane in the Standard metagame. With Magic 2021 spoilers coming fast and furiously they spend the rest of the episode going through the cards and trying to determine if the reprinting of Baneslayer Angel means that we are going to see R&D start to shift further away from Mulldrifters over the coming year in an effort to pump the brakes on the crazy Standard rollercoaster we have been on for the last year and a half. Your hosts: Brian David-Marshall - @Top8Games Zvi Mowshowitz - @TheZvi --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
6/10/20202 hours, 22 minutes, 36 seconds
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Top 8 Magic: Bob Barker Says, Spay and Neuter Your Pets

The much heralded Banned and Restricted announcement has come and gone. While there is some immediate relief for Vintage and Legacy players from Lurrus, if you are a Standard player looking to avoid getting paired against a Companion deck anytime soon you are not going to be happy. There was an interesting nugget buried in the last paragraph of the "Other Formats" section of the announcement in which Ian Duke said, "If we see signs of long-term health issues resulting from high metagame share of companion decks, we're willing to take steps up to or including changing how the companion mechanic works." So what does that mean exactly? Brian "BDM" Marshall had one easy suggestion on Twitter while Hall of Famer Zvi Mowshowitz prefers the nuclear option. https://twitter.com/Top8Games/status/1262400478731796483?s=20 The two of them put on their snazziest R&D/Organized Play hats and triaged the different options which ranged from forced mulligans to killing access to sideboard during games to some kind of Bark in the Park alternative Standard format. Zvi also talked about his Mono Green Stompy deck -- Senior Stompy as BDM call it -- and whether or not it could be a real deck in the metagame moving forward. Here are links to his deck and to a similar but more mid-range build that did well in the past weekend's Redbull Untapped event. https://www.coolstuffinc.com/a/zvimowshowitz-05182020-the-return-of-senor-stompy https://mtgazone.com/deck/mono-green-stompy-by-rint-red-bull-untapped-international-qualifier-1/ If you have any questions, feedback, or even an idea for a show topic you can find the hosts on Twitter at BDM: @top8games Zvi: @thezvi The now elusive MichaelJ: @fivewithflores --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
5/18/20201 hour, 20 minutes, 59 seconds
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Top 8 Magic: Mythic Choices with Zvi

BDM and Zvi catch up early in the week as Zvi mulls his options for the upcoming Mythic Qualifier on MTG Arena, which he qualified for largely by playing Limited and rarely sporting more than 13 lands in his decks. Fortunately that same deck -- with not that many more lands -- is reasonably playable in Standard. The duo talk through some of the recent metagame shifts from the Weekend Championship which former Rookie of the Year Oliver Tiu won with Jeskai Yorion Fires. Standard is not only pet-friendly right now it is downright mandatory. As Zvi settles firmly into the Top 8 Magic family the scope of the conversation broadened to include baller groceries and favorite TV shows. Your hosts: Brian David-Marshall - @Top8Games Zvi Mowshowitz - @TheZvi --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
5/6/20201 hour, 12 minutes, 39 seconds
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Top 8 Magic: Cycling Through Ikoria Limited with Zvi: Part 3 - Rares and Mythics

At this point it is widely accepted that Ikoria Limited's shining star is the cycling deck that features uncommon build-arounds like Flourishing Fox and Valiant Rescuer; super-efficient red removal like Flame Spill and Fire Prophecy; and other key cards like Drannith Stingers and Healers, Ominous Seas, and Zenith Flare. There is a plethora of cheap options all at common or uncommon. As Brian and Zvi get to the rare and mythic cards in their set review they do so with an eye to how many of the pricey rares rise above the high standards of the pauperific staples of the cycling deck. How many cards in the rare slot would YOU take over a Flourishing Fox? Over a Fire Prophecy or Pacifism? Play along as Magic the Gathering Hall of Famer Zvi Mowshowitz digs into which ones rise above the bar for him. Your hosts: Brian David-Marshall - @Top8Games Zvi Mowshowitz - @TheZvi --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
4/25/20202 hours, 23 minutes, 18 seconds
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Top 8 Magic: Cycling Through Ikoria Limited with Zvi: Part 2

Part 2 of BDM and Zvi's journey through Ikoria limited. This episode covers Red, Green, Multicolored, Artifacts, and Lands. Your hosts: Brian David-Marshall - @Top8Games Zvi Mowshowitz - @TheZvi --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
4/22/20201 hour, 47 minutes, 9 seconds
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Top 8 Magic: Cycling Through Ikoria Limited with Zvi: Part 1

Magic Hall of Famer Zvi Mowshowitz has gotten as low as 13 lands in the Ikoria Limited decks thanks to the power of "Cycling 1." He sits down with co-host Brian David-Marshall to look at the commons and uncommons in White, Blue, and Black as they try to figure out which cards make this draft format tick. They have already discussed the Companions and each other them have had success with them in Draft but is this a Prince or Pauper format? Do the commons and uncommons dominate the strategies or dies it all come down to the rare inhabitants of Monster Island? Your hosts: Brian David-Marshall - @Top8Games Zvi Mowshowitz - @TheZvi --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
4/20/20201 hour, 51 minutes, 13 seconds
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Top 8 Magic: The Ikoria Companion Piece

BDM and Zvi braved the scary new world of Skype-casting so the Hall of Fame Magic player and game designer could vent about free cards. Free cards are fun but not when everybody has them on exactly the turn they need them. Join Brian and Zvi for a brief discussion about the 10 cards with Companion and why Zvi is very wary about them. Your hosts: Brian David-Marshall - @Top8Games Zvi Mowshowitz - @TheZvi --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
4/15/20201 hour, 20 minutes, 50 seconds
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Top 8 Magic: Worlds 2020 Vision

Brian "BDM" David-Marshall is joined by Magic Hall of Famer Zvi Mowshowitz as they discuss the similarities and differences between the 16 Standard decks being played this weekend at the 26th World Championship. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
2/14/20201 hour, 8 minutes, 15 seconds
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Top 8 Magic: Totally Lost in Phoenix

Just another day at the office for BDM and Zvi as the Hall of Famer returns from his weekend in Phoenix to play in his first regional Players Tour event. Topics covered in this episode include: - The Mono Blue Devotion deck designed by Sam Black and played by Zvi - Zvi gets Fblthp'd - How Mike Flores "saved some money" on a hotel room - OH. MY. GOD! Was that an Elspeth, Sun's Nemesis in the Top 8?? - Are bans called for? (spoilers: they are not) - Does a regional Players Tour "feel" like a Pro Tour? Mono Blue Devotion Zvi Mowshowitz -- Pioneer 4 Brazen Borrower 2 Fblthp, the Lost 4 Gadwick, the Wizened 2 Spectral Sailor 4 Thassa's Oracle 1 Thassa, Deep-Dwelling 2 Thassa, God of the Sea 2 Mass Manipulation 4 Witching Well 4 Ashiok's Erasure 4 Leyline of Anticipation 4 Omen of the Sea 17 Island 2 Mystic Sanctuary 4 Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx Your hosts: Brian David-Marshall - @Top8Games Zvi Mowshowitz - @TheZvi --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
2/11/20201 hour, 29 minutes, 14 seconds
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Top 8 Magic: Theros Beyond One Part - Part 3

With the Prerelease coming up this weekend, Brian and Zvi talk their way through the newest Magic set with an eye toward what decks get some new toys and what building blocks will allow for some new decks. This episode covers gold, artifacts and lands. . --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
1/14/202044 minutes, 5 seconds
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Top 8 Magic: Theros Beyond One Part - Part 2

With the Prerelease coming up this weekend, Brian and Zvi talk their way through the newest Magic set with an eye toward what decks get some new toys and what building blocks will allow for some new decks. This episode covers black, red and green cards. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
1/14/20201 hour, 13 minutes, 36 seconds
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Top 8 Magic: Theros Beyond One Part - Part 1

With the Prerelease coming up this weekend, Brian and Zvi talk their way through the newest Magic set with an eye toward what decks get some new toys and what building blocks will allow for some new decks. This episode covers white and blue cards. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
1/14/20201 hour, 17 minutes, 36 seconds
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Top 8 Magic: Hanging Out at the Mall (Again)

Brian "BDM" David-Marshall and Mike "MichaelJ" Flores get together for another episode of the longest-running Magic podcast. BDM's office is in the process of moving to a new building so they duo went back to the mall to sip iced tea and talk about some of the new cards that have been coming out for Theros: Beyond Death, Topics covered in the discussion include: -Valuable life advice MichaelJ picked up from his dad. -The incredible editing and Magical prowess of Roman Fusco -Some Theros cards -The worst ways to lose -A potential pie bet between Mike and Zvi --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
1/7/20201 hour, 1 minute, 12 seconds
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Top 8 Magic: Constellations of Cake: Part 2

For Part 2, Michael J Flores showed up with cake from Carlos's bakery in Hoboken to celebrate his PTQ win -- more than 23 years after his first PTQ win -- as is the tradition in NY. Topics included the PreTQ, PTQ, and what makes a good Magic format. Followed by some spoilerific discussion of the season finale of WATCHMEN as well as the first three parts of CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS. Simic Flash by Michael J Flores 2 Aether Gust 2 Brazen Borrower 2 Mystical Dispute 1 Negate 3 Quench 3 Sinister Sabotage 4 Frilled Mystic 2 Hydroid Krasis 4 Growth Spiral 4 Nightpack Ambusher 4 Nissa, Who Shakes the World 3 Paradise Druid 4 Breeding Pool 2 Castle Vantress 2 Fabled Passage 7 Forest 7 Island 4 Temple of Mystery Sideboard 1 Ugin, the Ineffable 2 Aether Gust 2 Mystical Dispute 2 Hydroid Krasis 4 Cavalier of Thorns 2 Lovestruck Beast 2 Shifting Ceratops --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
12/17/20191 hour, 5 minutes, 1 second
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Top 8 Magic: Constellations of Cake: Part 1

The whole gang is together for this one -- sort of. First Brian David-Marshall and Hall of Famer Zvi Mowshowitz chatted about ***spoilers*** Michael J's PTQ win this past weekend, the state of Standard, and what Zvi is hoping to find under his Utopia Tree this holiday season from the slowly-being-revealed Theros Beyond Death set. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
12/17/20191 hour, 54 minutes, 30 seconds
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Top 8 Magic: Mythic Championship VII Preview Show

We got your new deck hot takes hot off the presses. With Mike Flores on the road for business, BDM and Zvi had to maintain the homefront and get down to the business of looking at the decks for this weekend's MC. They started recording minutes before the decks went live and kept going until they had covered at least one of each of the archetypes with an eye out for the Dune Award for the deck with the most spice. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
12/5/20192 hours, 2 minutes, 42 seconds
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Top 8 Magic: The State of Standard with Zvi

BDM and Zvi look ahead to Mythic Championship VII and see where the Hall of Famer feels Standard is poised after three major events in pretty rapid succession -- not even accounting for the Twitch Rivals event where Zvi went 6-0 on Day One with his Jeskai Cavaliers deck. Other topics include: Zvi's crazy brew that combines Fires of Invention, Cat Food, and Niv-Mizzet Reborn into one deck that has a little something for everyone to hate on. His other version of Cat Food that uses Emry, Lurker of the Loch and -- why not? -- Vantress Gargoyle. While the metagame of Mythic Championship VI may not have been the most inspiring, it was some of the best played games either of the pair can recall in quite some time. After his 14th Top 8 finish where does Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa rank in the all time Magic pick order? With Veil of Summer banned, how the hell are you supposed to fight the recently unlocked Casualties of War from decimating your side of the table? Where are the aggro decks? Zvi has been streaming and guess what? He really likes it. You should follow him at twitch.tv/zvimowshowitz if you want more crazy decklists like the ones discussed here. You can also follow him at @thezvi on Twitter (and if you don't already follow BDM he can be found talking about food, Magic, nonsense, and probably some more food at @top8games on that infernal website). --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
11/28/20191 hour, 21 minutes, 11 seconds
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Top 8 Magic: Wrong Answers Only

Brian David-Marshall (aka BDM) and Michael J. Flores (aka MichaelJ) [aka co-hosts of the longest-running Magic podcast in the game] get together outside Montasy Comics NYC where MichaelJ can normally be found FNMing his heart out. This Friday brought a different mission. Mike was preparing for what we assume is a lame duck Standard format with a PTQ on his docket for Sunday -- ONE DAY BEFORE A MUCH ANTICIPATED BANNED ANNOUNCEMENT SHOULD SHAKE THE FORMAT BY ITS LAPELS. *It is important to note that 5th Avenue in the heart of midtown is miles away from the quaint and cozy corner of Waverly and Gay or the peaceful shores of the Hudson River in Hoboken. NYC was in full throat with actual f***ing jackhammers, ambulances, and hobo commentary.* Mike was taking the night off from his beloved FNM to just test for the PTQ and there were plenty of options on the table -- including Karn? -- to deal with what should be Oko's last hurrah. In the meanwhile Mike and BDM took the opportunity to be spectacularly wrong by guessing which cards would get crushed by WotC's banhammer before this podcast is even posted on Monday. How'd we do? --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
11/18/201944 minutes, 19 seconds
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The Top 8 Magic Mythic Championship VI Zvi-View

Brian David-Marshall and Magic Hall of Famer Zvi Mowshowitz sat down at the Upper Westside location of Hex and Company (a burgeoning chain of NYC gaming cafes) to talk about Zvi's preparation for the upcoming Mythic Championship in Richmond. He walked through his approach to draft and why he thinks it is actually easy being green in Throne of Eldraine. He also reveals the deck that was almost his weapon of choice. At the time of recording he was pretty set on playing Cavaliers but was still hoping to go back to his ElkBlade brew; a deck that combines elements of the ubiquitous Food decks with the finishing power of Questing Beast and Embercleave. Hear how one of the greatest minds in the history of the game tackles one of the most frustrating metagames in his long memory of the game. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
11/7/20191 hour, 30 minutes, 5 seconds
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Top 8 Magic: A Slow News Day

With the shining NYC skyline as a backdrop, BDM and MichaelJ enjoyed one of the few remaining gorgeous days of the year to talk about all the big news of the day. What were the biggest flavor fails of Mythic Championship V? What will Standard look like in two weeks at Mythic Championship VI now that Field of the Dead has been banned in Standard? Which mountains will Mike use for the new Pioneer format? Exactly how many cards will be banned in Pioneer by the time the Pro Tour rolls around for it next year? --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
10/22/20191 hour, 17 minutes, 41 seconds
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Top 8 Magic Presents: The Mythic Championship V Preview Show

It was a dark and stormy night... No seriously. It was both dark and stormy. What better weather to huddle up in the office and pore over pages and pages of decklists. The Top 8 Magic team was out in full force with Brian "BDM" David-Marshall, Michael "MichaelJ" J. Flores, and Zvi "The Zvi" Mowshowitz breaking down the Mythic Championship V field just days before the event happens. With decks being locked in more than a week before the actual event was to be played, how much innovation got locked out in the tight turnaround time? With 29 of the 68 decks featuring some flavor of Golos/Field of the Dead, and other two dozen+ sporting Oko, will something actually get banned on Monday? If it does, would another week of time given the field enough time to defeat the enemy? Find out what the trio thinks as all the regular members of the longest running Magic podcast are together again for the first time. This one is wall to wall Magic and you won't want to miss it (unless you are here for the TV/movies/basketball talk). --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
10/17/20192 hours, 22 minutes, 19 seconds
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Zvi’s Standard Adventures with the Doom Patrol

Aaaaaand they’re back not days after their last podcast. Zvi ran a Doom Patrol list — his modified version of the Doom Foretold deck Bryan Gottlieb has popularized for the new Standard — to a 12-1 finish in the big Arena Standard preview event over the weekend. He and BDM discuss the list, what changes might be made moving forward, and how the deck is positioned in the metagame. While discussing the deck they digressed slightly into the Daryl Morey incident and the NBA reaction to his support of Hong Kong. This discussion happened BEFORE the Blizzard news about rescinding Blitzchung’s Hearthstone Grandmaster prize money and firing the casters of the event. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
10/9/20191 hour, 25 minutes, 55 seconds
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Zvi’s PT Prep: Limited

On the day of BDM getting to play with Throne of Eldraine cards for the very first time he sat down with Pro Tour champion and Hall of Famer Zvi Mowshowitz to get his first takes on the new Limited format. After the draft, BDM and Michael J. Flores connect to talk about the draft (***spoilers*** it did not go well) and discuss the cards Mike is thinking about buying from Face to Face Games for this new Standard format. After that the two discuss the new fall TV season and what they have been watching so far. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
10/8/20192 hours, 18 minutes, 4 seconds
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Zvi’s Adventures in Eldraine Parts 1 & 2

Once upon a time there was a Hall of Famer and Pro Tour champion named Zvi who was going to be attending the Mythic ball in Richmond. Before he could attend that ball the wicked tournament organizer said had to complete all his chores; poring over the new cards as they were released to public, thinking about building new decks, and talking about the new cards for multiple hours on the longest running Magic podcast on the game’s history.  Magic Hall of Famer Zvi Mowshowitz joins Pro Tour Historian emeritus for another episode — and then another one after that — of Top 8 Magic.  Find out which cards have the noted deckbuilder excited about the upcoming Standard format, which one he fully expects to get banned in Modern, and what the gamblers line would be for Hall of Famer-elect Reid Duke to register a copy of Garruk, Cursed Huntsman in his 75 cards for Richmond.  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
9/18/20192 hours, 50 minutes, 54 seconds
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Mardu Burn... for the machines

This podcast contains no actual modern Mardu Burn list but it does eventually get around to why not. There is extensive Magic talk though as your hosts Brian David-Marshall and Michael J. Flores both had a topic of interest.  BDM wanted to dwell on some of the new cards spoiled from Throne of Eldraine — specifically the possibility of the Adventure mechanic allowing for a Rube Goldberg-like buyback mechanic on the spell side.  MichaelJ was talking on the eve of a large local MCQ — no PTQ — wait? still an MCQ? — and he was in full pyro mode talking about his beloved burn deck and all the various permutations from Rakdos to Boros to Naya and even the apocryphal Mardu Burn.  After well more than an hour of Magic talk they turn their attention to what shows they have been watching — which for two very busy guys is a disturbingly large amount of television content. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
9/9/20191 hour, 33 minutes, 53 seconds
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Brian Got a Microphone

The longest running Magic: The Gathering podcast returns to talk about this year's newly renamed Magic Hall of Fame, swings at some savage rumors, and finishes up on where Modern will be after a trio of key bannings and un-bannings. Pro Tour Historian, Emeritus Brian David-Marshall is joined by onetime Resident Genius Michael J Flores AND A BRAND NEW MICROPHONE for our, um, four hundred and eighty-seventh episode! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
8/28/20191 hour, 31 minutes, 20 seconds
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Landsick

Michael J Flores and Brian David-Marshall are reunited and MichaelJ doesn’t feel so good. The classic line-up for Magic’s longest-running podcast is back together after a brief interruption. MichaelJ was away on vacation and after sleeping on a boat for close to two weeks he has been diagnosed with landsickness — which apparently is not what happens when you miss Lan D Ho but something much more serious.  The guys decided to celebrate by playing a little FNM. Mike played his MonoGreen Standard deck that BDM refers to as “last year’s model” while Brian opts for a little Core set draft. First couple of minutes are pretty noisy as “Table for 8” is a lot louder than one for two. After the noisy intro the guys take it to the streets after their rounds to recount the evening and then talk about the future of WPNQs, PTQs and all things related to the recent OP announcements.  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
8/20/201950 minutes, 22 seconds
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Future of Magic eSports: First Takes/Hot Takes

BDM and Zvi  with their immediate reactions to the new esports announcement.  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
8/14/201942 minutes, 58 seconds
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Boom Traveler

BDM & Mike Flores react to the aftermath of Hogaak Summer at the most recent Mythic Championship in Barcelona. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
7/31/20191 hour, 45 minutes, 8 seconds
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Top 8 Magic #434 - The Worlds Best Comic Podcast

*spoiler alert* If you haven’t watched Spider-Man: Far From Home you should STOP LISTENING WHEN BDM TELLS YOU TO. *spoiler alert*  Brian David-Marshall and Mike Flores are reunited for another episode of the longest running Magic podcast in the game. Before they did though, Brian met up with Top8Magic superfan, and professional comic book illustrator, Butch Mapa at Joe’s Coffee Shop on the iconic corner of Waverly and Gay in the West Village of NYC.  Later that day Mike and BDM reconnected to discuss their respective Prerelease weekends, why BDM thinks Prereleases should go away, and whether or not banning Bridge from Below will solve some of the problems that have emerged in the wake of Modern Horizons. (Spoilers; Mike thinks there may be a more problematic card that needs to be banned from that set and posits a new breakfast cereal/combo deck).  If you haven’t watched Spider-Man: Far From Home you should DEFINITELY STOP LISTENING WHEN BDM TELLS YOU TO. That’s pretty much the topic of conversation the rest of the way.  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
7/11/20191 hour, 49 minutes, 52 seconds
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Top 8 Magic #483 - Core Set 2020 Preview: White Mike and Zvi

With BDM out of town, Mike tags in Pro Tour Hall of Famer Zvi Mowshowitz to preview the White cards from Core Set 2020. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
7/2/20191 hour, 5 minutes, 38 seconds
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Top 8 Magic #482 - Tablet for Two: Topical Island

BDM and Zvi find themselves on the road again away from Brian’s trusty co-host MichaelJ. They huddled up around a tablet in some business class motel on the other side of the country to discuss a variety of timely topics from the results from Mythic Championship III to the Wild West metagaming of the Red Bull tournament series to some discussion of the previewed gold cards from Magic 2020 to see which ones Zvi feels might breakthrough in Standard despite obvious roles in Limited and Commander formats. There is even a smattering of politics to keep it extra topical.  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
6/28/20191 hour, 44 minutes, 38 seconds
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Top 8 Magic #481 - Daze of Future Past

Mike and BDM get together again on the eve of Mythic Championship III for another Top 8 Magic. Followed by a special bonus section of Zvi and BDM analyzing the MCIII decklists! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
6/22/20191 hour, 24 minutes, 16 seconds
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Top 8 Magic #480 - Playing weirdo Tetris

Mike and BDM return to their old haunt at Waverly and Gay, to discuss crowd-funding travel for pro play, the weight of the impact Modern Horizons is already having on Modern (especially two specific cards), and the MPL challenger invitations. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
6/13/20191 hour, 34 minutes, 4 seconds
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Top 8 Magic #479 - The eternity of the Internet

BDM has returned from Canada, and he and Mike Flores get together to discuss Brian's Preprerelease first picks, more Modern Horizons cards that Mike is excited to try in Modern, and what they're watching (that isn't basketball). --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
6/5/20191 hour, 9 minutes, 58 seconds
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#478 - On the Horizons

BDM and Mike Flores are back together, a little less noisy, and going over all of the White, Blue, Black, Red, and Green cards from Modern Horizons previewed so far, that aren't slivers! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
5/30/20191 hour, 43 minutes, 40 seconds
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#477 - Breaking vases since 1999: a talk with Zvi Mowshowitz

BDM is in San Francisco this week, without Mike. But good thing he is, as this gave him the chance to connect and catch up with Pro Tour Hall of Famer and old friend, Zvi Mowshowitz about Magic the Gathering old and new. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
5/24/20191 hour, 13 minutes, 52 seconds
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#476 - The week that was

BDM and Mike discuss the Magic events of the past week (as well as some non-Magical ones as well). --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
5/17/20191 hour, 17 minutes, 56 seconds
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Group game Magic

Mike and BDM get together in a mysterious mall to talk the best new cards in Standard, while Brian turns Mike on to a strange new way of playing "group game" Magic. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
5/14/20191 hour, 1 minute, 52 seconds
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Top 8 Magic #474 - Commence the Endgame!

 SPOILERS ALERT!! Note to Listener: If you have not watched Avengers Endgame or the Battle of Winterfell episode of Game of Thrones... when BDM says “stop listening” at the half hour mark of the podcast you should really, really, REALLY stop listening and skip over the remaining hour or so of the recording. If you are not sure when to stop just immediately fling your headphones away when BDM says... COMMENCE THE ENDGAME! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
5/1/20191 hour, 24 minutes, 55 seconds
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Top 8 Magic #473 - Turret Ogre still has reach!

Mike and BDM get together again a second time this week to discuss comics, more War of the Spark story and preview cards, and once again confirm a key piece of prerelease advice. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
4/20/20191 hour, 3 minutes, 25 seconds
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Top 8 Magic #472 - Turret Ogre Has Reach!

Mike and BDM get together at Brookfield to hash out their Game of Thrones death pools, War of the Spark preview cards, and the key piece of prerelease advice you that will win you games. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
4/17/20191 hour, 29 minutes, 58 seconds
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Top 8 Magic #471 - The 64.5th Best Player in the World

  Brian David-Marshall is back in NYC after competing in the Mythic Invitational, so he and Mike meet to talk: the Mythic Invitational and the best-of-1 format Mike shares the absolute worst deck he's ever played 2/3 is about War of the Spark spoilers! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
4/3/20191 hour, 18 minutes, 6 seconds
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Top 8 Magic #470 - The Return to Waverly and Gay

Mike Flores and Brian David-Marshall return to the their old haunt of Waverly & Gay, ghosts and all, to discuss the best burger in New York, Modern bannings, War of the Spark, and more.  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
3/13/201945 minutes, 37 seconds
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Top 8 Magic #469 - Not a Blue Ravnica Allegiance review

 Mike Flores and Brian David-Marshall return to the soundwaves from the streets of NYC to continue their review of basketball, Mythic Championship Cleveland, Magic coverage, and everything but the Ravnica Allegiance Blue cards.  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
3/5/20191 hour, 18 minutes, 49 seconds
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Top 8 Magic #463 – To Whom the beatdown may be concerned

Mike and Brian wander the West Village for a new episode of Top 8 Magic! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
7/20/20181 hour, 12 minutes, 33 seconds
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Top 8 Magic #462 – Single Beckering a Third Gaea’s Blessing

Imagine the rate Mike and Brian are going to have to hit to fit in another 50 eps this year! Woah! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
5/29/20181 hour, 22 minutes, 47 seconds
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Top 8 Magic #461 – Fifty-Two

Brian and Mike convene on what is inevitably going to be the first of fifty-two 2018 Top 8 Magic podcasts. Topics include Brian's birthday, Brian's Kickstarter, different kinds of New York pizza, and, oh yeah! Magic: The Gathering Dominaria! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
3/31/201857 minutes, 5 seconds
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Top 8 Magic Year in Review

Mike and Brian run down 2017 while watching Star Wars: Rogue One --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
12/22/20172 hours, 9 minutes, 27 seconds
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Top 8 Magic – Ixalan Review: Red

Mike and Brian go over the Red cards from Ixalan. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
10/5/20171 hour, 28 minutes, 42 seconds
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Top 8 Magic – Ixalan Review: Black

Mike and Brian go over the Black cards from Ixalan. Does Mike show a little contempt for what this colour has to offer? --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
9/26/201751 minutes, 32 seconds
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Top 8 Magic – Ixalan Review: Blue

Mike and Brian go over some cool new cards from Ixalan (and the not-cool blue ones, too). --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
9/25/20171 hour, 33 minutes, 27 seconds
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Top 8 Magic – Ixalan Review: White

MichaelJ and GreedyM weather the weather to start their epic Ixalan review with the White cards! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
9/21/20171 hour, 33 minutes, 57 seconds
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Top 8 Magic #455 – Julian Returns!

Julian Levin returns to Top 8 Magic this week after an adventure to Grand Prix DC with Matt Ferrando. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
9/6/20171 hour, 23 minutes, 10 seconds
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Top 8 Magic #454 – Hours and Hours of Devastation: Green

In this final Hours and Hours of Devastation, Mike and Matt cover the Green and Artifact cards. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
7/21/201754 minutes, 54 seconds
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Top 8 Magic #453 – Hours and Hours of Devastation: Red

In this fourth instalment of Hours and Hours of Devastation, Mike and BDM are joined by Matt Ferrando to cover the Red cards. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
7/17/201741 minutes, 16 seconds
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Top 8 Magic #452 – Hours and Hours of Devastation: Black

In this third instalment of Hours and Hours of Devastation, Mike and BDM are joined by Matt Ferrando to cover the Black and Aftermath cards. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
7/14/20171 hour, 5 minutes, 29 seconds
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Top 8 Magic #451 – Hours and Hours of Devastation: Blue

In this second instalment of Hours and Hours of Devastation, Mike and BDM cover the Blue and Multi-coloured cards. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
7/13/201754 minutes, 32 seconds
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Top 8 Magic #450 – Hours and Hours of Devastation: White

In this first instalment of Hours and Hours of Devastation, Mike and BDM cover the White and Land cards. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
7/12/201759 minutes, 24 seconds
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Top 8 Magic #449 – A Special Kind of Idiot

This week BDM and MichaelJ opened the metaphorical phone lines to take discussion requests from their audience. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
7/8/20171 hour, 53 minutes, 56 seconds
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Top 8 Magic #448 – Bagpipe Rays

Recorded the week after Grand Prix Omaha, Mike and BDM get together in a park with a piper to talk Marvel Aetherworks, basketball, and movies. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
6/23/20171 hour, 32 minutes, 55 seconds
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Top 8 Magic #447 – Who’s the Beatd—Snyder?

It's a beautiful--albeit windy--day and BDM is back from Pro Tour Amonkhet to discuss with Mike some decks, players, and being memed. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
5/19/20171 hour, 40 minutes, 36 seconds
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Top 8 Magic #446 – The Nadir of Nerdiness

The brewing begins with Brian trying his hand at a more Exert-focused, land-heavier build of R/W Exert. Mike also has a wacky idea on how to break... okay, bend, New Perspectives. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
5/5/20171 hour, 14 minutes, 42 seconds
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Top 8 Magic #445 – As Good As It Amonkhets

BDM and Mike return for another episode of the longest running (sometimes walking, sometimes napping, somewhat audible) Magic podcast. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
4/13/20171 hour, 33 minutes, 8 seconds
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Top 8 Magic #444 – Stink Bomb

Brian insists on calling the deck that he and Mike are playing at GPNJ this weekend Stink Bomb. In the spirit of Gerry Thompson, Mike is revealing the aforementioned deck! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
3/9/20171 hour, 41 minutes, 23 seconds
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Top 8 Magic #443 – Dublin to PA

BDM and Mike return to discuss the Standard metagame, from the decks and players of Pro Tour in Dublin to the Grand Prix in Pittsburgh, PA. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
2/20/20171 hour, 18 minutes, 54 seconds
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Top 8 Magic #442 – The Best of 2016

BDM is back with a best of 2016 episode! Baseball, basketball, movies, comics, comic book movies, Magic moments of the year in review. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
12/23/20161 hour, 39 minutes, 45 seconds
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Top 8 Magic #441 – Double Victory Lap

Mike hangs out with Grand Prix badasses Osyp Lebedowicz and Phil Napoli, together on the Pro Tour for the first time in their decades-long BFF-ship. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
11/11/20161 hour, 32 minutes, 22 seconds
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Top 8 Magic #440 – Bedlam at Waverly & Gay

Mike is joined on Waverly and Gay -- the traditional home of Top 8 Magic -- by SCG Invitational standouts Matt Ferrando and Miles Rodriguez. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
8/26/20161 hour, 32 minutes, 48 seconds
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Top 8 Magic #439 – BDM Is Back!

It feels like it has taken most of the summer but BDM and MichaelJ are finally reunited for a new episode of the longest running Magic podcast. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
8/23/20161 hour, 33 minutes, 30 seconds
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Decks to Beat #002

Brian David-Marshall and Gabe Carlton-Barnes look at what shook out in Standard over the course of two Grand Prix events. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
8/19/20161 hour, 49 minutes, 5 seconds
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Decks to Beat #001

The premise is simple. It is The Decks to Beat, hearkening back to the days of scouring the Magic Dojo for the latest technology. With Briand David-Marshall and Gabe Carlton-Barnes. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
8/12/20161 hour, 37 minutes, 20 seconds
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Top 8 Magic #438 – PT, PPTQ

Mike and Osyp chat about Standard and Modern, the successes and opportunities presented by Pro Tour Eldritch Moon, and Mike's recent PPTQ win with Naya Burn. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
8/12/20161 hour, 7 minutes, 16 seconds
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Top 8 Magic #437 – Preach, Osyp, Preach

Mike did an interview with Osyp about his G/W win at SCG Baltimore. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
8/5/20161 hour, 2 minutes, 32 seconds
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Top 8 Magic #436 – Eldritch Moon: Black, and DFC

The next episode of Eldritch Moon: Wax or Wane resumes with Black, and all of the Double-Faced Cards. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
7/23/20161 hour, 17 minutes, 2 seconds
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Top 8 Magic #435 – Eldritch Moon: Red, Melds, and Lands

Eldritch Moon: Wax or Wane resumes with Red, Melds, and Lands. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
7/15/20161 hour, 5 minutes, 49 seconds
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Top 8 Magic #434 – Eldritch Moon, Green and Colourless

Mike and Brian take to the streets to bring you their review of the Eldritch Moon spoiler, starting with the Green and the colourless cards. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
7/14/20161 hour, 19 minutes, 59 seconds
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Top 8 Magic #433 – Mike Will Never Win at Limited Again

Why Mike will never win at Limited again, and Brian makes a nitro affogato. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
7/8/201655 minutes
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Top 8 Magic #432 – Hot Take Inventory

MichaelJ, Brian, and and Grand Prix Top 8 competitor Phil Napoli talk bad friends, being bad at Magic, and more Eldritch Moon spoilers! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
7/6/20161 hour, 6 minutes, 22 seconds
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Top 8 Magic #431 – Nitro Moon Shots

In this episode, your hosts Brian David-Marshall and Michael J. Flores take to the streets (and parks) of Hoboken, NJ jacked up on some nitro cold brew coffee that Michael J. is (justifiably) hyperbolic about. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
6/30/20161 hour, 45 minutes, 39 seconds
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Top 8 Magic #430 – Resistance Training

Mike and Brian meet again to podcast while Mike plays a Standard tournament. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
6/14/201657 minutes, 40 seconds
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Top 8 Magic #429 – Grand Unified Theory

Mike and Brian compare pain. Whose pain is greater? U DECIDE. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
6/7/20161 hour, 16 minutes, 29 seconds
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Top 8 Magic #428 – First FNM

A new post-Khans Standard format, a new Modern, and a new Top 8 Magic begins at an FNM. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
4/12/201647 minutes, 23 seconds
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Top 8 Magic #427 – New Mixed Bag

Brian's got a brand new bag! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
2/19/20161 hour, 8 minutes, 31 seconds
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Top 8 Magic #426 – Oath of the Gatewatch Complete Review: Black, Artifacts, & Lands

The expedition to visit every single new card in Oath of the Gatewatch concludes with the Black cards, Artifacts, and Lands. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
1/26/20161 hour, 45 minutes
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Top 8 Magic #425 – Oath of the Gatewatch Complete Review: White & Blue

Mike & Brian meander back to the beginning of the colour pie, with White and Blue. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
1/22/20161 hour, 12 minutes, 12 seconds
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Top 8 Magic #424 – Oath of the Gatewatch Complete Review: Green & Gold

Your semi-faithful hosts continue their RGWUB journey through the new cards in Oath of the Gatewatch with Green and multicolored. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
1/14/20161 hour, 24 minutes, 2 seconds
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Top 8 Magic #423 – Oath of the Gatewatch Complete Review: Red & Colorless

Mike and Brian start off their FULL REVIEW of Oath of the Gatewatch with Red. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
1/11/20161 hour, 16 minutes, 57 seconds
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Top 8 Magic #422 – New Year’s Resolutions: Oath of the Gatewatch 2

Mike and Brian continue with some early look Oath of the Gatewatch spoilers: blue and black cards, plus some artifacts & lands. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
1/5/20161 hour, 13 minutes, 40 seconds
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Top 8 Magic #421 – New Year’s Resolutions: Oath of the Gatewatch 1

Mike and Brian issue some New Year’s Resolutions around the podcast… And try to figure out what will “resolve” from Oath of the Gatewatch. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
1/4/20161 hour, 27 minutes, 44 seconds
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Top 8 Magic #420 – Emergents

Mike and Brian meet at The Uncommons in NYC for Brian's Emergents: Genesis event! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
12/4/20151 hour, 30 minutes, 49 seconds
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Top 8 Magic #419 – It Gets By Flores!

Flores and BDM get back to the business of podcasting to discuss a variety of topics, post-Pro Tour Battle for Zendikar. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
10/28/20151 hour, 20 minutes, 7 seconds
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Top 8 Magic #418 – Landfall and Fall TV

After a too-long hiatus Mike and Brian return to talk about some Battle for Zendikar (and fall tv) --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
9/30/20151 hour, 27 minutes, 34 seconds
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Top 8 Magic #417 – Red Dragon

Mike and Brian come back together from a medium-long hiatus to talk about some Magic and lots of tv, comics, movies, and long-term format speculation. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
8/21/20151 hour, 49 minutes, 8 seconds
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Top 8 Magic #416 – Mike Pops His FNM Cherry

Gearing up for Pro Tour Magic Origins, Mike needs to get some Limited preparation in, and where better than Friday Night Magic? --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
7/20/20151 hour, 17 minutes, 53 seconds
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Top 8 Magic #415 – Fetch Lansdell

Judge and podcaster extraordinaire Chris Lansdell joins Mike and Brian to run some post-ramen podcasting. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
7/1/20151 hour, 34 minutes, 12 seconds
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Top 8 Magic #414 – Fetch All the Lands

Mike and Brian meet at the Top 8 Magic offices to discuss Magic Origins, the "re-launched Top 8 Magic dot com", tee vee recapping and Magical Christmasland Co-Co scenarios. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
6/26/201552 minutes, 32 seconds
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Top 8 Magic #413 – Everything

BDM and Mike talk the Invitationals, basketball, comics... you know, everything! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
6/12/20151 hour, 25 minutes, 26 seconds
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Top 8 Magic #412 – Waverly, Gay, and Becker

At the corner of Waverly and Gay, and along came a Becker... --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
6/5/20151 hour, 10 minutes, 21 seconds
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Top 8 Magic #411 – It’s a Mad Mad Mad (Men) Podcast

Pro Tour paperwork, Team Ultra Pro, and the Mad Men finale. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
5/28/20151 hour, 30 minutes, 35 seconds
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Top 8 Magic #410 – New York Surf & Turf

Mike and Brian are joined this week by Marshall Sutcliffe of Limited Resources for burgers, pigeons, and Magic! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
5/15/20151 hour, 19 minutes, 40 seconds
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Top 8 Magic #409 – Top 8 Magic on #Top8Cards

Mike and Brian talk about their #Top8Cards! Oh yeah! Mike won the Utah RPTQ with a crazy Mono-Blue / Five-colour Dragons list! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
5/1/20151 hour, 32 minutes, 27 seconds
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Top 8 Magic #408 – Drag-on or Drag-off: Green

Mike and Brian conclude their Dragons of Tarkir set review with Green! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
4/10/20151 hour, 25 minutes, 57 seconds
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Top 8 Magic #407 – Drag-on or Drag-off: Red and Artifacts

Mike and Brian continue the Dragons of Tarkir set review. This time: Red and Artifacts! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
3/26/201552 minutes, 31 seconds
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Top 8 Magic #406 – Drag-on or Drag-off: Black

Mike and Brian continue the Dragons of Tarkir set review. This time: Black cards! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
3/25/201559 minutes, 7 seconds
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Top 8 Magic #405 – Drag-on or Drag-off: White and Blue

Mike and Brian continue the Dragons of Tarkir set review! This time: White cards and Blue cards... --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
3/23/20151 hour, 13 minutes, 42 seconds
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Top 8 Magic #404 – Drag-on or Drag-off: Gold and Lands

Mike and Brian sit down to begin the Dragons of Tarkir set review. Up first, Gold and Lands! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
3/20/20151 hour, 49 seconds
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Top 8 Magic #403 – One Minute Later

Lots of Magic news, so you know how Mike will want to start this one... With comics recommendations! And Mike won a PPTQ with Dimir Control! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
3/3/201548 minutes, 32 seconds
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Top 8 Magic #402 – Fate Reforged Save/Delete/Set as Wallpaper: Green & Gold

Brian is (finally) back in town allowing the boys to finish their Fate Reforged review with green & gold! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
3/2/201555 minutes, 38 seconds
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Top 8 Magic #401 – Fate Reforged Save/Delete/Set as Wallpaper: Black & Red

The Top 8 Magic set review of Fate Reforged continues (albeit a bit tardily) with Black and Red cards! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
1/30/20151 hour, 12 minutes, 28 seconds
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Top 8 Magic #400 – Fate Reforged Save/Delete/Set as Wallpaper: Blue

Mike and Brian cheat (for Top 8 Magic anyway) and record indoors. I know, I know! Still, we bring you Blue in all its ten-save glory. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
1/21/20151 hour, 25 minutes, 26 seconds
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Top 8 Magic #399 – Fate Reforged Save/Delete/Set as Wallpaper: White & Colorless

Mike and Brian weather the cold to bring you the first segment of our Fate Reforged set review! In addition to favorite "Save and Delete" we add "Set as Wallpaper"! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
1/16/20151 hour, 2 minutes, 49 seconds
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Top 8 Magic #398 – Focus on Fate Reforged

Mike and Brian SUPER FOCUS on four Fate Reforged cards in anticipation of next week's multi-part Fate Reforged Save or Delete session. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
1/7/201558 minutes, 15 seconds
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Top 8 Magic #397 – Fate Reforged Prologue

The iPhone died just before the end of this podcast (and we didn't notice) because... You know... Top 8 Magic Podcast. You still have over an hour-twenty of... FATE REFORGED PREVIEW CARDS! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
12/31/20141 hour, 21 minutes, 45 seconds
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Top 8 Magic #396 – Dong Way

Magic Discussions: Legacy v. Holiday Cubes, Mike's sweet Cube decks v. mediocre non-winners, Good Heliod's Pilgrim decks in Standard - R/W Aggro and Four-color Abzan Constellation. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
12/24/20141 hour, 8 minutes, 39 seconds
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Top 8 Magic #395 – Maybe It’s Cold Outside

Ep 345 has drawing comics, TV villains... all this and Brian's trip to the World Championship! (i.e. Magic: The Gathering). --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
12/19/20141 hour, 30 minutes, 44 seconds
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Top 8 Magic #394 – Cube Draft and Other Nonsense

Mike and Brian talk Legacy Cube, shuffling the top players for the World Championship, Brian's first tournament, the underwhelming Cavs, all that stuff. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
11/21/20141 hour, 35 minutes, 30 seconds
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Top 8 Magic #393 – Garbage Fight!

Brian returns from sunny Honolulu! Mike's Grand Prix Trial win! And an honest-to-gosh Garbage Fight in the middle of the street! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
10/22/20141 hour, 33 minutes, 41 seconds
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Top 8 Magic #392 – Khans of Tarkir: Red, Green, Artifacts, and Lands

Mike and Brian finish up all of Khans of Tarkir... Red, Green, Artifacts, & Lands! Let me tell you about these Red cards... --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
10/3/20141 hour, 5 minutes, 7 seconds
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Top 8 Magic #391 – Khans of Tarkir: Black

Good chats at Waverly & Gay in this one; so good that Mike and Brian get through approx. 1 Khans of Tarkir card in 20 minutes. So they only did Black this time. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
10/2/201456 minutes, 5 seconds
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Top 8 Magic #390 – Khans of Tarkir: Blue & White

Khans of Tarkir: What white card did Mike change Brian's tune on? What blue card seems like it should be great (but neither of our intrepid hosts can imagine how)? --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
9/26/20141 hour, 9 minutes, 15 seconds
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Top 8 Magic #389 – Single White Mana (aka Khans of Tarkir Gold)

Mike's favorite gold card! Brian's most underrated Ascendancy! Will the new names usurp BUG, RUG, or Junk? So it begins! Khans of Tarkir review: Gold. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
9/18/20141 hour, 47 minutes, 34 seconds
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Top 8 Magic #388 – I’m Gonna Need Another Dollar

Why does Mike owe a dollar? … Find out in the first seven minutes! After that it's our first wave of Khans of Tarkir reviews! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
9/5/20141 hour, 28 minutes, 17 seconds
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Top 8 Magic #387 – Mike Owes Pinkberry

Mike and Brian head back to The Uncommons (New York City's first and only board game cafe) for their weekly Standard tournament. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
8/28/20141 hour, 18 minutes
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Top 8 Magic #386 – EmmyCast

A modicum of Magic but a bundle of boob tube at Waverly and Gay this week. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
8/19/20141 hour, 6 minutes, 31 seconds
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Top 8 Magic #385 – Post Pro Tour

Mike. Brian. Waverly. Gay. Pro. Tour. Magic. 2015. Be. There. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
8/8/201457 minutes, 56 seconds
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Top 8 Magic #384 – PreTQs, ReTQs, and PDX with GCB

With Brian on a West Coast road trip through San Diego Comic Con and Pro Tour Magic 2015 in Portland he connected with an old friend of the Top8Magic podcast in Gabe "Carlton" Carlton-Barnes --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
7/31/20141 hour, 19 minutes, 4 seconds
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Top 8 Magic #383 – For6iven

Mike and Brian follow up on their five-part Magic 2015 Core Set set review with a two hour bonanza at Waverly & Gay. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
7/21/20142 hours, 10 minutes, 24 seconds
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Top 8 Magic #382 – M15 Set Review: Red & Artifacts

Join BDM and MichaelJ as they finish their review of the latest Core Set with the Red and the artifact cards. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
7/15/201455 minutes, 52 seconds
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Top 8 Magic #381 – M15 Set Review: Blue & Gold

Join BDM and MichaelJ as they work their way through the remaining 60% of the latest Core Set, continuing with the Blue and the Gold cards. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
7/14/201449 minutes, 32 seconds
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Top 8 Magic #380 – M15 Set Review: White

Join BDM and MichaelJ as they work their way through the remaining 60% of the latest Core Set, continuing with White. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
7/11/20141 hour, 14 minutes, 46 seconds
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Top 8 Magic #379 – M15 Set Review: Black

Michael J Flores and BDM resume discussing M15 and turn next to Black to see how much more oppressive things might become. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
7/10/201446 minutes, 52 seconds
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Top 8 Magic #378 – M15 Set Review: Green

It is time to discuss all the goodies contained within Magic 2015. Mike and BDM start in decidedly non-WUBRG order by looking at the cards in Green. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
7/9/201452 minutes, 56 seconds
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Top 8 Magic #377 – Big Gay Ice Cream

Mike has an idea that "like all truly ingenious" ones sounds crazy at first... --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
6/18/20141 hour, 32 minutes, 21 seconds
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Top 8 Magic #376 – Excuses, Excuses

After a hiatus of almost a month, Mike and Brian return to Waverly and Gay for almost two hours of powerful podcasting. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
6/5/20141 hour, 46 minutes, 25 seconds
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Top 8 Magic #375 – Disinfomercial

Mike and Brian sit around and tell lies basically. Because hey, disinfomercial. Draft strategies, going infinite, Cube, and PTQ preparation. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
5/9/20141 hour, 7 minutes, 9 seconds
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Top 8 Magic #374 – Nyx or Ixnay: Green

Mike and Brian discuss Journey into Nyx Green cards. Which card that will surely become a tournament staple did Mike call unplayable? --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
5/6/20141 hour, 6 minutes, 43 seconds
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Top 8 Magic #373 – Nyx or Ixnay: Red

Brian's favourite Red card in Journey into Nyx! Mike's favorite card in the set is Red! Journey into N---Waverly and Gay with your two favourite podcast hosts. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
5/5/201452 minutes, 15 seconds
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Top 8 Magic #372 – Nyx or Ixnay: Black, and Gold

Mike and Brian cover Journey into Nyx, Black and Gold. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
4/30/201451 minutes, 28 seconds
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Top 8 Magic #371 – Nyx or Ixnay: Blue

Mike and Brian have to cut this segment of the Journey into Nyx set review after Blue when the chicken appears. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
4/29/201427 minutes, 23 seconds
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Top 8 Magic #370 – Nyx or Ixnay: White, Lands, Artifacts

Journey into Nyx: White, Lands, Artifacts. Features all-new "save or delete" aesthetic of Nyx or Ixnay (don't think too hard about that one). --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
4/28/201446 minutes, 19 seconds
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Top 8 Magic #369 – Pre-Katz’s Cast

Fresh off of Grand Prix Philadelphia duty Rashad Miller and Marshall Sutcliffe join MichaelJ on the corner of Waverly and Gay for a pre-Katz's cast! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
4/15/20141 hour, 57 minutes, 2 seconds
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Top 8 Magic #368 – Voice of Reason

Basketball aspirations, Staff of the Death Magus, writing, and tall tales on the corner of Waverly and Gay for an hour and a half. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
4/4/20141 hour, 31 minutes, 31 seconds
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Top 8 Magic #367 – Glorify My Name

After his trip to Valencia, PT Historian Brian David-Marshall rejoins "noted JayBoosh apologist" Michael J. Flores for a podcast at the Top 8 Magic offices. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
3/3/20141 hour, 37 minutes
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Top 8 Magic #366 – Born of the Gods: Green & Red

With BDM at Pro Tour Born of the Gods, StarCityGames Invitational Top 8 competitors Joshua Ravitz and Thea Steele tag in with Mike for Green, Red, a little Gold, a little Modern talk, and some excellent coffee. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
2/21/20141 hour, 29 minutes, 38 seconds
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Top 8 Magic #365 – Gold, Artifacts, & Land

More Born of the Gods. Gold, artifacts, and land. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
2/13/201449 minutes, 43 seconds
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Top 8 Magic #364 – Born of the Gods: Blue & Black

More Born of the Gods. Blue, and black cards. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
2/11/20141 hour, 15 minutes, 25 seconds
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Top 8 Magic #363 – Born of the Gods: White

Forgive us for the delay. Blizzards, etc. Mike and Brian review the White cards from Born of the Gods. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
2/8/201446 minutes, 45 seconds
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Top 8 Magic #362 – It’s a Trap!

What trap did @fivewithflores spring on an unsuspecting @top8games? --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
1/31/201458 minutes, 27 seconds
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Top 8 Magic #361 – Black Genesis

2+ hours of Born of the Gods chats with your host Brian David-Marshall, Mike Flores, and Steve Sadin. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
1/25/20142 hours, 24 minutes, 47 seconds
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Top 8 Magic #360 – A Lament for Gray’s Papaya

Also Born of the Gods! Mike and Brian talk about the closing of a New York institution and touch on some of the recent successes (and potential dinner bet liabilities) around the New York Knickerbockers. From Born of the Gods… Nyxborn Shieldmate Oreskos Sun Guide Archetype of Imagination Ashiok’s Adept Pain Seer Everflame Eidolon (would […] --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
1/15/20141 hour, 22 minutes, 42 seconds
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Top 8 Magic #359 – A Standing Ovation for Bone Scrapings

Mike and Brian podcast from Uncommons NYC -- a Kickstarter'd LGS -- as Brian waits to Cube draft. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
1/9/201452 minutes, 38 seconds
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Top 8 Magic #358 – MichaelJ’s Greatest Hits, or KoldCast

Mike and Brian weather the kold to bring you the last Top 8 Magic of 2013! What are MichaelJ’s greatest hits? What do Mike and Brian consider the card of the year (Standard legal cards only)? What deck tickles their fancy beyond all others? Why do some teams get Gregg Popovich while Mike is stuck […] --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
12/19/20131 hour, 8 minutes, 5 seconds
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Top 8 Magic #357 – Walking, Talking, and Jaywalking in Seattle

Brian David-Marshall and Marshall Sutcliffe wander the streets of Seattle, and record a podcast! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
12/12/20131 hour, 17 minutes, 31 seconds
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Top 8 Magic #356 – Walkabout

Intensely envious of last week's background image, Mike demands to go to Baohaus to get some of what Brian was having. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
11/22/201355 minutes, 28 seconds
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Top 8 Magic #355 – Gauntlet

Mike and Brian are joined by former Star City Games editor and Grand Prix Champion Steve Sadin on the corner of Waverly and Gay for some bau, and how Steve took down a Grand Prix. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
11/13/20131 hour, 25 minutes, 39 seconds
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Top 8 Magic #354 – User Generated Content

Everything is up for discussion from Orson Scott Card to low land counts in draft; from Liz Phair's (maybe?) most underrated album to Mike "offending the entire Legacy community" (again?) --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
11/8/20131 hour, 38 minutes, 10 seconds
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Top 8 Magic #353 – BDM is a Liar

Don't worry haters, the NBA talk is over inside of 11 minutes! Brian makes a bold prediction about Modern; Mike agrees. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
10/25/20131 hour, 44 minutes, 42 seconds
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Top 8 Magic #352 – Brian David-Marshall Sutcliffe

Mike is exiled from this week's ep as BDM is joined by Limited Resources wonder-caster Marshall Sutcliffe. The duo podcast straight from Dublin, Ireland at Pro Tour Theros! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
10/11/201341 minutes, 1 second
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Top 8 Magic #351 – All Roads Lead to Nykthos

Any time in the next two years someone asks you how you do such-and-such stupid thing on turn two, just figure out how you can be tapping a Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
9/24/20131 hour, 13 minutes, 55 seconds
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Top 8 Magic #350 – Theros for Hire (5 of 5) “Bring On the Bad Guys!”

Green cards and artifacts meet crazy (literally crazy in some cases) NBA predictions and commentary in the final installment of their epic Theros review. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
9/20/20131 hour, 57 minutes
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Top 8 Magic #349 – Theros for Hire (4 of 5) “Hero’s Downfall”

What's really happening in the Hero's Downfall art? Also: Black cards! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
9/19/20131 hour, 10 minutes, 27 seconds
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Top 8 Magic #348 – Theros for Hire (3 of 5) “Borderland Minotaur House Rules”

Borderland Minotaur and thirty-six other Theros Red cards await the scathing tongues of Top 8 Magic in this rip-roaring review! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
9/18/201349 minutes, 18 seconds
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Top 8 Magic #347 – Theros for Hire (2 of 5) “Blue and Gold”

This episode is about Mike's favourite cards in Theros, the Blue ones and the Gold ones! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
9/17/20131 hour, 44 minutes, 6 seconds
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Top 8 Magic #346 – Soldier of the Pantheon or Gods Willing?

Lovers of horrendous audio rejoice! Mike and Brian come to you for the first of five Five FIVE [with Flores] Theros-themed updates this week, here on ManaDeprived.com. Up first – Theros lands and white cards! What is Brian’s favorite White card? What is Mike’s? Can you tell from the title? This episode features the return […] --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
9/16/20131 hour, 7 minutes, 36 seconds
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Top 8 Magic #345 – Exile on Gay Street

Was the Zombie Apocalypse caused by licking strippers' chests? --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
9/5/20131 hour, 37 minutes, 34 seconds
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Top 8 Magic #344 – You, Sir, Are No Squadron Hawk

Topics include: Raphael Levy’s Mono-Green Deck Americans! Mike and Brian discuss how scary various mono-colored decks are / have been over the course of Magic history. Which is scariest played by a master? Which is scariest played by “random kid”? How could Mike become a better human bin? https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
8/27/20131 hour, 30 minutes, 36 seconds
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Top 8 Magic #343 – Angelic Accord (from the future!)

Brian and Mike call you from the future (actually California) --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
8/20/20131 hour, 12 minutes, 3 seconds
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Top 8 Magic #342 – Deck Building and Life with Patrick Chapin

BDM is off at the World Championships but Mike soldiers on with a special guest! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
8/6/20131 hour, 8 minutes, 27 seconds
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Top 8 Magic #341 – The Moral Victory of 16 Thumbs and 7 Toughness

Apologies ahead of time: BDM and I get distracted in this podcast more than once… By beautiful women passing by. You. Would. Too. -mjf Greetings from Canada! We may have prematurely deleted Archangel of Thune :/ (we still got Delver of Secrets right when no one else did!) Stuff to do with Spike Feeder / […] --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
7/26/20131 hour, 11 minutes, 57 seconds
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Top 8 Magic #340 – Save or Delete

ManaDeprived.com is happy to feature this special episode of Top 8 Magic where Flores and BDM go over the Hall of Fame and the entire set of M14. Brace yourself! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/top8magic/support
7/22/20131 hour, 35 minutes, 50 seconds