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(1:00) Shaheen's reaction to the additions of Rivals and the Players Tour

(5:45) Reacting to Hogaak/Looting ban & Stoneforge unban

(23:20) Where was UW in terms of power level before and now after the bans?

(35:40) How'd Elliot's Vegas Grand Prix go with Hogaak?

(39:45) Jon started running hot and wasfeatured twice at MagicFest Vegas with Neobrand. How was his weekend?

(44:15) Where do we go from her in Modern? Jon is thinking Valakut...

(50:15) Should Jon have played a "real deck"?

(1:02:00) Discussing Tobi Henke's mathematicial conclusion that a deck with higher variance is better to spike a tourney

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First Strike is a Magic: The Gathering debate-style podcast hosted by KYT that discusses the week’s hottest competitive and social topics of the game.