Faithless Brewing MTG: Modern and Pioneer for the Spike Rogue

Season 19, Episode 6: Brew Session (Blossoming Tortoise) + Flashback (Spiteful Hexmage)

Yertle the Turtle was king of them all. Yertle the Turtle had a great fall. But while he was down there, he also milled a few helpful lands, and set up a game-winning infinite combo.

David’s favorite card from Wilds of Eldraine takes center stage in our final brew session of Season 19. Blossoming Tortoise boasts the all-powerful Titan clause, co...

Season 19, Episode 5: Brew Session (Spiteful Hexmage) + Flashback (Agatha’s Soul Cauldron)

Is there anything more beautiful than a game object? Rectangle theory is back in full force this week with our favorite 1 drop from Wilds of Eldraine. Spiteful Hexmage is a beautiful puzzle, offering two fresh permanents on an above-rate creature at the cheapest possible price. The only catch? One of them is a Cursed Role, which is ostensibly...

Season 19, Episode 3: Weekly Roundup (Wilds of Eldraine Week 1) + Brew Session (Beseech the Mirror)

The first week of results with Wilds of Eldraine is in the books. In Modern, Hot Ring Summer is drawing to a close, and players now clambering Up the Beanstalk to unlock endless value. Meanwhile, strange things are brewing in Agatha’s Soul Cauldron, with multiple known archetypes already picking up the artifact successfully, and doze...

Season 19, Episode 2: Wilds of Eldraine Full Set Review, Part 2 of 2

Cavedan and David go hog wild in a 3-hour finale to our Full Set Review. Wilds of Eldraine is practically Pioneer Masters, but it has great new cards for Modern as well.

Beseech the Mirror has players dreaming of combos as far back as Legacy, and Up the Beanstalk is a dark horse contender for a Modern format full of free Elementals and cost reduction effects.

In P...

Season 19, Episode 1: Brewer’s Guide to Wilds of Eldraine

Once upon a time, Eldraine ruled the multiverse. An innocuous plane of fairy tales and enchantment quickly broke every format in Magic, thanks to brutally efficient cost reduction spells, pushed standalone threats (hello, Oko), and Adventures that allowed us to squeeze more out of a single piece of cardboard than ever before.

Wilds of Eldraine has a tough act to follow, but ...

Season 18, Episode 27: Weekly Roundup + Brew Session

Cavedan and David look three year’s into Magic future, and unpack the shocking return of Preordain in Modern. Did Wizards get it right in their “only-once -each-year-really-trust-us-we-promise” B&R update? What impact will blue’s newest toy have on the known and unknown decks of the meta?

They also discuss David’s latest experiments at the cutting edge of Pioneer, where he ha...

Season 18, Episode 26: Weekly Roundup

Lawson Zandi returns to break down the results from Pro Tour: Barcelona, where The One Ring and Orcish Bowmasters put on dominant displays. Big mana was the big winner, with Tron and Amulet Titan harnessing The One Ring to tremendous effect while going way over the top of midrange and control players who had planned to outduel Rakdos Scam. And as for Rakdos itself? The most popular deck was als...