Faithless Brewing MTG: Modern and Pioneer for the Spike Rogue

Set Review: Sleepers, Hidden Gems, and Underrated Cards in Modern Horizons 3

Season 22, Episode 07: Brewer's Guide to Modern Horizons 3, Part 2   Like our content? Support us on Patreon and join our Discord community!    

Top 10 Most Impactful: The MH3 Cards That Will Change Modern Forever

Season 22, Episode 06: Brewer's Guide to Modern Horizons 3, Part 1   Like our content? Support us on Patreon and join our Discord community!

Modern Horizons 3 Previews: The Genius of Doctor Bear

Season 22, Episode 5: Brewer's Guide to MH3 + Brew Session (Doc Aurlock, Grizzled Genius)   Who wins? Twenty of the hottest new cards in Modern Horizons 3, or one Grizzly Boi? Doc Aurlock, Grizzled Genius heads up our Brew Session in Pioneer, but the real action is in day 1 of MH3 previews, where the new cards are sizzling with potenial   Like our content? Support us on Patreon and join our Discord community!    

MH3 Day 1, Ant-Man, and the Grizzled Genius of Doc Aurlock

Season 22, Episode 5: Brewer's Guide to MH3 + Brew Session (Doc Aurlock, Grizzled Genius)   Who wins? Twenty of the hottest new cards in Modern Horizons 3, or one Grizzly Boi? Doc Aurlock, Grizzled Genius heads up our Brew Session in Pioneer, but the real action is in day 1 of MH3 previews, where the new cards are sizzling with potenial   Like our content? Support us on Patreon and join our Discord community!    

Crime Pays: Freestrider Lookout Is Breaking Out in Every Format

Season 22, Episode 04: Brew Session (Freestrider Lookout, Duelist of the Mind, Gisa, the Hellraiser, Oko, the Ringleader) + Flashback (Satoru, the Infiltrator)   Like our content? Support us on Patreon and join our Discord community!    

Satoru, the Infiltrator: Sneaky Good 5-0s in Modern & Pioneer

Season 22, Episode 03: Brew Session (Satoru, the Infiltrator) + Modern Horizons 3 First Look   Like our content? Support us on Patreon and join our Discord community!    

Brewer's Most Wanted: Thunder Junction Set Review, Part 2

Season 22, Episode 02: Brewer's Guide to Thunder Junction (Set Review, Part 2)   Like Our Content? Support Us on Patreon and Join our Discord Community!  

Set Review: Outlaws of Thunder Junction in Modern and Pioneer

Season 22, Episode 1: Brewer's Guide to Thunder Junction, Part 1   Like our content? Support us on Patreon and join our Discord community!

Proft for Profit: 5-0 Brews with Proft's Eidetic Memory & The Enigma Jewel

Season 21, Episode 06: Brew Session (Proft's Eidetic Memory) + Flashback (Deduce, The Enigma Jewel)   Like our content? Support us on Patreon and join our Discord community!

Get a Clue: Investigating Deduce

Season 21, Episode 05: Weekly Roundup + Brew Session (Deduce) + Flashback (Archdruid's Charm)   Like our content? Support us on Patreon and join or Discord community!

Archdruid's Charm: Fifth Mode Is the Charm

Season 21, Episode 4: Weekly Roundup + Brew Session (Archdruid's Charm)   Like our content? Support us on Patreon and join our Discord community!   Decklists for this episode can be viewed here.  

The Murder Files: These Unplayables Are Actually Sweet

Season 21, Episode 3: Brewer's Guide to Karlov Manor, Part 3   Like our content? Support us on Patreon and join our brewing community!

Only Murders in the Manor: Set Review, Part 2 (Modern & Pioneer)

Season 21, Episode 2: Brewer's Guide to Karlov Manor, Part 2   Like our content? Support us on Patreon and join our brewing community!

Full Set Review: The Best of Murders at Karlov Manor, Part 1

Season 21, Episode 1: Brewer's Guide to Karlov Manor, Part 1 (Pioneer & Modern)   Like our content? Support us on Patreon and join our brewing community! Decklists for this episode can be viewed at FaithlessBrewing.com

The Twelve Brews of Christmas | #CeasefireNow

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A Smuggler’s Best Friend: Inti, Seneschal of the Sun

Season 20, Episode 4: Weekly Roundup + Brew Session (Inti, Seneschal of the Sun + Smuggler's Copter)   Like our content? Support us on Patreon and join our brewing community!   Decklists for this episode can be viewed at FaithlessBrewing.com

Gone Spelunkin’: Twenty Pioneer Brews for Lost Caverns of Ixalan || #CeasefireNow

Season 20, Episode 3: Brew Session   Like our content? Support us on Patreon and join our brewing community!   Decklists for this episode can be viewed at FaithlessBrewing.com

The Best of Lost Caverns of Ixalan in Modern & Pioneer (Set Review, Part 2)

Season 20, Episode 2: Brewer's Guide to Ixalan, Part 2   Like our content? Support us on Patreon and join our brewing community! Decklists for this episode can be viewed at FaithlessBrewing.com

Lost Cavern of Ixalan Full Set Review | #CeasefireNow

Lost Caverns of Ixalan Full Set Review | #CeasefireNow

Season 20, Episode 1: Brewer's Guide to Ixalan, Part 1   Like our content? Support us on Patreon and join our brewing community! Decklists for this episode can be viewed at FaithlessBrewing.com

Blossoming Tortoise || #CeasefireNOW

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, combining card advantage and ramp every time it attacks. What...

Spiteful Hexmage: Cursed Roles for Cursed Wars

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 a drawback. The brewer’s gears are turning this week as we...

Beseech the Mirror: Cracked from Side to Side

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 dozens of more suspicious combos bubbling up besides. In Pioneer...

The Complete Brewer’s Guide to Wilds of Eldraine, Part 2 (Modern & Pioneer)

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 Pioneer, David has his eye on Yurtle the Turtle (Blossoming...

Full Set Review: Wilds of Eldraine in Modern & Pioneer, Part 1

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 Wizards seems to have swung for the fences. Not only are Ad...

Preordain: Scrying the Future of Modern and the Cutting Edge of Pioneer

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 has been hunting trophies with Stern Lesson, Galazeth Prismari, B...

Modern State of the Format: The Dark Lord Sauron Assembles Tron

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 also among the winningest decks, making it a ripe target for ac...

The Time of the Orc Has Come: Modern Before the Pro Tour & Kefnet in Pioneer

Season 18, Episode 25: Weekly Roundup + Brew Session (God-Eternal Kefnet) The age of man is over. You know what comes next. David, Morde, and Manacymbal join forces this week for a Modern + Pioneer doubleheader. With Pro Tour weekend approaching, the M&M boys have their eyes on some spicy numbers in Modern, including a challenge-winning Game Objects deck with both Samwise Gamgee and Lonis, Cryptozoologist. Meanwhile, David is back in the laboratory in Pioneer, brewing up fresh concepts wit...

The Best Kept Secret in Modern: An Interview with DackFayden07, the Lord of the Brews

Season 18, Episode 24: Modern 5-0s with Dack_Fayden07 The Greatest Thief in the Multiverse has stolen The One Ring, and stolen our hearts! Josip Jukic, better known as DackFayden07, has been on a stunning streak of 5-0 results, racking up trophy after trophy with original Lord of the Rings brews. He is the best kept secret in Modern, a Croatian aspiringspike, an indomitable brewer and a talented Blues Rock musician besides. So what is the secret to Dack’s tremendous success? We find out to...

Archfiend Like a BOSS: Brewing with the New Dimir Inverter

Season 18, Episode 23: Brew Session (Archfiend of the Dross) + Flashback (Invasion of Gobakhan) Archfiend of the Dross burst onto the scene at DreamHack Dallas, where cftsoc unleashed a devastating combo with Metamorphic Alteration that took the tournament by storm. Turning an opponent’s creature into a copy of Archfiend, without access to Oil counters, means instant death on their upkeep. The one two punch of a 6/6 flier for 2BB, paired with a blue two drop, harkens back to the days of Dim...

The Brew Review: We Asked Listeners for Their Spiciest Decklists

Season 18, Episode 22: The Brew Review (July 2023) David and Cavedan review 10 spicy decks submitted by our listeners. Is the next great Modern or Pioneer deck hiding among them?   Like our content? Support us on Patreon and join our brewing community!   Decklists for this episode can be viewed at FaithlessBrewing.com   Decklists Naya Exile by LurkingEvil UB Rogues by Woosh the Rock by Briger Dredge for Bones by TuesdayTastic Ms. Marvel by Ignacio E. Legendary Combos by Patrick ...

We Asked Listeners for Their Spiciest Decklists

Season 18, Episode 22: The Brew Review (July 2023) David and Cavedan review 10 spicy decks submitted by our listeners. Is the next great Modern or Pioneer deck hiding among them?   Like our content? Support us on Patreon and join our brewing community!   Decklists for this episode can be viewed at FaithlessBrewing.com   Decklists Naya Exile by LurkingEvil UB Rogues by Woosh the Rock by Briger Dredge for Bones by TuesdayTastic Ms. Marvel by Ignacio E. Legendary Combos by Patrick ...

Orcish Bowmasters: Looks Like Meat’s Back on the Menu, Boys!

Season 18, Episode 21: Brew Session (Orcish Bowmasters) + Flashback (Chrome Host Seedshark) Orcish Bowmasters was flagged early on as one of the top Modern cards from Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-Earth — and, it turns out, one of the most powerful Commander cards to boot. Everyone loved the base stats (a guaranteed 1/1! a free ping! instant speed!) and the potential for so much more. The only problem? No one could actually name a deck where Bowmasters fit. One week after release, que...

One Ring to Rule Them All: Day 1 Modern Brews

Season 18, Episode 20: Brew Session (Lord of the Rings Day 1) Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-Earth hit the digital streets this week and already the Modern format is awash in brews. Morde and Manacymbal are on the case, sorting the wheat from the chaff and also firing off a half dozen decklists of their own. The early winner is The One Ring, a card that looks so intensely powerful that the sky is the limit. Any deck capable of generating sufficient mana to cast The One Ring and deploy ...

Gobakhan Girls, Training Grounds, and the Sad Tale of Owen Hawker

Season 18, Episode 19: Brew Session (Invasion of Gobakhan) + Flashback (Omen Hawker + Training Grounds) Where were you when they invaded Gobakhan? On that fateful morning, when the World Tree stopped turning? We asked our researchers some important questions, like, Where is Gobakhan anyway? What is a Battle? Why did Invasion of Gobakhan spike to $20, and still hovers at $10 despite being a medium powered rare? Answers are coming, but we’ll need to put on our brewing caps. David has three ...

Set Review: Brewer’s Guide to Middle-Earth, Part 2

Season 18, Episode 18: Set Review (Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-Earth) With the full set of Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-Earth revealed and ready for action, Cavedan and Manacymbal join forces to rank the best new cards for Modern. The set continues to deliver small role players and long shot build arounds, but few blue chip staples. Stern Lesson is the cheapest version of Remove Soul, but that family of countermagic has no proven track record in constructed. Similarly, Flower...

Pioneer State of the Format: June 2023 (ft. Lawson Zandi)

Season 18, Episode 17: Weekly Roundup The US Regional Championships are in the books, where Pioneer took the spotlight once again. 1200 players descended upon Dreamhack Dallas to do battle with the strongest decks in the format, and put the newcomer Boros Convoke (”Boros Hogaak”) to the test. In the end, it was Engimatic Fires that ran the tables in the swiss, and Rakdos Sacrifice and Azorius Spirits that posted the top winrates overall. Boros, meanwhile, languished at a mere 47% win rate, ...

Set Review: Brewer’s Guide to Middle Earth, Part 1

Season 18, Episode 16: Set Review (Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-Earth) Morde and Manacymbal join forces to analyze the best Modern cards from Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-Earth. Very few of these cards seem flashy enough for 2023 Modern, but heed Tolkien’s advice: all that is gold does not glitter. A brave little hobbit, such as Rosie Cotton of South Lane, might have the right stats to enable a new infinite combo, and the interactive value provided by Orcish Bowmasters gets more...

The Training Grounds: Activate Your Game with Omen Hawker

Season 18, Episode 15: Brew Session (Omen Hawker + Training Grounds) The dream of Sol Ring is alive and well thanks to March of the Machine’s astonishing blue mana dork, Omen Hawker. This little one drop taps for stunning amounts of mana — but only to pay for activated abilities. It’s the kind of unique effect that promises so much power, but at the expense of consistency. Outside of oddballs like Zirda, Biomancer’s Familiar, Powerstone tokens and Renowned Weaponsmith, specialized mana prod...

Hogaak Summer 2023? Top Picks for Modern & Pioneer (ft. Manacymbal)

Season 18, Episode 14: Weekly Roundup Magic Twitter is a place prone to meltdowns, that’s no surprise. But a meltdown over a Boros Convoke deck using Venerated Loxodon? That’s a bit of a stretch. Nevertheless, with the Regional Championships around the corner, a “Hogaak Summer” has been declared by many grinders trying to break through in Pioneer. Prolific streamer and Faithless Brewer-at-large Zach “Manacymbal” Ryl returns to help us sort through the latest technology in Modern and Pionee...

Can Lava Spike Save Pioneer? Brewer’s Mailbag May 2023

Season 18, Episode 13: Mailbag David and Cavedan open up the brewer’s mailbag to field listener questions about the state of brewing in Modern and Pioneer, the health of the metagame, the future of Magic crossovers, and more. They also look at an impressive new combo deck using the Pioneer Elementals package and the Vadrok + Double Major combo.   Like our content? Support us on Patreon and join our brewing community!   Decklists for this episode can be viewed at FaithlessBrewing.com

Aftermath Six-Pack: Sarkhan Aflame, Ob Will Be One, Urborg Soulflayer and More

Season 18, Episode 12: Brew Session (Sarkhan, Soul Aflame, Ob Nixilis, Captive Kingpin, Narset, Enlightened Exile, Urborg Scavengers) And just like that, March of the Machine: The Aftermath is here. Not sure where to get started? Never fear? David Robertson, our resident Pioneer brewmaster, has been cooking up a half dozen spicy decklists to get you ready for battle on Day 1. Here’s what’s on the menu: Sarkhan, Soul Aflame allows explosive sequences with 5 mana dragons, building on Izzet r...

The Aftermath: 8 Cards That Matter for Modern & Pioneer

Season 18, Episode 11: Brewer’s Guide to March of the Machine: The Aftermath Fifty more cards are being foisted onto all formats with March of the Machine: the Aftermath, a small supplemental set full of wordy text boxes and big dreams. Luckily, only a handful are poised to make an impact in non-rotating formats. In today’s compressed Set Review, Cavedan and Morde sort the wheat from the chaff and identify the most important Aftermath cards for Modern and Pioneer. They also evaluate the ne...

Battles are Good Actually: Flashy 5-0s with Morde and Zanman

Season 18, Episode 10: Weekly Roundup   Morde and Lawson talk new Modern brews with March of the Machine: Battle Zoo, Errant and Giada Flash, Mono Black Coffers, and more.

March of the Machine Week 1 Tech (Modern & Pioneer)

Season 18, Episode 9: Weekly Roundup   Like our content? Support us on Patreon and join our brewing community! Decklists for this episode can be viewed at FaithlessBrewing.com

RONA, HERALD OF INVASION: Magic’s New Combo Menace

Season 18, Episode 8: Brew Session (Rona, Herald of Invasion) + Flashback (Chrome Host Seedshark)     Like our content? Support us on Patreon and join our brewing community!   Decklists for this episode can be viewed at FaithlessBrewing.com

One Punch Frog? Yargle, Windbrisk Heights, and More Bad Ideas (ft. Lawson Zandi)

Season 18, Episode 7: Brew Session (Yargle and Multani) What if they printed a creature with LITERAL DEATHTOUCH FOR PLAYERS? No, I’m not talking about that pesky Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer. Not talking about Phage, the Untouchable either. No, I’m talking about everyone’s favorite Frog Spirit. Yargle and Multani is a foolish card. An insipid card. A team-up no one asked for that earned, at best, a mirthless chuckle during previews. And yet… it has 18 power. Is 18 power the same as literal de...

SHARK WEEK: Chrome Host Seedshark Is the Most Dangerous Animal

Season 18, Episode 6: Brew Session (Chrome Host Seedshark) Shark Typhoon is powerful. A resolved Shark Typhoon is lights out. A resolved Shark Typhoon wins games. Most Modern and Pioneer players know this, or think they know this. They don’t know the half of it. Shark Typhoon sees play, but no one truly builds around it. It’s far too expensive to craft your game plan around having a Typhoon in play. Instead we cycle, and move on with our lives. Enter Chrome Host Seedshark. Putting a Shar...

The Greatest Brews in the Multiverse (ft. Dack_Fayden07)

Season 18, Episode 5: Interview with Dack_Fayden07 Dack Fayden may be the Greatest Thief in the Multiverse, but did you know that he also runs one of the spiciest YouTube channels for original brews in Modern? Today on Faithless Brewing, Cavedan sits down with special guest Josip Jukic, better known as DackFayden07, to hear about his unique approach to creating winning brews in Modern. Josip’s recent MTGO trophies include gems like Melira Zoo Scam, Winota Reanimator, Rokiric Zoo Rhinos, Su...

Top 5 Cards to Brew from March of the Machine

Season 18, Episode 4: Brewer’s Guide to March of the Machine (Part 4) + Top Five Cards After four grueling sessions, the Great Work of our March of the Machine Set Review is finally compleat. At the top of the mana curve, most cards are long shots for the non-rotating formats. This time, however, several new legends participate in game-winning combos or have intriguing cost reduction options. To round things out, Cavedan and David predict the Top 5 Most Impactful cards for both Modern and ...