Standard Intelligence
42 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 4 years ago -News from the Standard format of Magic: the Gathering in the UK
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Episode 133 – Arena PT in Review
June 19, 2020 16:00 - 1 hour - 103 MBThis week we have an interview with a first time PT competitor to talk about the first Arena PTs, the meta and how the lead up to the tournament went. Check our guest out over on Twitter, here. If you are interested in watching some of the weekend tournaments being hosted by UK TOs, check […]
Episode 132 – Back to the Future!
June 12, 2020 17:00 - 1 hour - 82.8 MBWith a weekend of results to look at, I am joined by Scott Mines aka HowlingMines aka That Soulherder Guy and together we travel into the dim past of… about 3 months ago. What was old is new again and we go through match ups, whats changed and where we think the format could develop. […]
Episode 131 – What will Standard look like now?
June 05, 2020 17:00 - 43 minutes - 57.6 MBWe have new rules for companions and bannings on Fires of invention and Agent of Treachery. So I am once again joined by Chris Arlow, to go through what he thinks is going to happen in Standard now. Check him out over on Twitter, here. If you are interested in watching some of the weekend […]
Episode 130 – Preparing for the PT and bans incoming
May 29, 2020 17:00 - 44 minutes - 57.8 MBSo there is a lot going in in Magic at the moment. We have PTs in about 2 weeks, B&R on monday for standard and historic, and a change to the companion mechanic coming at the same time as the new B&R. So I grab a player I respect to play some excelent tournament magic […]
Episode 129 – Looking in on Legacy
May 23, 2020 17:00 - 41 minutes - 57.2 MBCompanions have been dominating in multiple formats at the moment, so much so that Vintage and Legacy had some bans this week. So I bought on a guest to talk about what Legacy was up to beforehand and what it will start to look like going forward. Check our guest out over on Twitter, here. […]
Episode 128 – Talking Cycling with Mark Gabriele
May 15, 2020 17:00 - 49 minutes - 74.7 MBLukka Fires has been dominant over the last couple of weeks so I bring in someone to talk about a deck thats been doing very well against it at the moment, Cycling. I managed to get some time with an SCG grinder, MTG Arena Zone Author and 35th place Mythic Point player, Mark Gabriele. Check […]
Episode 127 – New Fires with Sean Goddard
May 08, 2020 17:00 - 55 minutes - 74 MBWith paper tournaments being put on hold, I have a chat with one of Team Axion Now’s newest members, and 9th place finisher at PT Brussels, Sean Goddard. We go through his recent run on the Channel Fireball Arena Tournament scene, and give some info for folks who may like to get invloved. Check him […]
Episode 126 – Fighting Fires With Rob Catton
May 01, 2020 17:00 - 1 hour - 81.7 MBWith the Standard meta developing at a rapid pace, the strongest deck early on is just a new take on an old classic, Jeskai Fires has seen some excellent upgrades, so we chat to a man who is currently playing one of the strongest versions of the deck, and just one of the strongest players […]
Episode 125 – Week 1 Ikoria Standard
April 24, 2020 14:00 - 53 minutes - 71.6 MBThis week we start looking at how Ikoria is changing the standard meta. This week’s guest is coming off a top 4 at the MTGO standard Challenge over the weekend, and is a staple of the UK competitive scene, Charles Eliatamby. Check him out over on Twitter, here. If you are interested in watching some […]
Episode 124 – Ikoria with Alexander Gordon-Brown
April 17, 2020 14:00 - 1 hour - 98.6 MBThis week instead of looking at the mechanics we are trying to get an idea of how the cards and decks fit together with some of the new cards in Ikoria. Many of these cards are extreamly hard to evaluate, so I have a guest on who has made a name for being a man […]
Episode 123 – Ikoria with Judge Hannah
April 10, 2020 14:00 - 1 hour - 120 MBWe’ve got enough spoilers now to really sink our teeth into the Mechanics ahead of the release, so I brought on Judge Hannah Lissaman to talk about how this all works, at least as far as we know. If you are interested in our guest this week, check her out over on Twitter, here. Music: […]
Episode 122 – Legacy Primer
April 03, 2020 15:00 - 52 minutes - 73.5 MBContinuing our series of primer episodes to non-rotating formats, this week I have GP Top 8 competitor in Legacy at Bologna, Matt Brown, to give us a look at the macro-archetypes that dominate the format. Hopefully this episode will mean you arent quite as lost if you decide to fire up some Legacy on MTGO. […]
Episode 121 – Pioneer (Re)Primer
March 27, 2020 17:00 - 1 hour - 75.9 MBThis week, much like last week, I’m talking to a special guest about a format we haven’t taken a broad look at in a little while. This week our guest is Chris Vincent and we are talking about Pioneer. Music: www.bensound.comArt: Spell Queller by Adam Paquette. This podcast is supported by our patreons at Patreon.com/SIcast, […]
Episode 120 – Modern (Re)Primer
March 20, 2020 00:00 - 57 minutes - 71.6 MBThis week I am joined by special guest and recent winner of the Axion Now Mega Modern, James Staples, who gives us an update on modern after the latest bannings and then gives us an overview of how the format is looking at the moment in general. Music: www.bensound.comArt: Reality Smasher by Jason Rainville. This […]
Episode 119 – I’m going to the PT!
March 13, 2020 17:00 - 1 hour - 101 MBThis week we look at the B&R from this week and the next seasons WPNQ set up, and then I talk about how I’ve made it to the PT by winning a WPNQ. Music: www.bensound.comArt: Lucky Clover by John Stanko. This podcast is supported by our patreons at Patreon.com/SIcast, as well as our sponsors, Axion […]
Episode 118 – The new face of Standard
March 06, 2020 17:00 - 1 hour - 98.6 MBThis week we take a look at some Standard results from Dark Sphere’s WPNQ as well as talk about how the format seams to be shifting based on online results. We also have a chat about Modern ahead of this weekend’s Mega Modern event. Music: www.bensound.comArt: Elspeth Conquers Death by Ryan Yee. This podcast is […]
Episode 117 – The problem with competitive
February 28, 2020 17:00 - 1 hour - 141 MBThis week we take a look at some pioneer prelim results from Axion Now and Chaos Cards, before haing a discussion about the current WPNQ and Prelim based competitive system, having taken into account feedback from listeners and twitter followers to try and find more opinions than just ours. Music: www.bensound.comArt: Supreme Phantom by Robbie […]
Episode 116 – Trying something new
February 22, 2020 17:00 - 1 hour - 99.3 MBThis week we try something new, a slightly more freeform episode. We talk about worlds, and what you can do in standard right now, as well as look at some modern lists from Dark Sphere’s WPNQ Prelim. Music: www.bensound.comArt: Frilled Mystic by Randy Vargas. This podcast is supported by our patreons at Patreon.com/SIcast, as well […]
Episode 115 – Talking with a PT Competitor
February 15, 2020 17:00 - 2 hours - 157 MBIn an extra long episode, we have results from Chaos cards, and we talk through the news of data avaliability from GPs, Arena coming to mobile, and the results from PT Phoenix. Our guest this week is PT competitor Graham Caunce, who gives us his opinion on Pioneer after the PT and tells us about […]
Episode 114 – Post PT Pioneer
February 07, 2020 17:00 - 1 hour - 96.8 MBThis week we have a talk about the results from Mystic Games and Manaleak. We also talk about the players tour at the weekend and how pioneer has developed and what we expect to see going forward. News: 2:20 Local Results: 11:20 Deep dive: 32:30 Intro and Outro Music: Bit Quest by Kevin MacleodNews Theme: […]
Episode 113 – Theros Week one Standard
January 31, 2020 13:00 - 58 minutes - 75.4 MBThis week we have a guest on the podcast, Danny St John-Hall (@PrefacedKarama) returns to tell us about standard and how hes been getting on in the Arena Metagame Challenges. We also look at some pioneer results from Axion Now.. News: 6:40 Local Results: 10:00 Deep dive: 27:00 Intro and Outro Music: Bit Quest by […]
Episode 112 – Theros Top 10s
January 24, 2020 14:00 - 1 hour - 157 MBWe have new information about the GPs happening this year so we talk about that for a bit, but most of this weeks episode is devoted to talking about the cards from Theros Beyond Death we think are going to make the biggest impact on constructed magic. News: 1:00 Deep dive: 22:00 Intro and Outro […]
Episode 111 – Shaking up Modern
January 17, 2020 16:58 - 1 hour - 107 MBThis week saw a big Banned and Restricted Announcement for Modern, and so we spend a lot of the news section talking about what effect we think this is going to have on the format, was this set of bannings enough to get Modern out of the funk its been in for a while now? […]
Episode 110 – New Year Thoughts
January 13, 2020 13:00 - 1 hour - 92.5 MBOur first episode back sees Jon return to the podcast. We talk a bit about the state of the competitive contructed formats for this WPNQ season, and then we have a quick look at some of the spoliers. I would like to say a quick sorry folks for the delay in getting this episode released, […]
Episode 109 – Pioneer with Henry Guille
December 20, 2019 13:00 - 1 hour - 97.1 MBThis week on the podcast I have Henry Guille, a Judge who works a lot with Axion Now. He talks us through his recent Mega Modern run and then has some analysis to share with us on pioneer results and talks a bit about the way the format is constructed and what that may mean […]
Episode 108 – Golgari Sacrifice with David Calf
December 13, 2019 15:00 - 1 hour - 126 MBThis week on the podcast I have David Calf, recent WPNQ winner, on the show. We talk about the lates news, how Pioneer is going, and the results from MCVII. We then take a good long look at building and playing Golgari Sacrifice, taking advantage of David’s recent experiance. News: 2:00 Local Results: 22:50Deep dive: […]
Episode 107 – Talking About Jeskai Fires
December 06, 2019 17:00 - 1 hour - 108 MBWe talk about the latest round of bannings in pioneer, results from Dark Sphere and Jeskai Fires. News: 1:40Local Results: 29:20Deep dive: 47:20 Intro and Outro Music: Bit Quest by Kevin MacleodNews Theme: NewsSting by Kevin MacleodArt: Fires of Invention by Stanton Feng. This podcast is supported by our patreons at Patreon.com/SIcast, as well as […]
Episode 106 – The weaknesses of Cat-Food
November 29, 2019 15:00 - 53 minutes - 76.7 MBThis week we look at some results from both MTGO and Athena Games. Then we look at the heir apparent to grindy green food decks – Cat Food decks. Specifically we talk about how you can fight these synergistic but resilient decks. News: 1:00Local Results: 10:40Deep dive: 22:20 Intro and Outro Music: Bit Quest by […]
Episode 105 – What should we play in the new new standard?
November 22, 2019 15:00 - 1 hour - 127 MBLong episode this week and obviously our discussions are dominated by the Bannings but we also have a good look at the latest set of results from the local WPNQs and Prelims. We then have a think about what decks were the winners and loosers from the second round of bannings in this standard. News: […]
Episode 104 – Last week of Oko?
November 15, 2019 13:00 - 1 hour - 110 MBThe weekend had the Mythic Championship, and we check out those lists and the statistics. We also take a look at the local results from Mana Gaming, and find some interesting developments on the Sultai food decks. After that, Jack and Jon have a ‘discussion’ about their banning preferences. News: 1:10Local Results: 21:00Deep dive: 45:50 […]
Episode 103 – Pioneer Impressions
November 08, 2019 13:00 - 1 hour - 111 MBThis week we look at the results from last weekends GPs, as well as the local results from Axion Now and The Games Shop. We talk a bit about the Oko problem. Then we have a discussion about how Pioneer is shaping up from what we have seen and how we think this weeks bannings […]
Episode 102 – Fighting the Oko Meta
November 01, 2019 13:00 - 56 minutes - 81.4 MBSo its become all about Oko over the last week, to an extent that seams to be forcing the metagame into a corner where your deck needs to have a coheasive gameplan to beat the food decks if you intend to compete. Meaning that this week we discuss how to go about fighting the food […]
Episode 101 – Well… What now?
October 25, 2019 13:00 - 1 hour - 113 MBField of the Dead is banned! What does that do to standard? Did WotC go far enough? We discuss all of this while considering what standard is going to transform into. We also have some results from Element Games and Axion Now to help with this discussion. News: 1:10Local Results: 39:10Deep dive: 56:30 Intro and […]
Episode 100 – First 100 down, what about the next 100?
October 18, 2019 17:00 - 1 hour - 109 MBSimeon returns! The three of us talk about the state of standard ahead of the first set of WPNQ level events. We discuss how Field of the Dead is affecting the format and what we expect from the banned and restricted announcement that will be coming on Monday. We then also talk about what we […]
Episode 99 – Pitchforks out for Standard?
October 11, 2019 13:00 - 1 hour - 111 MBThis week I have guest host Dr Alex Watson on and we talk about the B&R announcement and what we are seeing in standard as well as how we think you can fight agains the Field of the Dead menace. News: 2:50Deep dive: 12:40 Intro and Outro Music: Bit Quest by Kevin MacleodNews Theme: NewsSting […]
Episode 98 – … I say hello
October 04, 2019 17:00 - 1 hour - 124 MBThis week we talk about the next set of tournaments that will qualify players for the newly designed Players Tour, specifically the updated list of events for the UK. Then we discuss our top 10s from Throne of Eldraine. News: 1:50Deep dive: 21:00 Intro and Outro Music: Bit Quest by Kevin MacleodNews Theme: NewsSting by […]
Episode 97 – You say goodbye…
September 27, 2019 13:00 - 1 hour - 93.1 MBThis week we talk about the next set of tournaments that will qualify players for the newly designed Players Tour, then we go through the cards and decks that we are going to miss, as well as the ones we aren’t. News: 1:00Deep dive: 16:00“Discussion”: 49:20 Intro and Outro Music: Bit Quest by Kevin MacleodNews […]
Episode 96 – Rotation Proof
September 20, 2019 13:00 - 1 hour - 97.7 MBThis week we look at whats been going on in the world of magic and then have a chat about how we approach rotation, and what we look to when picking decks for the new and drastically changed world. It wont actually make you rotation proof but it could help you pick a deck for […]
Episode 95 – London MCQ Results
September 13, 2019 13:00 - 1 hour - 125 MBSo much to talk about this week. We talk about some global results from Magic Fests, then we get to compare them to local results from the MCQs hosted by Dark Sphere and Axion Now. We also talk about some of our favourite previews so far. News: 1:00Local Results: 26:30 Deep dive: 44:30 Intro and […]
Episode 94 – First Results Post B&R
September 07, 2019 13:00 - 1 hour - 104 MBThis week we take a look at how the formats have adapted now that the banned and restricted updates have come into effect. We take a look at modern and standard from the SCG, and decklists from the MCQ at Dark Sphere last weekend are available on the Standard Intelligence website. News: 1:50Deep dive: 18:40 […]
Episode 93 – Big Banned and Restricted Updates
August 30, 2019 13:00 - 1 hour - 94.4 MBThis week we have a lot to talk about. Standard and Modern have had a massive shake up with both the bans and unbans. This week we discuss our opinions on the targets as well as what we expect the effects to the metagames will be. News: 1:00Deep dive: 5:40 Intro and Outro Music: Bit […]
Episode 92 – New Competitive Magic System
August 24, 2019 13:00 - 1 hour - 107 MBLast week new information came out about the new organised play system to be introduced going forward, so we talk about that to hopefully explain how it all works and our feelings on the new system. We also talk a bit about card selection. News: 1:00Deep dive: 36:20 Intro and Outro Music: Bit Quest by […]