The Sharks MTG Podcast

The boys are back after a lengthy hiatus!We briefly recap where we have been for the last while and touch on Kals win at the SCG 10K which took place at RC Portland.We are then joined by Matthew Baros-Steyl fresh off his strong showing at Pro Tour Chicago. We ask the important questions, such as Where is Matthew? Who is Matthew? and Why is Matthew?

Just stopping by to give everyone an update since we have been away for a while. We will be back to regular programming soon, in the meantime have look at my new football project. The United Bias ⁠https://anchor.fm/theunitedbias/episodes/The-Premier-League-Preview-e27rrao⁠ You are also welcome to join our FPL community if you are so inclined: https://fantasy.premierleague.com/leagues/auto-join/i80dfh

Fresh off his 9th place finish at Pro Tour MOM we are joined by Charis as we get to learn about the MTGO end boss and his journey in the beautiful game.

In this weeks show we are joined by Nikola Krsmanovic fresh off his winning performance at the Pioneer RCQ this past weekend. We get to know Nikola and learn about his path to victory. We also throw in a bonus section on RB Mid in pioneer. Nikola Krsmanovic RCQ Winning decklist 4 Cauldron Familiar 4 Unlucky Witness 4 Bloodtithe Harvester 4 Mayhem Devil 4 Fable of the Mirror-Breaker 3 Fatal Push 3 Claim the Firstborn 4 Deadly Dispute 4 Witch's Oven 1 Eaten Alive 1 Kari Zev's Expertise 1 Thoughtseize 1 Village Rites 4 Blightstep Pathway 4 Blood Crypt 2 Blackcleave Cliffs 2 Den of the Bugbear 2 Hive of the Eye Tyrant 2 Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance 1 Haunted Ridge 1 Castle Lochtwain 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire 1 Sulfurous Springs 1 Swamp 1 Mountain SB 1 Ob Nixilis, the Adversary 1 Angrath, the Flame-Chained 1 Kari Zev's Expertise 1 Kolaghan's Command 2 Go Blank 1 Unlicensed Hearse 2 Necromentia 2 Baleful Mastery 1 Damping Sphere 3 Thoughtseize Keraan Chetty RCQ Decklist 4 Thoughtseize 4 Fatal Push 1 Abrade 1 Dreadbore 1 Heartless Act 2 Power Word Kill 4 Fable of the Mirror-Breaker 3 Reckoner Bankbuster 4 Bloodtithe Harvester 2 Kroxa, Titan of Death's Hunger 4 Bonecrusher Giant 2 Graveyard Trespasser 3 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse 4 Blightstep Pathway 2 Blackcleave Cliffs 4 Blood Crypt 3 Castle Locthwain 4 Haunted Ridge 2 Hive of the Eye Tyrant 1 Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance 5 Swamp Sideboard 2 Pithing Needle 2 Kolaghan's Command 1 Ritual of Soot 1 Noxious Grasp 3 Extinction Event 3 Go Blank 3 Duress

Keraan is back from the RC in Naples and we go deep into all things Grixs. If you ever wanted to know how to Grixis, this is the episode for you. Deck 2 Cut Down 2 Abrade 3 Go for the Throat 1 Spell Pierce 1 Negate 2 Make Disappear 2 Blue Sun's Twilight 3 Invoke Despair 3 Reckoner Bankbuster 4 Bloodtithe Harvester 4 Corpse Appraiser 2 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse 4 Fable of the Mirror-Breaker 1 Ertai Resurrected 4 Darkslick Shores 4 Blackcleave Cliffs 4 Xander's Lounge 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire 1 Otawara, Soaring City 2 Stormcarved Coast 2 Shipwreck Marsh 2 Haunted Ridge 1 Underground River 2 Shivan Reef 2 Sulfurous Springs 1 Swamp Sideboard 2 Duress 2 Cut Down 1 Negate 2 Razorlash Transmogrant 2 Siphon Insight 1 Disdainful Stroke 1 Sheoldred, the Apocalypse 2 Brotherhood's End 1 Whack 1 Bladecoil Serpent

Local player Rishon Naidoo, overcomes the lack of RCQs in South Africa by winning a stacked MTGO Super PTQ. Rishon aka @boulderelf joins us on the pod as we get to know one of South Africa's rising stars.

We are joined by the winners of the 2 Johannesburg RCQs, Richard Solid and David Boers. In the first episode we discuss the weekend at large and focus on the modern portion of the event with a deep dive on Hammer Time. Top 16 deck lists 1 Soldin, Richard  Hammer https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/5060860#paper 2 Dalais, Matthew  UR Prowess https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/5060862#paper 3 Kwak, Jae-Ho  Hammer https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/5060867#paper 4 wilson, navare  Blue Moon https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/5060870#paper 5 Schimper , Bavan  RW Burn https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/5060874#paper 6 Weidenmann, kyle  UB Mill https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/5060878#paper 7 Bosman, Colin  Titanshift https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/5060887#paper 8 Chetty, Keraan  4c Omnath https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/5060890#paper 9 Kruger, Ryan  8cast Affinity https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/5060895#paper 10 Wood, John  Living End https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/5060909#paper 11 Keller, Rudolf  Abzan Coco https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/5060913#paper 12 Teladia, Taahir  UR Murktide https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/5060919#paper 13 Boers, David  UR Murktide https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/5060922#paper 14 Thirion, Gerrit  RW Burn https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/5060923#paper 15 Martin, Matthew  GB Yawg https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/5060928#paper 16 v Niekerk, Pieter  Rhinos https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/5060931#paper

The team all played the recently concluded Arena Open with Anthony going all the way to claim 2500$. We discuss our #SNC limited experiences that culminated in a strong open showing. Anthony's 8-1 day 2 draft deck: 2Expendable Lackey 1Strangle 1A Little Chat 2Corrupt Court Official 1Aven Heartstabber 1Snooping Newsie 2Tainted Indulgence 1Body Dropper 1Fatal Grudge 1Dig up the Body 1Raffine's Silencer 1Corpse Appraiser 2Maestros Charm 2Involuntary Employment 1Syndicate Infiltrator 1Girder Goons 1Join the Maestros 1All-Seeing Arbiter 6Island 5Swamp 3Mountain 1Tramway Station 1Xander's Lounge 1Maestros Theatre https://twitter.com/scantzor/status/1525957214111940608

We are joined by the Magic the Gathering Hall of Famer Raphael Levy and delve into: How to be great at Magic Magic in the information age His MPL experience and what happens next Ban culture and much more... Follow us on Twitter and Facebook: https://twitter.com/MtgSharks https://www.facebook.com/mtgsharks You can follow Raphael here: https://www.twitch.tv/raphaellevy https://metafy.gg/@raphaellevy https://twitter.com/raphlevymtg

Keraan and Sarv are joined by the prodigal son Bob as he returns to help us unpack the recently concluded EGG Nationals event. 3 days of competitive magic, consisting of Standard, Pioneer and Modern. We look at our prep leading up to the event and share the secret to great deck selection that lead to our dominant performance.

This week the lads tackle Angle Shooting in the wonderful game of Magic the Gathering. Is it ok? Where do we draw the line? Does the answer change in FNM vs pro play? We try to tackle the issue by going over famous examples from the world of Magic and personal anecdotes to help you understand this complex but interesting issue.

In this weeks episode we break down Keraan's Jund Food deck that took him to the top 8 of the modern challenge. We discuss the dynamic nature of modern, trying to make sense of the arms race that is currently taking place. https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/4212187#paper

This week we focus on all things Arena. MTG Dreamhack invitational winner Imaad Davids joins us to discuss his momentous victory. We review our respective performances in the Arena Open. And conclude by discussing the madness that is Historic Horizons

The lads share their experiences in AFR limited, go deep in Modern and touch on the latest standard developments. Limited talk 3:00 Modern 27:03 Lurrus talk 57:30 Standard/Arena 115:10

The boys return after more than a year off and are raring to go, in this weeks episode we discuss: Modern Horizons 2 The best Modern format ever? The state of MTGO D&D Adventures in the Forgotten Realms

Sometimes we forget here at the tip of Africa that we're not the only country with a small community of passionate MTG players. There are many players in many countries around the world who share some of our struggles when it comes to playing the game and seeing the world. This is why this week's guest is multiple time Turkish national champ, GP Prague 2017 winner, and longtime ambassador for Turkish MTG, Yusuf Kemal Vefa. We discuss getting into PVDDR's head to beat him in the GP finals, keeping cool under pressure (like when the venue is on fire), and what it's like being a competitive MTG player in Turkey. 

Drafts! Drafts! And more drafts!  Ikoria is out and we've spent ALL our time playing Limited so you can learn from our mistakes. The only problem is we're kinda killing the format and haven't paid for a draft yet, so there aren't too many mistakes to learn from. Joining us once again is Anthony Hodgson (@scantzor) who has managed to complete the entire collection of Ikoria in a week of drafting on Arena, so you may want to hear what he has to say. We kick things off with a discussion about Companions and their impact on various formats before taking a deep dive on Ikoria Limited. 

Ikoria: Lair of BEHEMOTHS is about to drop and you know we just had to give you our opinions on the word-soup nonsense that lays ahead of us in these coming months/years. Sarvesh Balkaran joins us for the third time after his impressive showing in the MTGO SUPER PTQ over the weekend. We break down what we think Standard will look like once the mutant monsters are let loose and go over a few different deck ideas we'd like to try out at the start of the new format. We also take a look at MTG Arena getting 8 person drafts and what it means for MTGO.  Oh yeah, we had some connection issues so there's a brief break in the middle but you'll hardly notice it.

South Africa is officially in lockdown which means a lot of us have got a lot more time for MTG. Weirdly enough, both Bob and Keraan have been taking a bit of a break from the game but are back to give you the insights into their strenuous testing process for EGG 7, share some insights on challenges of tackling open formats when you don't have much time, and we get a sneak peek into how Keraan will be spending his free time with a quick look at Modern Horizons draft on MTGO.

Keraan and Bob haven't had much time to play MTG lately so we decided to bring in some top tier talent to share their knowledge with you. Unfortunately, they weren't available so we got David Boers, Sarvesh Balkaran, and Darren Fox instead. The three of them took down the recent trios event in Jozi by leveraging their skills and selecting what they thought were the best decks for the day. We get a deep dive on what they played (A lot of Thassa's Oracles) and a brief overview of each format whilst also getting into the dynamics of a trios event.  Since we had two doctors on the cast, we also have a brief chat about the Corona Virus and its effects on MTG but we save that for the end, just in case you're tired of hearing about it.