Ponder

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New formats are taking off all over the place! Brawl is booming on Arena and Pioneer is the choice of every competitor who can't bear to look at Oko-Standard right now. Jamie talks about her time brawling and TJ catches us up on commentating for The Chalice. We also ponder lots of spooky things.

This week we talk about the changes, or lack of some, to the ban list. We talk the recent Mythic Championship the impressions from the coverage as well as some of the controversy behind the scenes, and the new Pioneer format that is sweeping the community by storm! Where did it come from and why is now the time for it? 

Mythic Championship V is right around the corner, and the lack of any bans the week before means a field full of ... fields. With so many similar decks, TJ gives his commentary perspective on how Wizards can keep the viewing exciting. We also ponder the emergency ban coming up and its ramifications and design our own unstable creatures.

Throne of Eldraine is making waves, and people are already considering it for one of the best limited sets ever. Is it too good to be true? Jamie breaks down her early experience and shares the best and worst parts of the format. We talk about what makes limited sets good and bad in general and also cover the Banned and Restricted news (or lack there of).

Throne of Eldraine has proved to be a deep set with everything, including mechanics, story, and flavor. The only way to dive deep enough was to create some top ten lists, so we each have our own covering playability, story, and flavor. We also ponder cards that have seen more scoops than a Baskin-Robbins employee convention.

Throne of Eldraine is here! We are super lucky that Jamie had a chance to get her hands on the cards before anyone else at the LRR preprerelease. She gives us the scoop on her deck and early impressions. We highlight some of the best and most impactful cards and ponder what foods make good real life tokens.

In a shocking reveal, Jamie admits that she might secretly be a combo player at heart. She talks to us about her love of the standard Kethis deck and how it works. We also discuss the Hall of Fame voting results and how it might work in the future. Finally, we look forward to seeing Jamie at the preprerelease and ponder what foods have the best stats in real life. Visit our new website at https://www.ponderpodcast.net

In an exclusive interview, we are excited to have Syr Gynger, the gingerbread lady who recently starred in the most recent Throne of Eldraine trailer. We see what's really up with her and Garruk now. We also look at the new booster packs coming out and talk about our Eldraine Brawl experience.

Stoneforge Mystic is fresh off the Modern banlist and we called in our good buddy Zack Kanner to fill us in. A longtime pro player and coach of Team Tempest, Zack helps us see what's already doing well and what to expect. We also get hyped about Jamie's preprerelease announcement and ponder a planeswalker battle royale.

The episode so nuts we had to add a disclaimer at the beginning to explain this bonkers and erratic episode. We catch up with Jamie on all the fun she had, talk about the Banned & Restricted announcement, say goodbye to a good friend, and ponder tournament sites and cat buses.

Wizards has announced major changes for the top tier of tournaments in 2020. MCs are out and PTs are in! We talk about the new structure and the Rivals League. We also talk about the Hall of Fame ballot announcement and ponder buddy cop movies.

It's time to grab a cold one and sit back with our special guest Jeff from MTG Lexicon, the filthy casual EDH streaming group. Jeff talks about how Lexicon got started, his hype in the new C19 decks, and we ponder a how all of us deal with criticism.

Melvin and TJ are back from Gen Con, and Commander 2019 previews are right on their heels! We had to have our special guest, Brett from Kitchentable Commander give us the rundown of his exclusive preview card and the others so far. He lets us know what's exciting and what's going to be hot in the EDH community.

The Mythic Championship was dominated by a card so powerful, we dare not speak its name, but we have to talk about its effect on the tournament and the meta. We also have to ponder this whole Judges Academy thing and round out the episode by scientifically classifying pizza as a casserole.