Pro Points Podcast

Magic's esports announcement has changed the game and Mike, Sam, and Paulo are ready to give you an insider's look on this latest change! Be sure to follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/propointscast You can follow the hosts here: Mike Sigrist: twitter.com/MSigrist83 Sam Black: twitter.com/SamuelHBlack Paulo Vitor Damo Da Rosa: twitter.com/PVDDR Music by LAKEY INSPIRED - Warm Nights Hear more from LAKEY INSPIRED: @lakeyinspired

This week our hosts work to understand deck difficulty and how that plays into your deck decision process. What are some of the easiest deck? What are some of the hardest? What goes into determining what a deck's difficulty is? Check out this week's episode to find out! Be sure to follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/propointscast You can follow the hosts here: Mike Sigrist: https://twitter.com/MSigrist83 Sam Black: https://twitter.com/SamuelHBlack Paulo Vitor Damo Da Rosa: https://twitter.com/PVDDR Music by LAKEY INSPIRED - Warm Nights Hear more from LAKEY INSPIRED: https://soundcloud.com/lakeyinspired

This week, Mike, Sam, and Paulo are talking about their favorite casual formats of Magic and defining what's fun to each of them! If you're looking to take a quick break from Standard or Modern, give one of these casual formats a shot!

This week, Mike, Sam, and Paulo are here to help you prepare for your next modern event! Get an inside look into what goes into preparing for any given Modern metagame, using personal shortcuts, and selecting the best deck for yourself! Music by LAKEY INSPIRED - Warm Nights Hear more from LAKEY INSPIRED: https://soundcloud.com/lakeyinspired

In this week's episode, we delve a bit deeper into Standard, talking about the innovative deck Sam Black played at GP Milwaukee, discussing the winning Jeskai list, and analyzing the direction we believe the format is going.

Ep 21 - Recapping Pro Tour Guilds Of Ravnica by PVDDR, Siggy and Sam Black

We're discussing the current modern metagame. Which decks are we thinking are competitive this week? We're identifying the trends we see players are reacting to in the past few weeks and breaking down which archetypes would be successful next week.

We're talking about the fundamentals of play testing. How many matches create a relevant sample size? How to work with your teammates to determine the correct upcoming meta? How should you play test potential sideboards?

This week it’s just us two, Mike and Sam. Paulo is on his honeymoon and will be out for a couple of weeks. We’re starting our testing with Guilds of Ravnica Standard. What archetypes are capturing our attention in this first round of testing? Which specific cards seem to be breakout hits? We’re giving you a head start on the format with our analysis, this week, on Pro Points.

We're talking about how to manage travel to tournaments. We give our tips on booking flights, hotels, food, and our own personal advice that we've mastered in the decades traveling around the world playing Magic: The Gathering. Paulo is also getting married this week! So congrats to him on that! We talk about bit about Paulo's wedding and in the next few weeks, it's just going to be Mike and Sam.

We're talking about MTG Arena's open beta, and what we think the new standard rotation is going to look like now that Guilds of Ravnica is out. We've got some very interesting takes on whether or not MTG Arena is going to be viable as a playtest platform moving forward. And also what Arena's implications are going to be for Magic as a whole.

We're recapping what happened at the Magic: The Gathering World Championships 2018. Our very own Mike Sigrist competed in Las Vegas. We discuss happenings from Worlds 2018, Gerry Thompson's protest by not playing, and also Ken Yukihiro's disqualification. We're also discussing future possible formats for Pro Tours and bringing back the ELO system for MTG.

We're diving into some new decks for standard using cards from Guilds of Ravnica! We recorded this on 9-15-18, so not all of the cards from Guilds of Ravnica have been previewed yet. There will be lots of changes as the metagame emerges, but we'll be taking a first look at what we think are competitive strategies.

We have a preview card from Wizards of the Coast that we're excited to share with you from the upcoming set Guilds of Ravnica! Justice Strike RW - Instant Target creature deals damage to itself equal to it's power.

We've sharing a preview card from Guilds of Ravnica and discussing our thoughts on some interesting cards that have been previewed so far. How will the new set change Standard, Modern, and Legacy? Also! Congrats on Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa for his 2nd place finish at GP Detroit, which is his 4th team Top 4 this year!