This week we each take a budget deck through the S/B/H process, and share our experiences testing out some novel options in Pioneer!
The Break Down: Talking Two Pioneer Super Qualifiers
The Dive Down: Ox Talk (and some other things)
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Timestamps:
3:40 - Housekeeping
6:54 - The Break Down begins - Pioneer Super Qualifiers
8:00 - PSQ#1
14:45 - PSQ#2
21:45 - The top 32x2 metagame
37:45 - The Dive Down begins - Why budget decks in Pioneer?
42:29 - Mono-Red Phoenix
58:04 - Mono-Red Hollow One
1:16:01 - Mono-Blue Fliers and budget UW Spirits
1:34:18 - Do budget decks have a home in Pioneer?
1:41:00 - Closing Out
Links from this week's episode:
Pioneer SQ #1: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/mtgo-standings/pioneer-super-qualifier-2020-03-29-0
Pioneer SQ #2: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/mtgo-standings/pioneer-super-qualifier-2020-03-29
Emma's budget Pioneer article: https://infinite.tcgplayer.com/article/Pioneer-Budget-Brews:-Which-Card%3F-Dis-card/f29f8aad-6742-4df0-abcb-47f2eb592e42/
Mono-Red Phoenix: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/2873533#paper
Mono-Blue Skies: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/2873660#paper
Budget Azorius Spirits: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/2875538#paper
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