Premodcast
A podcast all about the Premodern format for Magic:the Gathering.
Episodes
84 episodes since 2020
Lobstercon Preview Show
And here we are, less than a week from the main event. Lobstercon hosted by the one and only Jared Doucette and Dave Firth Bard will fire alongside Euro Champs across the pond this week. We have Tom Metelsky on to go over his tier list so every...
September 15, 2024
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Season 5
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Episode 70
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1:42:04
And Summer's Almost Gone
And we are back after a bit of a hiatus to go over the summer Premodern events. Then a look forward to Lobstercon and Euro Champs!
August 23, 2024
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Season 5
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Episode 69
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1:43:33
Season 2 Wrap-up - HotDcast
And we are back just in time for the end...well not really. Jared and Mike meet one more time to discuss the second half of House of the Dragon season 2 with a focus on the finale, the effect of a shortened season, and a brief look ahead. Enjoy...
August 13, 2024
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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1:32:22
Season 2 Episodes 4 - HotD
And thus we arrive at Rook's Rest! Jared and Mike discuss the episode which contains the first major battle of the Dance. Highly anticipated and highly consequential!
July 11, 2024
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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1:03:10
Season 2 Episodes 2 & 3 - HotD
Two lovely gentlemen discussing two fantastic expisodes from season two of House of the Dragon. Sorry we didn't get one in last week, but we make up for it with a longer than usual episode of the HotDcast.
July 02, 2024
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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1:27:43
Season 2 Episode 1 - HotD
House of the Dragon is back baby! And so is the HotD-cast. Jared and Mike discuss the first episode of season 2 and look forward to the rest of the season.
June 19, 2024
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1:05:41
The Legacy of Summer
It is time for another premodcast! The gang chats about Mike's participation in PSS6, as well as the skipped over Urza's Legacy top 5. Around minute 56 we give some tournament announcements that we forgot to do at the beginning, sorry! Be sure ...
June 10, 2024
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Season 5
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Episode 68
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1:54:05
Tom Metelsky's 2024 Tier List
It's that time of year again, premodcast's annual meta- analysis. With the rising popularity of the format we changed things up a bit, instead of crunching the numbers on TC Decks the boys are joined by Premodern All-Star Tom Metelsky who provi...
April 08, 2024
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Season 5
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Episode 67
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2:01:48
3 Decks and Destiny
The boys are back to discuss the rise of RG Terraponza, UW Flippi, and a fun twist on FEB. It's also time for another top 5...although mistakes were made and it should have been Urza's Legacy we plow ahead into Urza's Destiny.
March 11, 2024
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Season 5
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Episode 66
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1:39:14
4 Players, 3 Tournaments, 1 Day
Hello 2024! The gang kicks off the year by bringing back guest Michael James Heup, as he along with all 3 members of the cast attended an in-person Premodern tournament on January 13th. And one of the 4 took their tournament down! Who could it ...
January 22, 2024
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Season 5
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Episode 65
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2:14:33
Pride of Tournaments Lions Ascendant
And we're back! The gang talks about the 5 major tournaments that went on in the last month, and the resulting exciting rise of White Weenie. Happy Holidays all and we look forward to 2024!
December 15, 2023
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Season 4
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Episode 64
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1:34:59
Tournament Talk Big and Small
The guys are back to talk about the recent changes made to the Online Webcam Monthly tournaments. As well as go over the two major European tournaments that took place in the last month. Euro Champs in Germany and Spanish Nationals, congrats to...
October 27, 2023
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Season 4
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Episode 63
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1:26:02
Mike's Sacred Torch Saga
Fresh of his big win at the Sacred Torch Showdown in NYC, Mike takes the guys through his day. Big thanks to Phil Nguyen, Jeff Farris, Jordan Navarette, and Lanny Huang for putting on an incredibly fun and successful in person tournament ...
September 22, 2023
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Season 4
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Episode 62
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1:56:30
Banned List chat with Mike Arnold
With the Land Tax ban settling in we decided to take a look at the rest of the banned list. And who better to consult than the host of the Banned Series Mike Arnold. In his second appearance Mike braves the hurricane hitting SoCal to share his ...
August 21, 2023
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Season 4
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Episode 61
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1:56:44
Banned Tax!
Emergency episode! Tune in for the Premodcast crew's takes on the big shake-up.
July 17, 2023
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Season 4
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Episode 60
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1:06:59
The Hermit FEB episode with Robin Lundh
Fresh off his top 8 at the Midwest Premodern Championship Robin Lundh stops by to make a 3-peat appearance on the Premodcast, and give Mike the chance to discuss Hermit FEB on his own podcast! Bear with us as we attempt to explain this confusin...
July 11, 2023
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Season 4
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Episode 59
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1:59:40
Premodern Summer Exodus
With the changing season lots of awesome premodern events coming up. The boys talk a little more Lobstercon and give their Exodus top 5. Good luck to all those attending the upcoming events!
June 30, 2023
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Season 4
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Episode 58
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1:38:28
Brian Selden wins Lobstercon 2023!
Lobstercon 2023 was a resounding success! And here to discuss it we have the winner himself, Brian Selden. A mere 25 years after being the Magic World Champion with Rec Sur, gifting our community a plethora of discount gold-bordered staples, he...
June 08, 2023
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Season 4
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Episode 57
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1:51:19
Preppin for Lobster with Tom Metelsky
As June is upon us the preparations are in high gear for Lobstercon. The crew talk to Premodern master, mainstay, and all-around good guy Tom Metelsky about what to expect and what to be surprised by. And for those who can't make it to LC there...
May 15, 2023
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Season 4
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Episode 56
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1:34:33
Patrick Burt Weathering the Cataclysm
And we are back with an interview episode of Premodern staple Patrick Burt! If you played or played against a green-white land-based value deck you probably have Patrick to thank (or curse). He goes over the ins and outs and all the what have y...
April 27, 2023
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Season 4
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Episode 55
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1:28:32
23 Meta-Skidoo
Just in time for the Spring Fling we go over the 2022 meta analysis provided by Fede Rico (thank you!). As well as the freshly crunched numbers (thank you Jared) on the 2023 meta so far. Also below is the link for Tom Metelsky's daughter's go f...
March 27, 2023
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Season 4
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Episode 54
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1:48:14
New Approaches to Old Strongholds
With the genius altering of the Rock by Lanny Huang the gents analyze it and other classic archetypes that can and have been re-vamped. A bottomless pit of possibilities and a topic that will likely be revisted. Then with the 25th anniversary o...
February 28, 2023
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Season 4
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Episode 53
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1:42:33
William Hirst Comes in First!
The premodcast is back with a guest episode. We interviewed Will Hirst after his incredible run of multiple first place and top finishes in the past 4 months.
February 01, 2023
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Season 4
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Episode 52
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2:02:07
2022 Year-end Review
Welcome to 2023! The gang goes over the meta from 2022 highlighting the top 4 in each monthly. Pop the champagne and enjoy!
January 09, 2023
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Season 4
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Episode 51
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1:22:04
Mono Blue Shrimp
And we are back to go over the latest in Premodern. Lots of major tournaments over the past month both IRL and online. As well as a return of the deck tech segment: Counters, Burns, and Broken Things. Mike gushes about the Mono Blue Dreadnought...
November 30, 2022
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Season 3
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Episode 50
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1:39:46