In this week's episode, we sat down after a post-tournament pizza party and talked all sorts of Standard, Modern and milling. Matt's setting aside the 2/1's for 1 for some Esper control action. Dustin tries a wacky Chord of Calling deck trying to pay tribute to his beloved Birthing Pod. And James is playing Quickling again.   Our meta-topic this week is a fun one as we talk about milling and its appeal. We also get on the topic of Treasure Cruise because of course we do. We wrap up with required consumption and all sorts of shameless promotion. We also have a bit of a video announcement to make.   Required consumption links:   Dustin: blog.magicworldmarket.com/blog   Matt: http://www.amazon.com/Quest-Pro-Tour-Jamie-Wakefield-ebook/dp/B002B3XZ2O/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1416301506&sr=8-6&keywords=quest+for+the+pro+tour   James: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkEV5sjLyrQ   You can find Matt, James and Dustin on Twitter @mattmendoza, @mellishkimoMTG, and @dustinseth respectively. Follow 5 Color Media on Twitter and Instagram, like us on Facebook, all that @5colormedia. Send any long-form feedback to [email protected]. Please leave us reviews on iTunes or comments on the episode cuz, you know, we like that sort of thing.   Also, we’re now on MTGCast.com, Stitcher, and Podbay! Check us out there too!   Thanks for listening!

The gang talks Eternal Champs, changes to Mono Black Aggro in Standard, and other topics du jour in this week's Mental Discipline. Also, WHO WILL WIN the battle between the dreaded GIANT TRAP DOOR SPIDER and the funky FUNGASAUR? You decide (and let us know!).   Help Dustin win his dreams by following this link and voting: http://songwriter.amplifiertv.com/channel/Dustin+Sendejas   This week's required consumption link's are:   www.manadeprived.com Drive to Work 162 - Enchantment World: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/drive-to-work-162-enchantment/id580709168?i=319697031&mt=2   You can find Matt, James and Dustin on Twitter @mattmendoza, @mellishkimoMTG, and @dustinseth respectively. Follow 5 Color Media on Twitter and Instagram, like us on Facebook, all that @5colormedia. Send any long-form feedback to [email protected]. Please leave us reviews on iTunes or comments on the episode cuz, you know, we like that sort of thing.   Also, we’re now on MTGCast.com, Stitcher, and Podbay! Check us out there too!   Thanks for listening!  

James is woefully absent in this week's episode, so Dustin and Matt try to pick up the slack. They're not as good at bad puns, but they're good at stretching a timeline. This week, on the heels of Grand Prix Los Angeles, it's all Standard all the time.    Dustin's required consumption is The Third Power podcast, a podcast about Cubing from Usman Jamil and Anthony Avitollo. You can find it every other week at mtgcast.com.   Matt's required viewing happens Saturday and Sunday when he streams Eternal Champions live from Philadelphia, PA. Tune in to twitch.tv/cardtitan!   You can find Matt, James and Dustin on Twitter @mattmendoza, @mellishkimoMTG, and @dustinseth respectively. Follow 5 Color Media on Twitter and Instagram, like us on Facebook, all that @5colormedia. Send any long-form feedback to [email protected]. Please leave us reviews on iTunes or comments on the episode cuz, you know, we like that sort of thing.   Also, we're now on MTGCast.com, Stitcher, and Podbay! Check us out there too!   Thanks for listening!

Not too long ago, my friend Jason Thurston died. In this week's Across the Table, he's here to talk about mental illness, suicide, brain surgery, and, of course, death.    Send any short-form feedback you might have to me on Twitter @mattmendoza. Send any long-form feedback to [email protected]. Be sure to follow 5 Color Media on Twitter, Instagram, and Tumblr @5colormedia or on Facebook. Catch our live shows every week on Twitch.tv/5colormedia or YouTube.com/5colormedia. And please leave the show a good review on iTunes.   Thanks for listening!

In this week’s episode, Dustin talks about his experience in the new Standard. James talks about his observations while watching the new Mdern and Legacy. And Matt talks about his experience with his newly updated Cube. It’s new, everybody! Our metatopic this week is taken over by a Q&A section wherein Matt talks about being a fly on the wall. And, finally, we discuss our required consumption.    James: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMei_cxSC0c   Dustin: http://www.starcitygames.com/article/29462_What-To-Do-In-A-Green-On-Green-Metagame.html   Matt’s suggested Adrian Sullivan article: http://www.starcitygames.com/article/29501_Sullivan-Library-An-Adrian-Sullivan-Origin-Story.html   Matt: Twitch.tv/5ColorMedia and YouTube.com/5ColorMedia (you’ll find out why)   You can find Matt, James and Dustin on Twitter @mattmendoza, @mellishkimoMTG, and @dustinseth respectively. Follow 5 Color Media on Twitter and Instagram, like us on Facebook, all that @5colormedia. Send any long-form feedback to [email protected]. Please leave us reviews on iTunes or comments on the episode cuz, you know, we like that sort of thing.     Thanks for listening!

The gang is back with a new-ish episode we recorded about a month ago. Thank you for bearing with us. In this episode James talks Modern, Dustin talks about his experience at the WMCQ and about Craig Wescoe's hilarious hand, and Matt talks about his cube experiences.   As always, you can find us on twitter @mattmendoza, @dustinseth, and @mellishkimomtg and you can follow 5 Color Media @5colormedia. You can also find 5 Color Media on any relevant social media platform and check out my photos on Instagram.   Thanks for listening and look forward to new episodes every week going forward.

Welcome to another episode of Mental Discipline, at long last. Flying in the face of life events, the gang sits down to talk about Magic. James and Dustin share their M15, Modern, and Standard experiences while Matt talks a bit about the one Cube draft he did the one time. Then the boys talk about the week's metatopic, flipping the switch. They round off with a trifecta or required reading, viewing, and...listening.    You can find Matt, Dustin, and James (finally!) on Twitter @mattmendoza, @dustinseth, and @mellishkimoMTG respectively. You can find 5 Color Media on Twitter as well as all other relevant social media platforms. Send any long-form feedback to [email protected]. And leave us reviews and ratings on iTunes.   Required material for the week:   James did not provide his link at press time, but I will tweet it out soon.   Matt: www.theferrett.com   Dustin: http://lrcast.com/limited-resources-248-quadrant-theory-revisited/   Thanks for listening!

Welcome to the new Across the Table. I'm switching up the format! Instead of a one-on-one conversation with a specific person, I'm moving towards a broader format where I can bring to your ears cool people and things I encounter in the gaming world. What does that mean? Well, for my first new interview, allow me to introduce Steve Port and Jay Semerad, publisher and designer of the new game Foretold, Rise of a God. We met at GenCon to talk about what it was like bringing the game to market. I'm proud to present Across the Table 37 - Foretold, Rise of a God from GenCon. I hope you enjoy the new format. I'm excited about it and the new freedom it will give me to bring you a healthy variety of content. Let me know what you think! You can find me on Twitter @mattmendoza or 5 Color Media on any relevant social media platform. Send any longform feedback to [email protected] and please leave me reviews on iTunes. Thanks for listening! 

LIVE from the laundromat down the street at 6am, it's the first episode of the Weekly Huegle! The WH is a brief weekly update about what I'm doing as 5 Color Media. After a whirlwind week getting ready for it, I'm off for another whirlwind week at GenCon. During the con, I'm working the Collector's Cache booth (1629). Come say hi! At night, I have some cool stuff cooking. Look forward to GenCon content here, on YouTube, and on Instagram. Also, stay tuned for an announcement on Monday as well as your regularly scheduled Mental Discipline next Friday.   As always, you can follow me on Twitter @mattmendoza. You can follow 5 Color Media on Twitter and Instagram @5colormedia. Subscribe to our Twitch channel at twitch.tv/5colormedia. Like us on Facebook and send any long-form feedback to [email protected].   Until next week, game on!

This one's a Monstr-ous Carabid of a podcast as James and Dustin regail us with their tournament exploits. I accomplish nothing of note whie Dustin Top 8's an IQ and James tightens up his play on his way to the TCGPlayer.com Modern State Championship trophy. As a bonus, Dustin talks about his cousin's success with a Standard BasicMountain.dec that is both uninspired and formidable. Along the way we discuss salt and sugar, premier preperation, having fun, and our first submissions for required viewing. And, if it wasn't clear already, James is just a better person than Dustin and myself. Follow Matt and Dustin on Twitter @mattmendoza and @dustinseth respectively. James promises to be on Twitter next week (yeah right). Follow 5 Color Media on Twitter and Instagram for updates and daily draft packs @5colormedia. Like us on Facebook. Subscribe to the Twitch stream at twitch.tv/5colormedia (not FIVEcolormedia, that was a mistake). Leave us some good reviews and send us some feedback at [email protected]. Garner and Dustin's Basic Mountain Deck: 4 Firedrinker Satyr 4 Rakdos Cackler 4 Burning-Tree Emissary 4 Firefist Striker 3 Ash Zealot 1 Gore-house Chainwalker 4 Chandra's Phoenix 4 Boros Reckoner 4 Fanatic of Mogis 4 Lighting Strike 4 Magma Jet 20 Mountain Sideboard: 3 Hammer of Purphoros 4 Mizzium Mortars 4 Searing Blood 4 Skullcrack 1st Place - Modern TCGPlayer.com State Championship - James Mellish Living End 3 Living End 3 Simian Spirit Guide 4 Fulminator Mage 4 Avalanche Riders 2 Shriekmaw 4 Deadshot Minotaur 4 Monstrous Carabid 4 Street Wraith 4 Pale Recluse 1 Jungle Weaver 4 Violent Outburst 4 Demonic Dread LANDS Sideboard: 3 Sin Colector 3 Ingot Chewer 3 Anger of the Gods 4 Leyline of the Void 2 Shriekmaw Matt's submission for Required Reading: "Stuck in the Middle with Bruce" by John Friggin' Rizzo http://www.starcitygames.com/magic/misc/2005_Stuck_In_The_Middle_With_Bruce.html Dustin's submission for Required Viewing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4hWCkHfZBU&index=12&list=PL3rP64NRtmbib5agu48YNfd4g0SsKuRPI James' submission for Required Viewing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpzm9Q-4W-0&index=5&list=PL3rP64NRtmbib5agu48YNfd4g0SsKuRPI Thanks for listening!