The Dive Down
The Dive Down
The Dive Down
Episode 70: Ponza: Sprawling Out
1 hour 53 minutes Posted Apr 24, 2020 at 6:15 am.
Housekeeping
The Break Down begins: a Pioneer super qualifier
The top 8 (with maybe some Companion talk)
The rest of the meta
The immediate impact of Companions and our hot takes
The Dive Down: Gruul Midrange/RG Ponza
Our initial thoughts
What this deck is trying to do
The early game
The midgame
A special focus on Klothys
Back to the ramp targets and midgame plays
Closing out the game
The Companion Variant
Why is Ponza good now?
Some good and kinda bad matchups
Some helpful thoughts
How to stop Ponza
The future of Ponza in the meta
Closing out
Intro
Episode 70: Ponza: Sprawling Out
The Break Down: Challenge of the Companions
The Break Down, pt2: The Takes You're Looking For
The Dive Down: 2 Glorybringers on Turn 3
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Show notes
We hang out with our old friend Klothys and her minions as we do a deck dive into the latest tier 1 Modern deck, Ponza!
The Break Down: Challenge of the Companions
The Break Down, cont: The Takes You're Looking For
The Dive Down: 2 Glorybringers on Turn 3
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Timestamps:
Links from this week's episode:
The Pioneer Super Qualifier: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/mtgo-standings/pioneer-super-qualifier-2020-04-18
The “Classic” Ponza list: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/2878672#paper
The Companion list: https://www.mtggoldfish.com/deck/2941115#paper
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