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This week we dive into Gerry Thompson leaving the MPL, and Wizards' announcement adding Jess Estephan and Savjz to the MPL (hopefully doing our best to be respectful in this discourse). In Standard news, the format continues to evolve in new and unexpected ways week after week. Let's see if this can keep up coming to the first ever Arena Mythic Qualifier Weekend.

In this week's episode of Skullcraic, we dive into the developments following the disqualification of Yuuya Watanabe, and then move on to our thoughts on the first round of the MPL league streams. We touch on WAR limited briefly before jumping over to a big discussion of how Standard is shaping up as well as some of the cards from War of the Spark that have made a splash in Modern.

This week we're going over our experience of War of the Spark draft including our impressions of the draft format and some of the cards that have impressed us in our early games. Then we jump straight into Standard, discussing how it feels when you don't feel like you have a handle on a format, and diving into the lists from the top 8 of the first SCG event of this format.

This week on Skullcraic we're talking about Modern at Mythic Championship London and the wealth of information that came along with it! There was a disqualification of an MPL player during the tournament which we cover too. Wizards have also finally announced at least some of what the "League" part of "Magic Pro League" means, so we go over the scarce details of that announcement. Al shares his thoughts on War of the Spark sealed, and David gives his early impressions of standard with the addition of the newest set!

This week we're finishing off our impressions of the now fully-previewed War of the Spark! We go over the story implications as we give our thoughts on the remaining cards in the set and get our brewing juices flowing. Next week, we'll be back with some of our initial brews of the set and our first thoughts on the limited format.

This week Ciaran rejoins us for even more War of the Spark previews discussion! We also go over some changes to decklist rules at the upcoming Mythic Championship in London, and the announcement of the finalized Mythic Championship Qualifier Schedule.

This Week on Skullcraic we're talking even more WAR previews! There are so many planeswalkers, we don't know what to do with ourselves. Constructed applications of the previewed cards take up the bulk of our discussion but of course, we carve out a few minutes to discuss the theory that The Wanderer is actually a well-known and much-beloved flying spaghetti monster in disguise!

The Mythic Invitational is on our mind this week as we go over our thoughts on the presentation, coverage, and format. War of the Spark has also begun official previews so we come in with our hot takes on all the announced cards, and of course... that trailer!

This week, we go over the decklists from this year's crop of Challenger decks, as well as covering the latest announcements for Magic Arena, which include a bunch of new cosmetic options like card backs, new avatars and card styles! Alan brings a triumphant Legacy tournament report and in Extra Turns regales us with a ridiculous April Fools joke!

This week, we're talking about the most recent Banned and Restricted announcement and the future of Modern considering Faithless Looting wasn't banned. We check in with Standard and let you know what we've been playing and how successful we've been. In Enter the Arena this week, we tackle the daunting issue of how (and why) to build a sideboard!

This week on Skullcraic, we discuss the announcement of a planeswalker in every pack of War of the Spark, and 36 planeswalkers in the set! We go through each planeswalker and give our predictions of their fate. We cover how Standard is developing for us and what we've been playing through the Arena ranks. In Enter the Arena we cover how to choose a deck for your local metagame! Stay tuned after the outro for Extra Credits, where we design some cards on-the-fly for characters who might be in future sets.

This week, we're celebrating Autumn Burchett's victory in the very first Mythic Championship, as well as the wonderful things that were said in the wake of that victory. We're also glad to see the end of the race for top 8 in MTG Arena. We also cover the announcement of the new Modern Horizons product and give our thoughts on what kind of cards we might be likely to see reprinted there.

This week, Ciaran has rejoined us and this episode is jam-packed full of news! At last, Wizards has revealed the full qualification path for the new Mythic Championships, as well as announcing that a new mulligan variant will be tested at the upcoming Mythic Championship in London. Speaking of Mythic Championships, the first one ever happened this past weekend in Cleveland, so we give our thoughts on the Standard format as it develops there. Because of the prerelease MagicFest in London, Wizards also announced that UK and Irl stores get to have their prereleases a day early, as well as European stores being able to sell all WAR products on prerelease weekend! In Enter the Arena this week, we have a host of advice and recommendations for those of you who are looking to watch some Magic streams on Twitch.tv

On this week's Skullcraic, Ciaran is away in LA but Al comes back to us with his report from RPTQ London. We go over the latest news including the banning of Nexus of Fate in Arena Standard, as well as the latest updates to Arena and the announcement that MagicFest London is going to be a Prerelease MagicFest! In Enter the Arena, we discuss everything you need to know to physically prepare yourself for your first trip to a MagicFest! Stay tuned after the outro music for a Valentine's-themed edition of Extra Turns!

This week on Skullcraic, we're down a host but we're up a lot of Magic news! We discuss the recently announced Mythic Invitational, the 'And' of Magic Arena, and the nightmare that is playing against Nexus of Fate on Magic Arena! We also go over our impressions of how RNA standard has continued to evolve and offer some tips on what you might play to get ahead of the competition. This week's Enter the Arena addresses a topic that new players may find daunting when moving from Arena to paper Magic: where do you find the actual cards to build your deck? We go over the important website in multiple regions as well as some general advice on how to make smart purchases.

This week on Skullcraic we're talking about Modern bans and Ravnica Allegiance! Krark-clan Ironworks has been banned in Modern, so we talk about the implications of that decision on the format. With the release of RNA we've been playing a lot of limited on Arena, so we dive into the format and give you our initial stats and impressions of how it's shaping up, as well as a look at the new Standard and what decks might be the next big thing! We're putting Tournament Reports and Deck of the Week on the backburner for the time being as there has been no announcement from WotC as to what exactly will be replacing PPTQs, so we're trying out a new segment called Enter the Arena, where we give some tips to new players who might be wanting to move from Magic Arena into paper play for the first time! This week we talk about what to expect in your first paper event, from holding your cards close to your chest to knowing that real life Magic is always best of three! If you have a question about some aspect of paper Magic

We're back! Through the magic of the internet, Skullcraic has been reborn and will be back giving your weekly dose of Magic news and tournament report through the lens of three spikes from Ireland (via Vietnam). This week we're talking about the newest spoilers from Ravnica Allegiance including our own personal Top 3's of the set. Our Tournament Report is a quick rundown of the team RPTQ that Ciaran and Alan were preparing for when last we left them, as well as a warning to the listeners to check your travel documents before you go to the airport! Our deck of the week is a spicy Grixis Control list that David has been playing to great effect in Arena ranked Bo1! There's a great write-up on the deck in the Spikes subreddit here.

This week we've got a bunch of new M19 cards to talk about, and Ciarán and Al go over their plans for the team unified RPTQ. In our deck of the week, we have a very surprising appearance of a certain Goblin...

This week, we've got a whole host of surprise spoilers for Core Set 2019 to go over, as well as the results from GP Copenhagen. Our Deck of the Week is B/R control, as piloted by Thoralf Severin to an 11-4 finish at Copenhagen.

This week, we're talking all about Pro Tour Dominaria, and the fact that Goblin Chainwhirler is EVERYWHERE! We start to discuss Team Alan's plans for the team unified standard RPTQ, and give a bonanza of tournament reports, including two modern tournaments and a team draft! Our Deck of the Week is UG Karn! Womp Womp.