First Strike

Support the show: http://patreon.com/FirstStrike (1:00) Shaheen's reaction to the additions of Rivals and the Players Tour (5:45) Reacting to Hogaak/Looting ban & Stoneforge unban (23:20) Where was UW in terms of power level before and now after the bans? (35:40) How'd Elliot's Vegas Grand Prix go with Hogaak? (39:45) Jon started running hot and wasfeatured twice at MagicFest Vegas with Neobrand. How was his weekend? (44:15) Where do we go from her in Modern? Jon is thinking Valakut... (50:15) Should Jon have played a "real deck"? (1:02:00) Discussing Tobi Henke's mathematicial conclusion that a deck with higher variance is better to spike a tourney Follow us on Twitter: Kar Yung Tom – https://twitter.com/kytmagic Elliot Fortier – https://twitter.com/elliot_fortier Andy Robdrup – https://twitter.com/AndyAWKWARD Jonathan Zhang – https://twitter.com/finalnub Derek Pite - https://twitter.com/misplacedginger Guest: Shaheen Soorani - https://twitter.com/shaheenmtg First Strike is a Magic: The Gathering debate