Part two of a double feature on Eternal Weekend. Today we have Evan Nyquist (HymnYou), Branden Hagen (Seemsgood), and Special Guest from The Taxmen Greg Kraigher (Vintage Greg). We go deeper into Eternal Weekend following last episode’s coverage focusing on Vintage, and pivot to Legacy and our experiences playing at Eternal Weekend 2017. We also talk about the Eternal Central Old School event (118 players), and a some brief thoughts on Vintage.


Timestamped table of contents:
0:00 – Intro
5:18 – Old School Talk
7:08 – Goblins in Old School
10:50 – Disintegrated.dec
14:30 – Free Maze of Ith
24:20 – Vintage Talk
34:10 – Legacy Champs
43:20 – Elves
49:55 – Abyss Affinity
57:48 – Turbo Depths
59:44 – ALLURAGE
76:55 – Food at Tournaments
83:00 – Legacy Champs Top 64
90:00 – Outro​
Total runtime: 1:34:37

Show Notes

– Old School 93-94 at Eternal Weekend 2017 – ALL Decklists and Photo Report
– North America Legacy Champs 2017 – ALL Decklists and Metagame Breakdown
– North America Vintage Champs 2017 – ALL Decklists and Metagame Breakdown

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Part one of a double feature on Eternal Weekend. Hot Carl / Ponder? (Greg Mitchell), Nedleeds (Sean), and Vintage Champs Top 8 competitor Greedy Mike (Mike Kiesel) talk Vintage and food in Pittsburgh.


Timestamped table of contents:
00:00 – Intro
02:30 – Vintage Champs Top 20’ish overview and thoughts
06:00 – Hot Carl’s failure
10:00 – Nedleeds’ failure
18:00 – Greedy Mikes Run to Glory
50:00 – The Top 8 and being killed by Montolio
62:00 – Is Andrew Markiton an avatar of Mishra?
66:00 – How good is this Workshops deck, really?
72:00 – The tears of the Internet, or restricting Mishra’s Workshop
80:00 – Why can’t ‘blue’ decks compete anymore?
90:00 – The Misstep Two Step
100:00 – If not Workshop, then what?
110:00 – Wrap-up and Pittsburgh

Show Notes

– North America Vintage Champs 2017 – ALL Decklists and Metagame Breakdown
– The Curious Case of Mishra’s Workshop, by Sean
– Vintage Champs 2017 and the State of Vintage, by Jaco

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Welcome to another episode of Tusk Talk, with Team Tusk. Today we have Sean O’Brien (nedleeds), Evan Nyquist (HymnYou), and Josh Hand, breaking down the recent SCG Atlanta Team event, the SCG Atlanta Legacy Classic, ranting about defunct mail orders, and recapping the Tuskvitational 2.


Total runtime: 1:38:04

Show Notes

– O’Brien SCG Atlanta Team Event, Feature Match with Sean O’Brien
– Megadeus Top 16 Deck, from SCG Atlanta Legacy Classic
– Nyqueit Top 4 Deck, SCG Atlanta Legacy Classic
– Nyquist Older Dark Depths List A List B

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Welcome to another episode of TuskTalk with Team Tusk. Today we have Evan Nyquist (HymnYou) and Sean O’Brien (nedleeds), talking with Josh Hand, breaking down Grand Prix Las Vegas (2017 edition), upcoming events, the State of Vintage, Legacy After Top, and finally, touching on the newly released expansion Hour of Devastation.


02:00 – Intro
03:00 – GP Vegas Wrap Up
24:00 – Upcoming events, and Team Neutral Ground Atlanta
33:00 – State of Vintage
41:00 – Legacy A.T. (After Top)
53:00 – A pretty long review of a pretty mediocre set (Hour of Devastation)
Total runtime: 1:57:16

Show Notes

– Eternal Extravaganza 7
– Hour of Devastation Visual Spoiler

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Welcome to another episode of TuskTalk with Team Tusk. Today we have Evan Nyquist (HymnYou) talking with Danny Friedman (@danny_friedman_) of Chicago’s Lords of the Pit. Danny is one of the few people who have as much or more enthusiasm for Old School as we do. Chicago’s scene has grown tremendously, and we dig deep in Old School, and talk about some of Danny’s recent adventures at NoobCon, various Chicago tournaments, and the upcoming premier inaugural Old School Player’s Ball.


00:00 – Welcome to Dominaria
03:40 – Friedman Origins
10:00 – Here Come the Lords
14:00 – Magic Art, Qualudes, and Diablo Screenshots
18:00 – Fuck the Deck
28:00 – Murderworld and other Wacky Prison decks
33:00 – Nether Voids, Mana Vortex and other Misery
35:00 – Copy, copy, copy
40:00 – The Internet and Netdeckers
44:00 – Of Ships and Pirates
46:00 – Chicago area 93/94 Events
51:00 – Hit and Quit, the Legend of Ziggy and the Unmistakable Vape
55:00 – n00bcon
62:00 – Danny casts Rain of Salt
68:00 – Futures so Bright…
70:00 – Swedish B&R vs. EC B&R
73:00 – Strip Mine vs. Factory vs. Workshop vs. Library
80:00 – Channelfireball the Company, not the combo
88:00 – Player’s Ball
94:00 – Eternal Weekend
110:00 – Magic Anniversary
114:00 – Psionic Blasts Out
Total runtime: 2:11:17

Show Notes

– Danny Friedman’s Blog, Understanding Ancestral
– Old School Player’s Ball 2017
– The O’Brien School of Magic
– Old School on Eternal Central
– Swedish Old School

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Welcome to another episode of TuskTalk with Team Tusk. Today we have Evan Nyquist (HymnYou), Sean O’Brien (Nedleeds), and Josh Hand (Megadeus). Sensei’s Diving Top is now banned in Legacy. Gitaxian Probe and Gush are now restricted in Vintage. Reactions, analysis, small predictions, and bad cards. Legacy talk, Vintage talk, and then back to Legacy talk. Rated R, for Mature Audiences. (Editor’s Note: If you have delicate sensibilities, this is probably not for you).


00:00 Goatballs and Omelettes
01:45 Intro
02:50 Legacy Ban Announcement, why and why now?
08:30 Who watches the Watchmen?
10:30 Who’s next!
14:00 Did they hit the right card?
19:30 Did people attack Miracles the right way?
22:00 If we weren’t clear, F Brainstorm
24:00 Unban something for gods sake
28:34 Deez Nuts
31:00 What netdecks benefit?
37:00 Omniscience
40:10 Can the Miracle mechanic survive?
41:50 Vintage Restrictions Gush strikes out
45:00 The stew start to boil
47:00 Misstepisery
49:00 The enemy of my enemy is my friend
52:00 More Legacy idiocy, Explorer Rock, Merfolks
64:00 Pox lifestyle
66:00 Tribal Inequity
69:00 Remasuri
70:00 Pittsburgh
71:00 Really shitty Almond Cats review
74:45 Look. Look. Look. Look. Look.
76:00 Outro
Total runtime: 1:22:02

Show Notes

– Squirrel Costume
– April 24 2017 Banned & Restricted List Update
– Sriracha, the movie

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Welcome to another episode of TuskTalk with Sean O’Brien (Nedleeds), Shawn French (Frenchie), and Greg Mitchell (Hot Carl / Ponder). We discuss the recent EE6 and Card Kingdom Legacy series, Legacy Unleashed, and the recent Banned and Restricted non-announcement.


00:00 – Intro and EE6
20:00 – Legacy Unleashed
36:00 – The Future of Legacy Play
46:00 – Hot Carl’s Secret Origin
55:00 – Vintage Restricted Dogfight
77:00 – No happy ending on to GP Vegas
Total runtime: 1:20:54

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Welcome to another episode of TuskTalk with Team Tusk. Today we have Evan Nyquist (HymnYou), Zack Wilson (DEEEEEEEEEEEED), and Brian Plattenburg (Alphastryk). We cover the latest release Aether Revolt from WOTC, digging deep in our world of fringe playables. We discuss the recent question asked on The Source, ‘Do you enjoy Legacy?’ We close out covering some Top 8 lists that are interesting.


0:00:29 – Reviewing Aether Revolt for Vintage and Legacy
1:00:30 – Is Legacy enjoyable?
1:13:27 – Legacy Decklists and Results
Total runtime: 1:50:36

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Welcome to another episode of TuskTalk with Sean O’Brien (Nedleeds), Evan Nyquist (HymnYou), and Josh Hand (Megadeus). We cover the recent Legacy GP in Louisville, the Banned and Restricted List announcement from January, and farm fresh food concepts.


00:00 – Intro
01:30 – The Forgotten GP, and lack of coverage
15:00 – What did you play, and why?
21:00 – The actual event, and beats and beatings
38:00 – What would you change?
48:00 – The Brainstormtastic Top 32
55:00 – The future of Legacy Grand Prixs
60:00 – The new Banned and Restricted cadence
Total runtime: 1:16:12

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Welcome to a new episode of Tusk Talk with Evan Nyquist (Hymnyou), who speaks with Michael Caffrey of Tales of Adventure. We focus on the newly released TOA Legacy Circuit, talk some Legacy, and look towards the future of Eternal formats. Michael shares some of his thoughts on the format, their new platform for Legacy standings (eemagic.com), and hit some questions that most players have about the new Legacy circuit. Michael Caffrey has also generously provided our listeners with a promo code for 10% at toamagic.com till the end of this year.


Total runtime: 39:06

Show Notes

Tusk Talk #14 Tales of Adventure promo code:
tusk

Listeners who use this code to get 10% off at toamagic.com

All of the Legacy circuit stats can be found on eemagic.com. This new Legacy circuit is huge news for us in the southeast USA, and are looking forward to linking with other regions!

This video helps explain the circuit as well, please share!
https://www.twitch.tv/talesofadventure/v/107641894

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Welcome to a new episode of Tusk Talk with Evan Nyquist (Hymnyou), Sean O’Brien (nedleeds), and Greg Mitchell (phazonmutant, hotcarl, ponder?). We review Eternal Weekend results and bad beats. We cover our drinking choices and our deck choices. Then we look forward to Chiba and Greg regales us with tales of the Miracle of Science. What will Sean 0-2 drop with in Chiba?


00:00 Intro
04:00 Old School Beats Stories from EW 2016
08:00 Vintage Champs Deck Choices and Failure
21:00 Legacy Champs and Vomiting in a Trashcan Between Rounds
40:00 Reviewing the Top 8 of Legacy Champs NA
48:00 Depths of Darkness
60:00 The Miracle of Science
70:00 Reviewing the Top 8 of Vintage Champs NA
78:00 More Crying about Thorn of Amethyst
80:00 Storming Chiba
Total runtime: 1:30:22

Show Notes

– Vintage and Legacy Champs NA 2016 Top 8 Decklists
– Greg’s Legacy Champs T64 Tournament Report
– Grand Prix Chiba

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