[saf feature=”youtube” youtube=”https://youtu.be/hxTL0jsqUZE” cta=”Watch on YouTube” align=”none”]

[saf itunes=”https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/first-strike-manadeprived.com/id1179017028″ googleplaymusic=”https://play.google.com/music/m/Iel4fuovx56h7a4ks5xenrwpyve?t=First_Strike__ManaDeprivedcom” rss=”http://manadeprived.com/podcasts/first-strike/feed/” saf facebook=”https://www.facebook.com/FirstStrikePodcast/” twitter=”https://twitter.com/firststrikepod” align=”none”]

Click here to learn how to join the First Strike Nation!

KYT, Robert, and Vince reveal two exclusive Ixalan previews, and take an in-depth look at the newly-announced MTGArena digital game.

• (00:02:05) KYT came out of retirement to play UW at a Modern PPTQ, how did he do and what does he think of the deck?
• (00:16:43) First impressions of MTGArena?
• (00:33:22) Will the design of card mechanics for real life Magic be influenced by MTGArena?
• (00:39:13) Could poker card-reading technology help streaming really Magic? What else could benefit feature matches?
• (00:49:41) Viewer question: In IRL PPTQs, should anything be done about players who double draw into Top 8?
• (00:56:48) New Blood Moon rule changes: How big is this?
• (01:03:35) First Strike looks at two exclusive Ixalan Previews: [card]Vicious Conquistador[/card]…
• (01:01:11) …and [card]Makeshift Munitions[/card]!
• (01:18:01) More Ixalan spoilers: [card]Growing Rites of Itlimoc[/card], [card]Spell Swindle[/card], [card]Bellowing Aegisaur[/card], [card]Huatli,Warrior Poet[/card], [card]Vraska, Relic Seeker[/card]

You hosts on Twitter:

Kar Yung Tom – @kytmagic
Robert Lombardi – @AnarKisTMTG
Vince D’Agostino – @daggr4

First Strike is a Magic: The Gathering debate-style podcast hosted that discusses the week’s hottest competitive and social topics of the game.