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KYT, Andy, and Elliot get hyped for the Mythic Championship III this weekend by looking at the decklists published and picking their top 6 players, then start to take a cautious look at what Modern Horizons has been doing to Modern.

(00:02:02) Why did Andy pick the wrong deck for his MCQ? What would his Bant Nexus list look like going forward? [card]Growth Spiral[/card] vs [card]Incubation Druid[/card]? KYT also had an MCQ not worth bragging about with Gruul Midrange.
(00:12:19) Looking at the Mythic Championship III decklists, what can be said about the evolution of Esper? What is the format for this tournament?
(00:18:41) MCIII top 6 player picks: Is Brad Nelson the best Standard player on the planet?
– 3 MPL (max 1 Challenger) / 3 Challengers
@elliot_fortier: Nelson/Manfield/Jensen/Strasky/Handy/LSV
@AndyAWKWARD: Nelson/Manfield/Carvalho/Strasky/Yamamoto/LSV
@KYTmagic: Nelson/Hayne/Yasooka/Strasky/Hull/Levy
(00:45:06) No one selected a player on Izzet Phoenix. So how do they think the deck will do?
(00:48:07) Is the Hogaak deck in Modern as busted as it seems? Could it get banned as early as July 8? Is the [card]Neoform[/card] combo deck as broken? How does the improved [card]Devoted Druid[/card] combo deck do in this metagame? Will the next Modern MC usher in another Eldrazi Winter?
(01:00:26) After reviewing Kibler’s perspective on the MPL, what can be done to make the audience care more about MPL players or matches?

Your hosts on Twitter:
Kar Yung Tom – @kytmagic
Andy Robdrup – @AndyAwkward
Elliot Fortier – @elliot_fortier
Jonathan Zhang – @finalnub

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