Sealed Away MTG Episode 14

If you've come looking for deck picks, you've come to the right place.

 

 The 2nd place PTQ Sealed deck.

 

 The sideboard.

Deck I drafted in T8, losing in the finals to Beekeeper.

Link to the show.

Happy New Year everyone!

Kevin

Sealed Away MTG Episode 13

Link to the podcast.

It's been almost a month since I've posted anything here, mostly for a lack of anything interesting to say.  Expect some updates soon (really).

Here's a sweet deck from today, 4 color AdHENGERs.  This draft pod miraculously produced multiple Green based ramp decks; I played my first round in pod and managed to come out on top.

Until next time,
Kevin

Sealed Away MTG Episode 10: Throne of Eldraine Build Arounds

In a great twist of irony, I had to learn a few things with Audacity so that I could actually release this.  The audio from minute 5~ to minute 15~ is pretty shaky, and was previously too quiet.  I must have moved my mic away from my face really far, and then fixed it around the 15 minute mark.

Anyway, here's the show.

As promised, here's a link to Zvi's article about the London Mulligan, which is definitely worth a look.

Until next time,
Kevin
@sealedawaymtg

Sealed Away MTG Episode 8

Podcast here.

As promised, here's my mono-Black deck.

I'm much happier just posting a few articles and the podcast each week, so expect the current schedule to continue for the foreseeable future.

I hope you all have a great week.

Kevin
@sealed awaymtg

Sealed Away MTG Episode 7: Throne of Eldraine Draft Recap Part 1

Podcast here.

I took Emry out of a reasonable pack, then was met with this unbelievably bad 2nd pick.  I took Broom, but I could see arguments for a bunch of others, here.

As an addendum to my last meta post, I'm starting to get really burnt out on playing, writing, and recording, and something has to give.  Pressuring myself to post stats hasn't felt particularly healthy; I'm not taking losses well any more or having fun, so that'll have to stop.  My rating/record have sunk quite a bit since, just know that.

I'd like the podcast to stay on schedule, an hour every Sunday night, but articles are going to come out when I have something worthwhile to write about, which I'll definitely have every week, but it'll be at the rate I'm inspired, not on a particular schedule.  Some of my recent articles have been well below my standards, and that's been a result of my failure to beat the pressure.

This Week's Cast

It's a shallow dive into Throne of Eldraine, with an emphasis on preparing for competitive events.  I talk mono-color decks and the best color pairs.  Next week will be a follow-up, where I explore the weaker colors.

Until next time,
Kevin
@sealedawaymtg

Sealed Away MTG Episode 6: 1s 10s and Mono Reds

Link to the podcast here.

This week ran kind of long, as I rambled about some goings on in the format for about 20 minutes.  If you're interested in this week's topics and not nonsense, skip ahead.  Rough week this week, and as such I was enjoying a few beers while recording.  Won't become the norm, but once in a while I'm drinking an IPA while I record this nonsense.

Next podcast is 100% for MC prep, and lucky for you I'm not well known enough to need to keep secrets.

Fresh 3-0 Draft deck, not quite mono red but pretty close.  Huge amount of "getting broken cards" just by being the only person Red heavy enough to play them.  I killed an awful lot of people with Embercleave real early, might post some silly pictures to Twitter later this week.

Until next time,
Kevin
@sealedawaymtg on Twitter

Sealed Away MTG Episode 5: All About Blue Control Decks

First off, here's the Magic Mirror deck as promised in the podcast.

One thing I neglected to mention about Blue control decks is redundancy, as one of the decks greatest strengths is how many copies of each "effect" there are in each draft.  The exception to this is counterspells, as only Didn't Say Please fits the bill unless you're in U/B.

Find the podcast here.

The rest of the episodes are also on this Soundcloud page if you're a new listener looking to catch up.
New podcast schedule should be every Sunday night, although things might occasionally get pushed into Monday night.

Until next time,
Kevin
@sealedawaymtg on Twitter

Sealed Away MTG Episode 2:

"Sam Black Strats"

https://sealedawaymtg.podbean.com/

Available now, just like every Monday.