State of the Spirit Address: Ixalan Edition Andre Segarra November 24, 2023 Decklists, Explorer, Pioneer, The Spirit Squad What's good, Spirit Squad! Today we're gonna talk about something we haven't had a direct focus on in a little bit: Spirits, and the state of the Pioneer format! Dude. You always talk about Spirits. What are y... Read More...
Study and Practice Andre Segarra November 18, 2023 Pioneer, The Spirit Squad What's good, Spirit Squad! Today we're gonna talk a bit about both The Lost Caverns of Ixalan (LCI) and the Regional Championship tournaments that are going to be the highlight of a lot of players' competitive... Read More...
The MTG Information Superhighway Andre Segarra October 20, 2023 The Spirit Squad What's good, Spirit Squad! Today we're going to talk about something I've referenced plenty of times here and probably many, many times on recorded videos or live streams: the rate at which information i... Read More...
Zero to MTGO: How to Start Magic Online Andre Segarra October 13, 2023 The Spirit Squad What's good, Spirit Squad! Today we're going to talk about something that's common knowledge to people who play Magic: the Gathering Online (MTGO), but people who don't already play online have no way to kno... Read More...
Pioneer’s Snatching (Cavern of) Souls! Andre Segarra September 29, 2023 Pioneer, The Spirit Squad What's good, Spirit Squad! Today we're gonna talk about one of the most exciting spoilers we've seen in awhile: Cavern of Souls! This is a card we don't have to guess at the power of, as it's a reprint f... Read More...
Let’s Get This B.R.E.A.D. Andre Segarra September 1, 2023 The Spirit Squad What's good, Spirit Squad! Today we're gonna talk about a concept that I learned from my early days of playing Magic, and have found that it translates very well to games other than Magic. See, what happened... Read More...
Run. Hide. Fight. Andre Segarra August 18, 2023 Pioneer, The Spirit Squad What's good, Spirit Squad! Today we're gonna celebrate the rise of Spirits within the Pioneer metagame, and of course talk some about what that means for pilots. It's probably no surprise that I've been play... Read More...
Preordain and the Power of Consistency Andre Segarra August 9, 2023 Modern, Pioneer, The Spirit Squad What's good, Spirit Squad! This week we've had one of the most mixed set of reactions to a Banned and Restricted announcements I've seen in a pretty long time. For anyone who isn't aware, there were two chan... Read More...
Little Tournament, BIG Lesson Learned! Andre Segarra August 3, 2023 Pioneer, The Spirit Squad What's good, Spirit Squad! Today we're gonna talk about a Pioneer RCQ I played this weekend, and the fairly important takeaways that I got from it. Of course, I'm speaking of the Chinese food I'd ordered the... Read More...
A Young Pyromancer’s First IRL Tournament Andre Segarra July 14, 2023 Casual to Competitive, The Spirit Squad What's good, Spirit Squad! Or today, I suppose you can be Young Pyromancers. Today we're gonna talk about a thing that has always seemed obvious to me, but that's coming from the point of view of someone... Read More...