Episode 304: Why Isn’t Faithless Looting the Best Card in Modern?

The Dive Down

In the first of our episodes diving into each card from the recent unbans, we take a deep look at Faithless Looting. First we take a look at the history of the card — all the way back to spoiler conversations — followed by a dive into many of the decks trying to play it in Modern today. Creativity? Check. Hollow One? Check. Phoenix? You know it. Dredge? Well, we almost forgot Dredge, but we at least mention it in passing. Why isn't it as powerful as it used to be? We have thoughts and those thoughts are what make us The Dive Down. And the recording of the thoughts, too.

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Timestamps:
2:58 - Housekeeping/this week's episode
5:59 - The Break Down begins: Devin, relax!
13:20 - The Dive Down begins: Why isn't Faithless Looting the best card in Modern?
16:20 - The History and Present of Faithless Looting
25:44 - Excitement Levels
29:45 - Anatomy of a Looting
32:45 - From Here it's Just Decks
33:15 - Jund Creativity
35:45 - Hollow One
40:47 - Grixis Reanimator/Froculus
43:14 - Izzet Phoenix
46:15 - Mono-Red Phoenix
49:15 - Other Decks
52:55 - The Faithless Looting grudge match
1:05:20 - Wrapping up

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