Episode 305: Why Mox Opal Is or Isn't the Best Card in Modern

The Dive Down

As we continue to play with Modern's latest round of unbans, something has become apparent. Mox Opal is a heck of a card. On this week's show, we play it in Temur Breach, Affinity, Hammer Time, and Broodscale to figure where Opal shines and where it feels dull. Turns out, the card is quite good even when its deck is bad.

• The history of Opal.
• Breaching is easy!

• Other Opal decks are whatever.

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Timestamps:

• 5:41 - This week's show/housekeeping
• 12:20 - The Dive Down begins: What we talk about when we talk about Mox Opal
• 13:28 - A bit of history
• 24:35 - The unban of Mox Opal
• 30:06 - Underworld Breach - the best deck in Modern?
• 47:55 - The decks people WANT to be good
• 1:01:14 - So how good is Mox Opal?
• 1:05:48 - Wrapping up

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