Faithless Brewing MTG: Modern and Pioneer for the Spike Rogue

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A Magic: the Gathering podcast for the spike rogue. Each week, we brew new decks in Modern and Pioneer. We put our creations to the test and share our findings on the air: what worked, what didn’t, and what can be improved for next time. Are you sick of going 0-5? We can help you go 3-2, in style! Created by Dan Schriever (@CavedanMTG), David Robertson (resident brew master), and Damon Alexander (brewer emeritus), and featuring Zach Ryl (@Manacymbal) & Emi Sagasti (@MordeToLight). Whether you’re a jank brewer, Day 2 warrior, FNM hero, or kitchen table end boss, our goal is to inspire your next great Magic deck. Take the Oath of Brewers and join our Discord community at patreon.com/faithlessbrewing, and visit our homepage FaithlessBrewing.com for all of our latest decklists.

Recent Episodes
  • The Sky Is Lava: Magmatic Hellkite + Tarkir Week 1 Brews
    Apr 16, 2025 – 01:58:44
  • The Ultimate Guide to Tarkir Dragonstorm, Part 2 (ft. Manacymbal)
    Apr 7, 2025 – 02:53:37
  • Into the Dragonstorm: Tarkir Full Set Review
    Mar 31, 2025 – 02:04:31
  • Monument to Endurance: Brewing in the Slow Lane
    Mar 16, 2025 – 02:13:10
  • The Good, the Bad & the Weird: 9 Brews to Start Your Engines
    Feb 28, 2025 – 02:12:59
  • Brew This, Not That: Aetherdrift Full Set Review (Pioneer & Modern)
    Feb 14, 2025 – 02:04:55
  • New Year, New Brews: Six Pioneer Beauties for 2025
    Dec 31, 2024 – 01:08:30
  • FAITHLESS LOOTING IS BACK. THIS IS NOT A DRILL. (ft. Morde)
    Dec 19, 2024 – 02:00:55
  • Sire of Seven Brews: David's Finest Pioneer Lists
    Dec 4, 2024 – 01:35:02
  • Would You Open an Alpha Starter Deck? Announcing the Feast of the Unicorn
    Nov 25, 2024 – 01:10:46
  • Set Review: MTG Foundations in Pioneer & Modern
    Nov 19, 2024 – 01:56:28
  • Beyond Me: Shaking the Foundations of Magic
    Nov 5, 2024 – 02:17:07
  • Abhorrent Oculus: The Great Eye in Pioneer & Modern
    Oct 26, 2024 – 01:13:58
  • Pioneer's New Overlords: Brewing Beyond the Hauntwoods
    Oct 17, 2024 – 01:21:18
  • Duskmourn II: Best of the House (Compleat Set Review)
    Oct 2, 2024 – 02:47:11
  • The Complete Guide to Duskmourn in Pioneer & Modern, Vol. 1
    Sep 19, 2024 – 02:01:35
  • Is Caretaker's Talent the Future of Pioneer? Brewing Post-B&R
    Aug 31, 2024 – 01:23:23
  • Set Review: The Best of Bloomburrow in Pioneer & Modern, Part 2
    Aug 8, 2024 – 02:26:32
  • Complete Brewer's Guide to Bloomburrow in Pioneer & Modern (Set Review, Part 1)
    Jul 27, 2024 – 02:17:56
  • Psychic Frog: The Future of Modern (ft. Morde)
    Jul 11, 2024 – 02:17:01
  • This Is Disgusting: Pro Tour Shark-Nadu + Duskmourn Previews
    Jul 4, 2024 – 02:02:17
  • The Eldrazi Files: Uncanny Brews with Ugin's Labyrinth
    Jun 22, 2024 – 01:40:37
  • Set Review: Sleepers, Hidden Gems, and Underrated Cards in Modern Horizons 3
    Jun 14, 2024 – 01:31:15
  • Top 10 Most Impactful: The MH3 Cards That Will Change Modern Forever
    Jun 7, 2024 – 01:47:11
  • MH3 Day 1, Ant-Man, and the Grizzled Genius of Doc Aurlock
    May 24, 2024 – 02:13:38
  • Crime Pays: Freestrider Lookout Is Breaking Out in Every Format
    May 16, 2024 – 01:56:30
  • Satoru, the Infiltrator: Sneaky Good 5-0s in Modern & Pioneer
    May 3, 2024 – 02:14:29
  • Brewer's Most Wanted: Thunder Junction Set Review, Part 2
    Apr 16, 2024 – 02:12:56
  • Set Review: Outlaws of Thunder Junction in Modern and Pioneer
    Apr 8, 2024 – 02:33:21
  • Proft for Profit: 5-0 Brews with Proft's Eidetic Memory & The Enigma Jewel
    Mar 29, 2024 – 01:38:04
  • Get a Clue: Investigating Deduce
    Mar 15, 2024 – 02:13:12
  • Archdruid's Charm: Fifth Mode Is the Charm
    Mar 3, 2024 – 02:04:23
  • The Murder Files: These Unplayables Are Actually Sweet
    Feb 22, 2024 – 01:30:34
  • Only Murders in the Manor: Set Review, Part 2 (Modern & Pioneer)
    Feb 12, 2024 – 01:44:21
  • Full Set Review: The Best of Murders at Karlov Manor, Part 1
    Feb 2, 2024 – 01:37:25
  • The Twelve Brews of Christmas | #CeasefireNow
    Dec 29, 2023 – 01:56:03
  • A Smuggler’s Best Friend: Inti, Seneschal of the Sun
    Dec 12, 2023 – 01:58:37
  • Gone Spelunkin’: Twenty Pioneer Brews for Lost Caverns of Ixalan || #CeasefireNow
    Nov 30, 2023 – 02:19:31
  • The Best of Lost Caverns of Ixalan in Modern & Pioneer (Set Review, Part 2)
    Nov 18, 2023 – 02:51:40
  • Lost Caverns of Ixalan Full Set Review | #CeasefireNow
    Nov 10, 2023 – 02:10:53
  • Blossoming Tortoise || #CeasefireNOW
    Oct 28, 2023 – 02:04:22
  • Spiteful Hexmage: Cursed Roles for Cursed Wars
    Oct 18, 2023 – 01:58:47
  • Beseech the Mirror: Cracked from Side to Side
    Sep 15, 2023 – 02:01:15
  • The Complete Brewer’s Guide to Wilds of Eldraine, Part 2 (Modern & Pioneer)
    Sep 1, 2023 – 02:45:07
  • Full Set Review: Wilds of Eldraine in Modern & Pioneer, Part 1
    Aug 24, 2023 – 02:07:22
  • Preordain: Scrying the Future of Modern and the Cutting Edge of Pioneer
    Aug 14, 2023 – 02:10:09
  • Modern State of the Format: The Dark Lord Sauron Assembles Tron
    Aug 5, 2023 – 02:01:26
  • The Time of the Orc Has Come: Modern Before the Pro Tour & Kefnet in Pioneer
    Jul 26, 2023 – 01:06:53
  • The Best Kept Secret in Modern: An Interview with DackFayden07, the Lord of the Brews
    Jul 18, 2023 – 02:12:04
  • Archfiend Like a BOSS: Brewing with the New Dimir Inverter
    Jul 7, 2023 – 01:20:08
Recent Reviews
  • mypetrock_stl
    Top listens each week
    I really enjoy the show. The banter between the hosts is entertaining. They really know their formats. I aspire to be the kind of brewer that these guys are. Thank you for the content each week!
  • Obomobo
    Great show, bad mic quality
    Please invest in better microphones! Either your voices are over-modulated or it sounds like you’re recording in a tin can!
  • SethSolomon
    Top tier Magic Podcast
    This is one of the best Magic podcasts out there right now. I look forward to each episode and can’t wait to see what they come up with each week!
  • DevynH1989
    Stacks on stacks
    Love the show. The expansion of hosts have added different perspectives and insight. Each and every host brings a different focus that really helps me see the important differences in Modern and Pioneer! If you’re interested in learning about upcoming decks to break the meta or your ticket budget, this is the show for you! See you in the queues!
  • @WhoIsJakeWright
    Illiterate
    If you’re going to host a podcast and make your voice heard, please learn to read. The mispronunciation of simple words on cards is so constant and egregious that I couldn’t keep listening.
  • Seamless Loop
    Best podcast ever
    I can’t believe I found you all. This is the best podcast ever. I love the rotating cast, it really helps me stay interested. They talk about my favorite formats and they brew an unhealthy amount of decks (like me)! Keep it up you all and stay hyped for Capenna!
  • Elidril
    Best constructed content around
    These guys are awesome. For those of us who keep up with modern and pioneer, and like to brew niche jank, these guys have some awesome insight. I feel that I’ve grown as a Magic player since I started listening to them. I am so grateful for their content that I signed up for their Patreon, and the discord is full of like-minded brewers as well. Definitely a podcast worth a listen if you’re into constructed formats like modern and Pioneer.
  • McMulligan
    Hot Take
    This show is the best Magic content available. That’s hyperbolic, so let me explain: the people on this show are very talented and insightful, plumbing the depths of Pioneer and Modern to find the gems and bring them to the surface, and doing so in a polished, hilarious way that is just good plain fun to listen to. If that wasn’t enough, the intro music makes you want to dance! As a player and lover of this game for close to two decades, and someone who has sampled the breadth of Magic podcasts available out there, I cannot recommend this one enough. Long live the Faithless Crew!
  • Hano928
    Audio sounds great!
    Outstanding content and improved audio. Love it! Hano
  • geedis69
    Mandatory listening.
    This podcast has helped broaden my understanding of modern and pioneer, as well as helped me retain interest in Magic throughout the pandemic. I can’t express enough how this podcast has helped me stay sane during the pandemic and online school. It has also helped me with my play style and decision making skills while playing. It has been a rough year, and you guys have helped me through it. Thank you. P.S. : Just an idea, but what about Orcish Lumberjack in MH2?
  • Maynard Maynard Maynard
    Great MTG talk
    This is the modern talk I’ve been looking for. Every week a new singleton tested in blue moon!
  • YourAppNeedsWork
    Required Listening For All Aspiring Brewers
    I played a couple of the guys from The Dive Down at my LGS in the Before Times, found out they had a Modern pod and got hooked. Found out about Faithless Brewing on their Niv-Mizzet crossover episode, and now it’s my favorite. The hosts are some brilliant, spiky mages that bring up lines I would have never considered, and report their findings on exciting brews. I hope they keep up the great work and keep saving me hundreds of tix.
  • stephen070409
    Niv forever
    Love the cast since day 1. Amazing group that’s always looking at the best of brewing potential. They are the reason I foiled our Niv in modern and pioneer. If your trying to brew or like going off the beaten path, this is the group to listen to.
  • Joe R. who hates bloodmoon
    A well made Podcast with balanced hosts
    This podcast has 3 main hosts, and each have their strengths and weaknesses when played off each other. This leads to a healthy and fun podcast where nothing needs to be changed. They could potentially bring back a guest that they had on the podcast really early on to see if that stirs the pot or anything, maybe adds some devotion to the fanbase, but otherwise they are all fun and balanced. Also they pretty much invented Modern Niv-Mizzet, which as a solely Modern Jund player, I have an abysmal win rate against. So I’m slightly peeved at that. Why not make a deck that folds to turn 1 discard? Thanks team.
  • Shultsc
    My bridge into older formats
    I sold out of paper modern after I became a dad. While the amount of time I have has lessened, my love for semi-competitive jank has only grown. All due to Faithless Brewing. The guys do an excellent job of helping me feel a part of something I love even though I haven’t had enough time to play over the last year. I would highly recommend this podcast. Their endorsement of Manatraders makes me think playing online might be a new path forward 👍
  • KilgoreTrout503
    To brew or not to brew... is that really a question?
    This is your home for Modern and Pioneer brewing. Listen to these guys put their hard earned tix into the MTGO slot machine and hear their findings weekly. You don’t want more than one bozo on a podcast and this podcast has zero! It’s a crazy world out there, but when the going gets tough, the tough get brewing.
  • manad0rk
    Better than the salty tears of enemies.
    This podcast is so sweet. They provide fantastic information about modern and try to push the format forward (sometimes sideways), rather than just discuss the S tier decks. Basically, this is the podcast equivalent of beating a Tron player and collecting their salty tears to season your convention hall chicken fingers.
  • Jake Monty
    Fun Podcast
    I recently finished a road trip basically across the entire US, and without you guys and some others I think I would have gone crazy, haha. Thanks for the quality content!
  • ElvisAlComb
    The Greatest Podacst
    The single best brewing podcast, the hosts all are very intelligent things to say, and very interesting decks. They are all great players and brewers and have results to show for it.
  • mark wy
    So good!
    This podcast is the best! If you love brewing decks it doesn’t get any better than this. This is seriously the next level of deck creation. Highly entertaining and super thoughtful. Thanks for making this! Please keep it up!
  • Parker Esty
    Keep it up
    I have been listening since about week 3, and I have been hooked since. Every week the brewing train rolls into the station, and every week I find new ways to see my favorite formats. I have found new cards to explore, learned more about what it takes to compete, and what I can do to keep my pet cards in the lgs rotation. You guys make me want to play more and more every week. Keep up the good work!
  • HitchyFlav
    Great content for the aspiring brewer
    I learn a ton from every show. Ideas of how to get the best out of card choices, discussing cards I’ve never heard of, and sharing details of the meta game as it shifts. They also play the brews in the name of science and have success. Recommend highly for the Bering enthusiast.
  • Moonbraid
    Creative, Fun, Competitive
    A creative group of 3 men working together to take down the Meta of both Modern Magic and Pioneer. Each week they pick a single card to build around and attempt to compete on MTGO tournaments. They do well and give a very positive spin to competitive magic. If you’re looking for something fun and new, do yourself a favor and give them a try!
  • MStep305
    Best magic podcast
    I listen to all the major magic podcasts and this is by far the best. Each episode, the hosts actually come in with a purpose, interesting insights, and fun banter. Nearly every other mtg podcast is an unorganized mess with people talking over each other and no direction. This show will make you a better magic player as you stay up to date on the competitive scene as well as develop a fundamental understanding of what makes cards tick.
  • allfordelilah
    My fave
    Love these guys! They’ve literally skyrocketed my laughably bad knowledge of Modern and Pioneer. The decks they play aren’t really my style, as I mostly enjoy turning things sideways, but if you’re allergic to netdecking then THIS PODCAST IS FOR YOU! Even if you’re a modern player who can’t get around to playing enough, you’ll learn a lot in one listen to this podcast.
  • metsophi
    My fav magic podcast!
    If you like sweet brews, listen!
  • Konekab
    Highly entertaining and informative
    Refreshing to see a MtG podcast that focuses on brewing but with a competitive bent. Well produced, easy to listen to and always look forward to new episodes.
  • m1lous
    Great show!
    Love it. Highly recommend!
  • iStock5
    Excellent show
    Just wanted to take the time to write a quick review; been playing Magic since FRF, mostly Modern in that time, and this show has helped tap into my interest in brewing up new strategies. As a midrange lover, this show helps give me perspective.
  • JoshElyCFP
    Love It
    I love brewing in Modern and Pioneer and always eager to hear your ideas. Keep up the good work! Show idea: the definitive take on Pioneer Elves! Every format has an elf list. Let’s get Pioneer one!
  • nazan yar
    Pioneer vs modern
    Love the podcast, but oddly I don’t even play modern. It’s great to hear about general brewing strategies for modern using new cards, and I think about how they may apply to other formats, so I personally would love to bear some pioneer talk.
  • MTG LORD
    NO DAN
    Please someone take Dan’s mike away. Not only does he talk super creepy and take random breaks, but his mic is clipping and there’s too much bass in his voice that he seems to force tonally. He should stick to content creation, some people should not be podcast personalities - Dan is too awkward. He sounds like he’s not trying to wake up his roomate. Open up your full voice and stop speaking from the bottom of your throat you cringey fedora boy.
  • cavedanfan
    Love this podcast
    Keep up the great work, you faithless brewers!
  • Ndv11
    Brewers Paradise
    The 3 disinct personalities each contribute important elements of card and deck assessment. This is a fun an informative podcast to listen to, not the boring and drab evaluation of the current meta that so many podcasts fall into.
  • Lanny Huang
    A gem
    The podcast is well organized with creative ideas and thoughtful analysis. These guys might not be the biggest magic celebs but this content is unlike anything else out there.
  • Chrisbacheen
    Solid podcast
    If the name buds and brews isn't taken you guys should do that.
  • reckerlord
    Quickly becoming my favorite magic podcast
    I stumbled upon this podcast on reddit, and it brings me back to brewing with my roommates late on Friday nights. The format of the show is great and I love that you guys go over the last weeks deck at the start of each episode. Talking through different shells and trying to brew new decks as opposed to just the sweet meta tech that gets discussed on other modern podcasts is refreshing. Keep up the great
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