Episode 12: Low Sodium Tournament Prep with Jay McCowan

Whew! That was a tough one. The gang gets together and goes over what a wonderful weekend LC was, how it went from our side, and the the future of Hardcast.our shit: https://linktr.ee/duresscrew

Here it is folks! Join us for a chat with Premodern Lobstercon 2025 champion, the Atog Lord himself, provider of hummus and slayer of foes . . . Dr. Rich Shay! Brad and Billy sit down and talk with him about his migration into throwback formats, when to audible, and his experience winning the largest premodern tournament ever battled!Enchantress by Rich: https://mtgtop8.com/event?e=68297&f=PREMour shit: https://linktr.ee/duresscrew

Just what the title says ;)LC Top 64: ⁠https://mtgtop8.com/event?e=68297&f=PREM⁠our shit: ⁠https://linktr.ee/duresscrew⁠

Ben, Brad, Billy, Nick, and Jay thee Stream God have a round table and give a guide on how to have fun at LC with the various games and activities. Brad (mostly) keeps a handle on the show notes, Nick offers useful and pertinent information, Ben pipes in with his measured takes, Jay explains the nuances of stream wizardry, and Billy cries a bunch. There's a lot of actually useful information peppered in here, none of which is structured in a listenable or practical way.the stream is gonna fuckin' rip: https://www.twitch.tv/duresscrewour shit: https://linktr.ee/duresscrewtalk shit in our voicemailbox: https://www.speakpipe.com/DuressCrew

The only thing Brad and Billy know about About Face is about how pretty our faces are. Luckily for you, dear listener, Travis Schneider has come to indoctrinate us into the Tribe. Hailing from Atlanta, Travis has seen success with a deck he calls the cousin of Flippi. Sit for a spell, let us pour you a glass of sweet tea, and enjoy.check out Shared Discovery:https://open.spotify.com/show/5iAQ17ETQOk4uJ04uFLFQgour shit:https://linktr.ee/duresscrewleave us a shitty voicemail:https://www.speakpipe.com/DuressCrewNeed a place to stay for Lobstercon?https://www.marriott.com/event-reservations/reservation-link.mi?id=1733931656182&key=GRP&guestreslink2=true&app=resvlink

Filler episode because we're stressed out planning LC? Not a chance! Brad and Billy share the various goings-on in our community. We indulge each other with some chatter about Survival Terrageddon and Tribe Madness, go over Billy's field trip to the Sacred Torch meetup, and give a store-by-store guide on where to play PM in New England. After listener comments, we close out on the subject of Studio Ghibli.BOOK LODGING FOR LC HERE:https://www.marriott.com/event-reservations/reservation-link.mi?id=1733931656182&key=GRP&guestreslink2=true&app=resvlinkTalk shit in our voice mailbox: https://www.speakpipe.com/DuressCrew

Somebody forgot to tell the Red Line Treefolk that Red was dead and Black was bad, so Ian committed a major faux pas and won our tournament with RB Goblins. Brad and Billy have a pleasant chitchat with Ian about PM vibes, crushing cleverboys with an aggro deck, and being good stewards of your local scene. TREEFOLK RISE UP!RB Goblins: https://www.mtgtop8.com/event?e=65567&f=PREMOur shit: https://linktr.ee/duresscrewLeave us a shitty voicemail: https://www.speakpipe.com/DuressCrew

Jay McCowan leads conspicuous underperformers Billy and Brad on a self-help journey to calibrate our behaviors with our competitive or social goals in mind. Using his experiences from the decidedly un-chill RCQ mosh pit, Jay has a message for the salties, the sweaties, and the stinkers on how to stay chill, or how to recognize when you don't deserve to.our shit: https://linktr.ee/duresscrewtalk shit in our voicemail: https://www.speakpipe.com/duresscrew

In a stunning display of journalistic improvisation, Brad and Billy provide our dear listeners with the hard-hitting content they've come to expect from an institution as august and lauded as Duress Crew. In this case, we have a good 0ld fashioned shoot the shit about ban philosophy, listener comments, context on the current state of the PDAP, and speculator bullshit. After a mouth-watering duressipe, Brad yanks Billy away from the Edenic temptation of a survival terrageddon deck tech.Talk shit in our voice mailbox: https://www.speakpipe.com/duresscrewour shit: https://linktr.ee/duresscrew

Take a seat, gang, this one's a doozy. Part 1 of this episode features DxC's B-Team of Ben, Brad, and Billy going through every Terrageddon list we can find and doing a mini deck tech on every persuasion available.Part 2 is a symphony of diplomacy, where the three of us build and agree upon a list to take to Rochester Winter Ball. All three of us play the same 75 to varying success.Part 3 is a carcast with our two top finishers, Brad (T4) and Nick Pynn (T8 on UNought) chatting with Billy the Undeserving.4c TG List: https://moxfield.com/decks/MAwax2Pmk0uJ2QW7HUzlGwOur shit: https://linktr.ee/duresscrew