Holding Priority - Magic the Gathering
Sep 14, 2026 · 2 hr 4 min · 17 segments
What happens when you bring your favorite Magic: The Gathering cards to SCGCon Dallas to get them signed by the artists who created them? In this episode of Holding Priority, we’re talking all about…
Says, nope, not really, but they're trying to replace Dockside with worse versions of it until we get Crypt and Lotus back.
But in any card game, I mean, this is true of back when I was playing Hearthstone and Yu-Gi-Oh! There are popular cards, and then there are cards that aren't as popular that are a silver bullet for those cards.
You can't do it through a dampening sphere or collector roof or stuff like that.
Uh, we were kind of talking about this in our local discord, but I think a lot more decks are teching in those silver bullets where they're like, Hey, you know, this doesn't really stop me so much, but it definitely stops the table.
Like, you know, blue farm playing Lavinia because all of their combos are like, you know, two cost cards.
Uh, You know, Blue Farm playing, going just like the attacker route, no activated abilities, playing Cursed Totem.
So if you have a spot where you're like, eh, I don't really have a spot for a mana dork, but...
You know, I have a spot for like a Phyrexian Revoker or the Dead Soul Jailer or whatever it is that stops people from casting...
Soulless Jailer? Yeah, Soulless Jailer from their graveyard or the top of their deck or exile.
Itali, Ral, you know, like, it's just surprising that, yes, there is a meta, but there are cards that if they're in my opening hand, I'll just be like, okay, I have a Trinisphere.
Says, nope, not really, but they're trying to replace Dockside with worse versions of it until we get Crypt and Lotus back.
But in any card game, I mean, this is true of back when I was playing Hearthstone and Yu-Gi-Oh! There are popular cards, and then there are cards that aren't as popular that are a silver bullet for those cards.
You can't do it through a dampening sphere or collector roof or stuff like that.
Uh, we were kind of talking about this in our local discord, but I think a lot more decks are teching in those silver bullets where they're like, Hey, you know, this doesn't really stop me so much, but it definitely stops the table.
Like, you know, blue farm playing Lavinia because all of their combos are like, you know, two cost cards.
Uh, You know, Blue Farm playing, going just like the attacker route, no activated abilities, playing Cursed Totem.
So if you have a spot where you're like, eh, I don't really have a spot for a mana dork, but...
You know, I have a spot for like a Phyrexian Revoker or the Dead Soul Jailer or whatever it is that stops people from casting...
Soulless Jailer? Yeah, Soulless Jailer from their graveyard or the top of their deck or exile.
Itali, Ral, you know, like, it's just surprising that, yes, there is a meta, but there are cards that if they're in my opening hand, I'll just be like, okay, I have a Trinisphere.
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