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Raise the Standard: an MTG Podcast

Raise the Standard

Raise the Standard is a Magic: the Gathering podcast hosted by local game store manager and #1 supporter of constructed 60-card formats Kira, and Meia, an L1 judge looking to get more involved in all things competitive MTG. With a focus on Standard, Modern, and 7-Point Australian Highlander, Kira and Meia will tackle meta analysis, previews and spoilers for new sets, tournament breakdowns, and more!Looking to get more involved in competitive Magic? Wondering where to start your 60-card journey

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24:25

EP. 02 - Special Guest Slot: Luke Mulcahy

Raise the Standard: an MTG Podcast ·

2026/01/12

Oracle Text:From "Magic on Hard Mode" to 9 Pro Tour appearances, today's guest is a player of incredible talent and skill, and is a repository of immense Magic knowledge. Today, we're sitting down with Luke Mulcahy to discuss deckbuilding, getting roasted by LSV on Twitter, and how working within a player community to develop an archetype makes your deck stronger in the long-term. Affectionately nicknamed "Mulch", Luke is a skilled Nadu player in Highlander and has himself created Magic content over

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36:47

EP. 01 - Badger? I Hardly Know Her!

Raise the Standard: an MTG Podcast ·

2026/01/05

Oracle Text: Welcome back, Standard enjoyers! For our first episode of Season 2 and our first episode of 2026, join us as we sit down and discuss Badgermole Cub: is it banworthy?From pushed design philosophy to power creep in the format, Badgermole Cub has all of the hallmarks of a card that could end up on the Standard banlist: mana acceleration, card advantage, stats that break parody, and nothing but upsides.But are each of those qualities individually enough to warrant banning the badger? Or is

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36:28

EP. 45 - Season 1 Finale

Raise the Standard: an MTG Podcast ·

2025/12/29

Oracle Text:What a year it's been! From Aetherdrift to Avatar, we've seen Standard through its highs and lows of 2025, and we ourselves have grown from focusing solely on Standard to becoming a competitive-constructed podcast, expanding to include segments like Mildly Modern and Hardly Highlander.All of this is thanks to you, our listeners and our community, and we cannot thank you enough for the support that you've given us this year. When we started this show in February, we had no idea where it

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27:35

EP. 44 -Lessons Learnt (MTG Worlds Recap)

Raise the Standard: an MTG Podcast ·

2025/12/22

Oracle Text:The World Championship tournament was an amazing show of force with a roster of new Standard decks; a byproduct of both the latest set, Avatar: the Last Airbender, as well as the most recent bannings that took place earlier in November.And let's just say...we've learned some lessons. So today, we're talking about MTG Worlds: the decks that appeared and dominated the metagame, the cards that are powering the format, and what the next year of Standard is going to look like.| Music from

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44:34

EP. 43 - Special Guest Slot: Aunt Voltie (Let's Talk...

Raise the Standard: an MTG Podcast ·

2025/12/15

Oracle Text:Back-to-back committee members! Today we brought back Aunt Voltie--committee member, content creator, and competitive player--to chat about her work in the 8-Point space of Australian Highlander.The 8-Point rule, sometimes referred to as the "Accessibility Rule", rewards players that don't play Reserve List cards with an extra point in their otherwise 7-Point restricted decks. Voltie has built dozens of 8-Point decks, has played them at locals and large tournaments alike, and is a

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36:18

EP. 42 - Special Guest Slot: Michael Billinghurst

Raise the Standard: an MTG Podcast ·

2025/12/09

Oracle Text:Continuing in our (new?) tradition of hosting committee members on the show, we are joined today by none other than renowned Esper enthusiast, Michael Billinghurst! With decades of competitive Magic play under his belt and several years' residence as a member of the 7-Point Highlander committee, who better to take a guest slot on the pod than a well-loved judge and community member to discuss what the committee is and how it functions.Australian Highlander is one of the few formats

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27:30

EP. 41 - We Love Highlander! (and so can you)

Raise the Standard: an MTG Podcast ·

2025/12/01

Oracle Text:As a show that is focused on competitive play in Magic--and especially focused on competitive play here in Australia--it should come as no surprise that we've started playing more 7-Point Australian Highlander. While the Wizards-sanctioned competitive seasons alternate from Standard to Modern, one format remains steady between them: Highlander.Being a Vintage format, Highlander carries a massive scope of power and complexity. From Black Lotus to Time Walk, Mawloc to Deadpool, Quantum

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28:22

EP. 40 - Bantastic News!

Raise the Standard: an MTG Podcast ·

2025/11/24

Oracle Text:Good news, everyone! Vivi Ornitier is banned in Standard!The snail's pace of a numb format took us all the way until November 10th when the inevitable announcement came: Vivi Orinitier is banned in Standard, along with Proft's Eidetic Memory and Screaming Nemesis. So...is Standard finally fixed?Let's chat today about the most recent ban announcement, what it means for the format, our thoughts, and what the next iteration of Standard decks might look like going forward.| Music from

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EP. 39 - Taking the Meta by Storm

Raise the Standard: an MTG Podcast ·

2025/11/17

Oracle Text:We're recapping Regional Championship 10 that happened a few weeks back in October! Kira was a part of the Super Series commentary team and spent the whole weekend neck-deep in Modern and the competitive scene--so let's chat about the metagame, the plays, and all the things that make Modern great right now!If you're interested in starting your competitive journey, the ANZ Super Series is a great starting point! Participating in RCQs (a series of qualifying events for the magnanimous

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46:07

EP. 38 - Avatar: the Last Standard Set (of 2025)

Raise the Standard: an MTG Podcast ·

2025/11/10

Oracle Text:Water...earth...fire...air...Magic! From 2005 on Nickelodeon to 2025 as a part of Wizards' own Magic: the Gathering, the Avatar: the Last Airbender (Universes Beyond) set is lining up to be just as much of a hit as its original TV series.The nostalgia factor coupled with thoughtful card designs have fans itching for pre release, which is scheduled for this Friday, November 14th. As always, we have lined up their picks for which cards they think will see constructed play!While we largely

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27:24

EP. 37 - I Know Everything [Simic Omniscience Deck Tech]

Raise the Standard: an MTG Podcast ·

2025/11/03

Oracle Text:For our next deck tech spotlight, we're going absolutely big-brained. We loved so many of the decks from our series about the underdogs of the Standard format, the decks that are just below the surface and waiting to break through--and Kira loved Simic Omniscience so much that she immediately built the deck and started playing it.So today, we're walking you through Simic Omniscience: what the deck does, how it does it, and what it looks like in the current metagame. We're all crossing

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EP. 35 - Special Guest Slot: Aunt Voltie

Raise the Standard: an MTG Podcast ·

2025/10/27

Oracle Text:Our third guest on the show is a woman who needs little introduction--but we will give her one anyway! She is a member of the Australian 7-Point Highlander Points Committee, a veteran Magic player of incredible skill, a Top 4 player at Pat's most recent CanBrawl tournament, and a pioneer of the 8-Point Archetype: today's special guest slot is taken by none other than Aunt Voltie!In the wake of an incredible Top 4 placement at CanBrawl, Kira sat down with Voltie to discuss the event, her

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EP. 35 - The Marit Lage of Standard Decks

Raise the Standard: an MTG Podcast ·

2025/10/20

Oracle Text:Standard is in...a bit of a state right now. But lurking underneath the surface of a metagame dominated by Cauldrons and Mono Red lie some interesting Standard decks that have yet to crack the ice. Today, we look at the "Marit Lage" decks (copyright Kira 2025), the decks that are hiding just below but may soon break through into the meta.Some decks that we discuss--like Simic Aggro--have already seen metagame success! Others have yet to come into their prime. So what could Standard look

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21:25

Time in the Round - Standard Banlist Retrospective

Raise the Standard: an MTG Podcast ·

2025/10/13

Oracle Text: We were at PAX Australia this weekend, and as we recover from our first-ever live show and a weekend of Magic, we bring to you this incredible archival piece from our Raise the Standard catalogue. In this episode, we were discussing (at the time) what cards we believed could be banned in Standard, which decks were in strong positions, and how things might possibly change if there were any bans to happen.NOTE: This episode of Raise the Standard was recorded in March 2025, prior to the

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29:37

EP. 34 - Mildly Modern [Pro Tour EOE]

Raise the Standard: an MTG Podcast ·

2025/10/06

Oracle Text:Wait a second...this isn't even Standard!Welcome to our very first episode of Mildly Modern, an MTG podcast within an MTG podcast! We as Magic players are not so linear as to only play one format, and while Standard is the format that is nearest and dearest to our hearts, we realised how much we love and are invested in 60-card constructed competitive formats and decided that it is time to raise our own Standards and broaden our Magic horizons.So it is our great pleasure to sit with you

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29:07

Time in the Round - Arena Lets You Cheat?!

Raise the Standard: an MTG Podcast ·

2025/09/29

Oracle Text:The audio lives on! Welcome to another episode of Time in the Round, where we let our clips and chats live on in a beautiful farm up north. Today, we went on a bit of a tangent about Magic: the Gathering Arena: how it can make you a better player, how it can make you a complacent player, and how sometimes it even lets you "cheat".| Music from HitsLab via ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Pixabay⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Thumbnail text from ⁠TextStudio⁠.| This episode of Raise the Standard was recorded at Hen House Rehearsal Studios

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44:41

EP. 33 - Your Friendly Neighbourhood Standard Set

Raise the Standard: an MTG Podcast ·

2025/09/22

Oracle Text:🎶 Spider-Man, Spider-Man, he's a--Legendary Creature Spider Human Hero--and he does whatever a spider can 🎶Today we bring you our Spider-Man Standard predictions, taking a dive into which cards we think are going to see play in the meta, what role they might play, and which decks we may see them played in.The second Universes Beyond set of 2025 has some unique challenges, but also presents some really cool cards that have a chance to see representation in the meta. Are they all land

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EP. 32 - Starting with Standard

Raise the Standard: an MTG Podcast ·

2025/09/15

Oracle Text:So, you want to learn how to play Magic? We've got the best thing for you! No, it's not a pre-con Commander deck...From the Arena tutorial, to Starter Kits, to playing Standard, constructed formats are a new player's best friend! (In our humble opinion.) Starting with Standard is easier and more comprehensible for players who have not played a game of Magic--with a reduced card pool, overall faster pace of play, and increased focus on gameplay, Standard (and other constructed products)

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16:19

Time in the Round - Jace Has A Smooth Brain...& more!

Raise the Standard: an MTG Podcast ·

2025/09/08

Oracle Text: For this installment of Time in the Round, we laugh at Vryn's most sopping wet meow-meow, discover exactly how tall Tezzeret is, and discuss the merits of Blood Moon in other formats. Time in the Round is a sub-series where we have a laugh and share outtakes from the main episodes. While we endeavour to stay on track and on topic...we may occasionally get distracted. It's been known to happen! So grab a cuppa, tuck in, and have a laugh on us!| This episode of Raise the Standard was

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28:12

EP. 31 - Vivi On My Mind

Raise the Standard: an MTG Podcast ·

2025/09/01

Oracle Text:Hold our hands. It's going to be okay. I promise it's going to be okay. This is the inevitable Vivi episode where we commiserate about Standard's worst Black Mage.We don't need to talk about if Vivi is bad/bad for the format. We know it is, and we can see from the results that Izzet Cauldron is putting up that the deck is a real force in the format. But the way that Vivi is homogenizing Standard as a competitive format is something to turn a critical eye towards.So let's chat about

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