Podcast 194: Learning Modern and Organized Play with Reid Duke

Podcast 194: Learning Modern and Organized Play with Reid Duke

by mtggoldfish // Oct 22, 2018

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Pro Tour mainstay and Spikes Academy professor Reid Duke joins the cast to talk organized play and Modern!

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