Boomer Cards Unbanned in Modern

Seth· Host0:00

[upbeat music] Hello everyone and welcome to episode 588 of MTG Goldfish Podcast. I'm Seth, probably better known as Saffron Olive, and we have the full crew here this week, kicking things off with the owner of MTG Goldfish, Richard. How are you this fine Monday, Richard?

Richard· Host0:22

Good morning, Seth. Felt like it's been forever since I've been on the podcast, so good- I know, welcome back, Richard ... good to be back. Good to be back.

Seth· Host0:28

Good to have you back. Good to have you back. You picked a good week to come back, because we got some- Raising, raising Crim's sister. Yeah. [laughs] Yes.

Crim· Host0:35

Ah, yes.

Seth· Host0:36

Crim.

Crim· Host0:36

Yes.

Seth· Host0:37

Help. Help with your- Family duties.

Richard· Host0:39

What are you doing?

Crim· Host0:40

I can't, I'm reading comics, dude.

Seth· Host0:42

[laughs] [laughs] Sorry, Dad. Oh, and of course, we got Crim. Good morning, Crim. How's it, how's it going today?

Crim· Host0:49

Uh, pretty good. I got s- I got my Psychic Frog from my store champs. I didn't win my Abhorrent Oculus, so I'm sad, so I gotta go try to get one, 'cause I need that eyeball.

Seth· Host1:00

Did you see, Crim... So, uh, we're getting way ahead of ourselves, but I saw this modern deck. It was a Psychic Frog deck with Pensive Professor from Secrets of the Strex Haven.

Crim· Host1:09

Yeah ...

Seth· Host1:09

which is when it gets a counter, you draw a card.

Crim· Host1:11

Right.

Seth· Host1:12

And they were Soul Cauldron-ing Psychic Frog onto the, onto the Pensive Professor.

Crim· Host1:16

Oh my God.

Seth· Host1:17

[laughs] And then you can just draw your entire deck.

Crim· Host1:18

Yeah.

Seth· Host1:18

And I tried to find a way to do it in standard, but the pieces don't exist. We don't have a card that does what Psychic Frog does in standard, but it is a pretty cool, pretty cool idea, so.

Crim· Host1:26

It is a- Maybe someone will want your Psychic Frog. I may e-