2 Cabal Therapists - A Session about Premodern

Premodern 2025 is in the books, and one thing is clear: it was The Year of Black. In this recap episode of Two Cabal Therapists, we look back at a year defined by discard spells, ruthless removal, and players learning—over and over again—that hands are temporary. We break down the biggest trends, dominant decks, and key moments of the 2025 Premodern season, talk about why black strategies thrived, and share our thoughts on what this means for the format going forward. Expect meta analysis, questionable opinions, and a bit of therapy for anyone who lost their win condition to a well-timed Duress.

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In this episode of 2 Cabal Therapists, we talk about the biggest Magic The Gathering Premodern Event in Austria and this time, we’re keeping our enemies very close. We’re joined by Patrick, who terrorized the field with Mono Blue Dreadnought and cruised his way into the Top 4, reminding everyone why this matchup is feared and respected.Viennageddon 2026: https://viennageddon.wordpress.com/
Patrick´s Mono U Shrimp List: https://mtgdecks.net/Premodern/stiflenought-decklist-by-patrick-arthofer-2527691

Jens Jäger Universal Champs Cup: https://www.eventbrite.de/e/jens-jaeger-universal-championship-premodern-tickets-1975408887158?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=listing&utm-source=wsa&aff=ebdsshwebmobile&fbclid=IwY2xjawO4-n9icmlkETFSQ0kxOUZTTjZzM1BreHV6c3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHpJ8NwY_Yx3VsDAB2f-jRuul0fp_B5EeAHzMgtluuIRjfWvcf0EvwQaUg4pd&brid=_TF4QpDpm2_CjNk1yJsDNg

A rain coat is needed for this Magic: The Gathering Podcast episode! We have double-storm power and Phil has a blasting support from TonyScapone. This is by far the stormiest Premodern Podcast Episode and Tony brought his Lobstercon 2025 report where he played "Iggy Pop". Furthermore we talk about the Lobstercon Meta, some more (Storm) Brews and of course we will bring some thoughts about bannings, or maybe not?

TonyScapone YT: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjjDWbkVroC3zKakInA5SgQ
TonyScapone Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/tonyscapone
Brewers Paradise Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/7IhSE0WJETooloiW4FfeW2
EternalDurdles Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/4Hs23bfYmQgW9C6wEpz8cr

You like to play Black in Magic: The Gathering? Todays episode is all about Mono Black Contamination in Premodern. We have a guest for this 2 Capal Therapy Session - Marvin! He won a local tournament with Contamination in Premodern and we take a closer look about his tweaks to the decks founded by Alvaro Galindo

This therapy session is needed very much because we have different topics to talk about in today´s episode of the Magic: The Gathering Premodern Podcast of 2 Cabal Therapists. Phil went to Munich to play Iggy Pop and went for the win. Let´s follow his journey how he was able to do that. Ivan on the other hand has a different struggle. Not only his passion to different artworks, Magic The Gathering Premodern decks and foil cards, the question is how to find a proper 2nd Deck!