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Mike discusses the top 8 reasons why you should be playing Bant in standard, and after Roman and Mike discuss Roman's 6-0 list from the first week of MagicFest Online qualifiers and what changes they would make for the Grand Prix this weekend. Mike's original article: The Top 8 Reasons to Play Bant in Standard Your hosts: Roman Fusco - @Roman_Fusco Mike Flores - @fivewithflores Subscribe to Ancestral Recall at iTunes! https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/id1213552541#

Roman and Mike go back in time to 2005, after Mike wins a Kamigawa block constructed PTQ at Neutral Ground, to look at lessons learned while brewing a rogue deck for an established metagame.

Roman and Mike go back in time to 2002, as Mike Flores of 2002 takes his own trip back in time to tell the stories of the ten most memorable matches of Magic that he had ever seen.

Roman and Mike go back in time to 2004, to look at one of the most important lessons a Magic player can learn: to see ones own mistakes.

Roman and Mike go back in time to 2005, to learn how intangible skill can add up over a game to make a player seem lucky.

Roman and Mike get together to pore over a 2010 article by Mike Flores about lessons learned from Hall of Famer Zvi Mowshowitz on how to think about the game of Magic.

Roman and michaelj are relegated to wandering the streets of Manhattan like a pair of recording vagabonds, so they talk about Roman's recent successes... All of which occurred as a result of the lessons taught by Ancestral Recall.

Roman and Mike learn ancient deck design wisdom from Mike Flores' 2007 article, "Bits and Pieces — The Traits of a Great Deck Designer".

Roman and Mike take a look at Nick Spagnolo's treatise on how to win at Magic by playing the colour Blue.

Roman and Mike take a look at Brian Hacker's hugely influential article on gambling and Magic, "The New Pool Halls"

Mike and Roman take a look at one of Mike's favourite Pro Tour Hall of Fame ballot articles, from the second year of the Hall of Fame, 11 years ago.

Mike and Roman take a look at the classic strategy of siding in an unexpected permanent type for The Old Switcheroo.

Mike and Roman discuss the dangers and advantages of switching to a new deck for a tournament at the last minute.

Mike introduces Roman to the concept of virtual card advantage.

Mike and Roman talk about how preparing a deck to beat the best deck can be the right strategy to take down a tournament.

Mike and Roman talk about the theory of how to trade cards for your opponent's Life, or as it is called: The Philosophy of Fire!

Mike and Roman talk about Chad Ellis's article on the tendency Magic players have to lose games because they are too fixated on doing something cool.

“Asking Better Questions” provides a model to improve your own quality of information in Magic by… Well… Asking better questions.

What does it mean to be "results focused" and why does Mike thing we all should be (in the face of common, poker-descended, gamer wisdom)?

Is Rogue deck building still relevant? Or at least Mike's take from nearly two decades ago? As usual, the Regional Champ weighs in with a modern perspective.