Top 4 RCQ Finish: Pioneer UR Phoenix
Adam had an impressive finish at a local RCQ with UR Phoenix in Pioneer. This week he goes over which cards were the hotness and what lessons were learned.
Search Results for: phoenix
Historic UR Phoenix | Adam Plays Magic
Who ordered the hot wings? Adam comes in spells a-blazing with this red (and blue) hot Historic Phoenix deck! Now with 100% more Ledger Shredders.
A Deep Dive into Pioneer Izzet Phoenix
Daniel’s here fresh off of two high event finishes to discuss the deck that brought home so many wins.
The Bird is Groggy: Evaluating Jeskai Phoenix
We all thought Consider and Faithful Mending would see Jeskai Phoenix rise again from the ashes. Why hasn’t it, and what will it take for the bird to fly again?
Guess Who’s Back: Titan and Phoenix New Looks
The more things change, the more they stay the same. Despite recent bannings, the targeted decks are rising up again, reinventing themselves in novel ways. Axing Once Upon a Time from the format heralded an imminent paradigm shift for Amulet Titan, an enduring archetype that had redesigned itself around the free cantrip so drastically as […]
Slow and Steady: Metagaming against Phoenix
Modern is vast and diverse enough to make metagaming a frequently terrible idea. However, sometimes it is warranted. With Izzet Phoenix, followed by Dredge, consistently dominating the big tournaments in a way that Modern hasn’t seen in years, it makes sense for the first time in a long time to actively target the top decks. How to […]
Ashes to Ashes: Should Wizards Address Phoenix?
Each tournament, Izzet Phoenix’s impressive, sustained numbers start to look less like an outlier and more like a pattern. Patterns like these have a history of being addressed by Wizards via the banlist. So how does Izzet Phoenix stack up against past offenders? Do the deck’s decriers have a case for caging the bird? Let’s […]
Places, Everyone: Spectacle in Hollow Phoenix
Instant/sorcery support? Cost-reduction mechanics? Cheap card draw for aggressive strategies? Light Up the Stage, a card with spectacle spoiled from Ravnica Allegiance this week, hits all my soft spots, yanking me from a haze of Inkling up-smashes and Richter side-specials to brew anew. Today, I’ll share my findings on Light Up the Stage in what […]
Back Again: Arclight Phoenix Rises over Modern
Looking over the Top 32 lists from last week’s Modern Open, I realized I hadn’t studied Wizards’ 5-0 lists in some time. My wake-up call? Andrew Schneider’s deck, which revolved around a Guilds of Ravnica card that immediately piqued my interest when it was spoiled six weeks ago: Arclight Phoenix. A careful review of each […]
Daily Stock Watch – Arclight Phoenix
Rob starts the week with one of the biggest gainers from Guilds of Ravnica on today’s segment!
Insider: GP Phoenix’s Impact on the MTGO Metagame
GP Phoenix put Modern on display with some interesting metagame developments. Adrian looks at the major stories and suggests speculation picks for MTGO.
Double Strike: GP Phoenix Analysis
Another weekend, another major event to review: this time, GP Phoenix. The paper metagame continues to be hard to pin down. There are significant changes from SCG Dallas which muddy the waters and makes any projection difficult. There appear to be some trends forming but anything can be a trend when you only have two […]
Flamewake Phoenix
