Andy walks us through one of his more powerful Commander decks, based on library manipulation and headed by Maelstrom Wanderer. If you’ve ever longed to go nuts with Call of the Wild or Proteus Staff, read on.
Bloodbraid Elf
Building a good deck is more than throwing every good card from a color into a pile and shuffling them together.
Ryan analyzes the use and abuse of Snapcaster Mage’s modes, discussing some of the most often made mistakes one can make when playing such a powerful card.
Ryan discusses why playing and predicting the metagame is integral to success and offers a Modern deck list to consider.
Ryan navigates the path to a successful tournament, from how simply picking up the deck from the prior week can set you back to the optimal methods for playtesting.
Corbin Hosler explains why Supply and Demand theory is being ignored and Dark Ascension is underpriced because of it@
Rise of the Eldrazi is the Timmy dream set. It’s what you’d get if you built a set with the premise of “no rush till turn 7” and packed mana accelerants in everything. The set is based around the Eldrazi, giant and evil old legends that awaken on Zendikar. There’s a little bit of plot to this set, but mostly people remember weird drafts and a couple really big monsters.
Worldwake is most iconic for Jace, The Mindsculptor, so let’s get that out of the way at the beginning. WWK has so much more going for it (okay, beyond just Stoneforge Mystic). Worldwake has several good-value rares and mythic rares, and thanks to how it was drafted, those cards will be worth more because so few were opened. Here’s what happened…
Doug takes you through the world’s greediest Modern deck. Find out how Coalition Relic powers up Cruel Ultimatum, shrugs off Blood Moon and maximizes Gifts Ungiven in this special tournament report and primer!
Mike Lanigan breaks down his deck choice for a local modern tourney and gives a tournament report on his first foray into modern.
Doug Linn speculates on a few off the wall ideas for modern brewers.
Feeling lucky? I hope so, because this week’s article is all about the Cascade lottery!