Circle of Protection: Red
Pauper leagues are in full swing, which means tons of decklists to pick over! Ryan provides his thoughts on the state of the format and the best way to invest.
Pauper staples have commanded super high prices in the past, and with Leagues now live the format is poised for a comeback. Ryan has a list of pickups for your consideration.
Adam Yurchick reports on the hottest deck in the game, Burn, which has been putting up uncharacteristically impressive showings in both Modern and Legacy.
Legacy and Vintage have the highest return on investment on MTGO right now, and Ryan proposes a wallet friendly Burn list for you to put some virtual sleeves on and win some packs with.
Stepping away from his normal constructed strategy articles, Ryan dives into discussion of his Pauper cube, a work in progress that sounds like an absolute blast.
With CawBlade in its recent incarnations gone the metagame is seemingly wide open. Any number of archetypes can claim to be the new top dog, and the viability of many cards goes up without the fear of a Jace making them irrelevant or a turn three Batterskull attacking too quickly for them to come online. Until some tournament results come in to fill in the gaps any talk about the new metagame will be little more than an educated guess, but we can still know questions need to be answered.
Continuing our exploration of Legacy and the Color Wheel, we’ll move onto the series’ second installment. You’ll find all the White cards you can comfortably prepare to see in Legacy alongside the most prominent decklists harnessing the color.