Ryan explores the concept of greed and how it relates to some of Magic’s toughest decisions–when mulliganing makes sense and how building your manabase comes with gains and losses. When should you be greedy?
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This week, James, Adam and Doug tackle three more Modern topics. James starts off with a controversial banning proposal for Modern. Beyond rhetoric, he’s also got the numbers to back it up. Give a listen and see if you agree.
Adam shares a list based on mono-blue control, skipping Blood Moon and doubling down on Vedalken Shackles.
Finally, Doug goes over whether it’s better to play Kiki-Pod or Melira-Pod.
Adam goes over results from the first Magic Online Vintage Premier Event, noting a few interesting Vintage card choices.
This week Ryan follows up his previous article discussing Legacy Burn on MTGO with another Legacy list that has an edge against the most popular decks in the virtual field.
Corbin Hosler examines the surprising decline of Modern staples as we move in season. This certainly doesn’t spell the end of Modern’s heyday, but it does merit a careful response.
With Vintage Masters a few days away, Alexander Carl examines the lessons of Modern Masters and offers a playbook for how to navigate release week and when to buy VMA cards.
Ryan’s been really getting to know Izzet Delver. But what’s a tempo player to do when a wild Thrun appears? Ryan explore the options.
Ryan Overturf discusses his performance at GP Minneapolis with Izzet Delver, and covers an interesting Modern build making use of Eidolon of the Great Revel.
Ryan explores the exhaustive reasoning behind crafting a sideboard for Modern Izzet Delver.
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Sylvain unveils the groundwork to his recent MTGO portfolio management experiment. What did he do with thousands of tix?
Ryan breaks down and tweaks the Modern UR Delver list in preparation for GP Minneapolis in a few weeks.
The Magic Online 2013 Player of the Year demonstrates how to play this deck first-hand in four rounds of MTGO videos, talking through each game state play-by-play. There’s no better way to learn than from watching the best.
The 2013 MTGO Player of the Year explains how to play and sideboard with this Modern control deck. Includes a Visual Sideboarding Guide!
