Brian has stumbled onto some pretty great buys over the years purely thanks to casual Magic. Can we learn from noting what particular casual-format aficionados predict might be great?
Young Pyromancer
Rob is in love with this red creature for a reason. Read more about it here!
The Modern unbans are in full-effect, and Adam has the details on what cards are winning as a result.
It’s only February, and we’ve already seen the most high-profile Modern event of the year. Pro Tour Rivals of Ixalan went totally according to plan: no Eye of Ugin shenanigans; no team of baby-genius-pros breaking the format in half; no flurry of bans raining down on the winning deck. So, business as usual, right? Wrong! […]
Rob returns to the regular Stock Watch segment and talks about this card’s future.
Rob starts the week with an analysis of the aftermath of Pro Tour Rivals of Ixalan.
Modern used to come under fire in its early days for how focused its decks were. The format’s many linear decks gave onlookers and format dabblers the impression that Modern was but a mess of such decks “passing in the night,” like “two ships.” But focus isn’t everything, and dilution has its merits. As perception […]
Rob shares a personal pick that he thinks might break through in the upcoming Pro Tour.
One important part of brewing is knowing when to plug holes in an existing deck. Sometimes, plugging such holes leads to new decks entirely, or into Frankenstein mashups of multiple decks. Today’s brew falls into the latter category. While messing around with various Death’s Shadow and Bedlam Reveler decks, I had the kooky idea of […]
Once-familiar but mostly forgotten decks find their way forward in today’s Modern format! Let’s talk opportunities.
This week, Rob will feature cards from Iconic Masters. First up, Ancestral Vision!
Ever since I wrote a piece on Chart a Course in Counter-Cat, I’ve conducted routine searches on decklist websites for the card. My motivation was to unearth some sweet new applications for Chart in Modern to further inspire my own brewing. After weeks of the card only appearing in Vintage Delver decks, it started showing […]
