Getting into a new format can be expensive, but a tournament deck doesn’t have to break the bank. Pete covers some budget options for both Standard and Modern.
Modern
Dominaria brings a few categories of cards to focus as speculative opportunities, and today Adam highlights the Knight tribe and what past cards are the best targets.
After seeing the leaked Dominaria spoilers for the first time, one of my first orders of business was to try out Mox Amber in Modern. I brainstormed a couple of possible shells before settling on something radically different from what David ended up choosing: a UBx midrange deck. In this article, we’ll take a look […]
Rob talks about another red creature that could be making waves in Modern soon.
As the metagame continues to settle after the unbans of Jace, the Mind Sculptor and Bloodbraid Elf, an interesting dichotomy has arisen: some players claim that the presence of these powerful four-drops has made the format faster and less interactive, while another sector espouses the opposite belief. I took it upon myself to find out […]
There is a reason that games have rules: without them, everything would just be Calvinball. Rules provide structure, cohesion, and comprehension. To mess with them is to risk your game flying apart. Magic is no different. Draw one card, play one land, each land produces one mana, use that mana to pay the cost of […]
GP Phoenix put Modern on display with some interesting metagame developments. Adrian looks at the major stories and suggests speculation picks for MTGO.
Kyle’s here today to give us the rundown on how the new Flashback Drafts on MTGO will work – and how we can profit off of them. Bonus: a portfolio review after a very active month!
Dominaria leaks are well underway, and one recent card that’s grabbed my attention is Zhalfirin Void. Unlike the clunky and frivolous Karn, Scion of Urza, Void looks to be a snap-include for Colorless Eldrazi Stompy in some number. We do have a few things to consider before sleeving it up, though: what the card does […]
Today Adrian takes a deeper look at some recent Modern spikes, explaining the factors behind them and generalizing his conclusions to see how they may apply to future specs.
Tribal decks in Modern have seen their fair share of popularity for the past couple years. Eldrazi, and more recently Humans, have been roaming free—by far the most popular tribes. Elves is an archetype that has been around for quite a while, but has never been able to reach the same popularity. After the printing […]
Rob talks about one of this favorite blue spells and what’s in store for it in the near future.
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 […]
