Greetings, Nexites! Hopefully by now you’ve seen Sheridan’s announcement last week of the new partnership Modern Nexus is starting with Quiet Speculation. My name is Jason Schousboe and I’ll be taking over as Editor in Chief. A little about myself. My Magic career started about 10 years ago, and has seen me travel for a few […]

Happy Friday, Modern Nexus community! About a month ago, we celebrated our one-year birthday at Modern Nexus. And what a year it’s been! I’ve loved being a part of the site and engaging with the Modern community, and if even one more Moderner has been using our Top Decks statistics to justify format decisions, I’m […]

After weeks of waiting, the time has come! Eldrazi is gone, and we could possibly be on the precipice of a Control Takeover. Before I wake from this dream, I have to do the only thing I know how: analyze! This week, we’ll briefly go over the ban announcement, the immediate impacts, and make some predictions […]

A lot happened since Monday morning. At 9:39 AM, Wizards released its April 4 banlist update. About five seconds after 9:39 AM, the Modern community went nuts. While some have criticized aspects of the update, the overwhelming majority of players responded on the scale of cautious optimism to frenzied ecstasy. Surprising no one who lived […]

Rejoice, fellow Nexites! The Powers-That-Be have at last stepped in to put an end to Eldrazi Winter. We may at last emerge from the ruins, gaze upon the metagame again with clear eyes and eager hearts, and go forth and enjoy this beautiful new world. Breathe in, good Nexites, and breathe out a great, joyful sigh […]

In the beginning of Eldrazi Winter, there was darkness and tentacles and a Tier 0 deck where there had once been diversity. And Wizards said, “Let there be bans,” and there were bans. And, to surprise the players they had forsaken and restore balance to the Modern Force, Wizards said, “Let there be unbans,” and […]

No Banned List Modern is the South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut of Magic. Playing No Banned List Modern today feels like sneaking Sharon Stone’s Basic Instinct on Sunday-afternoon cable when you were five. Or watching the opening fight of UFC #1, where a shirtless Vladimir Putin in karate-pants kicks the Hawaiian singer of Somewhere […]

Hello, Nexus readers and community! We are in the process of some technical, server-side changes today and potentially tomorrow. This will mean some downtime from our regular content schedule. Thank you for your patience as we keep improving the site. There might also be some additional technical steps that need to happen, which could require […]

Welcome to our second “Fixing Modern” column, where we define Modern’s most ingrained challenges and offer actionable solutions. Our goal is to give a voice to the many Moderners who have already identified our format’s longstanding difficulties, but currently lack the words or platform to express them. If nothing else, I hope “Fixing Modern” can […]

Happy Tuesday, Modern Nexus community! Some of you may have noticed a new page that has appeared at the top of our Modern Nexus menu. I’ve gotten plenty of emails, comments, and messages from users about how they can contribute to Modern Nexus without being a Staff Writer. “Can I submit a tournament report?” “Would you host […]

About three weeks ago, I was talking Modern with a Magic-playing friend of mine. He and I were debating flex slots in UG Infect and whether it would be better to take Eldrazi or anti-Eldrazi to Grand Prix Detroit. One of those questions is an interesting conversation for specialists like Tom Ross. The other is […]

Happy (semi-early) birthday to us! It was one year ago to the week we made our debut as “Masters of Modern” on Reddit and other social media. It was also one year ago to the week that our readers took a chance on a couple of relatively no-name Magic players and their vision of a […]

Hello, Nexus readers and friends! Starting today, we are switching to a registration-required, moderation-approved comment system for the site. You will have to login via social media or your WordPress account to comment on any articles and pages. This will eventually become a more integrated Facebook-based system, but we are making an interim transition today […]