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Author James LaPage

James LaPage

Known around here as Jim “The Metaworker”, he's an L1 judge who loves to dissect his knack for deckbuilding and decode the dynamics of Commander playgroups. His true calling is playing in the cutthroat world of competitive Commander, but he always keeps a few piles of jank around to jam out some friendly games.

The Metaworker: Learning to Love Hate (Part 1, Explosive Turns, Multiple Spells)

James LaPage
August 22, 2018
The Metaworker
Hate is important for a healthy meta. It's what stops the best decks in your local meta from winning so consistently that you get sick of playing against them. What is it? How do you start hating on decks in yo... Read More...

The Metaworker: Is the Commander Rules Committee Ruining the Format? (Part 3, Promoting Growth)

James LaPage
August 8, 2018
The Metaworker
Today we’re going to wrap up our three-part series about the Commander Rules Committee. If you’ve missed the first two parts of this series, you can read them here and here. I’ve saved this one for last because... Read More...

The Metaworker: Is the Commander Rules Committee Ruining the Format? (Part 2, Maintaining the Banlist)

James LaPage
July 19, 2018
The Metaworker
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Today we’re going to move right along and evaluate the Commander Rules Committee by the next item on the list of things I think they should be doing. If you haven’t read part 1, please do that before reading th... Read More...

The Metaworker: Is the Commander Rules Committee Ruining the Format? (Part 1, Rules Management)

James LaPage
July 11, 2018
The Metaworker
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I think a big part of growing as a Magic player and as a person is stepping back every so often and evaluating how firmly your deeply-held beliefs are rooted in reality. It’s super easy to say that a card belon... Read More...

The Metaworker: Building Jank with cEDH All-Stars (part 4, Derevi Mill)

James LaPage
May 2, 2018
The Metaworker
If you’ve missed part 1, part 2, or part 3 of this series you should definitely check them out before reading this one. If you don’t, it won’t be immediately evident why we’ll be using Gaea’s Cradle to pull off... Read More...

Snap Keep – Video Content from The Metaworker! (Dominaria Tech)

James LaPage
April 27, 2018
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9bqYA4anL0... Read More...

The Metaworker: Building Jank with cEDH All-Stars (part 3, 4C Aetherlich)

James LaPage
April 27, 2018
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If you’ve missed part 1 and part 2 of this series, you’d better catch up and buckle in. Today we’re continuing our Descent into Madness with Aetherflux Reservoir. In keeping with tradition, I’m going to talk a ... Read More...

The Metaworker: Building Jank with cEDH All-Stars (part 2, Riku Hulkmorph)

James LaPage
April 11, 2018
The Metaworker
Last week I hope you had as much fun as I did brewing a casual Ad Nauseam deck. “Casual” and “Ad Nauseam” don’t usually fit in the same sentence unless it’s something like “This Ad Nauseam deck is perfect for s... Read More...

The Metaworker: Building Jank with cEDH All-Stars (Part 1, Jundarude Landstorm)

James LaPage
April 5, 2018
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It’s been quite awhile since I did a segment on brewing in Commander. I recently released an article about brewing in Brawl, and I spent a lot of time explaining my thought processes and rationale behind includ... Read More...

The Metaworker: Samut has Joined the Brawl

James LaPage
April 2, 2018
The Metaworker
Last week we talked a little bit about Brawl, the new format dropping with the release of Dominaria in a couple weeks. Over the past few days I’ve been looking at the tools that are available to us in this form... Read More...
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