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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: Resource Conversion and Karametra

James LaPage
December 14, 2016
The Metaworker
In this week’s episode, we’re going to be exploring the ideas of resources and resource conversion in Commander. Resources, in the general sense, are a stock or supply of assets that can be drawn on by a person... Read More...

The Metaworker: Fun With Friends

James LaPage
November 30, 2016
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After reading back over the last couple instalments of The Metaworker, I realised that some of the strategies I’ve been getting into might be a little heavy for the average playgroup. In fact, the whole con... Read More...

The Metaworker: Damia, Sage of Stone

James LaPage
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In the last installment of The Metaworker, we refurbished a Dralnu list that was struggling to keep up in the face of an Azorius deck that lands hard locks on the board fairly early on in the game. Sometime... Read More...

The MetaWorker: Episode 2 — Focus Dralnu!, Focus!

James LaPage
November 2, 2016
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For today’s installment of The Metaworker, I’ll be dealing with one of the most common pitfalls of Commander deck construction – lack of focus. Quite often a lack of focus results from a lack of planning before... Read More...

The Metaworker: Volume 1

James LaPage
October 15, 2016
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The Metaworker As a Commander player, I can say that I have encountered a host of issues my local playgroup. Players explore new deck archetypes, commanders, and super secret tech regularly, and sometimes some... Read More...
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James LaPage Researcher Bio

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October 10, 2016
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  Around here I'm known as Jim, codename: The Metaworker. I'm a L1 judge who is most interested in how members of Commander playgroups interact with each other, and with other playgroups. You'll oft... Read More...
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