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Author Michael Shapiro

Michael Shapiro

Michael loves wacky decks and janky cards. He's been slinging cardboard since 2006 and has been brewing weird decks since day one. Michael also enjoys long walks on short beaches.

Modern Musings: Phoenix is Here to Stay

Michael Shapiro
November 26, 2018
Modern Musings
Hello Everyone! Welcome to another Modern Musings!  This week we are going to take a look at all the new Arclight Phoenix decks that did well in the SCG Vegas event.  These decks were out in force at the event.... Read More...

Modern Musings: Jeskai Ascendency – A Quick Look at a Forgotten Deck

Michael Shapiro
November 19, 2018
Modern Musings
Hey everyone! Welcome to another Modern Musings!  This week we are going to take a look at a deck that has been out of the meta for a while, Jeskai Ascendency,  and see if reminding the world of this forgotten ... Read More...

Modern Musings: It’s Time to Make Competitive Magic Digital

Michael Shapiro
November 5, 2018
Modern Musings
Hey everyone! This week on Modern Musings, I'm going to talk a little bit about the future of competitive Magic, its problems and their potential solutions. Magic in general is in a pretty good place right now,... Read More...

Modern Musings: Dredge is Creeping up on Modern

Michael Shapiro
October 29, 2018
Modern Musings
Hey everyone! Welcome to another Modern Musings!  This week we are going to talk about the newest addition to Dredge that has it posting results again: Creeping Chill.  If you missed this card when looking thro... Read More...

Modern Musings: Steamy New Modern

Michael Shapiro
October 22, 2018
Modern Musings
Hey everyone! Welcome to another Modern Musings!  This week Modern has been getting a little steamy with all of the Runaway Steam-Kin decks that have been running around.  The Magic streamer h0lydiva has been p... Read More...

Modern Musings: What Should You be Playing Right Now?

Michael Shapiro
October 15, 2018
Modern Musings
Hey everyone! Welcome to another Modern Musings!  This week I'm going to talk about what deck I think you should be playing right now.  Before that, though, we have to kind of preface with what the modern metag... Read More...

Modern Musings: Modern Guild Brews

Michael Shapiro
October 8, 2018
Modern Musings
Hey everyone! Welcome to another Modern Musings!  Today I'm going to talk about some Guilds of Ravnica Modern brews.  More specifically something I'm calling G/R Rabble.  I'm interested in this deck because we ... Read More...

Modern Musings: The State of Professional Magic

Michael Shapiro
October 1, 2018
Modern Musings
Hey everyone!  Welcome to another Modern Musings!  This week, in light of Gerry Thompson's decision to protest worlds, I thought that we'd talk a little about the state of professional Magic and propose some so... Read More...

Modern Musings: Guilds of Ravnica Spoiler Review Part 2

Michael Shapiro
September 24, 2018
Modern Musings
Hey everyone! Welcome to another Modern Musings!  This week we'll be finishing up our look at Guilds of Ravnica as most of the set is spoiled as of the writing of this article.  I'm going to review the cards we... Read More...

Modern Musings: Guilds of Ravnica Spoiler Review Part 1

Michael Shapiro
September 17, 2018
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Hey everyone! Welcome to another Modern Musings!  This week I'm going to look at all the juicy spoilers that we have so far and pick out the cards that I think will best fit into Modern.  As always, I'm going t... Read More...
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