Rant of Valakut: Ulvenwald Mysteries Ben Iverach-Brereton November 28, 2016 Rants of Valakut I've been quite impressed by Ulvenwald Mysteries, a 3 cost green enchantment from Shadows over Innistrad. While I haven't seen it in Commander yet, I saw it a fair bit in draft, and the amount of work it put in... Read More...
Blue Black Reanimator The Mana Base November 27, 2016 Standard Blue Black Reanimator by Chris Durupt 4 x Choked Estuary3 x Dead Weight1 x Decimator of the Provinces2 x Demon of Dark Schemes2 x Diabolic Tutor4 x Evolving Wilds2 x Grasp of Darkness6 x Island (335)4 x Mind... Read More...
Cubism: Commander 2016 Review Aaron Paquette November 25, 2016 Cubism Back with this years Commander review. This time around the Partner, Undaunted and 4 color creatures don’t do cube any favours but we still have a few cards to talk about. Ancient Excavation In the cycle of basic landcycling cards this one e... Read More...
Pauper Ponderings: Witness Me! Austen Hoey November 24, 2016 Pauper Ponderings Mad Max: Fury Road was one of my favourite movies last year, and for good reason, as one of the best action movies in as long as I can remember it's more than fitting it deserves a deck named after it. Witne... Read More...
Channel Nikachu: Legacy Challenge Part 1 Nikachu November 22, 2016 Channel Nikachu Nikachu takes you through the MTGO Legacy Challenge with his bread and butter, Merfolk! Round 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdFCZLzR6DA Round 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjsaV8xagQo Rou... Read More...
Why We Play: Timmy Steven Hamonic November 22, 2016 Why We Play We’ve done a lot of analysis of what formats provide good value- but not a lot about who those formats are good for. The next few episodes I’m going to cover Player Archetypes, and delve into some of the formats that Johnny, Spike, Timmy and Vorthos might enj... Read More...
Salt Road Patrol: What is the Deal with Control Players? Chris Cardwell November 21, 2016 Salt Road Patrol Hey all, welcome to episode 3 of the Salt Road Patrol. Lets go: 4) Going to time 50 Minutes is plenty of time to get through a match of magic, but I see the same players consistently going to time... Read More...
Delving with Devin: Bant Humans Devin Wiess November 18, 2016 Delving With Devin This week on Delving with Devin, we are porting a deck from a standard gone by in Bant Humans, with a few upgrades of course. Adding cards like Noble Hierarch, Path to Exile and Meddling Mage to an already p... Read More...
Pauper Ponderings: Sultai Lantern Control Austen Hoey November 17, 2016 Pauper Ponderings 2 Hello Everyone! This week on Pauper Ponderings we're exploring the deep dark end of infinite combo and prison strategies all boiled into one. Have you ever been playing Lantern Control in modern (fellow Mana Base author Chris Cardwell is a fan) and thoug... Read More...
The Metaworker: Damia, Sage of Stone James LaPage November 16, 2016 The Metaworker 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...