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Jester’s Recap Episode 5: Branding Exercise, Commander Bans, Lightning Round

Blake Treleaven
October 10, 2017
Jester's reCap
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Hello Magic Community, It's me, Englishgrinn and I'm here to do my usually once-a-fortnight recap of the shake-ups and happenings in the great Magic community. I don't research or dig deep, this is all off t... Read More...

Rant of Valakut: Missed Opportunities

Ben Iverach-Brereton
October 9, 2017
Rants of Valakut
With Ixalan here, it means that we have finally seen the blocks of Battle for Zendikar and Shadows over Innistrad rotate out of Standard. For good or bad, these blocks were heavily influential to the format, ri... Read More...

Modern Musings: Amulet is Still Alive

Michael Shapiro
October 9, 2017
Modern Musings
Hey everyone and welcome to another Modern Musings!  This week we are going to take a look at the Amulet of Vigor deck that a few people have been doing well with and talk about the synergies and interactions to look out for when playing this deck. Many peo... Read More...

The Metaworker – Signals (Part 2 of 2)

James LaPage
October 4, 2017
The Metaworker
If you missed part one of this series, I would definitely recommend reading it before getting into this one. I'll be touching on a lot of the same concepts today. What did we learn last time? In the last epis... Read More...

Jester’s ReCap Episode 4: Jace’s Love Life, Don’t Be a Dick, and Cash Money

Blake Treleaven
October 3, 2017
Blake Treleaven, Jester's reCap
Greetings Magic Community, I'm pretty late with this article, nearly a week. You can choose one of two explanations, 1) I got a new real world job and have been so stressed and crazy that I literally forg... Read More...

Channel Nikachu: Modern Merfolk

Nikachu
October 3, 2017
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This week Nikachu is up against Eldrazi and Taxes, he's got the curve, but do the Merfolk have what it takes? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZee08ogg_U&t=620s 2 x Cavern of Souls1 x Gemstone Array11 x Island (B)1 x Minamo, School at Water's Edge4... Read More...

Modern Musings: A Plentiful Planeswalker Party

Michael Shapiro
October 2, 2017
Modern Musings
Hey everyone and welcome to another Modern Musings!  This week we are going to be taking a peek at some of the new decks you can make with the changes to the planeswalker rule.  Since I've seen a bunch of Lilia... Read More...

Cubism: Ixalan Review Part 2

Aaron Paquette
September 30, 2017
Cubism
The Cubism team is back to finish their review of Ixalan for Cube, let's jump right in! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_BLSXIhITg Audio only version here Facebook Page View More Cubism Here!... Read More...

The Metaworker – Information and Decision Making (part 1)

James LaPage
September 26, 2017
The Metaworker
Lately I've been talking a lot about choices in deckbuilding, so today I want to change it up a bit and talk about a really important concept in gameplay. I touched on this briefly in my three-part series on threat assessment, but I think it's a topic that's i... Read More...

Cubism: Ixalan First Impressions

Aaron Paquette
September 24, 2017
Cubism
The Cubism boys lay down the law when it comes to Ixalan, what cards are you adding to your cube? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPzbepbcy_A Watch More Cubism Here!... Read More...
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