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Limited Time Only: Episode 69 Understanding Signals

Spencer Howland
August 24, 2017
Limited Time Only
This week The Limited Time Only boys are back and discussing how to properly read and understand signals in Limited. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLqEi18rcPA Follow Spencer on Twitter at: @Spencer13H ... Read More...

Salt Road Patrol: Nothing is Ever Good Enough For You People!

Austen Hoey
August 24, 2017
Salt Road Patrol
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1. People Are Never Satisfied with Wizards You see it literally every time Wizards releases a new Commander lineup: How come there isn't a valuable land cycle in it? How come the MSRP isn't lower? Why a... Read More...

The Metaworker – C17 and Functional Redundancy

James LaPage
August 23, 2017
The Metaworker
For the past few sets, I've been trying to outline my thoughts on deckbuilding and how they impact my assessment of new cards. Today I'm going to continue that theme and talk a little bit about functional redundancy. What is functional redundancy? Essentiall... Read More...

Channel Nikachu: Vintage Merfolk

Nikachu
August 22, 2017
Channel Nikachu
This week, Nikachu tries his hand at the crazy wacky world of Vintage. How will his fishy friends fair in the most powerful format known to Magic? Vintage Merfolk: by Nikachu 1 x Black Lotus1 x Mox Sa... Read More...

Rant of Valakut: A Different Shade of Green

Ben Iverach-Brereton
August 21, 2017
Rants of Valakut
Back during the release of Commander 2014 and the mono-coloured preconstructed decks, I was looking to put together a new deck. I wasn't quite sure what I wanted to make, but I was seriously considering somethi... Read More...

Modern Musings: The Modern Banlist

Michael Shapiro
August 20, 2017
Modern Musings
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Welcome to another Modern Musings!  I know I said that we'd be talking about Training Grounds this week, but I realized that this is the last article you guys will see before the banned and restricted announcement on August 28.  So in lieu of talking about Tra... Read More...

Constructed Criticism: Episode 198 The Power of Magic Content

Spencer Howland
August 18, 2017
Constructed Criticism
This week on Constructed Criticism, Danny and Mike are joined by special guest, KYT to discuss how the reach of certain Magic writers and Content Creators can affect the Meta game and Magic in general. https... Read More...

Salt Road Patrol: I Got a Lot of Problems With You People!

Austen Hoey
August 18, 2017
Salt Road Patrol
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In times like this, one can only look to Frank Costanza to really express how I feel. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JR6xt9S02o So, let's get started shall we? 1. The "I Don't Play Tier 1 Decks" Guy ... Read More...

The Metaworker – Dragons and Building Around an Effect, Part 1

James LaPage
August 16, 2017
The Metaworker
In my playgroup, after a few intense games of cutthroat EDH, sometimes we pull out our goofy decks so we can turn our brains off and cast 7-mana bad spells. If you know me, you know that I have a real soft spot for bad decks with janky win conditions. I've put... Read More...

Jester’s reCap: A Terrible Take on Magic News

Blake Treleaven
August 15, 2017
Jester's reCap
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Hello again Magic Community, I'm back again with my increasingly common, off-the-cuff, no-research-done, recapping of the latest news over the last two weeks of Magic: The Gathering. Now granted a thin v... Read More...
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