Into the Arena: Taking on the Arena Decathlon Dawson Reynolds December 24, 2021 Into the Arena, MTG Arena One of the most exciting Arena events of the year is upon us! Closing off 2021 in exciting fashion, the Arena Decathlon is a brand new tournament that is taking place from December 18th to January 1st. As the n... Read More...
Rant of Valakut: Day and Taxes (Standard) Ben Iverach-Brereton October 25, 2021 Rants of Valakut Shortly before rotation, I built a black/white Standard deck loosely inspired by old Modern and Legacy Death and Taxes lists. My plan was to use hand attack spells like Duress and Humiliate to remove key cards,... Read More...
Rant of Valakut: Chasing Wins and the Downward Spiral Ben Iverach-Brereton October 11, 2021 Rants of Valakut Content warning: This article discusses addiction, mental health and suicidal thoughts. When I was in university, I got into League of Legends. A lot. I would play every single night; if I won a match, I'd b... Read More...
Rant of Valakut: New Treasures Ben Iverach-Brereton September 13, 2021 Rants of Valakut Jump/Start Historic Horizons is a lot of fun, and the additions to Historic are proving to be quite interesting. I'll admit, I'm not sure that I'm looking forward to playing against every new archetype (I'm loo... Read More...
Into the Arena: Historic Horizons Primer Dawson Reynolds September 10, 2021 Into the Arena, MTG Arena Magic the Gathering: Arena received a major new product recently with the release of the largest ever Historic-focused set. Jumpstart: Historic Horizons is essentially a “masters set” style product for Arena’s ... Read More...
Into the Arena: Top Brawl Commanders Dawson Reynolds August 27, 2021 Into the Arena, MTG Arena With Historic Brawl now in full swing, I think it's time to take a look at some of the most popular commanders and what their strengths and weaknesses are. Even though Brawl isn’t a competitive format at the mo... Read More...
Rant of Valakut: Historic Treasures Ben Iverach-Brereton August 2, 2021 Rants of Valakut Adventures in the Forgotten Realms introduced a whole slew of "treasures matter" cards, like Kalain, Reclusive Painter and Xorn. Kaldheim had a bunch of treasure producers, too, like Goldspan Dragon and Magda, ... Read More...
Into the Arena: Back to Rogues in Historic Dawson Reynolds July 26, 2021 Decklists, Historic, Into the Arena As someone who plays a lot of Historic, Arena’s eternal format, I have played with a lot of Arclight Phoenixes the past few months. However, after a recent tournament full of Izzet Phoenix mirrors I started loo... Read More...
Into the Arena: Top Spoilers of The Forgotten Realms Dawson Reynolds July 9, 2021 Historic, Into the Arena, MTG Arena, Spoilers, Standard It’s finally here! The Forgotten Realms are upon us, and Arena players are getting their first taste of the new set. This marriage of Dungeons & Dragons and Magic: The Gathering has a ton of flavourful and ... Read More...
Into the Arena: Bringing Legacy to Historic Dawson Reynolds June 25, 2021 Decklists, Historic, Into the Arena, MTG Arena Historic, Arena's eternal format, has been drawing a lot of comparisons to Legacy in recent days. Although Historic doesn’t have a decades-old card pool with some of the most powerful cards ever printed, the co... Read More...
