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Rant of Valakut: Second Sun

Ben Iverach-Brereton
December 7, 2020
Rants of Valakut
Originally published in Rolling Stoneforge Magazine* In 2010, the band Smash Mouth began work on a new batch of songs. They wanted them to be a love letter to their favourite trading card game, and n... Read More...

Modern Musings: The KCI Banning and the Future of Modern

Michael Shapiro
January 28, 2019
Modern Musings
Hey everyone! Welcome to another Modern Musings! Last week was a rather important one in the magic world as KCI was put on the Modern ban list.  What does this mean for Modern now that its most powerful and res... Read More...

Jester’s ReCap 18: B&R Blank, Jessica Estephan’s GP Win, Teferi is Cool, Some DOM Cards

Blake Treleaven
April 24, 2018
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Hello Again Magic Community, Welcome Back to the Jester's ReCap, a hazy recounting of Magic's history in bite-sized two-week increments. I'm going to level with you folks, I bought a house since the last Jes... Read More...

Modern Musings: The Top 5 Winners of the Un-Bans

Michael Shapiro
April 2, 2018
Modern Musings
Hey Everyone! This week on Modern Musings we are going to look at the state of Modern after the unbannings and see what impact it has had on the format.  Enough time has passed that I think we can draw some con... Read More...

Modern Musings: Pro Tour Aftermath

Michael Shapiro
February 12, 2018
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Hey everyone! Welcome to another Modern Musings, where this week we are going to be talking about the aftermath of the Pro Tour, as well as some of the reactions to the winning deck.  Let's get to it! Luis... Read More...

Constructed Criticism 217: Week One Reactions Rivals of Ixalan Standard

Spencer Howland
January 25, 2018
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Modern Musings: Bannings and Predicting the future of Modern

Michael Shapiro
January 22, 2018
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