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Channel Nikachu: Budget Replacements to Popular Cards

Nikachu
December 21, 2022
Channel Nikachu, Modern
Can't afford Wheel of Fortune? Check out Wheel of Misfortune! https://youtu.be/nohlBky5jQA Get your MTG singles from FUSION GAMING ONLINE. Use Coupon Code NIKACHU to save 5% off all you... Read More...

Commander ad Populum, Ep 215: Weaponizing Your Budget Decks

Ryan Peneff
November 17, 2022
Commander, Commander ad Populum
One of several topics this week is how to weaponize your deck on a strict budget. I discuss changing the way I build and the way I play to best utilize the inexpensive cards in my collection. If you'd li... Read More...

Rant of Valakut: A Valorous Update

Ben Iverach-Brereton
May 23, 2022
Rants of Valakut
The last time I wrote about my Firja, Judge of Valor Artisan Commander deck, we had just graduated from Strixhaven, and struck out on an adventure in the Forgotten Realms. Since then, we've seen the sun set on ... Read More...

Rant of Valakut: Death’s Peasants

Ben Iverach-Brereton
February 28, 2022
Rants of Valakut
For years I've been treating Artisan* Commander as a deck-building restriction. I've always enjoyed the challenge of putting together a list that can hold its own at the table without using any rare or mythic r... Read More...

Rant of Valakut: Hengehammering Out the Details

Ben Iverach-Brereton
November 22, 2021
Rants of Valakut
Since first writing about it last year, I was finally able to get some more games in with my Syr Faren, the Hengehammer Commander deck. Unsurprisingly, this prompted some adjustments. The core of the list remai... Read More...

Commander ad Populum, Ep 153: Substitutes for New Products?

Ryan Peneff
September 1, 2021
Commander, Commander ad Populum
If you're feeling fatigued by the never ending stream of new products that have come out, and that are continuing to come out, this week on CadPopCast is the week for you! I give some ideas on how best to spend... Read More...

Channel Nikachu: $100 Budget Modern Merfolk Deck with Svyelun!

Nikachu
August 3, 2021
Channel Nikachu, Decklists, Modern
Want to get into Modern on a budget? Merfolk is a great deck and got some upgrades from Modern Horizons 2 like Mishra's Factory and Svyelun of Sea and Sky! Start playing Modern today with the fish! ... Read More...

Rant of Valakut: Valor of Peasants (part 2)

Ben Iverach-Brereton
July 22, 2021
Rants of Valakut
In case you missed it, you can find part 1 here. Firja, Judge of Valor is a synergistic commander, but one that isn't tied to a particular archetype. She gives you a free copy of Ransack the Lab when... Read More...

Rant of Valakut: Valor of Peasants (part 1)

Ben Iverach-Brereton
July 5, 2021
Decklists, Rants of Valakut
My new Firja, Judge of Valor Commander deck feels like a culmination of several years' worth of deck building choices. It combines synergies, mechanics and constraints from several other Commander lists I've ma... Read More...

Rant of Valakut: The Pyleasants

Ben Iverach-Brereton
May 24, 2021
Decklists, Rants of Valakut
Have you ever felt like you've done something already, but looking back there's no record of it? I could have sworn I'd written about Siona, Captain of the Pyleas and the Commander deck I built around her, but ... Read More...
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