Salt Road Patrol: Episode 4 Chris Cardwell December 5, 2016 Salt Road Patrol 17 Hey all. I recently went to time in a match of magic and am extremely salty about it so lets not waste anymore time and get into it: 4) EV Considerations: Lately I've been hearing a lot of people talk... Read More...
The Metaworker: Fun With Friends James LaPage November 30, 2016 The Metaworker 3 After reading back over the last couple instalments of The Metaworker, I realised that some of the strategies I’ve been getting into might be a little heavy for the average playgroup. In fact, the whole con... Read More...
Rant of Valakut: Ulvenwald Mysteries Ben Iverach-Brereton November 28, 2016 Rants of Valakut I've been quite impressed by Ulvenwald Mysteries, a 3 cost green enchantment from Shadows over Innistrad. While I haven't seen it in Commander yet, I saw it a fair bit in draft, and the amount of work it put in... Read More...
Why We Play: Timmy Steven Hamonic November 22, 2016 Why We Play We’ve done a lot of analysis of what formats provide good value- but not a lot about who those formats are good for. The next few episodes I’m going to cover Player Archetypes, and delve into some of the forma... Read More...
Salt Road Patrol: What is the Deal with Control Players? Chris Cardwell November 21, 2016 Salt Road Patrol Hey all, welcome to episode 3 of the Salt Road Patrol. Lets go: 4) Going to time 50 Minutes is plenty of time to get through a match of magic, but I see the same players consistently going to time... Read More...
Why We Play: Cube Steven Hamonic November 15, 2016 Why We Play This week’s episode is going to attempt to deconstruct the value of creating your own draft set- be it a set or block specific one, or a custom one (also known as a cube). I’ve owned a few different cubes and ... Read More...
Rant of Valakut: Episode 2 Ben Iverach-Brereton November 1, 2016 Rants of Valakut Several years ago, some co-workers and I took part in a deck building challenge: to build 'Peasant' Commander decks that contained no Rare or Mythic Rare cards. This rarity restriction included the Legendary Cr... Read More...
Why We Play: Episode 1 Steven Hamonic October 16, 2016 Why We Play Why we Play Hi there, I’m Steven Hamonic- I’m an avid Magic player, I’ve been playing the game for over 12 years, trying as many cards, decks, and formats as I can get my hands on- I even helpe... Read More...
Rants of Valakut: Episode 1 Ben Iverach-Brereton October 15, 2016 Rants of Valakut Of all the really sweet cards that came out of Shadows over Innistrad, There was one card in particular that I needed to get my hands on, and it’s probably not what you would have expected. No, as cool as ... Read More...
The Metaworker: Volume 1 James LaPage October 15, 2016 The Metaworker The Metaworker As a Commander player, I can say that I have encountered a host of issues my local playgroup. Players explore new deck archetypes, commanders, and super secret tech regularly, and sometimes some... Read More...