The Metaworker: Is the Commander Rules Committee Ruining the Format? (Part 3, Promoting Growth) James LaPage August 8, 2018 The Metaworker Today we’re going to wrap up our three-part series about the Commander Rules Committee. If you’ve missed the first two parts of this series, you can read them here and here. I’ve saved this one for last because... Read More...
The Metaworker: Is the Commander Rules Committee Ruining the Format? (Part 2, Maintaining the Banlist) James LaPage July 19, 2018 The Metaworker 5 Today we’re going to move right along and evaluate the Commander Rules Committee by the next item on the list of things I think they should be doing. If you haven’t read part 1, please do that before reading th... Read More...
The Metaworker: Is the Commander Rules Committee Ruining the Format? (Part 1, Rules Management) James LaPage July 11, 2018 The Metaworker 4 I think a big part of growing as a Magic player and as a person is stepping back every so often and evaluating how firmly your deeply-held beliefs are rooted in reality. It’s super easy to say that a card belon... Read More...
The Metaworker: Building Jank with cEDH All-Stars (part 4, Derevi Mill) James LaPage May 2, 2018 The Metaworker If you’ve missed part 1, part 2, or part 3 of this series you should definitely check them out before reading this one. If you don’t, it won’t be immediately evident why we’ll be using Gaea’s Cradle to pull off... Read More...
The Metaworker: Building Jank with cEDH All-Stars (part 3, 4C Aetherlich) James LaPage April 27, 2018 The Metaworker 3 If you’ve missed part 1 and part 2 of this series, you’d better catch up and buckle in. Today we’re continuing our Descent into Madness with Aetherflux Reservoir. In keeping with tradition, I’m going to talk a ... Read More...
The Metaworker: Building Jank with cEDH All-Stars (part 2, Riku Hulkmorph) James LaPage April 11, 2018 The Metaworker Last week I hope you had as much fun as I did brewing a casual Ad Nauseam deck. “Casual” and “Ad Nauseam” don’t usually fit in the same sentence unless it’s something like “This Ad Nauseam deck is perfect for s... Read More...
The Metaworker: Building Jank with cEDH All-Stars (Part 1, Jundarude Landstorm) James LaPage April 5, 2018 The Metaworker 1 It’s been quite awhile since I did a segment on brewing in Commander. I recently released an article about brewing in Brawl, and I spent a lot of time explaining my thought processes and rationale behind includ... Read More...
The Metaworker: Jhoira, Weatherlight Captain and Fringe Storm Decks in Commander James LaPage March 30, 2018 The Metaworker 2 So I know I’m not the only one whose jaw dropped when the new Jhoira was spoiled. As most of you know, I play a lot of Izzet so I took a crack at brewing. This is pretty rough, but I’d love to get a discussion ... Read More...
The Metaworker – A Great Traveling Experience James LaPage February 1, 2018 The Metaworker 2 For those of you wondering where I've been, I've just returned from balmy Calgary, AB. It feels like I've been gone for months, even though it was really only about a week. You can read all about how I prepared... Read More...
The Metaworker – Deckbuilding Resolutions (part 1 of 3) James LaPage January 17, 2018 The Metaworker Well, it's January. For many people, that means breaking old habits and perhaps even starting some new ones. While I was looking back over the articles I wrote in 2017, I noticed a theme—I talk a lot about what... Read More...