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 – EDH on the Road James LaPage January 20, 2018 The Metaworker I'm heading to Calgary, AB next week for work. I'll be there for about a week, and I don't have any colleagues coming with me. I'm fairly used to travelling for work, but this is one of the first times I've tra... 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...
The Metaworker – What’s in a Colour? James LaPage January 10, 2018 The Metaworker I think Magic's colour pie is one of the more interesting things in the world of gaming. Wizards, in their efforts to develop a rich atmosphere for the game, has assigned certain things to certain colours. If y... Read More...
The Metaworker – The Man from Nebraska James LaPage January 3, 2018 Daily Featured Research, The Metaworker One would think that I would use my time off of work over the past few weeks to write a ton of articles for the upcoming year. One would be entirely wrong about that, though. Between visiting my parents and my ... Read More...
Rant of Valakut: Gifts Unwanted Ben Iverach-Brereton January 1, 2018 Rants of Valakut The holidays have come and gone, we're facing down a new year, and bracing ourselves for the horror that is Valentine's Day. As we slowly put away our decorations and presents, it is inevitable ... Read More...
The Metaworker – Building and Disrupting James LaPage December 20, 2017 The Metaworker 1 Lately we've been talking a lot about trade-offs and opportunity cost—the idea that doing one thing means you're acting at the expense of doing something else. If you have a budget of $20 to spend on ... Read More...
Un-Un-EDH James LaPage December 7, 2017 The Metaworker Before we begin I wrote the bulk of this article before Sheldon Menery's rules announcement on Friday, December 1. I won't be brewing silver-bordered EDH or incorporating any of the cards into my decks because... Read More...
The Metaworker – When the Game is About to End James LaPage November 20, 2017 The Metaworker 2 Buckle up, folks. Today we're going to talk about one of my favourite topics in all of EDH. It's one of the most important threat-assessment skills you can master. In strategy games, you often see people talk a... Read More...
The Metaworker – Who Does This Benefit? James LaPage November 8, 2017 The Metaworker 4 Dennis Lackmeyer and I are taking another week to finish up Seven-Mana Bad Spells Part 3: Amplifying Payoffs, so you'll see that on November 15. If you missed the first two installments, you can check out Part ... Read More...