The Spike Feeders: S1E8 | Budget cEDH Deckbuilding Contest Playoff! The Mana Base December 27, 2018 The Spike Feeders If you frequent www.reddit.com/r/BudgetBrews or www.reddit.com/r/competitiveedh, you might have heard some rumblings of an EDH deckbuilding competition that ran for the week of November 29. Twenty-two deckbuild... Read More...
The Spike Feeders: S1E5 | Pastigur, Yidris, Selvala, Gitrog The Mana Base December 23, 2018 The Spike Feeders Episode 5 keeps it spicy, and someone forgets to put their phone into airplane mode 😬, as the guys get some sweet studio upgrades. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0NybOODuzgI Jim - Seasons Pasti... Read More...
The Spike Feeders: S1E7 | Gitrog, Nin, Yidris, Selvala The Mana Base December 17, 2018 The Spike Feeders We're very pleased to have The Spike Feeders here at The Mana Base, featuring our own much-adored, and sometimes controversial Metaworker, James LaPage! Check out his articles for more great Commander content. ... Read More...
The Metaworker: Learning to Love Hate (Part 1, Explosive Turns, Multiple Spells) James LaPage August 22, 2018 The Metaworker Hate is important for a healthy meta. It's what stops the best decks in your local meta from winning so consistently that you get sick of playing against them. What is it? How do you start hating on decks in yo... Read More...
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...
