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Into the Arena: Stomping Down in Standard

Dawson Reynolds
August 6, 2021
Decklists, Into the Arena, Standard
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Many people had low expectations for Adventures in the Forgotten Realms in the Standard format since it is the eighth set being printed into an incredibly powerful card pool. However, the Dungeons & Dragons... Read More...

Into the Arena: Back to Rogues in Historic

Dawson Reynolds
July 26, 2021
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As someone who plays a lot of Historic, Arena’s eternal format, I have played with a lot of Arclight Phoenixes the past few months. However, after a recent tournament full of Izzet Phoenix mirrors I started loo... Read More...

Commander ad Populum, Ep 147: The Community’s Take on Power 9 in EDH

Ryan Peneff
July 23, 2021
Commander, Commander ad Populum
This week we look back at the most responded-to topic I've ever had on the channel, The Power 9 of Commander. I tabulate a ton of the community's response to the question: What is the Power 9 of Commander? Many... Read More...

Commander ad Populum, Ep 145: The Commander Power 9 – An exercise in Thought…

Ryan Peneff
July 15, 2021
Commander, Commander ad Populum
We all know the Power Nine of Magic. The supposed nine most powerful cards of all time. They're all banned in the Commander format, of course. So, that raises the question: What is the Commander Power Nine? Tun... Read More...

Into the Arena: Decks of the Summer Pt. 2 – Standard

Dawson Reynolds
June 18, 2021
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Let's get back Into the Arena! Last week I dove into two Historic decks that will be great to try out on the ranked ladder or in tournaments this summer. This time around I'll be looking at two interesting Stan... Read More...

Into the Arena: Decks of the Summer Pt. 1 – Historic

Dawson Reynolds
June 11, 2021
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Welcome to Into the Arena, a new series of articles where I, Dawson Reynolds, will be diving into various aspects of Magic. I will be focusing on Standard, Historic, and Limited, and aiming to explore competiti... Read More...

MTG Jeff: Standard 2021 is HERE Before Rotation!! Here are 3 Decks to Try!!

MTG JEFF
August 20, 2020
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Wow, it has been a while since my last post. In that time my wife had our 2nd child, I went full time with my YouTube channel, I started streaming consistently on Twitch, and SO MUCH has changed in the Magic wo... Read More...

Channel Nikachu: Modern Merfolk

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December 13, 2016
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Nikachu goes back to his roots with Modern for this series of videos that he created for, The Mana Base, with special guest, Andrew (Day 2) Dryden.   Round 1 vs RG Valakut https://www.youtube.com/... Read More...
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