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Rant of Valakut: New Treasures

Ben Iverach-Brereton
September 13, 2021
Rants of Valakut
Jump/Start Historic Horizons is a lot of fun, and the additions to Historic are proving to be quite interesting. I'll admit, I'm not sure that I'm looking forward to playing against every new archetype (I'm loo... Read More...

Into the Arena: Armageddon in Historic!

Dawson Reynolds
August 13, 2021
Decklists, Historic, Into the Arena
I think as Magic players we all sometimes have the urge to put down whatever it is we have been playing and come up with something entirely new. One of the greatest parts of Magic is exploring the vast card poo... Read More...

Rant of Valakut: Historic Treasures

Ben Iverach-Brereton
August 2, 2021
Rants of Valakut
Adventures in the Forgotten Realms introduced a whole slew of "treasures matter" cards, like Kalain, Reclusive Painter and Xorn. Kaldheim had a bunch of treasure producers, too, like Goldspan Dragon and Magda, ... Read More...

Into the Arena: Historic’s Hidden Gems

Dawson Reynolds
July 30, 2021
Historic, Into the Arena
Historic is a growing format that includes every card released on Arena, but at its core it is still the format where cards can live on even after they rotate out of Standard. However, not every card that has m... Read More...

Into the Arena: Top Spoilers of The Forgotten Realms

Dawson Reynolds
July 9, 2021
Historic, Into the Arena, MTG Arena, Spoilers, Standard
It’s finally here! The Forgotten Realms are upon us, and Arena players are getting their first taste of the new set. This marriage of Dungeons & Dragons and Magic: The Gathering has a ton of flavourful and ... Read More...

Into the Arena: Bringing Legacy to Historic

Dawson Reynolds
June 25, 2021
Decklists, Historic, Into the Arena, MTG Arena
Historic, Arena's eternal format, has been drawing a lot of comparisons to Legacy in recent days. Although Historic doesn’t have a decades-old card pool with some of the most powerful cards ever printed, the co... Read More...

Modern Musings: Modern Guild Brews

Michael Shapiro
October 8, 2018
Modern Musings
Hey everyone! Welcome to another Modern Musings!  Today I'm going to talk about some Guilds of Ravnica Modern brews.  More specifically something I'm calling G/R Rabble.  I'm interested in this deck because we ... Read More...

Modern Musings: Fireblood Ramp

Michael Shapiro
July 16, 2018
Modern Musings
Hey everyone! Welcome to another Modern Musings! This week, we are talking about Dragons.  More specifically, Dragon Ramp.  You might be wondering "why specifically Dragons?"  That's because M19 gave us the won... 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...

The Metaworker – Seven-Mana Bad Spells Part 2: Minimizing Setup Costs

James LaPage
November 1, 2017
The Metaworker
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Special Guest I’m so excited to have a guest writer with me today. After last week’s article, Dennis Lackmeyer offered up some very insightful comments about cost reduction. It’s a complex topic with quite a f... Read More...
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