State of the Spirit Address: Ixalan Edition Andre Segarra November 24, 2023 Decklists, Explorer, Pioneer, The Spirit Squad What's good, Spirit Squad! Today we're gonna talk about something we haven't had a direct focus on in a little bit: Spirits, and the state of the Pioneer format! Dude. You always talk about Spirits. What are y... Read More...
BAMulet Titan: Turning to the Dark Side to Attack the Metagame! GR_DONKIN July 21, 2023 Decklists, Donkin's Digest, Modern Hi all, Welcome back to another article about Amulet Titan! This time we're going to be spicing it up and talking about an interesting innovation that I've been working on for the past few weeks. The bad n... Read More...
Brewing with LOTR after a short “Reprieve” GR_DONKIN June 22, 2023 Decklists, Donkin's Digest, Modern Hi all, I'm back writing at The Mana Base after a short Reprieve. Sometimes, life takes precedence. Speaking of a reprieve, that is exactly the card I wanted to talk about today. Reprieve is a card from the n... Read More...
What’s U with W’s all over? Azorius! Andre Segarra March 3, 2023 The Spirit Squad What's Good, Spirit Squad! Recently I've been championing the cause of Azorius Spirits in Pioneer, mostly due to the release of Seachrome Coast. And the deck has certainly performed! In the past week alone, ... Read More...
Modern Amulet Mulligans: Can it Titan? GR_DONKIN February 17, 2023 Donkin's Digest Welcome back to another Donkin's Digest! Today we're going to be talking about something that has been at the top of mind lately: Amulet! For the sake of brevity and a bit of a disclaimer, I won't explain how ... Read More...
Modern Devoted Druid Combo in 2023 GR_DONKIN January 28, 2023 Decklists, Donkin's Digest When it comes to creature-based combo decks in the Modern format, the one that stands out the most in my mind is Devoted Druid. Devoted Druid has been around since 2008, but the card didn't have a home in Moder... Read More...
Updating a Donkin Classic: Neoform in Pioneer! GR_DONKIN January 21, 2023 Decklists, Donkin's Digest, Pioneer Neoform is one of my favorite cards of all time. At first glance, Neoform is fun little uncommon that can enable your Simic +1/+1 counter strategies like Incubation Druid. Look a little deeper though and you se... Read More...
Rant of Valakut: Historic Vesperlark Ben Iverach-Brereton August 29, 2022 Rants of Valakut I decided to dust off Arena recently. It was mostly because of the Gladiator queue, but while I had the game open I thought it might be interesting to try building my Vesperlark Reanimator deck for Historic. Ar... Read More...
Channel Nikachu: Modern Cats Are Ambushing The Metagame! Nikachu August 25, 2022 Channel Nikachu, Modern Prepare to be ambushed! Cat Tribal has enough pounce to surprise the best decks in Modern! Creature (29)4 x Loam Lion2 x Felidar Cub3 x Bronzehide Lion4 x Qasali Pridemage4 x King of the Pride4... Read More...
Channel Nikachu: Mono-Blue Midrange Nikachu August 24, 2022 Channel Nikachu, Modern There's a new blue deck on the block, focused on Counterspells and Chalice of the Void backed up by great blue creatures like Svyelun! Creature (15)4 x Brazen Borrower // Petty Theft4 x S... Read More...
