Rant of Valakut: Frantic Overload (Arena Standard) Ben Iverach-Brereton November 9, 2020 Rants of Valakut It's no secret that I enjoy cards like Archaeomancer. I put them to good use in Commander, and the last time we were on Zendikar I had a lot of fun in Standard with Halimar Tidecaller. Whenever a new ... Read More...
Channel Nikachu: Modern Izzet Merfolk Returns! Is Blood Moon Well Positioned?! Ian Mikita August 2, 2020 Channel Nikachu, Decklists With the banning of Arcum's Astrolabe, Blood Moon is significantly stronger in the current metagame. Can Merfolk take advantage of it? We have additional mana disruption in the form of Spreading Seas and ta... Read More...
Channel Nikachu: Vial-less Izzet Merfolk Nikachu March 12, 2020 Channel Nikachu, Decklists We run back Vial-less Izzet Merfolk to see how good cards like Cryptic Command, Lightning Bolt, and The Royal Scions are for the archetype! The deck that went 5-0 is still showing results. The Royal Scions is... Read More...
Channel Nikachu: Merfolk WITHOUT Aether Vial 5-0! Nikachu February 27, 2020 Channel Nikachu, Decklists Today we try Modern Merfolk WITHOUT Aether Vial. Sound crazy? Does a 5-0 with Izzet Merfolk sound crazy to you? With More mana we can utilize Cryptic Command to tap the opponent's creatures and counter spells! ... Read More...
Channel Nikachu: Modern UR Kiki-Faeries Nikachu November 7, 2019 Channel Nikachu Faeries got a lot of upgrades in Throne of Eldraine with the addition of Brazen Borrower and Hypnotic Sprite as extra bounce spells and counterspells. How to put it together in a Modern list? Nikachu pairs Faer... Read More...
MTG Jeff: Iz Izzet Superfirends BETTER than Jeskai?? MTG JEFF October 23, 2019 Decklists, Fusion Gaming, MTG Arena, Standard So I built this more to stay on theme, but after a few games with it I'm actually quite impressed. I'm not quite sure if it's better than Jeskai. Teferi is just so good at shutting down decks and white gives yo... Read More...
Channel Nikachu: Modern Horizons in Modern Merfolk (Part 2 of 2) Nikachu July 11, 2019 Channel Nikachu Simic Merfolk with Force of Negation! Simic Merfolk has been upgraded significantly with Modern Horizons. They get to play Force of Negation, protecting a large swarm of creatures before going for the kill nex... Read More...
Rant of Valakut: Izzet Any Better? Ben Iverach-Brereton February 25, 2019 Rants of Valakut About two years ago I built a red-blue Commander deck featuring Jori En, Ruin Diver. It focused on casting a flurry of cheap, repeatable instant and sorcery spells to generate tokens, deal damage, and draw extr... Read More...
MTG Jeff: Drake-less Izzet Midrange MTG JEFF January 12, 2019 Fusion Gaming, MTG Arena, Standard If you have played MTG Arena at all lately you have also gained a frustration or hatred of Drakes. Well now, with this deck, you can still play with your favorite guild and never even think of Drakes. Check out... Read More...
Modern Musings: Phoenix is Here to Stay Michael Shapiro November 26, 2018 Modern Musings Hello Everyone! Welcome to another Modern Musings! This week we are going to take a look at all the new Arclight Phoenix decks that did well in the SCG Vegas event. These decks were out in force at the event.... Read More...
