The Metaworker – What’s in a Colour? James LaPage January 10, 2018 The Metaworker I think Magic's colour pie is one of the more interesting things in the world of gaming. Wizards, in their efforts to develop a rich atmosphere for the game, has assigned certain things to certain colours. If y... 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 – Building and Disrupting James LaPage December 20, 2017 The Metaworker 1 Lately we've been talking a lot about trade-offs and opportunity cost—the idea that doing one thing means you're acting at the expense of doing something else. If you have a budget of $20 to spend on ... Read More...
The Metaworker – How to Shop for a Magic Player James LaPage November 29, 2017 The Metaworker The Holidays are Just Around the Corner If you're reading this, it's fairly likely that you're shopping for a Magic player. It could be a family member, friend, significant other, coworker, or some lucky perso... Read More...
The Metaworker – Seven-Mana Bad Spells Part 2: Minimizing Setup Costs James LaPage November 1, 2017 The Metaworker 1 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...
The Metaworker – Seven-Mana Bad Spells Part 1: Setup and Payoff James LaPage October 18, 2017 The Metaworker "Great in Commander" I see this phrase pop up quite a bit when people are discussing big, splashy new cards. Usually this comes up when someone is discussing a card in the context of limited, standard, or mode... Read More...
The Metaworker – The Last 10 Cuts James LaPage October 12, 2017 The Metaworker If you've been reading this series for awhile, you know that one of my favourite aspects of Commander is the truly enormous card pool. I love being almost totally free from deckbuilding restraints, and how I ca... Read More...
The Metaworker – Signals (Part 2 of 2) James LaPage October 4, 2017 The Metaworker If you missed part one of this series, I would definitely recommend reading it before getting into this one. I'll be touching on a lot of the same concepts today. What did we learn last time? In the last epis... Read More...
The Metaworker: Rich Man, Poor Man, Poor Man, Beggar Man, Thief James LaPage September 20, 2017 The Metaworker Over some of my previous articles, I've received a fair bit of feedback regarding budget deckbuilding. I'm fairly blessed with a big collection and a decent amount of disposable income, so my first instinct whe... Read More...
The Metaworker – Casual Deckbuilding Part 2 James LaPage September 13, 2017 The Metaworker In the last article - Casual Deckbuilding Part 1 - we picked a win condition, brainstormed some supporting strategies, chose a colour identity and a commander, and created a few advanced Gatherer searches based... Read More...
