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Modern Musings: Blue Steel Updates

Michael Shapiro
May 21, 2018
Modern Musings
Hey everyone! Welcome to another Modern Musings!  This week we are going to be talking about the recent updates Dominaria gave to the Blue Steel deck as suggested by the deck's premier player; Zak Elsik. What ... Read More...

Modern Musings: It’s Time We Need Time of Need

Michael Shapiro
May 14, 2018
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Hey everyone! Welcome to yet another Modern Musings!  This week I had another Mox Amber deck planned, but after doing some testing, I found that the deck really didn't need it.  Really there were two stars of t... Read More...

Modern Musings: Legends of Modern

Michael Shapiro
May 7, 2018
Modern Musings
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Hey everyone! Today on Modern Musings we are going to look at some potential new brews with the sweet new legends from Dominaria.  Specifically I want to try to utilize the power of Mox Amber.  Even though this... Read More...

Modern Musings: Top Cards for Modern Sideboards

Michael Shapiro
April 30, 2018
Modern Musings
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Hey everyone!  Welcome to another Modern Musings, and today we are going to look at something a little different.  With the release of Dominaria, Modern gets access to Damping Sphere, which will no doubt be one... Read More...

Modern Musings: The Deal With Delirium

Michael Shapiro
April 23, 2018
Modern Musings
Anyone who reads my articles knows by now that I love Eldrazi.  Unfortunately though, I haven't had much opportunity to play with Emrakul, the Promised End.  I really enjoyed the standard G/B delirium decks tha... Read More...

Modern Musings: Dominaria Spoilers Part 2

Michael Shapiro
April 16, 2018
Modern Musings
Hey everyone and welcome to another Modern Musings! This week we are going to return to spoilers and take a look at all the new goodies Dominaria might have for Modern.  So far the set looks great has quite a l... Read More...

Modern Musings: Eternal BloodBraid

Michael Shapiro
April 9, 2018
Modern Musings
Hey everyone! Welcome to another Modern Musings!  This week I'm going to walk you through a new brew I thought up: Eternal Bloodbraid.  If the name sounds someone reminiscent of a deck called Eternal Command, i... Read More...

Modern Musings: The Top 5 Winners of the Un-Bans

Michael Shapiro
April 2, 2018
Modern Musings
Hey Everyone! This week on Modern Musings we are going to look at the state of Modern after the unbannings and see what impact it has had on the format.  Enough time has passed that I think we can draw some con... Read More...

Modern Musings: Dominaria Spoilers – Part 1

Michael Shapiro
March 26, 2018
Modern Musings
Hey Everyone! Welcome to another Modern Musings! This week we are going to be looking at some of the spoilers coming out of Dominaria!  Specifically we are looking for any cards or set of cards that look viable... Read More...

Modern Musings: Welcome to the Jund-gle

Michael Shapiro
March 19, 2018
Modern Musings
Hello everyone! Welcome to another Modern Musings!  This week I am going to take an in depth look at Jund decks and how you can beat them.  Thanks to the recent unbanning of Bloodbraid Elf, the deck is as popul... Read More...
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