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Modern Musings: The Hyperbolic Time Chamber

Michael Shapiro
August 27, 2017
Modern Musings
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Yes folks, it's finally time time for Training Grounds!  This week on modern musings I'll be unveiling what I think could be a competitively viable archetype as the deck has a multitude of combos and synergies ... Read More...

Modern Musings: The Modern Banlist

Michael Shapiro
August 20, 2017
Modern Musings
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Welcome to another Modern Musings!  I know I said that we'd be talking about Training Grounds this week, but I realized that this is the last article you guys will see before the banned and restricted announcem... Read More...

Modern Musings: Hollow One and You

Michael Shapiro
August 13, 2017
Modern Musings
Hey everyone and welcome to another modern musings!  This week we are going to be taking a closer look at Hollow One and its potential abuses. Why Hollow One?  A long time ago we had another card that see... Read More...

Modern Musings: The Watch List

Michael Shapiro
August 6, 2017
Modern Musings
Hey everyone and welcome to another Modern Musings, this week we are going to be looking at cards in modern that I think are just waiting to be broken.  These are cards to look back to every time a set comes ou... Read More...

Modern Musings: The Return of the Modern Pro Tour

Michael Shapiro
July 31, 2017
Modern Musings
Hey everyone and welcome to another Modern Musings, and just in case you didn't read the title, the latest big news in competitive magic is the return of the Modern format to the Pro Tour.  What does this mean ... Read More...

Modern Musings: A Reason to Believe in Miracles

Michael Shapiro
July 23, 2017
Modern Musings
Hey everybody! Welcome to another Modern Musings!  This week we are going to continue to look into the viability of cards from Hour of Devastation in modern.  More specifically, we are going to be looking at tw... Read More...

Modern Musings: Decks of Devastation

Michael Shapiro
July 16, 2017
Modern Musings
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Hour of Devastation is finally here, and that means it's time for brewers everywhere to show off their shiny new decklists.  Two weeks ago we looked at my picks for the cards that most interested me from Hour o... Read More...

Modern Musings: Saheeli in Modern?

Michael Shapiro
July 9, 2017
Modern Musings
Hey guys, and welcome to another Modern Musings, I hope you had a good prerelease weekend if you attended an event.  I had some family in town, so I spent time with them instead of going to a prerelease. With t... Read More...

Modern Musings: Hour of Devastation Cards of Interest

Michael Shapiro
July 2, 2017
Modern Musings
Hey everyone, welcome to another Modern Musings, this week I'm going to take a look at all the juicy cards that Hour of Devastation has to offer modern.  Then after I've gone through all the cards, I'm going to... Read More...

Modern Musings: The State of Modern Post GP Vegas

Michael Shapiro
June 25, 2017
Modern Musings
Hey all, and welcome to another Modern Musings, where this week we're going to talk about what the modern metagame looks like after GP Vegas, and which decks I think gained stock and which lost stock in our pos... Read More...
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