Can We Fix Power Creep?! Lord of Modern March 26, 2023 Lord of Modern, Modern We're very happy to welcome Lord of Modern to The Mana Base! With her fresh insight and well-researched videos, we expect great things in the discourse around Modern MTG. Today, Lord of Modern addresses the ... Read More...
Commander Cookout Podcast, Ep 251: Grist, The Hunger Tide x4! Commander Cookout June 29, 2021 Commander, Commander Cookout, Decklists This week on CCO Podcast, we feature not one, not two, not three, but FOUR Grist, The Hunger Tide decks! Join us and learn all about diversity in Commander! Huge thank you to our sponsors, Fusion Gaming Onli... Read More...
Commander Cookout Podcast, Ep 248: Modern Horizons 2 Review & Opinions Commander Cookout June 15, 2021 Commander, Commander Cookout Modern Horizons 2: love it? Or, hate it? This week, on CCO podcast, we go deep on all the things that we love and several things that we are not so keen on. Tune in and find out what we think about all things M... Read More...
Commander Cookout Podcast, Ep 248: Modern Horizons 2 Legendary Creatures Commander Cookout June 8, 2021 Commander, Commander Cookout This week, we take our first looks at Modern Horizons 2. We spend the day reviewing legendary creatures. Where do we see them landing? Which would we play as commanders? Which are better in the 99? Do we hard p... Read More...
Channel Nikachu: Simic Merfolk without Oko Nikachu February 8, 2020 Channel Nikachu, Decklists Playing Oko, Thief of Crowns in Simic Merfolk required a painful manabase, shocklands, and fetchlands. Today, Dismember is very well positioned, but I don't want to take extra damage from my lands. Now, post-Ok... Read More...
Channel Nikachu: Oko in Modern Simic Merfolk Nikachu December 12, 2019 Channel Nikachu Simic Merfolk has enjoyed a new addition to their toolbox: Oko, Thief of Crowns. Thanks to Oko, Burn is no longer a bad matchup for the Simic Merfolk deck that takes a lot of damage from their lands. Oko gives ... Read More...
Channel Nikachu: Simic Merfolk in the New Modern Metagame Nikachu September 12, 2019 Channel Nikachu With Faithless Looting banned and Stoneforge Mystic Unbanned, certainly Modern will change all over again. When a format changes drastically, how do we change our deck? We don't. Nikachu sticks to the exact sam... Read More...
Channel Nikachu: Simic Merfolk WITHOUT Silvergill Adept! Nikachu September 5, 2019 Channel Nikachu In a world where everyone is trying to win between turns 1-4, Gut Shot doesn't cut it anymore. Silvergill, the staple that used to grind out the opponents in card advantage, has no place in Modern where you die... Read More...
Channel Nikachu: Simic Merfolk Races in Modern! Nikachu August 29, 2019 Channel Nikachu Modern has gotten incredibly fast. Hogaak has set the bar for the speed and now Izzet Phoenix, Dredge, Mono Red Phoenix, Urza Whir, and Burn are rising to keep up pace. How does Merfolk compete to keep up? Spla... Read More...
Channel Nikachu: Infinite Mill and 5-0 Simic Smash! Nikachu August 23, 2019 Channel Nikachu Infinite Mill Combo Modern Merfolk Deck Today we play Modern Merfolk Mill! Thanks to Cloudstone Curio and Merrow Reejerey we can draw infinite cards, get infinite mana (if there are 2 Reejereys) and mill the o... Read More...