Channel Nikachu: Master of Waves is BACK in Modern Merfolk Nikachu September 17, 2019 Channel Nikachu Mono-Blue Merfolk is still competitive over Simic for two good reasons: it dodges Blood Moon, and it has a good Burn match up. Burn has been rising in numbers, filling up top 8's and winning several events. Wha... Read More...
Rant of Valakut: A World Without the Faithless (Part 1) Ben Iverach-Brereton September 16, 2019 Rants of Valakut So, Faithless Looting got banned in Modern. I think it's fair to say in hindsight that the card was just too powerful and that it warped the format around it. While it did enable a variety of decks, ... 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...
Rant of Valakut – Modern Flux Channeler Storm Ben Iverach-Brereton August 19, 2019 Rants of Valakut There's no shortage of Storm decks in Magic. The idea of casting a flurry of spells in a single turn is remarkably popular. It doesn't matter what format it is, if there are enough cheap spells that d... Read More...
Channel Nikachu: Keeping it Simic – for Fun and Profit! Nikachu August 16, 2019 Channel Nikachu Scale Up Your Merfolk! Draw TONS of cards! MTG Modern Gameplay Have you ever tried to draw 6 cards with Cold-Eyed Selkie with Scale Up? Well now you can! Scale up is also a way to kill your opponent OUT OF NOW... Read More...
Channel Nikachu: Modern Merfolk Counters with Chalice of the Void! Nikachu August 8, 2019 Channel Nikachu Modern Merfolk Counters with Chalice of the Void Chalice of the Void is one if the rising stars in Modern MTG, thanks largely to its use in Eldrazi Tron. Chalice shuts down top decks like Izzet Phoenix and Mon... Read More...
Modern Musings: Graveyards and Mythic Championship IV Michael Shapiro August 5, 2019 Modern Musings Hello everyone! Welcome to another Modern Musings! Today we are going to talk about Mythic Championship IV and talk a little bit about what you should be playing walking into Magic Fest Las Vegas. Mythic Cha... Read More...
