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Delving with Devin: To Ban or Not To Ban Part 3

Devin Wiess
June 9, 2017
Delving With Devin
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Welcome back to the third instalment of "To ban or not to ban". Lets Delve right in! Why are Rite of Flame/Seething Song banned? When modern was first introduced, Storm was one of the big decks of th... Read More...

Modern Musings: Trouble with Trinisphere

Michael Shapiro
June 4, 2017
Modern Musings
This week on Modern musings I’m going to walk you through my journey to try and brew a competitively viable Trinisphere deck and the lessons I learned while trying to do it. What does Trinisphere do? ... Read More...

Modern Musings: Top 5 Underutilized Hate Cards in Modern

Michael Shapiro
May 28, 2017
Modern Musings
What would modern be without its hate cards?  They can define and sometimes even warp the meta game.  This week we are going to be looking at some modern hate cards that I think see less play than they should. ... Read More...

Delving WIth Devin: To Ban or Not to Ban, Part 2

Devin Wiess
May 26, 2017
Delving With Devin
Welcome back everyone to part two of "To ban or not to ban", that is the question. Before we get to the modern banned list, I thought I would do a complete standard meta game breakdown for you... Read More...

Channel Nikachu: Cocofolk in Modern

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May 23, 2017
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Well, in his final piece of his series on splashes, Nikachu adds green to his Merfolk list and enlists the help of one of the best cards in the history of Standard. Collected Company! Follow along as he tries t... Read More...

Modern Musings: GP Vegas and the Modern Metagame

Michael Shapiro
May 21, 2017
Modern Musings
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Welcome to another Modern Musings, this week we are going to do something a bit different and talk about the current modern meta-game with respect to the field of decks most likely to pop up at the modern porti... Read More...

Modern Musings: Forgotten Eldrazi Archetypes

Michael Shapiro
May 15, 2017
Modern Musings
Welcome to Modern Musings, this week we are going to explore two different archetypes of eldrazi.  The first is an archetype that saw quite a bit of play when the new wave of eldrazi were released in Battle for... Read More...

Delving with Devin: To Ban or Not to Ban?

Devin Wiess
May 12, 2017
Delving With Devin
Welcome back to another episode of Delving with Devin. Today we will be going back to our roots, with some modern discussion. To ban, or not to ban, that is the question! I am going to be doing a four piece ser... Read More...

Channel Nikachu: UW Merfolk in Modern

Nikachu
May 9, 2017
Channel Nikachu
This week on Channel Nikachu, Nikachu tries out the most common merfolk splash, White. Watch as Nikachu navigates this popular Merfolk variant. 4 x Cursecatcher4 x Silvergill Adept4 x Harbinger of the Ti... Read More...

Modern Musings: Amonkhet Brews

Michael Shapiro
May 7, 2017
Modern Musings
Welcome to another Modern Musings, this week we are going to look at some decks that utilize some of the spicy new Amonkhet cards that we talked about last week.   Since last week I had a chance to brew up s... Read More...
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