The Metaworker – EDH on the Road James LaPage January 20, 2018 The Metaworker I'm heading to Calgary, AB next week for work. I'll be there for about a week, and I don't have any colleagues coming with me. I'm fairly used to travelling for work, but this is one of the first times I've tra... Read More...
The Metaworker – How to Shop for a Magic Player James LaPage November 29, 2017 The Metaworker The Holidays are Just Around the Corner If you're reading this, it's fairly likely that you're shopping for a Magic player. It could be a family member, friend, significant other, coworker, or some lucky perso... Read More...
The Metaworker – The Last 10 Cuts James LaPage October 12, 2017 The Metaworker If you've been reading this series for awhile, you know that one of my favourite aspects of Commander is the truly enormous card pool. I love being almost totally free from deckbuilding restraints, and how I ca... Read More...
The Metaworker – Signals (Part 2 of 2) James LaPage October 4, 2017 The Metaworker If you missed part one of this series, I would definitely recommend reading it before getting into this one. I'll be touching on a lot of the same concepts today. What did we learn last time? In the last epis... Read More...
The Metaworker – Information and Decision Making (part 1) James LaPage September 26, 2017 The Metaworker Lately I've been talking a lot about choices in deckbuilding, so today I want to change it up a bit and talk about a really important concept in gameplay. I touched on this briefly in my three-part series on th... Read More...
The Metaworker: Rich Man, Poor Man, Poor Man, Beggar Man, Thief James LaPage September 20, 2017 The Metaworker Over some of my previous articles, I've received a fair bit of feedback regarding budget deckbuilding. I'm fairly blessed with a big collection and a decent amount of disposable income, so my first instinct whe... Read More...
The Metaworker – Casual Deckbuilding Part 2 James LaPage September 13, 2017 The Metaworker In the last article - Casual Deckbuilding Part 1 - we picked a win condition, brainstormed some supporting strategies, chose a colour identity and a commander, and created a few advanced Gatherer searches based... Read More...
The Metaworker: EDHREC and Evaluating Staples as “Auto-Includes” James LaPage September 5, 2017 The Metaworker 2 Note: I am approaching this article from the perspective of a casual deckbuilder, meaning I'm focusing on function and flavour more than I'm focusing on win percentage. These concepts are a little different in... Read More...
The Metaworker – Ixalan and Returning Set Mechanics James LaPage August 30, 2017 The Metaworker In just about every set, we get a mix of new and returning mechanics. Mechanics are things such as keywords, keyword actions, and ability words that are used on multiple cards. When sets are designed, you'll of... Read More...
The Metaworker – C17 and Functional Redundancy James LaPage August 23, 2017 The Metaworker For the past few sets, I've been trying to outline my thoughts on deckbuilding and how they impact my assessment of new cards. Today I'm going to continue that theme and talk a little bit about functional redun... Read More...
