The Metaworker: Threat Assessment Part 2 James LaPage March 22, 2017 The Metaworker If you're looking for part 1 of this threat assessment series, you can find it here. Last time we talked about a few basics of threat assessment. This week we’re going to dive right in and use some of thos... Read More...
The Metaworker: Look at the Board and Think about It James LaPage March 8, 2017 The Metaworker So after my last article went up, I hit the streets looking for some lessons that people have learned from losing games. As promised, here are some of the best: Reddit user /u/Wolrund: I actually have a g... Read More...
The Metaworker: Lessons Losers Learn James LaPage February 22, 2017 The Metaworker In my last article, I briefly touched on the topic of losing. I could have written another 6000 words on it, but I feel it warrants its own article. Whenever I played a game with my father as a kid, he woul... Read More...
The Metaworker: Teferi Tax/Lockdown and Symmetry Part 1 James LaPage January 11, 2017 The Metaworker In the past few weeks I’ve had a considerable amount of feedback on these resource denial articles, so I figured I’d keep the ball rolling and take an even deeper dive into the archetype to pick apart how t... Read More...
The Metaworker: Stax, Tax, and Resource Denial James LaPage December 28, 2016 The Metaworker 2 In the last episode, we took a look at the different types of resources in Commander, and how to convert one type of resource to another. In this episode, we’re going to look at what can go wrong when you’re tr... Read More...
The Metaworker: Resource Conversion and Karametra James LaPage December 14, 2016 The Metaworker In this week’s episode, we’re going to be exploring the ideas of resources and resource conversion in Commander. Resources, in the general sense, are a stock or supply of assets that can be drawn on by a person... Read More...
The Metaworker: Fun With Friends James LaPage November 30, 2016 The Metaworker 3 After reading back over the last couple instalments of The Metaworker, I realised that some of the strategies I’ve been getting into might be a little heavy for the average playgroup. In fact, the whole con... Read More...
The Metaworker: Damia, Sage of Stone James LaPage November 16, 2016 The Metaworker In the last installment of The Metaworker, we refurbished a Dralnu list that was struggling to keep up in the face of an Azorius deck that lands hard locks on the board fairly early on in the game. Sometime... Read More...
The MetaWorker: Episode 2 — Focus Dralnu!, Focus! James LaPage November 2, 2016 The Metaworker For today’s installment of The Metaworker, I’ll be dealing with one of the most common pitfalls of Commander deck construction – lack of focus. Quite often a lack of focus results from a lack of planning before... Read More...
The Metaworker: Volume 1 James LaPage October 15, 2016 The Metaworker The Metaworker As a Commander player, I can say that I have encountered a host of issues my local playgroup. Players explore new deck archetypes, commanders, and super secret tech regularly, and sometimes some... Read More...
