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The Many Styles of Pioneer Creativity
For the next couple of articles, I am going to focus on Pioneer due to my preparation for Dreamhack Dallas and the Regional Championship. So today we are taking...
Updating Temur Reclamation for MTG Arena Treasure Constructed
Hello again! This weekend we are going to be playing Treasure Constructed! This format is just like BO1 ladder, except that at the beginning of each of your turns, you...
Beyond the Norm: Core 2019 Checklist
Core 2019 prerelease is just around the corner, and the traditional strategy is to try to build the best deck you can from your pool and win games. But sometimes,...
Stu's Pick for Modern and Legacy
It is one of those rare weekends where I am going to get to play magic twice and have it not be at a Grand Prix. Between my testing for...
No Lotus? No Problem! Play Garth One Eye!
“Magictating” is defined as getting into the zone with your Magic the Gathering collection--thinking, planning, organizing, reminiscing about past games, and imagining future games. It is a combination of hard...
Standard 1K 12/15
Abzan Red Kevin Stewart Warden of the First Tree Den Protector Heir of the Wilds Anafenza, the Foremost Siege Rhino Wingmate Roc Windswept Heath Bloodstained Mire Flooded Strand Wooded Foothills...
Modern Budget Builds: Temur Ponza Rhinos
Modern is a very expensive format. With decks that cost upwards of one thousand dollars, competing while on a budget is an arduous task. To win in modern, decks...
Modern Meta: Budget Ponza Rhinos Upgraded
With Pro-tour Lord of the Rings finishing last weekend, 3 of the top 8 decks were running Temur Rhinos, a deck built around Cascade Spells like Shardless Agent and...
The Growth of a Kaervek Deck
Last time I wrote a bit on how we get straight-jacketed in our deck building habits by the way we write about decks. I don’t know that I have a...
General Knowledge: Making Omnath Angry on a Budget
One funny piece of feedback I received from my Muldrotha list was “so it is a budget casual list” and the weirdest thing about calling a $500 stack of cardboard...
Top 8 Ravnica Allegiance Standard Decks for Week One
Week 1 Standard tournaments aren’t what they used to be. Going into this weekend, we already have a vague sense of competitive metagame archetypes, thanks to heavy streaming of Arena....
The Four Quadrants and How to Beat Red Aggro on MTG Arena
Two weeks ago I delved into what makes a control deck tick, dividing it into four quadrants and discussing how to beat one. Today i’ll repeat this process, but with...