Modern has finally achieved critical mass... of legends! Mox Amber holds together a five-color pile that can grind out anything with its top-down engine-focus.

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Modern's top creatures have outgrown removal. Stern Scolding could change format interaction forever. See how the counterspell lines up against the competition.

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Jordan has figured out why UR Murktide just won't relax its grip on Modern: the deck is hiding in plain sight as an instance of Magic's most broken archetype.

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In this long-awaited sequel, Jordan releases his Counter-Cat list, exploring its draw and removal suites while demystifying the manabase and sideboard.

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Jordan unpacks the last couple years of brewing Counter-Cat, exploring how his process has changed with the shifting format and tapping the many goodies of MH2.

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Jordan outlines ten types of articles for Magic writers and readers alike, including nostalgia dives and tech exposés, giving a window into his own process.

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Lightning Bolt has been replaced as Modern's most-played card... by a bullet! Jordan explains why while exploring the applications of Modern's best bullets.

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Boseiju will rock Modern. But what's its dream home? Jordan's promising new frankendeck recruits an unlikely artifact that may outmode longtime Modern staples.

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Jordan applies pillar thinking to Modern, identifying five distinct macro-archetypes to carve out a holistic picture of the format.

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Starms a-comin' in. You know, Modern Horizons 2? As usual, though, Modern players aren't content to just sit around and wait for the new cards. They're as busy as ever creating, tuning, and tweaking new creations! Today, we'll look at a couple of notable developments this month: the propagation of tech from UR Prowess and […]

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When it was first spoiled, Prismari Command wasn't particularly exciting to Modern players. But this month, we're seeing the card on a noticeable uptick, with players registering two to even the full four copies in archetypes as strategically diverse as value, combo, and control. Clearly there's something to this three-mana instant! Today, we'll take a […]

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The month after a new set release is always an exciting time in the 5-0 dumps: full of churn, upheaval, and of course, ideas! In these periods, players are far less concerned with identifying metagame direction and innovating solutions to emerging trends; indeed, attempting to do so this early might prove a fool's errand anyway. […]

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The latest banlist announcement did a number on Modern's top decks, decimating the Uro piles which week and again would claim top of the heap as well as the new bullies on the block, cascade-powered decks abusing the latest Tibalt cards. In order to solve for these displays of power, though, Wizards took an unconventional […]

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