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MTG Metagame Finance #29

Edward Eng — Fri, 25 Jan 2019 14:00:11 +0000

In the week leading up to the release of Ravnica Allegiance some interesting decks have popped up. Eddie covers the new tech and discusses cards he's picked up from those lists.

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Deck of the Week: Gx Eldrazi Aggro

Rob San Juan — Thu, 04 Jan 2018 00:09:51 +0000

Hello, Nexites, and welcome to a new edition of Deck of the Week. The new year is upon us, which means that Pro Tour Rivals of Ixalan is coming soon as well. As we gear up for the return to the first Modern Pro Tour in several years, we can expect to see pros exploring […]

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The Circle Is Complete: Testing Updates

David Ernenwein — Tue, 02 May 2017 16:15:13 +0000

Publication does not mean that an experiment is complete. Oftentimes readers see trends or have insights that never occurred to the author. Other times feedback leads to epiphanies which requires additional investigation. As a result, in academia it is important to revisit old papers and reexamine conclusions. Therefore, I'm going to spend today following up on […]

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Testing the Mind Sculptor: The Data

David Ernenwein — Tue, 04 Apr 2017 18:15:22 +0000

At last, the time has come to reveal the data about my Jace testing. As a reminder, these data come from 500 matches, well over 1000 individual games played over five months. I publish my methods so that you can replicate my experiment if you disagree with the results, but I have to warn you […]

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Modern Metagame Breakdown: 2/6/17 – 3/12/17

Jason Schousboe — Mon, 20 Mar 2017 21:49:45 +0000

Welcome back for another metagame update. I'm calling today's the "February update," even though it encompasses a week-and-a-half of March data as well. As we had extended last month's data, it made sense to do so this month too in order to avoid a three-week metagame with scant data. The astute reader will notice that […]

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Deck of the Week: GW Eldrazi Evolution

Jason Schousboe — Tue, 14 Mar 2017 00:15:44 +0000

Greetings, Nexites. I'm deep in the middle of the late-February/early-March metagame update, which I will have for you by the end of the week. In the meantime, I'm highlighting an innovative take on the Eldrazi tribe that was taken to a 5-0 finish in an MTGO League. We've seen a large number of decks sporting Eldrazi creatures […]

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Get Schooled: TCGPlayer States Report (2nd)

David Ernenwein — Tue, 07 Mar 2017 18:30:19 +0000

It's been a while, but it's time for another tournament report! TCGPlayer States was last weekend and I never miss the chance to prove my skill in front of the as much of the community that didn't attend the Standard LCQ. It's annoying that Star City has cut States entirely, but it's actually a nice throwback to […]

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Weird Science: Dissecting Modern’s Eldrazi Decks

Jordan Boisvert — Fri, 24 Feb 2017 18:00:01 +0000

After finishing 4th in an SCG Regionals tournament with Eldrazi Stompy, I've been excited to take the deck to more competitive events. I had that opportunity last weekend, and cracked Top 8 at a monthly TJ Collectibles Modern tournament. My only loss of the day was to the dreaded Bant Spirits, which landed turn-three Geist of Saint Traft into […]

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SCG Regionals 2017 Results Analysis

Trevor Holmes — Tue, 21 Feb 2017 05:24:13 +0000

Buckle up. The Star City Games Regional event decklists are here, and all of a sudden we have a ton of Modern results to sift through. Today's goal is to speculate as little as possible—instead, I plan on taking an analytical, systematic look at the data we have available, to provide a framework upon which […]

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Modern Metagame Breakdown: 12/1/2016 – 12/31/2016

Jason Schousboe — Tue, 10 Jan 2017 07:04:11 +0000

Today finally brings an update to the metagame breakdown, with data from December. I know many of our readers have been very disappointed to see these fall by the wayside—I want to explain briefly why I've been lagging on them, and reassure you that they will be back in full force for 2017. I recently began […]

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Bannings, Unbannings: A Question of Cantrips

David Ernenwein — Tue, 03 Jan 2017 17:30:04 +0000

Welcome to 2017! Hopefully you've recovered enough to actually face the new year, because we have a new set and a banlist announcement on the way. It's time once again for wild speculation and unrealistic expectations to flood the internet. Brace yourselves. We at Modern Nexus will do what we can to temper this and provide more grounded opinions […]

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Don’t Tilt, Analyze and Learn: RPTQ Report

David Ernenwein — Wed, 14 Dec 2016 01:15:31 +0000

The RPTQ weekend is over and many players are now off to try their hand at achieving their Pro Tour dreams. I will not be one of them, unfortunately. Hopefully Jordan will be (I've heard nothing yet). The fact that the PPTQ system requires you to get lucky twice rather than once to actually get […]

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Examining Team Unified: The 2016 World Magic Cup

Trevor Holmes — Fri, 25 Nov 2016 04:19:08 +0000

Last weekend, top players from nations worldwide gathered in Rotterdam to wage war for their respective countries. The battlefield? Team Unified Modern, with a little Limited thrown in. With so many players from every corner of the world turning their eyes to Modern, the results of this tournament were anticipated to have a larger effect […]

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Don’t Start the Fire, Put It Out: Modern Banlist Speculation

David Ernenwein — Tue, 22 Nov 2016 18:30:25 +0000

The year is winding down. Players are looking forward to presents in the coming year. For many, that seems to include new bannings in Modern. Banlist mania always heats up as a new set release nears, but traditionally it's been worst at the end of the year. Previously this was because the Modern Pro Tour […]

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The State of Post-Kaladesh Modern

Trevor Holmes — Thu, 17 Nov 2016 17:59:30 +0000

Recently, there’s been a lot going on in the world "non Magic-wise." The Cubs finally overcame the hundred-year curse, South Korea got really weird, and America proved that polling actually is absolutely worthless. If you’ve been too busy staring at supermoons and lamenting the end of society as we know it, fret no more. Everything […]

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Three Decks for GP Dallas

Trevor Holmes — Thu, 03 Nov 2016 16:51:31 +0000

It’s crunch time. You’ve known this was coming. You had weeks to prepare. You had plans to put on pants, go to FNM, run the Modern gauntlet, and test for Grand Prix Dallas. Instead, you sat on your couch, binge-watched Friends and eating Cheetos off your own bare chest. Now you’re scrambling, wondering what to […]

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Breaking Down Bant Eldrazi

Ryan Overturf — Wed, 19 Oct 2016 16:38:18 +0000

Oath of the Gatewatch significantly changed the face of Modern upon release. Even after the deck that the set spawned was hit by the ban-hammer, the Eldrazi have found a way to claw back to the top of the format. If you checked out the most recent Modern Metagame Breakdown then you no doubt noticed […]

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Modern Metagame Breakdown: 9/1/16 – 9/30/16

Jason Schousboe — Fri, 14 Oct 2016 20:27:55 +0000

Last month we saw three major Modern Grand Prix around the world post a metagame breakdown that mirrored almost exactly the one established in July. Paradoxically, September had both far fewer high-profile events and much more significant shifts in share percentage. I believe these were the result of careful and systematic re-positioning by Modern players, with the intent […]

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Midrange Languishes: Analyzing SCG Orlando

Trevor Holmes — Thu, 22 Sep 2016 16:45:47 +0000

This week, I want to focus on SCG Orlando. While it’s true that Kaladesh will be out shortly, bringing with it a possible shift in Modern, discounting a whole high-level event’s worth of data due to the fact that the format might change soon sounds a little foolhardy to me. I plan on discussing Kaladesh spoilers […]

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Modern Metagame Breakdown: 8/1/16 – 8/31/16

Jason Schousboe — Tue, 20 Sep 2016 14:00:32 +0000

Well, it may be painfully late, but it's here: the August Metagame Breakdown. This month we saw a rash of major events culminating in the triple Grand Prix weekend confirm what the metagame had tentatively established in July. There were no changes in the Tier 1 lineup from July to August, and we actually saw some […]

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