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Switchblade Combat: UW vs Bant Stoneblade

David Ernenwein — Tue, 11 Aug 2020 16:00:58 +0000

In case you haven't noticed, Magic can be weird. I'm not just talking about cards or mechanics, though mutate, Goblin Game, and Raging River are certainly out there. I'm talking about how counter-intuitive the game can be. Again, not in the Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth still works under Blood Sun sense (though that absolutely qualifies). I […]

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July ’20 Metagame Update: Post-Astrolabe Ban

David Ernenwein — Tue, 04 Aug 2020 16:00:53 +0000

Another month gone in quarantine. At least, I think it's been a month. Time is steadily losing all meaning to me. What even is this year, and what was I talking about? Oh yeah, it's August now, so I need to take another look at Modern's metagame. Fire up the spreadsheets and break out the […]

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Late Summer Thaw: Arcum’s Astrolabe Banned

David Ernenwein — Tue, 14 Jul 2020 16:00:53 +0000

But for copyright concerns, I would have led off this article with the lyrics to "Another One Bites the Dust." I hope perfectly reasonable intellectual property law is happy with itself. There's been another B&R Announcement. This time something actually is banned in Modern. So that's nice. Even if it does moot a number of […]

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Blood Moon’s Zenith: The New Police

David Ernenwein — Tue, 07 Jul 2020 16:00:38 +0000

Tracking events and collecting and then presenting data is all well and good. It's how observations are turned into good science and how we analyze Magic's metagame ecosystem. However, saying that Bant Snow and Eldrazi Tron are tied for most played deck is only half the story. Why this is happening is a far harder, […]

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Trending Away: Modern’s Metagame Muddle

David Ernenwein — Tue, 30 Jun 2020 16:00:38 +0000

It's the end of June. Normally that wouldn't feel weird to say, but this is a rather unusual year. Where has it gone, and simultaneously why does it feel like it never goes at all? Without paper events as a guide and work disrupted, time is losing meaning to me. Fortunately, I keep being reminded of […]

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Thawing Late: A Bant Snow World

David Ernenwein — Wed, 01 Apr 2020 16:00:47 +0000

I cannot escape. As a Denver resident, I am used to unusually unseasonal weather usurping usual undertakings. Why, as a lad I suffered snow at summer camp more than once. Even in July. And an unrelated time, it snowed in August. While thinking of snow on the pines is pleasant and all, it has little […]

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June ’19 Brew Report, Pt. 2: Aria of Brews

Jordan Boisvert — Fri, 02 Aug 2019 16:00:40 +0000

Picking up where we left off last week, today we'll continue unearthing the new tech found in July's MODO dumps. Let's dive right in! Cutesy Combos Combo is alive and well in Modern, and probably always will be. Novel ways to win on turn four are in tall supply since the format's card pool is […]

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