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Melding Mayhem: Innovation in Dallas

Jordan Boisvert — Fri, 26 Jan 2018 17:00:31 +0000

Last weekend was SCG Dallas, a Team Constructed Open that again featured Modern experts duking it out on the big stage. As one of the last datapoints before the upcoming Pro Tour, Dallas gives us a few interesting bits of information to work with. Today, we'll focus on the cooler deckbuilding choices made by some […]

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Deck of the Week: Krark-Clan Trawler Eggs

Jason Schousboe — Mon, 27 Mar 2017 20:24:08 +0000

To my mind, few archetypes exemplify the spirit of Modern better than Eggs. For anyone not already familiar with the deck, just looking at a list is likely to induce head-scratching and incredulity. Just how, exactly, does this utterly insane pile of unplayable chaff win a game of Magic, our hypothetical newcomer to Modern may ask. […]

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Gears are Turning: Testing Aether Revolt

David Ernenwein — Tue, 17 Jan 2017 18:15:50 +0000

Kaladesh block has been very intriguing. There have been a lot of cards and even new decks that looked Modern-playable, and yet the impact so far has been limited. I'm not sure if that is the fault of misplaced expectations or the cards themselves, but only Blossoming Defense has had a noticeable impact. The enemy fastlands […]

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Opinions, and How to Beat Eldrazi

Trevor Holmes — Thu, 18 Feb 2016 17:15:51 +0000

Last week's article touched off a bit of a firestorm in the comment section. I'll admit I didn't phrase my point as well as I could have, but I still maintain the hysterics are overblown and, despite its power (and metagame share!), Eldrazi can be beaten. Later on, I'm going to show you how by […]

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