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Grow Away: Why UR Murktide Is Still Dominating Modern

Jordan Boisvert — Fri, 31 Mar 2023 14:00:00 +0000

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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Adam’s Going to Dallas! RCQ Win With NeoTraxa

Adam Cohen — Tue, 28 Mar 2023 14:00:00 +0000

Dare we say it? NeoTraxa is Pioneer's Hogaak! Adam's off to the Regional Championship in Dallas after taking down an RCQ with this spicy new brew!

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Generational Magic: Experiencing Vintage on a Budget

Anthony Willier — Fri, 28 Oct 2022 14:00:00 +0000

Tony visited another LGS this past weekend to try out a format and deck he's never played before. Check it out and see if Budget Vintage might be for you!

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Dream-Den’s Alurr: Lurrus in RG Prowess

Jordan Boisvert — Fri, 08 May 2020 16:00:37 +0000

Days before the impact of companion on Modern was impressed upon me, I came across an article over at Good Grief Games by Kenan Diab on his RG Prowess deck. The idea was simple: take the persistently successful Mono-Red Prowess deck and cover for some of its glaring weaknesses by accommodating green creatures, in this […]

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Delver Delivers: Flipping Out in 2020

Jordan Boisvert — Fri, 24 Jan 2020 17:00:38 +0000

A scratching at the window. A fluttering of tiny wings. A grating of jagged teeth. Does anyone else hear what I hear? Perhaps 2020 is Delver's year! Okay, so maybe I'm jumping the gun a bit. But there sure is a lot of Delver in the recent dumps. Today, we'll look at the different varieties […]

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Best of 2019: Evaluating One-Mana Beaters

Jordan Boisvert — Fri, 20 Dec 2019 17:00:03 +0000

Editor's note: 2019 was perhaps Modern's wildest year ever, featuring such meta-defining decks as UR Phoenix, Hogaak, and Whirza thanks to monumental shakeups in the form of Modern Horizons and other expansions. That chaos wasn't without its constants, including one critical element of new spoilers: card evaluation. In this re-run of my favorite self-published article […]

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Beat This: Evaluating One-Mana Beaters

Jordan Boisvert — Fri, 21 Jun 2019 16:00:41 +0000

Core Set 2020 spoilers are under way, and a couple cards have already caught my attention. The one we'll discuss today is Elvish Reclaimer, a potential 3/4 for one mana... with upside! But can its drawbacks be mitigated effectively? Let's find out by comparing Reclaimer to Modern's other one-mana combat creatures, seeing in the process […]

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Ravnica Allegiance: Spoilers, Facts, Specs & More

Edward Eng — Sat, 12 Jan 2019 12:00:24 +0000

The sequel to Guilds of Ravnica and the 80th expansion set in Magic: The Gathering's history is due to release on January 25, 2019. Here's what we know about Ravnica Allegiance (RNA) so far, including any cards in the spoiler, the guilds represented, and cards to speculate on before the full spoiler is released. The Guilds […]

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MTG Metagame Finance #25

Edward Eng — Tue, 25 Dec 2018 17:44:01 +0000

The holidays are in full swing and the new year is right around the corner. And as some of you may know, the stock market has been a bit shaky in the last month or so. But it seems Magic is still doing pretty well during this slightly volatile time. I think a good portion […]

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MTG Metagame Finance #24

Edward Eng — Fri, 21 Dec 2018 01:05:52 +0000

Ultimate Masters is still in full bounce back mode, and the last World Magic Cup has come to a finish. Plus, some sweet Ravnica Allegiance spoilers have hit the market so there’s gonna be a nice mix of things to talk about again in this piece. Owing to the spoilers, this might be a little […]

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MTG Metagame Finance #23 (Free Giveaway #2!)

Edward Eng — Fri, 14 Dec 2018 10:00:16 +0000

Ultimate Masters has hit the market and there’s already been a lot of movement. The prices of the reprints dropped as they usually do when a set first hits the market. But it seems like the prices have started to rebound a lot quicker this time around. There’s a slight possibility they could drop again […]

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Mtg Arena Has Been Framed! Who Is the Real MTGO Killer?

Kyle Rusciano — Tue, 11 Dec 2018 10:00:44 +0000

Magic Online has a problem. A card value problem. In a recent Channel Fireball article, Florian Koch showed just how much card prices have fallen over the past few years: That's right. To own a playset of the cheapest version of every Magic card ever printed on MTGO would have cost you roughly $28,000 in […]

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Preparing for the December 6th Announcement

Kyle Rusciano — Thu, 06 Dec 2018 22:37:50 +0000

Welcome back, folks. It's been a while since I last wrote an article, in large part because I've been unwilling to make any financial moves on MTGO before reading the December 6th announcement about competitive play on Arena. What is announced there could have major ramifications for investing on MTGO, and so I've been very […]

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Insider: Buying/Selling Into Modern Eldritch Evolution Hype

Sheridan Lardner — Mon, 04 Jul 2016 09:00:33 +0000

Eldritch Evolution from EMN has the trappings of a major Modern player. Sheridan explores Evolution's strategic and financial possibilities.

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Insider: The State of Modern Leading to PT OGW

Ryan Overturf — Fri, 05 Feb 2016 10:00:36 +0000

When it comes to Modern right now, Ryan likes Lightning Bolt a lot. He provides a detailed overview of the metagame and explains his choice for Regionals.

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Insider: Foiled From the Start

Brian DeMars — Wed, 24 Jun 2015 09:00:34 +0000

Brian DeMars has noticed an interesting trend in foils he picked up to play with--they tended to jump in price, even though he wasn't trying to profit off of them. He asks what they have in common.

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Shoal Food: Grits and Goyfs at GP Charlotte

Jordan Boisvert — Fri, 19 Jun 2015 15:02:25 +0000

GP Charlotte confirmed something I’ve felt about Modern all year: if you’re not casting Tarmogoyf, and you’re not casting Blood Moon, you’re losing. Obviously the rule has exceptions; many linear decks hope to “get under” Goyf and Moon decks by attacking from angles Modern’s interactive top dogs haven’t prepared for. But at the end of the […]

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Insider: Modern Metagame Update

Mike Lanigan — Thu, 04 Jun 2015 10:30:35 +0000

Mike Lanigan looks at a snapshot of the Modern metagame. Things have changed a lot since the introduction of Dragons of Tarkir, so there's a lot of ground to cover.

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Insider: MTGO Market Report for May 27th, 2015

MTGO MarketWatch — Wed, 27 May 2015 09:00:32 +0000

Matthew Lewis and Sylvain Lehoux present the MTGO Market Report for this week, discussing major price trends and recommending specific cards to buy and sell.

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Deck Overview: Modern Temur Delver

Ryan Overturf — Mon, 25 May 2015 10:00:42 +0000

If you like Tasigur then... well, you might not hate Hooting Mandrills, I guess.

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