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You’ve Got Another Thing Coming: Building Sideboards in an Open Meta

Roland F. Rivera Santiago — Wed, 15 Nov 2017 18:40:28 +0000

Modern remains wide-open, which carries implications for deckbuilding. Last week, I talked about mainboard flex slots. This week, we’ll tackle a significantly thornier topic: sideboarding. Due to Modern's wide variety of linear decks, and the relative lack of powerful catch-all answers that you see in formats like Legacy or Vintage, ours is a format that puts […]

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Modern Top 5: Hosers

Jordan Boisvert — Fri, 11 Aug 2017 18:02:58 +0000

Modern Top 5: Utility Spells kicked this series off, and in my eyes, it was hugely successful. Not only did it present a measurable way to analyze cards that I'm quite proud of, but the article also inspired a lively debate in the comments. Today, we'll revisit the series, focusing on some of Modern's most […]

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Grave Musings: BUG Rogues and BURG Shadow

Jordan Boisvert — Fri, 21 Jul 2017 17:15:30 +0000

Rest in Peace wasn't always a Modern staple. For a long time, its status was similar to Blood Moon's: the card was relegated to the sideboards of decks fringe and unreliable for the reason that they themselves lacked powerful graveyard synergies, and kept down by synergy-shredding strategies like Jund Rock. But Modern has changed, and […]

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