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Colorless Eldrazi Stompy Mini-Primer: Sideboarding

Jordan Boisvert — Fri, 22 Dec 2017 17:00:37 +0000

A couple weeks ago, I wrote a strategic guide to mulliganing with Colorless Eldrazi Stompy, a deck I've championed on Modern Nexus for almost two years now. Today's follow-up piece focuses on the deck's second-most-challenging (and important) aspect: sideboarding. This article covers build variations and possible sideboard includes before jumping into the matchup guide. But […]

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An Affinity for Couriers: GP Las Vegas Report

Andrew Dang — Wed, 19 Jul 2017 17:15:23 +0000

Hello, everyone. My name is Andrew Dang. I placed 67th in Grand Prix Las Vegas playing an Affinity build of my own design with Bomat Courier. I began experimenting with Courier soon after the release of Kaladesh, and initial results led me to believe the card had promise. After nine months of testing and honing […]

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Digging Into Grixis Death’s Shadow

Trevor Holmes — Fri, 12 May 2017 17:00:35 +0000

Last week, I suggested Grixis Death’s Shadow as one of a shortlist of archetypes that I felt was strongly positioned against the major players in the format. A combination of disruption, cheap threats, and a proactive gameplan that can mold to fit a variety of matchups seemed very appealing in a Modern format full of […]

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Role Assignment in Modern

Ryan Overturf — Wed, 12 Oct 2016 17:14:38 +0000

Many years ago, Mike Flores wrote an article titled "Who's the Beatdown?" and the theory contained within this piece has been referenced time and again for nearly two decades. If you want to be successful at competitive Magic, you have to understand how to assign your role in a given matchup. This is no less […]

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Succeeding in Modern

will archer — Wed, 09 Sep 2015 16:00:29 +0000

Magic has seen unprecedented growth over the last five years. Every year more and more players pick up the game, buy cards, and attend events. The logical first step is Standard with its smaller card pool and cheaper barrier to entry. With Modern being perceived as the “supported” eternal format between Modern Masters and active Banned List management, however, […]

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The Grishoalbrand Matchup Guide

Fabian Gollmann — Wed, 01 Jul 2015 16:00:46 +0000

Grishoalbrand has made a big impact in Modern and in this article, I want to explain the deck's matchups against the top 6 decks in Modern: Jund, Abzan, UR Twin, Affinity, Grixis Control and Abzan Company. I will describe both how to approach the matchup, how to properly sideboard, and how to assess the opposing […]

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Matchups and Win Rates: Top Tier Decks (Part 2)

Sheridan Lardner — Mon, 01 Jun 2015 16:28:26 +0000

The Deep Dive dataset is back! In three earlier articles, I analyzed a collection of MTGO dailies to determine the matchups and win rates of different top-tier decks. Unlike the publicly published MTGO dailies used to inform the Top Decks page, our Deep Dive dataset includes all finishes from a sample of dailies, not just the 4-0/3-1 ones. It also includes […]

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