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Perhaps Vampires Is a Bit Strong But…

Kai Haas — Tue, 05 Oct 2021 12:00:00 +0000

On the heels of Innistrad: Midnight Hunt, Kai goes over some opportunities people missed, and how we can avoid making the same mistakes with Crimson Vow.

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Incoming Turbulence! Modern Horizons Spoilers Week 1

David Ernenwein — Tue, 25 May 2021 16:00:08 +0000

Welcome to the start of Modern Horisons 2 spoiler season. The official start, anyway. The teasers we’ve already received don’t count. Because those were preseason teasers, not spoilers. There must be a difference other than semantics. I have no idea what beyond the timing is actually different, but there must be one to justify calling […]

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Introductory Modern Mechanics: Strixhaven Spoilers Week 1

David Ernenwein — Tue, 30 Mar 2021 16:00:10 +0000

Greetings students, and welcome to the first week of Strixhaven spoilers. As this is the first week, I'll be keeping things simple by going through the set's mechanics. I've made this a tradition for all new set spoilers, and it's particularly appropriate this time as the new mechanics are a both surprisingly straightforward and annoyingly indirect. […]

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Chain of Smog: From Bulk to Broken

Kai Haas — Fri, 26 Mar 2021 11:00:21 +0000

Kai examines the recent spike of Chain of Smog from Onslaught, its infinite combo potential with Professor Onyx, and what that will mean for prices the near future.

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Speculating on Strixhaven

David Schumann — Tue, 23 Mar 2021 11:00:34 +0000

With Strixhaven spoilers on the horizon, David gives us a quick rundown of all the wizard tribal cards you should know about.

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Snow-Thing to Consider: Kaldheim Spoiler Week 1

David Ernenwein — Tue, 12 Jan 2021 17:00:46 +0000

It's time for that quarterly tradition of reviewing the latest spoilers! Which for the past few iterations has been oddly trepidatious. Prior to 2019, Modern never had to worry about a new set coming out. We maybe had one or two cards make lasting impressions, which kept the format stable. Then Wizards seemed to lose […]

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A Moment of Zendikar Rising Spoilers, Pt.2

David Ernenwein — Tue, 15 Sep 2020 16:00:26 +0000

With the new set fully spoiled, it's my turn to look at the spoilers. Normally, I'd have led off with a look at the new mechanics. It just wasn't applicable this time. Kicker and landfall have been around before, and party isn't really a mechanic. And the Spell lands aren't enough to carry a whole article. […]

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Investigating Confounding Conundrum

David Ernenwein — Tue, 08 Sep 2020 16:00:49 +0000

Ah, spoiler season. The time when I don't have to stretch myself doing statistical work. Just looking at the new cards, doing some basic analysis, and speculating about whether there's a place in Modern for them. Simple and low-pressure, just what this year's called for. Then, something had to come in a ruin everything: a […]

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Zen Again: Zendikar Rising Spoilers, Pt. 1

Jordan Boisvert — Sat, 05 Sep 2020 16:00:22 +0000

Zendikar Rising spoilers are officially underway! That also means summer is ending... but what great outdoor plans did we have that weren't ruined by a global pandemic anyway? There's never been a better time to forget about real-life exploration and lock ourselves inside to peruse new cards at a glowing computer screen! Flip Top Rising's […]

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Situation Contained: Core 2021 Early Spoilers

David Ernenwein — Tue, 09 Jun 2020 16:00:21 +0000

In these uncertain times, it is only natural to seek stability and comfort in the familiar and predictable. Which is a convoluted way of saying that the world may be burning, but spoiler season has returned on schedule. It's not much relative to everything else, but even small comforts are important. In the past, Core […]

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Insider: Speculating on Zaxara, the Exemplary

David Schumann — Tue, 14 Apr 2020 15:16:14 +0000

David reviews Zaxara, the Exemplary and gives us the inside scoop on what cards could go in the 99.

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Here be Monsters: Ikoria Spoilers Week 1

David Ernenwein — Tue, 07 Apr 2020 16:00:30 +0000

Alright Magic world, it's time to screech to even more of a halt: it's spoiler time again. That means you, Timmy and Tammy! Particularly you, since this set is tailor made to your preferences, they being giant monsters and the making thereof. The pickings are a bit thinner for Spike this time around, but that's fine […]

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Beyond Hindsight: Theros Spoilers Re-Examined

David Ernenwein — Tue, 03 Mar 2020 17:00:00 +0000

As a new sets come out, the entire Magic writing world speculates on the spoilers. Why wouldn't we? There's not always much else going on during spoiler season, and brewing with new cards and ideas is a significant part of the game's appeal. Plus, if Wizards is going to hand us easy content, it would […]

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Happy Endings for Throne of Eldraine Spoilers

David Ernenwein — Tue, 24 Sep 2019 16:00:25 +0000

All good stories must come to an end. Hopefully, they'll be paced better than Game of Thrones's was. The Throne of Eldraine prerelease is this weekend and the spoiler is finished, so it's time to wrap up my set review. There haven't been many interesting individual cards spoiled since my last article, but a number of […]

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Tall Tales: Throne of Eldraine Spoilers, Week 2

David Ernenwein — Tue, 17 Sep 2019 16:00:20 +0000

Thrones of Eldraine spoilers are rolling on, and I'm having more fun watching them than any other set I can remember. That's not to say that Modern Horizons was boring nor War of the Spark lacking content. Rather, there are more opportunites to make your own fun with Eldraine than the other sets. Rosewater showed how the cards […]

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Chapter 2 in Throne of Eldraine Spoilers

Jordan Boisvert — Fri, 13 Sep 2019 16:00:53 +0000

Throne of Eldraine spoilers are now fully underway. While David dissected the set's mechanics earlier this week, today's post reviews the cards themselves to see how they might fare in our shifting Modern format. It also revisits an old brew of mine using a certain exciting newcomer. Let's dance! Certain Playables So far, four cards […]

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Mechanical Fancy: Eldraine Spoilers, Week 1

David Ernenwein — Tue, 10 Sep 2019 16:00:42 +0000

This has been an utterly insane summer for Magic. Three set releases in close proximity, followed by Hogaak, and then a major banlist update. Modern players are struggling to remember what it means to have a metagame, much less investigate one. We've barely had time to catch our breath for the past four months, and […]

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QS Round Table #1 – Spoiler Season Burnout (Complete)

Christopher O'Berry — Fri, 05 Jul 2019 11:01:24 +0000

The series is complete! Here's the full round table discussion about the recent glut of releases in the past three months. Where do we go from here?

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Insider: Yawgmoth, Thran Physician Commander Specs

David Schumann — Tue, 28 May 2019 19:36:27 +0000

David takes a close look at Yawgmoth, Thran Physician and makes his picks with Commander in mind.

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The MTG Finance Backlash

Sigmund Ausfresser — Mon, 27 May 2019 11:00:30 +0000

MTG finance has been on the receiving end of some backlash recently after rampant buyouts catalyzed by Modern Horizons spoilers. But is it deserved? This week Sig examines this nefarious buyout behavior and explains how it could be harming the broader community.

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