āSongs will be sung about this deckā āMarshall Sutcliffe, PT Atlanta Itās time to start singing. At Pro Tour Oath, the metagame was broken. U/R Eldrazi went 19-1 on Day One among the five players that ran it. The Top 8 saw six Eldrazi decks (three sub-archetypes) and two Affinity decks. But just because they […]
Modern
Mike sifts through the archetypes that battled through the Eldrazi-infested metagame to a positive finish at the Pro Tour. Could one of these decks dethrone the Eldrazi menace?
David discusses the phenomenon of financial bubbles and how they relate to Magic finance. Finally, he explains why “pump and dump” buyouts are bad for the whole community.
Somewhere between answering comments to Monday’s article, talking Magic with my pals, and battling waves of forum doomsayers, I realized I’d yet again been lured into the ban discussion trap. Didn’t I just promise, and then re-promise, to stay clear of banlist mayhem? Darn you, Wizards and your colorless hordes! Even beyond the warped Pro […]
Quite the weekend, wasn’t it? A colorless Pro Tour Top 8,Ā a Broncos Super Bowl victory (WOOOOO!!!!!), and also Modern Regionals. Because we mere mortals needed something to do as well. As I’m writing this we’re still waiting for all the Regionals results to be posted (I find it odd that two days after the event […]
Fresh off his appearance at Pro Tour OGW, Brian DeMars surveys Modern for promising specs in the new Eldrazi-ridden metagame.
Metagame diversity is my preferred measure of Modern health. More specifically, diversity as determined by the data analysis methods you’ve come to expect fromĀ Modern Nexus’Ā Top DecksĀ and metagame breakdown projects. Let’sĀ get this out of the way early: Pro TourĀ Oath of the GatewatchĀ does not meet those standards. No matter how you parseĀ the Day 1, Day 2, or […]
As we wade through the fallout of Modern’s Pro Tour Oath of the Gatewatch, Sheridan is here to pick apart the results to find the next big thing in the evolving, Eldrazi-ridden format.
Quite the Pro Tour we’re having. Say what you want about Twin being gone, but the format seems fresh and a bevy of cards are able to now see the spotlight.
Modern has always been a creature format. That’s why, despite a lull in play last year, nobody’s ever doubted Path to Exile as a perennial staple. And why dumb beatersĀ like Tarmogoyf find their way to the top tablesĀ in the face of Goryo’s Vengeance and Ad Nauseam. Cheap, largeĀ bodies command a premium in Modern, and Oath […]
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.
