David Schumann breaks down the numbers on Modern reprints and their price fluctuations. How exactly has reprinting affected format staples and what does this mean for MM2015?

Snapcaster Mage and Kolaghan’s Command are taking over Modern. Is this interaction most at home under a Blood Moon?

I often hear Modern players complain Wizards isn’t throwing us enough new cards. But seriously, have they visited Tarkir recently? Between Siege Rhino and Tasigur, the Golden Fang, Atarka’s Command and Monastery Swiftspear, the Onslaught fetchlands, Collected Company, and a card so good it got banned in Legacy and restricted in Vintage, Tarkir block felt like a Return […]

A week after MM2015’s release, Chaz discusses some cards he is investing in for the coming Modern 2015 season.

Editor’s Note: Jordan Boisvert took down the 5/24 Starcitygames Premier IQ in Worcester with an innovative take on Temur Delver. In this article, Jordan explains the deck, its history, its gameplay, and how you can take “Monkey Grow” to top 8 finishes of your own! Remember playing Pokemon and casting multiple Bills in a turn? […]

With Modern being featured in this weekend’s Invitational in Columbus, Ryan highlights a number of cards to target in the format.

Hello Nexus readers and Modern community! As many of you have probably noticed, it’s later in the day and no article has been published yet. We recently underwent some staff transitions and today was the day to get things switched over and make sure the transition went smoothly. As Sean announced yesterday on Facebook and […]

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.

It’s a great time to be a Modern player, and as the summer starts, there’s a lot to look forward to. The offseason is almost over! Modern Masters 2015 is driving down prices! GPs, IQs, and PPTQs are coming! New decks are everywhere! With all these factors at play, it’s more important than ever to check […]

Julian Biondillo looks at an interesting deck in Modern that has been around for a while but stays mostly off the radar–mono-black Eight Rack.

Yesterday I took to the Modern Masters 2015 draft queues to try out the new format with a 6-2-2-2 / three round Swiss draft. I faced off against a Jund Wither deck, Affinity, and a strange but explosive Grixis Wildfire deck. [wp_ad_camp_1] See below for what happened. As I say in the videos, I’m very […]

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 […]

Can’t choose between Burn and Collected Company for Modern? Why not play both?