Monthly Archives: July 2017

Last week, we took a look at the monuments of Amonkhet and how they supported their specific colors. Today, we’ll be checking out their god counterparts and how they work as commanders in the EDH format. Unlike the monuments, the five monocolor gods of Amonkhet require specific conditions in order for them to […]

The Gods of Amonkhet

31 Jul, 2017 in Articles / EDH/Commander / Formats tagged Black / Blue / Commander / Discussion / EDH / Green / Red / White by Riuka

Modern is a format that is always fluctuating. Throughout its short history, the number of decks that have called themselves number one have been numerous. Such decks have included: Jund, Splintertwin, Delver, and now Death Shadow’s Aggro. While the very top decks in Modern fluctuate often, there are a few decks […]

Modern Death and Taxes

28 Jul, 2017 in Articles / Formats / Modern tagged Competitive / Deck Tech / Modern / White by zebotc

With the release of the Amonkhet block, a lot of cards were added to Magic the Gathering. Most of the cards from Amonkhet look gorgeous, whether they are new cards or reprints of old cards. You can tell that the artists put their hearts into designing this set. The creators even came up […]

The Monuments of Amonkhet

24 Jul, 2017 in Articles / EDH/Commander / Formats tagged Casual / cEDH / Commander / Competitive / Discussion by Riuka

The gears of the factory crackled to life, ringing through the land with every click of their teeth. Doing their eternal work to fuel the manifestation of scientist’s and engineer’s greatest dreams. Among the chaotic and disorganized construction of the factories lay an elegant system which controlled the foundation of every new […]

Sylvan Stories: UrzaTron

21 Jul, 2017 in Articles / Sylvan Stories tagged Blue / Decks / Modern by zebotc

With Hour of Devastation’s very recent release, I can think of no better time to take a look at how I think it is going to affect my favorite format, Pauper. Since I’ve already talked many times of the pros and cons of Pauper, I’ll forgo it this time so […]

Top 5 Pauper Cards: Hour of Devastation

19 Jul, 2017 in Articles / Formats / Pauper tagged Discussion / Formats / Pauper by Shakunjin

Liliana Vess is a planeswalker in Magic the Gathering who specializes in causing opponents to: discard cards, create zombies, and destroy other creatures. From her humble story driven abilities as a legendary creature in Magic Origins; Liliana has a total of seven different planeswalker cards that are based on her, all of […]

Planeswalkers: Liliana Vess

17 Jul, 2017 in Articles tagged Black / Discussion by Riuka

The Amonkhet block has brought with it a lot of very unique creatures and mechanics. Not only have there been powerful Modern cards in the forms of and , but there have also been some very powerful Legendary creatures released. While some of these creatures may never see play in […]

Top Commanders from the Amonkhet Block

14 Jul, 2017 in Articles / EDH/Commander / Formats tagged Casual / cEDH / Commander / Competitive / Discussion / EDH by zebotc

The newest Archenemy set has been out for a little under a month now, and you might be wondering to yourself, is it worth trying? Well in this article we will be going over the pros and cons of Archenemy: Nicol Bolas, so you can make the decision for yourself. […]

Know Your Enemy 2: Archenemy: Nicol Bolas Review

12 Jul, 2017 in Articles / Formats tagged Discussion by Shakunjin

Mana is the core component of Magic, as it allows players to cast spells and basically play the game. Sometimes, players have difficulties rounding up enough mana to play spells with high mana costs; such as and . But infinite mana combos can be an easy solution to casting these high […]

Infinite Mana Combos

10 Jul, 2017 in Articles / EDH/Commander / Formats / The Game tagged Casual / Competitive / Discussion by Riuka

“One piece? Now there’s a hundred!” – Scavenger Folk I couldn’t have said it better myself. Scavenger Folk, in all his gritty artifact shattering glory, elegantly sums up the past couple months here at Sylvan Studies. We started with only one idea. We had zero followers, zero posts, and no readers, but […]

Sylvan Stories: Sylvan Studies – One Hundred Follower Special

7 Jul, 2017 in Articles / Sylvan Stories tagged Discussion by zebotc

With the release of Commander 2017 only two months away, now seems like a good time to speculate on what exactly is going to be included in this product. Like always these will be one hundred card decks with new cards made specifically for the Commander format, this time with a […]

Top 5 Tribes for Commander 2017

5 Jul, 2017 in Articles / EDH/Commander / Formats tagged EDH / Speculation by Shakunjin

Tribal Terrors is a series that analyzes different creature types in order to determine whether the creature type and its respective tribe is playable. In this series we will not be exploring popular tribes such as Merfolk and Goblins, but instead lesser known tribes. Unlike other Tribal Terrors articles, this specific […]

Tribal Terrors: Kirin

3 Jul, 2017 in Uncategorized tagged Black / Blue / Brews / Discussion / Green / Red / White by Riuka

The card we’ve picked for July’s Card of the Month is Mikaeus, the Unhallowed. Mikaeus, the Unhallowed is a card I have very little experience playing with, but loads of experience playing against. One of the players in our playgroup only ever brings Mikaeus, and even though they are still pretty new […]

Card of the Month: Mikaeus, the Unhallowed

2 Jul, 2017 in Articles / Card of The Month by Shakunjin