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Choosing a commander for the EDH format can be as simple as making a sandwich, or as complex as quantum physics. Depending on the person, picking what commander to forge a deck around can take from a couple of minutes to an entire day. Some people just stumble across what […]

EDH: The Pros and Cons of Playing a Mono-Color Commander

21 Aug, 2017 in Articles / EDH/Commander / Formats tagged Commander / Discussion / EDH by LooseWire

I was first introduced to Magic in about 2012, my friend had been playing it for several months and decided to introduce me to this mystifying card game. By this time, the game had been going for almost two decades already, and I was fascinated how many levels this game […]

Getting Into Magic (Loosewire’s Story)

21 Jun, 2017 in Stories / Uncategorized by LooseWire

Anyone who has played Magic has seen the power of artifacts. These colorless spells have been around since the release of Alpha, and even then, they were extremely powerful. From these small (but by no means humble) beginnings, artifacts have turned into one of Magic’s most notorious spell types. Morridon […]

“Fighting The Machine”: A Commentary on Artifacts in EDH

19 Apr, 2017 in Articles / EDH/Commander / Formats / The Game tagged cEDH / Commander / Discussion / EDH / Guides by LooseWire

Recently, I’ve started experimenting with different EDH decks. At first, I had a , Elf-based combo deck, but this deck quickly became boring, and felt underpowered to the group I was playing with. So I began searching for a new deck to play. After trying several different brews, I came up with the idea […]

EDH: Best Equipment to Run

5 Apr, 2017 in Articles / EDH/Commander / Formats / The Game tagged Advice / Casual / cEDH / Commander / Competitive / Discussion / Formats / Guides by LooseWire

Here is a simple question, which card is better? or The choice here is quite obvious. But why? In Magic, there are many reasons why one card is better then another. In this series, we will discuss the concepts of efficiency and value in Magic: The Gathering. Cost is something […]

Value in Magic (Part One): Efficiency

17 Mar, 2017 in Articles / Getting Started / MTG Guides / The Game tagged Advice / Discussion / Getting Started / The Game by LooseWire

The card we have picked to be the card of the month for March 2017 is Dryad Arbor. A very weird card, it’s a creature, a land, a 1/1, and has a cmc of 0. This oddity was first printed in Future Sight and has fascinated and confused players ever since. […]

Card of The Month: Dryad Arbor

7 Mar, 2017 in Articles / Card of The Month / Uncategorized tagged Legacy / Modern / The Game by LooseWire

As you may or may not know, some people say that the decks I play are “unfair” or “overpowered” – or even go so far as to say, “I’m not your friend anymore.” So let me list off my current decks… Modern: Bogles (it’s not my fault you can’t interact […]

Crashing the Party: Story of an MTG Player

22 Feb, 2017 in Articles / Stories / Uncategorized tagged Advice by LooseWire

Decks in Legacy always have a specific goal. Some want to chain together spells, others want to bring back gigantic demons from the dead, while others want to make sure that their opponents can’t have fun. This deck fits into several categories. It disrupts the playstyle of our opponent, aggressively attacks, creates […]

Legacy: Sylvan Stompy

17 Feb, 2017 in Articles / Decks / Formats / Legacy tagged Aggro / Brews / Competitive / Deck Tech / Decks / Green / Legacy / MTG / Stompy by LooseWire

What if I told you that you could win the game on Turn One with only one land in your entire deck? Well, that deck is out there. And its name is Charbelcher. This particular Legacy deck focuses around the card (which, you may have noticed, was just reprinted in ). This […]

Legacy Charbelcher

1 Feb, 2017 in Articles / Decks / Legacy tagged Deck Tech / Decks / Legacy by LooseWire

Throughout the history of Magic, some colors have been better than others at getting rid of things. In the Modern format, it can be tricky to think of all of the removal out there. We’re going to list all of the removal that we’ve seen played, just to get an idea of […]

Modern Removal

28 Jan, 2017 in Articles / Explanations / Formats / Modern / MTG Guides tagged Competitive / Discussion / Formats / Getting Started / Guides / Modern / MTG / Tips by LooseWire

Do you want to play Pauper? Yes. Do you want to get super fast kills and make gigantic monsters way ahead of curve? Yes, I want to do that. I want to do that all the time. Then we have a decklist for you… Pauper Rage is a decklist we’ve found that […]

Mono-Red Pauper Rage

27 Jan, 2017 in Articles / Decks / Formats / MTGO / Pauper / Uncategorized tagged Aggro / Casual / Deck Tech / Decks / MTG / MTGO / Pauper / Red by LooseWire