Formats

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

A/N: This article encompasses a variety of strategies from Affinity, to MUD. Basically if your deck is mostly artifacts this one is about your deck. Carefully placed gears crackle to life, imbued with a subtly powerful magic that has been meticulously engineered for hundreds of years. Refined and polished, an army […]

Sylvan Stories: Artifact Aggro

26 May, 2017 in Articles / Sylvan Stories tagged Decks / Formats / Legacy / Modern by zebotc

Every format has its share of top decks – Legacy had Miracles, Modern had Jund (and currently Death’s Shadow Aggro), and for the moment Standard has Mardu Vehicles. But are these top decks truly the best and most optimized decks that could be played in said format? Just because public […]

Are “Top Tier” Decks Truly The Best?

8 May, 2017 in Articles / Formats / Legacy / Modern / Standard / The Game tagged Advice / Competitive / Discussion / Formats / Legacy / Modern / Standard / The Game by zebotc

Disturbingly eerie noises always emanated from the “research lab” (as it was unofficially titled by its owners) next store. Moans and groans would permeate the night, disturbing the subtle serenity of the small town it resided in. Joseph, the leader of the town’s investigation committee – which lay right next […]

Sylvan Stories: Delver

5 May, 2017 in Articles / Sylvan Stories tagged Black / Blue / Decks / Formats / Red / The Game by zebotc

Originally I was going to write an article about how the Legacy meta game might turn out in light of the recent banning of Top. However because everyone else has already discussed that to the point of redundancy, I’ve decided to write specifically about Miracles and what happens to the […]

Legacy: So What Now for Miracles Decks?

1 May, 2017 in Articles / Formats / Legacy / News / The Game tagged Blue / Competitive / Deck Tech / Decks / Discussion / Formats / Legacy / Red / Rumors / Speculation / The Game by zebotc

Breaking News: Disastrous Show and Tell day at Tolarian Elementary School The recent show and tell day at Tolarian Elementary school was anything but normal. Which is to be expected from a school that teaches magic. But this time it ended with absolutely disastrous results. Half of the building is now missing, […]

Sylvan Stories: Show and Tell

28 Apr, 2017 in Articles / Sylvan Stories tagged Formats / Legacy / The Game by zebotc

With Pauper’s popularity exploding across the community, many stores have started holding paper events. Although paper Pauper events are not yet supported by WotC, that hasn’t stopped my store from holding their own events! So in preparation for this, I will be sharing with all of you my favorite deck […]

Pauper B/G Dredge

26 Apr, 2017 in Articles / Formats / Pauper / The Game tagged Black / Decks / Formats / Green / Pauper / The Game by Shakunjin

While it is too early to tell for certain which cards from Magic’s newest set, Amonkhet, will be seeing play in eternal formats, there are definitely some very powerful contenders. Some of which have a very high potential to make entirely new strategies in various formats possibly altering entire meta […]

Amonkhet’s Impact on Eternal Formats

24 Apr, 2017 in Articles / EDH/Commander / Formats / Legacy / Modern / News / Pauper / The Game tagged Advice / cEDH / Commander / Competitive / Decks / Discussion / EDH / Formats / Legacy / Modern / Speculation / Spoilers by zebotc

Just as the forests twist and turn in mazes of bramble and earth, the elves lay ever vigilante, living in absolute harmony with their surroundings. They move about the gnarled canopies and enchanting earths of the grand forests they reside in, and expertly dispel any form of attack on their […]

Sylvan Stories: Elves

21 Apr, 2017 in Articles / Decks / Formats / Legacy / Modern / Sylvan Stories tagged Black / Decks / Formats / Green / Legacy / Modern / The Game by zebotc

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

Mikea could feel the dismal power surging through him. The infection was spreading through his entire being: clogging his thoughts, stealing his dreams, destroying his hopes. The Invader’s infection spread ever on, just as it had through his homeland, his village, his family – all of it. Now he, too, would become one of […]

Sylvan Stories: Infect

31 Mar, 2017 in Articles / Formats / Legacy / Modern / Sylvan Stories tagged Discussion / Formats / Legacy / Modern / The Game by zebotc

With both the physical and digital release of now behind us, the Pauper format has been revived with a myriad of new toys to play with. There is one, however, that we believe has the best chance of having a great impact on the format: . So what makes this card […]

Burning-Tree Emissary in Pauper

29 Mar, 2017 in Articles / Decks / Formats / Pauper / The Game tagged Brews / Deck Tech / Decks / Discussion / Formats / Green / Pauper / Red by Shakunjin

As Magic has grown in popularity, so have the prices of sought-after cards. Cards such as and have reached obscene levels and moved into triple digits. The Fetchlands, which are integral to almost every strategy in Eternal and heavily used in Frontier, are also slowly rising in price. Wizards has […]

Fixing the Reprint Issue?

27 Mar, 2017 in Articles / Formats / Legacy / Modern / The Game tagged Discussion / Formats / Legacy / Modern / Wizards / Wizards of The Coast by zebotc

While much of the MTG community is looking forward to Modern Masters 2017’s expensive reprints and new artwork, another group of players is getting all new cards to play with. You may be asking yourself, how can this be true if all the cards in this set are reprints? The […]

Modern Masters 2017’s Affect on Pauper

22 Mar, 2017 in Articles / Formats / News / Pauper / The Game tagged Formats / News / Pauper / The Game by Shakunjin

If you’re a long time player of Magic, you may already know about many of Magic’s unique formats. However, for many new players, there may be some confusion about the differences between them. Why is there a Legacy and a Vintage? What is the difference besteem EDH and Highlander? Below you will find […]

Guide to the Formats

13 Mar, 2017 in Articles / Formats / Getting Started / MTG Guides / The Formats / The Game tagged EDH / Formats / Frontier / Getting Started / Guides / Highlander / Legacy / Modern / Pauper / Peasant / Standard / Vintage by zebotc

With the long-awaited return of Archenemy format coming this June, players are bound to have many questions. This article will tell you what to expect from this product and how to setup a game of the insanely fun multiplayer format that is Archenemy. The first question you are probably asking […]

Know Your Enemy – An Overview of the Archenemy Format

1 Mar, 2017 in Articles / MTG Guides / News tagged Casual / Discussion / Formats / Guides / News / The Game by Shakunjin

With the release of Modern Masters 2017 on the horizon, there is much speculation about what should be in the set. With card prices rising, and a slim chance of many of these cards being reprinted in a legal Standard set, Modern Masters may be our only hope to help the affordability […]

Top Eight Cards for Modern Masters 2017

8 Feb, 2017 in Articles / Formats / Modern / The Game tagged Casual / Competitive / Discussion / Formats / Modern / Rumors / Speculation / The Game / Wizards / Wizards of The Coast by Shakunjin

What will happen to now? Will one of the most important Standard cards in recent history find a new place to be played?The recent Standard bannings have sent waves of controversy through the community. While for many, the banning of was quite welcome, the restriction wasn't exactly the same case. With Standard completely […]

Smuggler’s Copter: What Now? (Legacy, Frontier)

3 Feb, 2017 in Articles / Decks / Formats / Legacy / News / Standard tagged Decks / Discussion / Formats / Legacy / News / Speculation by zebotc

With the recently released in full swing, many players have been wondering what Wizards’ announcement in September about the Masterpiece series means for the Magic community as a whole. How is such a print cycle going to affect the limited environment? How is it going to affect prices in Standard? And will it […]

Masterpieces in Every Set?

30 Jan, 2017 in Articles / Explanations / MTG Guides / News / The Game tagged Advice / Discussion / Formats / News / Speculation / The Game / Wizards of The Coast by zebotc

Eldrazi Stompy – much like the events of Zendikar – ravaged through almost every format during the early 2016 season. Much like their story-driven counterparts, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, EDH, and even Standard saw an insurgence in Eldrazi-based decks. With the EDH and Standard decks fairly balanced, all seemed to be going […]

Legacy: Eldrazi Aggro Losing Popularity?

28 Jan, 2017 in Articles / Decks / Formats / Legacy / News tagged Aggro / Competitive / Discussion / Formats / Legacy / News / Speculation by zebotc

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

With FNM attendance in an alarming downswing, Wizards has responded. Standard as a format rarely, if ever, sees bans, since sets are usually carefully designed to work together. Wizards of the Coast’s recent choice to ban not only , but and , as well, was incredibly controversial. A lot of people would agree […]

Post-Aether Revolt/Bannings: State of Standard

27 Jan, 2017 in Articles / Formats / News / Standard / Uncategorized tagged Competitive / Decks / Discussion / Formats / Speculation / Standard / The Game / Wizards of The Coast by zebotc