Many people are unhappy with Arena’s economy. I don’t have a formed opinion about it. But I want people to play the decks they like, so here’s some advice to at least help.
With the DND set giving us new pieces, I figured it was time to revisit my favorite tribe in Magic: the humble goblin. A while back, the goblin deck proved itself a demon of Historic. It’s fallen from memory slightly, and even the people who expect it aren’t prepared to face a different version.
Zendikar Rising snuck up too fast to cover the set before it came out, and I don’t draft enough to have a good sense of the whole card pool. But there is one aspect of the new set I think needs to be discussed.
I’ve been playing a lot of Historic lately. The card pool is so deep and there are so many brutal decks running around that it feels like Modern, and I am all for that. As a Spike, I like to play strong cards with strong interactions. Which is why I’m playing control. But what version…
M21 just came out, and with it, a lot of new and powerful cards, along with some not so powerful cards. Core Sets are always interesting because of them needing to balance easier to understand cards for new players while making it a good enough product so that entrenched players actually want to buy it….
Arena Doesn’t Have To Cost A Fortune I hope it’s not a controversial statement to say that you should pay the companies that produce games you like. Even if something is free-to-play, the company that made it still needs money, and if you enjoy a game, and you want that game to still exist, then…
Dimir or Grixis or Esper Might Return: The new Ashiok and the new Elspeth are both really good, and people will soon learn of how brutal a deck that can use both Thought Erasure and Agonizing Remorse will be to most fun strategies. Additionally, there are new red and white board wipes in Theros on…
It’s still the early days of Theros Beyond Death, but, after playing for a few hours, I’ve gotten a few opinions. Eight to be exact. And, though I’m usually a little wrong when I do predictions like these, I’m still confident I’m mostly right. So, with that potentially damning statement out and about, let’s go…
Pre-Theros release, the Magic meta isn’t likely to do anything too jarring, but the newest Mythic Championship definitely cemented a few decks and even brought back ramp as a viable strategy. So, let’s go through six of them and see what’s kicking around in Standard. Simic Ramp: It seems like green and blue have become…
Temur Reclamation has been my pet deck this standard, and I’ve been playing it to moderate success. But the meta eventually left the deck behind. However, I still think it’s worth considering. It just needs a new focus, a new coat of paint. Some people went the midrange route—I’ve gone the opposite. Behold! Temur Hard…
While I may have procrastinated this Magic meta report until the very last minute of October, with the recent ban of Field of the Dead, the meta shifted right at the end of the month anyway, so it was rather fortuitous. Golos decks in every color combination dominated the meta and could not be stopped…
Though it feels too quick to have come already, we are in Spoiler Season 2019 for Throne of Eldraine, and I wanted to give a few first impressions about how it’s going since the new Brawl update dropped. Impression Number One: Adventure Is A Sweet But Problematic Mechanic When I first saw it, I thought…
