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…
So, surprisingly, the meta seems to have stagnated at the upper echelons. The reemergence of a few archetypes is really the only notable thing happening. However, among tier two, a lot of interesting stuff is happening, and I wanted to sprinkle some of that in this month. Cavalcade Red: If your opponent stumbles on removal…
Hello Magic players! I’m a little late on this one, but here’s the Metagame report for July—and boy has M20 warped Standard. Orvhov Vampires: I hate, despise, and utterly dislike Adanto Vanguard every time it’s played. I’m not sure how it’s a fair Magic card, and the fact it triggers Knight of Ebon Legion with…
As if the MTG spoiler season didn’t already raise the hype to a fever pitch for M20, it’s now available on MTG Arena and I wanted to share my first impressions. After a few hours of playing, testing a new archetype I expect better players than I to refine, and then seeing how new cards…
Ready to Revive Arclight Phoenix A Lot? So, you play Standard at your local FNM, but what you really want to play is a deck that is like something out of Modern? Well, until Wizards of the Coast decides to ban Arclight Phoenix, you can do just that. For the price of playing three instants or…
Hello and welcome to another Magic: The Gathering Metagame Report. Already I have found the issue with this template: the top decks may change in order, but there are often not that many new creations this close to a set dropping. So, I’ll just cursory talk about decks I covered last month and anything climbing…
War of The Spark is peak Magic, and it’s going to absolutely blow a hole in every format in the game when it drops. Commander is getting absurd amounts of viable cards; I can see some of these making Modern, but it’s Standard I play, and it’s Standard I’m talking about here. And because I…
Welcome to the Metagame Report: the hopefully monthly article series where I, Brandon Scott, on-and-off Magic: The Gathering player of a decade, give my unsolicited opinions on 8 of the most powerful decks in the Standard metagame. Mono-Blue Tempo: Mono-Blue Tempo is the weirdest beast I’ve seen in a while. It’s breaking some of the…
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With the release of Magic: The Gathering’s Ravnica Allegiance, I wanted to go over some cards I’m personally excited about and want to see what insane things people do with them. They might not shape up to be the best cards; they may not be the most viable in whatever format you happen to…
If memory serves, I’ve been playing Magic: The Gathering since I was 12 years old. And still to this day Magic remains a hobby I enjoy. And, my greatest praise of Magic: The Gathering Arena is it finally offers a solution for those of us who do not want to spend the money it takes…
The Flame of Keld Continues To Burn With the standard rotation being kicked off by Guilds of Ravnica, I figured if I was going to bring Magic: The Gathering to Sci-Fi Bloggers, this would be the time. And, today, I have a deck tech for all you RDW players. More specifically, an updated Flame of…
