$500,000 MTG Event Reveals New Meta Breaker
After a long line of awful Pro Tour metagames, it’s a huge relief to finally see a balanced one. Modern has been the healthiest competitive MTG format since Underworld Breach was banned, and a relatively balanced metagame proves that even the pros couldn’t decide on a de facto best deck. Despite this, there are some […]
Wild Combo Brew Abuses Symmetrical Spider Man Enchantment
MTG Spider Man and Through the Omenpaths cards are finally available for tournament play, and there are already some really sweet brews running around. This set may be small, but there are a number of awesome build-arounds to maximize. Yesterday, popular content creator Aspiringspike quickly managed to go 5-0 in a Modern League with a […]
Forgotten 18-Year Old Zero Mana Artifact Wins Event for First Time in Years
As more cards come to Magic: The Gathering with format-warping abilities, it’s not uncommon for cards that went ignored for years to make a roaring return. This is rather common in Commander, where a new interesting Commander to build around has powerful synergies with old cards. It can also happen in competitive Magic, albeit it’s […]
Broken Standard Combo Breaks Out in Older MTG Format
At this point, everyone knows how absurdly strong Izzet Cauldron is in Standard. The deck’s ability to apply pressure, generate value, and win the game out of nowhere thanks to the power of Agatha’s Soul Cauldron makes it difficult to gameplan against. As it turns out, the strategy is so powerful that it’s even making […]
Ten-Mana Enchantment Gives Wizards Shell Exciting Combo Finish
Omniscience is an extremely powerful combo card. Whether you’re cheating it into play with Kona, Rescue Beastie in Standard or Show and Tell in Legacy, the enchantment has proven to be a great build-around that makes it trivial to win the game once in play. Now, the card is even making its presence felt in […]
Underplayed Dog Adds Explosive Element to Potent Combo Deck
Over time, traditional Living End decks in Modern have become less prevalent. The banning of Violent Outburst and Grief forced players to try to adapt. Fortunately, players have been up to the challenge. A sweet Jund Living End variant went undefeated in a Magic Online Modern League yesterday, and it’s very different from builds we’re […]
Classic MTG Deck Brings 31-Year-Old Artifact Back Into The Fray
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Dead Graveyard Deck Reemerges with Busted Mechanic
Back when Faithless Looting was unbanned, there was a lot of initial hype surrounding the Izzet Phoenix archetype that was once by far the strongest thing to be doing in Modern. There was also some hope that Looting could revitalize Dredge, which has died off over the last few years. Ironically, neither strategy resurfaced in […]
One-Mana Spider Man Legend Speeds Up Potent Combo Menace
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Disappointing Spider-Man Secret Lair Duo Offers Abysmal Reprint Value
Four new Secret Lairs were just revealed, presumably as part of the Marvel’s Spider-Man Superdrop. Unfortunately, this time around, they aren’t all that flashy. Not only do the Heroic Deeds and Villainous Plots share three of the same five cards (with modified artwork), but the reprint value for both Secret Lairs is extremely disappointing. They […]