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AuthorAbe Sargent

A Commander and casual Magic lover who calls all of West Virginia his hometown, Abe Sargent moved to Michigan for a time, working there for eleven years before heading off to seminary in the North Philly suburbs before finally heading to southwestern Connecticut. He's still not sure how a state the size of Connecticut has its own distinct regions. If you face Abe in a duel, be prepared to face his notorious work of art, Abe's Deck of Happiness and Joy.

The Kitchen Table #411: Some Casual M14 Decks

Abe has created a quartet of decks inspired by Magic 2014 for your next casual encounter. Let him know what you think in the comments!

The Kitchen Table #410: Equinaut Commander Update

Abe recently updated his Equinaut Commander deck with cards from Return to Ravnica block and beyond. Check it out!

The Kitchen Table #409: The Next 100 With Sygg

Have your Commander decks gotten a stale? Abe’s got a solution! He introduces the Next 100 Project and explains it with the example of Sygg, River Cutthroat.

The Kitchen Table #408: The Golden Age Of Magic

Abe Sargent explores the ages of Magic from a player’s perspective and identifies the Golden Age of Magic. Will you come to the same conclusion?

The Kitchen Table #407: Commander Teysa, Standard Style!

Abe shows off the powerful cards that have been printed in the Orzhov colors recently with a Standard-legal Teysa, Envoy of Ghosts Commander deck.

The Kitchen Tale #406: Tajic Commander

Abe takes you through the process of building his first Commander deck with a Dragon’s Maze legend. See what he came up with for Tajic, Blade of the Legion!

The Kitchen Table #405:My Take On Commander Cube

Abe Sargent writes about why he built a Commander cube and shares his thought processes while putting it together. Be sure to check out his full cube list!

The Kitchen Table #404 – Spirit Horde!

Do you enjoy Commander? Do you enjoy smashing the face of nameless hordes of bad guys in video games? Well, get ready to enjoy Horde Magic!

The Kitchen Table #403 – How To Handle A Soul Warden In Six Easy Steps

Abe talks about the nature of utility creatures at the multiplayer table and how to fight them. Get some tools and ideas for your next Magic night!

The Kitchen Table #402 – Where Are You John Liu?

Abe looks to the past to a writer who left behind a good injection of talent with his articles. See the lessons John Liu left behind about multiplayer Magic.

The Kitchen Table #401 – Commanding Ixidor

Abe tells you how he built his Ixidor Commander deck with a focus on pushing the cool combo theme while also adding power cards other lists seemed to miss.

The Kitchen Table #400 – Quadricentennial Arrivals

Check out Abe’s 400th weekly article for StarCityGames.com in which he highlights some of his favorite articles, talks about AbeDraft 3.0, and more!

The Kitchen Table #399 – Random Decks IV

Join Abe for some casual fun as he revisits an interesting challenge he came up with to build random decks years ago.

The Kitchen Table #398 – Very Mercenary

Because he forgot it in his article about formats and variants for casual play, today Abe explains a fun variant called Mercenaries.

The Kitchen Table #397 – Random Formats

See what fun stuff Abe comes up with when he builds casual formats or variants around randomly selected words.