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 #126: Revisiting Equinaut

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For today’s article from the Kitchen Table, Abe revisits one of his most popular deck creations – the oingy boingy special, Equinaut. Modified with new cards, does it still rock the casual scene? Only Abe can tell us…

The Kitchen Table #125: Retiring the Most Underused Cards of All Time: Volume V

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Abe returns to retire some of the most underused cards in Casual Magic. He’s looking for a spanking… will the forum folk oblige?

SCG Daily – A Deck a Day: Power Your Friday

It is the final installment of the latest Deck a Day series, where we build decks like kids build with blocks, or something like that. What goodies are up Abe’s sleeve today?

SCG Daily – A Deck a Day: Quoz’s Revenge

What will the dice bring today? I doubt today’s deck can top yesterday’s Battlewagon-power fest, but can Abe at least equal it? They say a cook is only as good as his ingredients. What will Abe’s ingredient be?

SCG Daily – A Deck a Day: Oh, My Keldon

Do you dream of attacking with an unstoppable creature? Ever wanted to swing with the largest monster possible? Do you aspire to smash face with a ridiculously powerful beast?

If so, Abe’s your guy. A monster that beats with a six figure power? How can you not read this?

SCG Daily – A Deck a Day: Orcs Away!

Hark! Forsooth, ‘tis Tuesday, and I have returned for thy daily repast of deck. Thine eyes do shine at the mention of this holy artifice that doth so consume thy time. Thou art welcome to share mine table as we break forth new ground with yonder cards.

SCG Daily – A Deck a Day: Time Waits for No Man

This week I decided to try an experiment for my weeklies, because I like challenges and experiments. I have my trusty d100 with me. I am going to roll, and then take the rolled number card in alphabetical order from a random expansion set. Make sense? Probably not, but let’s do it anyway.

The Kitchen Table #124: Building Decks with Underused Cards

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Abe cracks open his Underused Cards file, and cooks up a tasty broth of decks that utilize some of the unsung heroes of Magic… Those fringe cards that clutter up your trade binder? Dig them out. It’s time to play.

The Kitchen Table #123: Deck Smash!

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As part of MagictheGathering.com’s Swap Week, Mark Rosewater had to write an article as Jay Moldenhauer-Salazar. He decided to smash together a pair of preconstructed decks and try to make it work. That sounded like a great idea to me, so I decided to write an entire article of deck smashes.

SCG Daily – A Deck a Day: Alternate Victory

Hello again, friends old and new. Our daily dosage of deck has almost passed, but before it is gone completely, we have one last entry. This week, we’ve looked at a bad rare deck, an online friendly Culling Sun deck, an old school fish deck, and even a lost precon. What’s missing from this list?

SCG Daily – A Deck a Day: The Missing Guildpact Precon Found!

As a companion piece to today’s “Kitchen Table” article, Abe does some digging… and unearths the fabled Missing Guidpact Precon!

The Kitchen Table #122: The Casual Player’s Preconstructed Deck Primer

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Abe takes us through a minefield of precon goodness, highlighting the best – and worst – these ready-made decks have to offer. A fine foray into oft-unexplored territory.

SCG Daily – Keeping Oaths

In today’s edition of Abe’s Bad Card Challenge, he takes a much maligned Oath and tries to work wonders… say hello to the Oath of Scholars.

SCG Daily – A Deck a Day: Culling the Past

In today’s installment of “A Deck a Day,” Abe concentrates on Guildpact’s Orzhovian Wrath of God – Culling Sun.

SCG Daily – A Deck A Day: Righteousness, For Their Sake

For today’s deck building fiesta, I am going to go back to an old feature — the bad rare deck. I am going to reach into my box of, um… low-value rares and grab one, building the first deck that comes to mind in seconds. Ready?