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AuthorAlexander Shearer

Alexander Shearer is a biologist, gamer, and writer. He has written for games and educational comics, and specializes in getting science in his gaming and gaming in his science.

The Field Report – There Will Be Goblins

Friday, January 14th – The Legacy metagame follows its own rules due to card availability. Can Alex predict the SCG Open: San Jose metagame based on past results?

The Field Report – Rogue Elements

Thursday, December 23rd – Data-cruncher and lover of numbers, Alexander Shearer examines the Worlds data and looks at the rogue decklists that may be the perfect metagame tools to take down your next Standard event!

The Field Report – Pushing the Pace of the Game

Tuesday, November 30th – Alexander Shearer provides up-to-date, compiled, and easily grokkable data on the Standard metagame. If you want to know what to expect at this weekend’s SCG Richmond Open and Invitational, best check it out!

The Field Report – Valakuts & Vampires

Tuesday, November 16th – Alexander Shearer looks at more data from Magic Online Dailies and Premiers and examines the latest trends. His analysis of Valakut turns out the “ideal” Valakut deck based on the results! How close is your build?

The Field Report – Chiba From a Thousand Feet

Thursday, November 4th – Alexander Shearer joins us at StarCityGames.com to begin his new column about analyzing the metagame from a data and graph-laced perspective. What is Standard’s narrative today?