Wednesday, August 27th – Mono-Red is currently the deck of choice for the aggressive player seeking to smash face in Standard competition. At Grand Prix: Copenhagen, two Mono-Red decks faced off in the final match… but this was no ordinary mirror match. BPM investigates the critical differences in approach of the two successful decks, and presents the strengths and weaknesses of both…
Wednesday, August 20th – Magic Online Version 3 has a funky new feature – it outputs draft picks in text format. Benjamin Peebles-Mundy has taken the text file and gone one further, providing image-packed draft walkthrough information for everyone to share. Today, he brings us an episode of Drafting With BPM, and shares his thoughts on Standard and Block Constructed too!
Wednesday, August 13th – We’ve recently added a couple of high-level Block Constructed tournaments to the books, and while the usual suspects powered through to the final tables, an old 0/5 treefolk friend is experiencing a Renaissance. Doran, it seems, is back for good. Today, BPM investigates the many faces of the tricolor tree, and examines the strategy’s position in the current metagame.
Monday, August 4th – In the second of today’s rescheduled Premium articles, Benjamin Peebles-Mundy takes a close look at the Mono-Red phenomenon. With the Little Red Men powering through Nationals competitions across the globe, BPM dissects the winning build from U.S. Nats and provides an clear overview for those of us with their own high-profile tournaments on the horizon…
Wednesday, July 30th – Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past six months, you’ll know of the dominant Faerie decks that are currently bludgeoning the Block Constructed metagame. But what if you don’t wanna play with the Fae? What if your deck desires are a little more… elemental? Today’s Peebles Primers sees BPM revisit the once-popular Five-Color Elemental archetype, looking at its current position and its options with Eventide…
Wednesday, July 23rd – Quillspike: a card that screams to be abused. Eventide, it seems, is throwing a few spanners into the cogged metagame machinery, and this unassuming 1/1 for three mana has the potential to be a big player. So, how best do we utilize this funky three-drop? Benjamin Peebles-Mundy investigates…
Wednesday, July 16th – With Eventide fresh in everyone’s minds, and the Constructed applications of the new cards and mechanics slowly filtering through our collective unconsciousness, Benjamin Peebles-Mundy takes a break from the sixty-card formats for a stroll through the forty-card farmlands. He brings us his preliminary rankings for the best commons by color, and shares a few tips and tricks picked up at the prerelease…
Tuesday, July 8th – With the Lorwyn / Shadowmoor Block Constructed format descending into a triangle of despair, and Faeries, Kithkin, and Five-Color Control dominating all, do the spoiled cards from Eventide offer up a modicum of hope? Benjamin Peebles-Mundy believes they do. BPM examines some of the more potent weapons available… Warning: Contains Spoilers.
Wednesday, July 2nd – There are a number of ways to build your Five-Color Control deck in Lorwyn / Shadowmoor Block Constructed. While they all seem to slap the Kithkin silly, they all appear to flounder when facing the Fae. Benjamin Peebles-Mundy presents a proven Five-Color Control deck with much more than a mediocre game against the winged menace, gained without losing ground against White or the mirror. Intrigued? Then read on…
Wednesday, June 25th – Following on from last week’s look at Five-Color Control for Lorwyn / Shadowmoor Block Constructed, Benjamin Peebles-Mundy brings us an in-depth view of the deck, the matchups, and the sideboarding strategies. If you’re looking to shun the Fae and the Kithkin for your coming PTQ season, this is the article for you!
Wednesday, June 18th – When Manuel Bucher rocked the Top 8 of Grand Prix: Birmingham, Benjamin Peebles-Mundy knew he’d found his deck for the coming PTQ season. Today’s Peebles Primers sees BPM share the details of his latest PTQ attempt, which saw him storm the Swiss before falling from the final table in the semifinals. If you’re looking for a primer on this incredibly taxing deck, look no further!
Wednesday, June 11th – Benjamin Peebles-Mundy likes Reveillark. Of that, there’s no doubt. However, after the shenanigans at Pro Tour: Hollywood, with Reveillark coming from nowhere to place two decks in the Top 8, would the long-ignored combo deck be the right call for a diverse Regionals metagame? BPM sleeved up his seventy-five, and went to find out…
Wednesday, June 4th – With Regionals this weekend, and Pro Tour: Hollywood fresh in the books, it’s safe to say that the metagame come Saturday will be heavily influenced by the successful pro decklists from two weeks ago. Benjamin Peebles-Mundy casts his analytical eye over some of the numbers in the more successful archetypes, and crunches the data to help prepare us for a multitude of differing opposition…
Wednesday, May 28th – As we all know, Benjamin Peebles-Mundy loves the ‘Lark. Today’s edition of Peebles Primers examines whether Reveillark decks are to be feared come Regionals. Drawing on statistics from Pro Tour: Hollywood, in which two plucky Reveillark players made Top 8, BPM concludes that maybe the Faeries deck isn’t quite the best deck in Standard after all…
Wednesday, May 14th – Last weekend, Benjamin Peebles-Mundy sleeved up his trusty Reveillark deck and braved the fierce Standard competition on both days of the StarCityGames.com Mega-Magic Weekend. While he didn’t fare well on Day 2, on Day 2 he came agonizingly close to the money. Today’s Peebles Primers sees BPM take us through the tournaments, offering sage advice on the position of Reveillark Combo in the Faeries metagame…
