This past weekend saw Tarmogoyf – admirably aided by Mystic Enforcer – take the title of Time Spiral Block Powerhouse at Grand Prix: Montreal. Celso Zampere Jr. piloted the deck all the way to the top, and today’s Peebles Primers takes us through the ins and outs of the well-honed Green/White aggro machine. This deck is sure to be out in force for the approaching PTQ season… be prepared!
Regionals has passed for another year, and Block Constructed season is just beginning… and today’s Peebles Primers has some handy hints on how to choose a deck for the coming Constructed battles. With the various sixty-card metagames offering a dazzling array of powerful options, are there strategies available to maximize your winning potential? BPM reveals all…
Benjamin Peebles-Mundy rocked up to his Regionals tournament with a wholly unusual Dredge deck. Inspired by the strangest of Japanese tech, it offers a more robust engine and combo kill, plus the opportunity to radically alter your game plan should the need arise. In the weeks leading to Regionals, this deck never lost a match on Magic Online. Is this the true Dredge deck we’ve all been waiting for? Read on to find out!
Regionals is mere days away, and by now you should all have chosen your starting sixty. After all, you’re always well-prepared for the big tournaments… right? For those of you who still harbor doubts, Benjamin Peebles-Mundy continues his excellent Primer series. Today is the turn of Craig Jones’s favorite deck, and the aggro option that has fallen from grace of late: Zoo. Does the addition of White give the powerful Gruul beat machine a run for its money? Is it the deck to take you to Nationals? BPM reveals all…
We’re trundling down the Road to Regionals today with a look at one of Japan’s finest sixty-card imports… Solar Flare! Once a proud Tier 1 deck, this U/B/W Control deck took a beating with new set releases, but it’s seeing a Renaissance of late. If you like your decks packed with card drawing and broken plays, then Solar Flare may be the choice for you come Regionals…
The Standard metagame has crystallized around three Tier 1 decks: Dragonstorm, Gruul, and Dralnu du Louvre. Of late, it appears that the decks with Red have eclipsed the Control deck… but lately, the counterspells have been fighting back! Benjamin takes the Blue/Black masterpiece and updates it for a Brave New Metagame, just in time for Regionals!
Dragonstorm is the best deck in Standard. Coming in a (not-so) close second is R/G Aggro, a.k.a. Gruul. Since this game began, folk have enjoyed beating down with little Green and Red men, and finishing the job with red burn to the face. Future Sight has brought some interesting Red and Green cards to the table… just how do they fit into the grand scheme of reducing your opponent from twenty to zero? BPM reveals all!
Thanks to a punted PTQ, Benjamin Peebles-Mundy is playing Regionals this year. With less than a month to go until the big day, BPM is embarking on a journey to find and hone his Regionals powerhouse. Each week, from now until the tournament, he’ll be looking at possible contenders, and weighing up the pros and cons of each in regards to a likely nine-round tournament. First up is Dredge. Is it good enough to take the slot?
Last week’s Peebles Primers saw BPM take a look at drafting the Red and Black commons from Future Sight. Today, he brings us the lowdown on the remaining three colors — Blue, White, and Green. Each color gets a common pick order, and each card has its relative strengths and weaknesses on display for all to see. The cards hit the stores tomorrow, folks… be prepared!
Armed with a sack-full of product acquired by successful times at the Future Sight Prerelease, Benjamin Peebles-Mundy has been drafting TPF at an alarming rate! Today, he presents the first in what promises to be an entertaining series, evaluating the Red and Black commons for competitive Limited play. He runs through each common in order of relevance, and shows us the hits and the misses from Magic’s newest set!
In this fascinating article on the fundamentals of Magic, Benjamin Peebles-Mundy shows us how those subconscious short-cuts — as described earlier this week by Nick Eisel — can be mutated to our advantage. We all remember Antoine Ruel’s masterful Force Spike play at Pro Tour: Los Angeles… BPM attempts to raise our game to this level, where the plays we make can affect both the conscious and subconscious mind of our opponents.
With the Pro Tour Train making its scheduled stop at the Block Constructed Station in Yokohama soon, Benjamin Peebles-Mundy brings us an interesting look at a number of Gauntlet of Power decks. Not one, not two, not three… but four separate Block decks for your entertainment pleasure! Are you looking to rock Block with some top tech? Then smell the glove!
What is it with Dredge strategies and players called Ben? Taking a leaf out of Bennie Smith’s book, BPM takes hi own tweaked G/B Dredge deck and throws it into the IPA Qualifying Tournament ring. Today’s Peebles Primers takes us through the tournament step by step, with comprehensive game walkthroughs along the way. If you’re after a fringe strategy with the power to take home the prize, the look no further than your graveyard!
Everyone knows that the only way to improve your game is to play against the strongest players available. And it seems that success comes with the backing of a large testing team or online clan. The Eternal Question, however, is how does one position oneself in order to create such networks of playtesting talent? BPM shares his own journey, and presents some handy tips for anyone looking to take their game to the next level.
Today’s Peebles Primers will be of specific interest to Bennie Smith… it’s a timely look at the Green/Black Dredge strategy in Standard! If you’re looking for a deck that utilizes the graveyard to the fullest, that makes huge unkillable men, and can reliably draw two cards per turn, then this is the article for you!
