This week Bennie Smith talks about three brews he’s been working on in Standard: Glissa Pod, Hatebound Pod, and R/B/u Ooze. If you want to play something different at GP or Standard Open: Salt Lake City, try one of these decks out.
Bennie Smith reveals how cultivating your Legend in multiplayer Magic can turn against you. He gives suggestions for how you can change your reputation in order to ensure that your multiplayer games stay fun!
This week, Bennie Smith gets back to talking about Commander. Going in a different direction than usual, he’s built a sweet equipment-themed deck around Ruhan of the Fomori. Check it out!
Bennie Smith interviews Kenny Mayer, who recently got second at a Modern PTQ in Richmond. Find out all about G/W Summoning Trap from one of its best pilots along with updates to Bennie’s Glissa Pod Standard deck.
Commander Single Card Strategy is back! Bennie Smith tells you why you should try out Dark Ascension card Sudden Disappearance in your Commander deck.
Bennie Smith takes his first look at Modern to get ready for an upcoming PTQ. He provides a couple of Greater Good brews and calls for readers to help him make them even better. Could this be the next deck to shake up Modern?
What did Commander gain from Dark Ascension? Bennie Smith goes color-by-color through the best cards Dark Ascension has to offer Commander decks.
Bennie went 5-2 before having to drop at Richmond with his Pod deck. Combine the power of Glissa and Ratchet Bomb. With some elbow grease, this baby could shine!
Building on his love of green, black, and Birthing Pod, Benny looks to combine Glissa with Ratchet Bomb in a Pod list featuring Dark Ascension for the Richmond Standard Open!
So I finally pulled the trigger. I’ve gone ahead and built a Commander deck around her. Yes her, the Commander that you can’t cast from the Command Zone without losing the game. Phage the Untouchable!
Bennie Smith examines today’s Standard metagame and notices something weird… it’s dominated by blue decks! Again! Why does blue keep returning to the top?
Last time I wrote about the subtly useful Distorting Lens; this time, I’m writing about another one of those situationally-useful cards that doesn’t do anything on its own and is easy to overlook — Sundial of the Infinite!
Bennie Smith goes through all the rares and mythics of Standard to look for hidden gems. Which of these cards do you think deserves to see more play?
Bennie has been holding out for this day: the day he made Grimgrin, Corpse-Born into a Commander! Check out this fun-filled deck for neat ideas on how to start your own Zombie-pocalypse.
As Bennie Smith introduces his kids to classic board games, he also has been spending time brewing some Ooze decks. He takes a more controlling approach in this article.
