A Second Look At Magic Origins
With more than half the set spoiled, GerryT feels confident that it’s going to pull Standard in one specific direction and has started building new decks with that in mind.
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Daily Financial Value Of Magic Origins – July 1st
The spoiler for Magic Origins is getting pretty complete, and Ben shares his thoughts about how he expects the set’s price trajectory to differ from prior Core Sets’ as well as price analyses for the individual cards added since yesterday’s update.
Dear Azami: Parley Vous Jetons?
Parley is a powerful mechanic in Commander, and strapping that ability to your Commander will drastically shift the flow of the game as card advantage goes all around the table. Jess Stirba works on one of her favorite Commaners: Selvala, Explorer Returned!
Daily Digest: Creative Company
Collected Company is tearing it up in Modern, and the more interesting the Company deck, the more GerryT likes it! Today’s deck comes from the Top Eight of Grand Prix Singapore, and it’s a sweet one!
Some Thoughts On Changes To Organized Play
With some key changes to Organized Play announced as of Pro Tour Magic Origins, Adrian discusses the change that makes his personal style of play potentially against the rules.
Complaining About Everything New And You
Mark has been hearing a lot of echoes going around the echo chamber, all of them saying Magic Origins stinks and the cards are bad. But what if the only thing that’s bad is the lack of thought going into forming that firmly-held opinion?
Half An Origin
Ari Lax loves Storm something fierce, and Magic Origins has quite a present waiting inside for him. He also analyzes the rest of the set too with a critical eye – what will win him his second Pro Tour trophy?
Video: Esper Mentor In Legacy
After featuring it in yesterday’s Daily Digest, GerryT felt compelled to work on Legacy this week and puts Monastery Mentor through its paces in the Gitaxian Probe/Cabal Therapy/Brainstorm format to see how crazy it really is.
Rising From The Ashes
Magic Origins is set to shake up Standard, and Matt is excited to see it coming – but he also wants to take one last spin with the old format and make Deadly Wanderings finally work out.
Streaming And Magic
Pro Tour Champion Shaun McLaren has just started streaming Magic Online matches, and has some thoughts to share about what it will take to make Magic more watchable and accessible to a broader audience.
Daily Financial Value Of Magic Origins – June 30th
A few new key spoilers today, as well as an announcement from WotC adjusting the number of rares and mythics printed in Magic Origins!
Rakdos’s Return
Following up on Jess Stirba’s most recent column for Dear Azami, Abe takes her reader’s submission and works on a rebuild of his own for Rakdos, Lord of Riots!
Magic Origins Set Review
In his last article before a brief hiatus to go get married, Chas Andres takes an in-depth look at what we know about Magic Origins so far and what can be expected of its rares and mythics.
Daily Digest: Unearthing Some Technology
Monastery Mentor has been breaking out all across Modern in recent experiments, and it’s even found a home in Vintage as a powerful kill card. In today’s Daily Digest, Gerry looks at a deck trying to find it a good home in Legacy, where its spell-triggered token generation is particularly good with Cabal Therapy.
Lowry’s Lists: Magic Origins
Magic Origins is a deckbuilder’s cornucopia, and Anthony Lowry takes a meander through the set spoiled so far in order to find homes for some of the cards that interest him the most.