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War Of The Spark Finance Across All Formats

War of the Spark has had a huge impact on sets from Standard to Modern, Legacy, and even Vintage! Chas Andres breaks them all down, plus alternate-art Japanese planeswalkers and This Week’s Trends!

Nick Prince And His First Mythic Championship

Friend of The GAM Podcast Nick Prince qualified for his first Mythic Championship, MC London. He joins Gerry and Bryan to talk about his breakthrough, testing without a large team, and much more!

Does Ugin’s Conjurant Break Modern?

Ugin’s Conjurant combines with Celestial Kirin to destroy all lands. But is this truly Armageddon? Gerry Thompson investigates the possibilities and provides several brews!

Just How Good Is Surgical Extraction In Modern?

The unprecedented release of data from Mythic Championship London allowed Mox Insights to explore some deep questions! For example, Surgical Extraction turned out to be the most-played nonbasic card, but how much good did it do?

Mythic Championship London By The Numbers

Wizards of the Coast released lots of metagame data for Mythic Championship London, and that made Mox Insights very happy! Check out their analysis of the Modern results!

My Top 10 Modern Cards From War Of The Spark

SCG Richmond is coming soon, but don’t overlook War of the Spark’s potential impact on Modern! The fact that Bryan Gottlieb has a plausible Top 10 is telling in and of itself…

Modern With War Of The Spark!

Does War of the Spark have what it takes to hang with the big dogs of Modern? Emma Handy and Todd Anderson duel with notable cards and surprising results!

Jund Guy Goes To London

You can’t stop Jund Guy from playing Jund! But as he prepares for Mythic Championship London, he starts to realize the Modern metagame isn’t all tea and crumpets…

Are The Japanese Alternate-Art Planeswalkers The Coolest-Looking Magic Cards Of All Time?

From the London Mulligan to War of the Spark Limited and those cool Japanese alternate art planeswalkers, Todd Anderson, Shaheen Soorani, and Patrick Sullivan had lots to say. They wrote. Now, you vote!

Devastation Awaits: Figuring Out Finale Of Devastation

Finale of Devastation reminds The Boss of some truly busted cards, including Green Sun’s Zenith! He explores how to use the big green X-spell in Standard and Modern.

Why Ashiok, Dream Render Is Better Than You Think

Magic’s original planeswalker of mystery is back to mill cards and take games! Let Sam Black explain the potential of Ashiok, Dream Render in Standard, Modern, and beyond!

Blast Zone Will Blow Up Your World

An ability like Powder Keg or Ratchet Bomb … stapled to a colorless land?! Ben Friedman’s brain is buzzing with the possibilities in Modern and Legacy!

The End Is Near: Nicol Bolas, Dragon-God

Patrick Chapin and the ultimate Grixis planeswalker are a match made in Magic heaven. He brews with Nicol Bolas, Dragon-God in Standard before teaming it up with Jace, the Mind Sculptor in Modern!

White’s Best Two-Drop? Testing Tomik, Distinguished Advokist

Will Tomik, Distinguished Advokist see play in Standard? Modern? Legacy? If not, it’s not from lack of trying by Tom Ross! Get his latest decklists featuring the tantalizing two-drop!

All Praise The Boar God, Ilharg, The Raze-Boar!

A not-so-little piggy is headed to Magic, and Dylan Hand is ready for the End-Raze! He explores Ilharg’s potential in Standard and Modern.