Hello Alchemist, I took the deck I wrote about here and made 4 iterations before I piloted it for our local store championships, for the chance to win the Teferi championship playmat and a Dominaria pre-release pass. The tournament gathered 47 players entering round 1, resulting to 6 swiss rounds and a cut to top... Continue Reading →
Hello everyone, Since The Forbidden Alchemy is a blog dedicated first and foremost to Standard, I am quite excited to see the potential of Brawl as a new format. For those who don't know what this format is, please go here. In a nutshell: Brawl is a standard format derivative of Commander. It's intended to... Continue Reading →
Hello Everyone, 99% of all Magic players are categorized as beginners, amateurs, grinders, or veterans at most. Only a handful of us can say they are professional Magic players. And even in that small niche of players not everyone can say they are real pros. An exclusive group of people in this collection of great... Continue Reading →
Hello again! If you haven't gone through the entire Rare Review Series, I urge you go straight to it to help guide you on what I think is a great investment, will see a lot of play (or not), or a money trap. So we're done with the solid colors so it's time to hit... Continue Reading →
Hello everyone, Today is day 2 of Rivals of Ixalan Pre-release and I've been seeing a lot of people posting their fantastic pools, amazing records and cool limited card synergies they stumbled on accidentally. Fun times and it's going to get even more fun! Let's now do the rare review series for black - the... Continue Reading →
Hello Alchemists! Sorry if blue players were kept itching for my reviews on Rivals of Ixalan's blue cards but let me get right on it! Blue colors are usually bad in limited because of its very low density on threats, absence of removal, and counter magic is essentially bad in an environment where people value... Continue Reading →
Hello again and welcome back to the Rare Review Series! Let's now focus our attention to White and see what's in store for Craig Wescoe fans! Again, these are just speculations so don't sue me for making you miss a hyped card while it's cheap. Bishop of Binding is literally a functional reprint of Fiend... Continue Reading →
Welcome back, Alchemist! Today let's visit the verdant side of Ixalan and check out what's neat and what's not in Rivals. Again, these are my own speculations and I am rating them based on current usability in today's meta plus its potential in the brewing environment! Let's get right on it! Deeproot Elite looks like... Continue Reading →
Hello Alchemists, Since Rivals of Ixalan has been fully spoiled, like many Magic players, everyone is speculating what rares and mythics will see standard play and which of these are worth pre-ordering while prices are low. The 'Rare Review Series' will hopefully be a regular segment here at The Forbidden Alchemy which will feature the... Continue Reading →
I hope your nights are lit with mizzium mortars tonight! As we close the last page of 2017, let me first greet everyone a Happy New Year. I hope this year was good to you, both in your personal lives as well as your planeswalking career. Let us welcome 2018 with better lines of play,... Continue Reading →
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