Azor's Gateway went into a BG shell that went 5-0 in an MTGO competitive league. This caught Eric Froehlich's attention and he wrote about it in Channel Fireball. In my local meta, I also found RB players and Mono-Black players trying this artifact out thanks to Reddit and Saffron Olive who made a deck that... Continue Reading →
Gonti, Lord of Luxury is one of my favorite cards in standard and I pre-ordered 4 copies because I knew he was a decent piece in a mid-range deck. Cards with ETB abilities can be treated as a 2-in-1 card because you get a creature and a spell-based effect in 1 card. Gonti has a... Continue Reading →
With Protour Rivals of Ixalan in the books, we all witnessed the power of precision control elements that can deprive opponents from playing normal Magic. Ensnaring Bridge together with a hand-less strategy and milling your opponent off of key cards that can remove the Bridge was a solid game plan against a meta filled with... Continue Reading →
Today I took a deck I read about and studied online that was piloted by Jim Davis which he called Bant Lands. Basically its an Approach deck at its core but instead of playing a straight control shell, Jim played a more proactive list using ramp to accelerate his mana, thin his deck and cast... Continue Reading →
Hello guys, I know some of you guys are very sad visiting the page and not see new content getting published but it's just becoming busier at work now. I am open to have co-writers here especially for other formats so if you're interested, please drop me a message! I am a fan of block-specific... Continue Reading →
Let this sink in. Before Ghalta got printed, Combustible Gearhulk usually hits betwee 0 to 18 because it normally goes to a deck that's filled with 6-drops. Saffron Olive made a deck that he called "6-drop Tribal" where everything in the deck costs 6 to maximize Combustible's damage output. There's currently an RG Monster list... Continue Reading →
So Ramunap Red is gone. Standard lost its free shock in the form of Ramunap Ruins and many RR players are trying to salvage the shell and find ways to put more reach into their decks. Together with the loss of Rampaging Ferocidon, RR players have more reasons to slap in more Chandra, possible go... Continue Reading →
Who's excited for the new Standard season? The banning will apply on the 19th of January and we will see a lot less energy and maybe a toned down Ramunap Red list in your local gaming shop every night. With standard going a 'forced' rotation we can expect a different feel with how decks will... 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 Alchemists! I hope everybody's pre-release were exciting and action packed! Nothing feels better than merfolks killing dinosaurs and vampires sucking on pirates in Ixalan, right? I recently got emails requesting to update some of the decks I've posted with new cards from Rivals. I think this was a valid request and I guess it's... Continue Reading →
Forbidden Alchemy 