Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been categorized as “Modern”
Welcome to another edition of “This Day in Magic History.” Today, we’ll be taking a look at a piece of Magic’s competitive history: Pro Tour Chicago. The event ran from Oct. 10-12, 1997, and it matters more than most because it was the very first Pro Tour for the Extended format. As a result, it was largely dominated by the …
Spirits are undoubtedly one of the coolest tribes in Magic. Popular in Modern, Spirits are a tribe with some truly fantastic cards. And as we’re entering the Halloween season, it’s only right to get in the “spirit” of things. 20. Kodama of the East Tree Kodama of the East Tree kicks things off our list today, and despite me not …
At the beginning of what I call the New Modern era (Modern Horizons and forward), Rhinos decks centered around cascading into Crashing Footfalls burst onto the scene and remained a top tier deck for some time. But at some point, Modern adjusted and Rhinos fell out of favor — replaced by Living End and Glimpse combo. However, Leyline Binding seems …
Over the last couple of weeks, the Modern metagame has shifted. As certain decks give way to new pieces of tech, others rise to the top. And as new threats find a target on their back, combo decks like Death’s Shadow seem primed to feast. The initial pebble that caused these ripples is Leyline Binding, which has put pressure on …
Modern Tier List: September 2022 Welcome back for the September 2022 edition of Card Kingdom’s Modern Tier List! In September, we have all of the normal MTGO challenges, a Modern Showcase on MTGO and the Grand Open Qualifier in Paris. Dominaria United has settled in now, and we’re beginning to see Modern shift along with those new additions. This has …
Welcome to another edition of “This Day in Magic History.” Today, we’ll take a look at the Sept. 20, 2011 Banned and Restricted announcement, when Modern saw its first bans. Consider this a direct continuation of when I took a look at the beginning of the Modern format. That article concluded with a discussion of Modern’s first Pro Tour, and …
Chances are if you play almost any amount of Modern, you’ve encountered the boogeyman of the format: Four Color Yorion. Chances are you’ve also lost to it, because, well, it is all of the best cards in Modern jammed into one deck. The card quality is through the roof, the card advantage is off the charts and their matchup against …
Modern was in the middle of a staleness problem before Dominaria United. While the top end of the metagame has looked relatively the same for almost a year now, players have made innovations and sideboard plans to at least keep the games interesting. But from a diversity standpoint, things have been incredibly lacking. However, this past weekend’s Magic Online challenges …
Recently I ran down what I believed were the top five Dominaria United cards for Modern, but now that we have a week of tournaments under our belt, I’d like to take a look at the early standouts. It takes a lot for most Standard sets to put multiple cards into decks as a four of in Modern, yet Dominaria …
I wanted to try something different from my normal longer, more in-depth pieces focusing on one deck, so welcome to Card Kingdom’s first Modern Deck Spotlight. The goal of this series is to introduce new or interesting decks from the past weekend of high level play, just to help familiarize players with decks they may not have seen before. Last …
