Why Casual Decks Should Have a Weakness
Sometimes, perfection can be boring. Scott talks about how building a weakness into your casual EDH deck can be more fun! Deck building can be a difficult skill to master, especially when you’re building for casual Commander. Finding the right amount of synergy and power to suit the games you want to play can be tough; power levels are extremely ... Read More...
The Commander Toolbox: 30 Cards to Own for Building Any Deck
Kristen is here with 30 cards any Commander player should have in their collection. With this toolbox of universal cards to own, you’ll be able to add consistency and power to whatever EDH deck you choose to build! For every cry that the format is becoming “homogenous”, there are just as many asking about what singles it’s best to pick ... Read More...
Modern Tier List Update: March 2022
Welcome back for the March 2022 edition of the Modern Tier List. Last weekend we had the Team Trios event, and a $5K in Indianapolis, as well as the MTGO challenges to take data from. While a Team Trios event isn’t the most concrete source to take data from with regard to win rate, we can still look at popularity. ... Read More...
News of the Realm – 3/25/2022
With News of the Realm, we take a quick look at everything that went on at Card Kingdom, with our friends, and in the Magic world this week! Welcome one and all to News of the Realm! Here’s what we and our friends had going on for the week leading up to March 25st, 2022. The Professor takes a look ... Read More...
About the Academic – an Interview with the Professor
When the Professor launched his first ever Kickstarter campaign last week, he was ready for a long, busy day monitoring progress and putting out fires. Instead, he found himself “watching a movie of someone else running a successful Kickstarter”, as his next-generation TCG deckbox attracted over $1 million in pledges in 12 hours! With three weeks still to go in ... Read More...
Pioneer Update
This past weekend was a huge weekend for Pioneer. We had a PTQ on Magic Online, the big SCG, the 5ks at the SCG, and the normal Magic Online results. As you might expect the format had a lot of results to look over. While a fair amount of the decks are things we actually talked about a few weeks ... Read More...
Combo Crash Course: Heliod’s Company
Out of all the classic card effects in Magic, lifegain might get the least respect. And though it pains me to say itwith good reason. The problem with expending cards and mana to gain life – especially if that’s the only thing you’re doing – is that lifegain alone will never win the game for you, so all you’re doing ... Read More...