The Professor at the Tolarian Community College gives his honest review on the latest Magic the Gathering book, War of the Spark, Ravnica by Greg Weisman.
This week on Limited Resources Marshall and Luis walk you through every single rare and mythic rare in War of the Spark!
War of the Spark feels like the most bomb-laden set we’ve had in a long time, and that of course means you’ll want to know which rares are bombs and which to avoid.
The guys may have set the record for number of A grades given out with this one…
Last week, we had an Instant Deck Tech for a crazy Pauper combo deck called Defender Combo.
The basic plan of the deck is to play creatures with defender, lots and lots of creatures with defender, and then eventually use Axebane Guardiant and Overgrown Battlement to make a ton of mana, eventually find Freed from the Real to make infinite mana and then hopefully use that mana to win the game.
Along the way we draw a ton of cards with Mulldrifter, maybe flicker some things with Ghostly Flicker and hope that everything comes together in the end.
Of course, the plan comes with a downside: when things go wrong we're casting a bunch of creatures with zero power that can't attack, which leaves us in a spot where are deck does nothing for a long time before it eventually does everything all in one turn and tries to win the game.
The question is how often this plan comes together. Is Defender Combo consistent enough to compete in the Pauper format?
Nate Price and Chris Clay talk about what’s coming to the Magic: The Gathering Arena Closed Beta is the next big update on July 12. It’s a spicy release!
It's prerelease week for Core Set 2019 which means it's time to talk about the janky combos the set enables in Modern.
While, perhaps due to its new-player-friendly nature, there aren't a ton of new Modern combo in the set, there are a handful of super sweet (and super janky) combos that might have potential to form the foundation of fun, semi-competitive decks.
So today for Brewer's Minute let's break down my five favorite janky Modern combs from Core Set 2019. Then, if you have some other Core Set 2019 combos!
It's BACK, and what better way that start where we left off with Metalwork Master Combo.
This Combo deck tries to fill up the graveyard ideally for a turn 4 or 5 Gate to the Afterlife cracking into God Pharaoh's Gift with a Marionette Master and Metalwork Colossus in the Graveyard.
Master comes back in as a 4/4 with 3 servos, which gives 16 points of damage by sacking the servos and GPG to Colossus!
Do you have what it takes to become THE "Rogue Master Brewer"? This month’s challenge is focused on Core Set M19. While Standard is the most likely place to find fresh brews, you are not limited to that format.
However that does not mean that it is acceptable for you to take advantage of reprints like Scapeshift in a Valakut and Primeval Titan deck or Ajani’s Pridemate in Soul Sisters. The core of the deck should be a fresh take on a non-tier strategy or even better; something completely new.