The Spike Feed Episode 46 – Church Kiss
This week, we finally get to experience M15 for ourselves and report on our prerelease experiences. Cameron is frustrated by Duels of the Planeswalkers, Curtis hates PDA while playing, and Dustin brings up slave Leia casually in the conversation. Thank you for your honor. Your hosts: Dustin Gore Cameron McCoy – @Cameron_McCoy Curtis Nower –...
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The Financial Five: M15
Pain Lands $3-5 Let’s get the obvious picks out of the way. I know they’re reprints and I know they’re not the fetches you’ve been dreaming of, but they’re dual lands. You know what happens to dual lands that stay in Standard after rotation? They go up! What does almost every competitive deck need to play...
Pitt Imps Podcast #77 Hardy a Thang
This week Mike Hardy joined us to help go over the SCG event. We then spent the nest hour making complete fools of ourselves by trying to pick what the best cards in M15 are. The shirts fired so a big thank you went out to everyone who bought one. Host Angelo Twitter @ganksuou...
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The Spike Feed Episode 44 – MerGirls
It’s spoiler season and we’re going deep on M15’s new planeswalkers, continue to complain about Standard, and discuss the term “Jimmies” as it relates to the East Coast. Curtis also (and unfortunately) unveils his imitation of Jace, the Living Guildpact. Thank you for your honor. Your hosts: Dustin Gore Cameron McCoy – @Cameron_McCoy Curtis Nower...
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A Modern Primer: How Do I Get Into Modern?
“What is Modern?” you might ask. Modern is an eternal (non-rotating) format that was introduced in the Spring of 2011, with a card pool that spans from Eighth Edition all the way to the present—basically, all the sets since the “modern” (soon to be replaced) border was introduced. In an effort to keep the format fun,...
Brainstorm Brewery #105 – Fetchable with Fetches
Magic 2015 spoiler season is drawing to a close, and with much of the set spoiled, some patterns are starting to emerge. There is a lot to analyze and a lot to speculate on, and there are some historical trends to help us predict what’s happening. All in all, this looks to be among the...
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Learning Legacy – A Beginners’ Guide to RUG Delver
Welcome back, brewers. Today we are going to talk about little-known format called Legacy. Legacy is a great format because you can basically play any deck you want. Every play style is represented; even the person who only wants to play lands can win. It Is also a format where every turn matters. Turn one...
Conjured Currency #21: Tackling the Boring Parts of MTG Finance
Last Time on Conjured Currency Welcome back, newly knighted experts of bulk Magic cards! For the past couple weeks, we’ve focused on how to go full Golgari in the world of MTG finance, focusing on the “trash” that nobody else cares about. If you’re not up to speed on what to do with the thousands...
Philadelphia Zoo – Max Perlmutter
This is another installment in our series of submissions from the r/spikes subreddit. This is a two-fer; Max Perlmutter played the same 75 in two back-to-back events and learned a lot about how Big Zoo fares in the Modern meta in the Philadelphia area. Enjoy! -Jason Philadelphia Zoo Hey people! Let’s start out by getting these...
Captain Clash Pack: Here to Save the Day!
Here they come to save the day, Clash packs! They’re like duel decks with standard legal reprints, right? But no sweet alternate art foils or older popular cards…. Wait, you mean they have alternate art foils now? That’s right folks, the M15 clash pack comes with 1 of each in a new art foil: Prophet...
A New Brew for a New You (or a New Standard Format)
A new brew, a new you. With Magic 2015 fully spoiled, there are some exciting cards that will immediately impact standard. Will the Soul “Titan” cycle be good enough? Will everyone underestimate Liliana Vess for a second time? Will Chandra, Pyromaster shine in its second term? These questions and more I hope to answer with some...
B/g Midrange Tournament Report – Benjamin Sullivan
This is the first in what promises to be a series of submissions from Reddit’s r/spikes community. We’re excited to host the reports on our site and expose this work to a larger audience. There are a lot of up-and-comers in the reddit spikes community and we’re proud to feature them here on Brainstorm Brewery....
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