Metagame Breakdown, Part Uno
Currently Standard is just a big ole mess. Right now the options are endless—or so we believe. After a couple of weeks of tournaments, the metagame has been broken down and it seems you can’t just play what you want. Let me tell you why. [deck title=B/g Devotion, Andrew Tenjum, 1st Place, SCG Open Cincinatti]...
Brainstorm Brewery #100 – The Promised Land
You’ve waited, and now the wait is over. No gimmicks, no tricks, no Episode 99.99—it’s here! Nearly two hours of greatest hits are ready to go! So, how did they all meet? What got them started on a podcast? What have been their greatest successes? How have the various cast members stuck their feet in...
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Conjured Currency #16: “Lik Dis If U Buy Evertim”
About Last Week Welcome back, readers! Well, hopefully I still have a readerbase after last week’s article. If you’ll read last week’s Reddit thread for the article, you’ll see that several people brought up very valid arguments against my theory, and slapped me with some issues that I had left out. It’s enough for me to...
Unified Theory of Commander: Mana Follow-Up
I advised my readers in my previous article that acquiring mana was a big deal in Commander. As it turns out, it’s such a big deal that I wasn’t able to contain it all in one post. After we published the first piece, so many comments, questions, and (gasp!) criticisms came pouring in that I felt like...
The Spike Feed Episode 40 – If I Die, Don’t Let Dustin In
This week we’re joined by Tap N Sac’s own Jon Celso, who will likely never mentally recover from his time with us. We cover Cameron’s disastrous TCG States, Curtis finding some unexpected inspiration, Dustin bailing on Indy, and Jon fishing for lobster. Thank you for your honor. Dustin Gore Cameron McCoy – @cameron_mccoy Curtis Nower...
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Getting LUCKy: Slowing Your Roll
Newton’s First Law of Motion states, “An object at rest stays at rest and an object in motion stays in motion.” At two separate parts in my financing “career,” I have slowed buying cards in order to catch up on other things. The second time this happened, I had a lot of unexpected expenses come up and had just...
C(ube) + C(ommander) Magic Factory #8: Disruption in EDH, Part 1
Play more spot removal. Play less spot removal. Play enchantment removal, some of which must exile or tuck. Play counters. Play mana ramp. Play wraths. Play enough threats. Don’t dilute your game plan. Play artifact removal. Play board wipes. Play enough lands (seriously, play enough lands.) Deckbuilding mantras for EDH come at us constantly. If we...
Pitt Imps Podcast #71 – Bad Tuna
After Ryan ate something that didn’t agree with him he had to bail out on this one. Luckily, my planned guest this week was Celso and he was able to pick up the slack. We went over GP ATL and SCG Jersey. Then holy crap did we go over a bunch of spoilers and myself...
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