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2,887I've never been much of a combo player, so I wasn't quite sure what I was getting in for when I picked up modern Amulet Bloom. I was in for a very pleasant surprise, and have had a huge amount of fun learning this intricate, synergistic and powerful combo deck built around a bunch of taplands and insane ramp effects.
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2,015In the current lull in standard, I'm dabbling in modern with a new take on an old standard favourite - BWR Aristocrats
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2,354WOTC appear to have done the unthinkable - not only are their splashy dragons appealing to the Johnny crowd, greedy 5-colour dragon decks have a legitimate appeal to the spikes out there. Come in and take a browse of the various iterations of the 5-colour dragon deck floating around out there.
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2,300Standard /ˈstandəd/, noun: something used as a measure, norm, or model in comparative evaluations. I couldn't think of a better description of Abzan than this - the deck is the measuring stick against which all other decks in the format are measured, and for good reason.
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2,646When you take a deck into a competitive environment, you want to make sure that you are the predator, not the prey of the top decks in a format. Today's deck spotlight is an object lesson in when netdecking a pro tour deck can result in you being on the wrong side of the predator/pretty dynamic.
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2,566Join me as I dive beyond the top 8 pro tour decklists and conduct a statistical analysis of all 117 decks with winning records at the recent Standard Pro Tour.
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2,865Just in time for the release of the new cards on MTGO, I return to finish off my DTK set review for the standard format looking at red, green, multi-coloured and land cards.
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2,952Block is all but dead, so I'm transitioning fully to the standard format. With the full spoiler for DTK now up, it's time to dive straight in to the set review with an overview of the high level changes to the format from the new removal options, followed by specific reviews of the likely or possible constructed options in white, blue and black.
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3,278With the current dormant state of the block constructed format, I've moved on to its bigger cousin - standard. Come in to see my take on a couple of flavours of green devotion.
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5,124Short answer: Yes
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4,990Right now, the most popular constructed tournament on MTGO requires players to have a 75% winrate just to break even on their entry fee. The price of packs on MTGO has been in almost terminal decline for almost two years now, and it's having a huge effect on anyone who plays in constructed tournaments.
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2,129This week I round off my Fate Reforged set review for KTK block constructed by looking in detail at the red, green, multi-coloured and colourless cards in the set.
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2,739I return just in time to review the new set, one which is sure to shake up the block constructed format more than any other. Come on in to find out my take on the White, Blue and Black cards from Fate Reforged, as well as a retrospective on the KTK single block format.
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2,876While it's position in the Standard meta is somewhat fringe, Savage Knuckleblade-lead Temur beats is a core player in the KTK block constructed metagame. Come in as I update the metagame statistics with the last couple of weeks of data and dive deep into the Temur midrangey, aggressiveish, sort of tempo deck.
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2,989With winning daily event decklists for the new block constructed now being posted, it's time to start my statistical analysis of the format's winning decks as well as doing a deep dive on one of the big early players of the format - Jeskai.
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4,263KTK block constructed tournaments, including on-demand queues and daily events, launched this week so the format is now live and fully supported on MTGO. Come into get a rundown of the decks which are making waves early in the metagame and an in-depth look at the abzan deck which went undefeated in one of the first tournaments of this new format.
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2,912The flavour of the week in standard is very much Abzan. Ahead of the release of the Khans Block Constructed format next week, this article dices and dissects the various iterations of the Abzan standard deck that was all over Pro Tour Khans of Tarkir to help you play with and against it.
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3,676This set offers headline writers a wealth of options in the pun department, and block constructed players a whole new set to explore. Come on in as I brew competitive decks for each of the five Khans to get you ready for day 1 of the new format.
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4,067Come back to finish off the tour of the new set for the block constructed format. This week I look over red, green and the real meat of the set in the gold cards.
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5,166Block Constructed will be returning to Magic Online with the release of Khans of Tarkir, come on in to get an idea of how the brand new single set format will shape up. Part one covers themes/mechanics, lands/fixing as well as individual cards from White, Blue and Black.
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3,094One of the most exciting descriptors of a deck is "Toolbox", and there's no better card to facilitate that than the star of today's deck - Chord of Calling. Check out a standard deck that can be built with virtually no expensive rotating cards that also happens to be just about the most fun competitive standard deck in a long time.
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2,113After an extended break, in which the block format was pulled from MTGO, I'm back to dip my toe into standard without having to invest in a bunch of expensive/soon to be cheap rotating cards. Is it possible to build a competitive standard deck without Mutavault? Come in to find out!
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3,619In this article I analyse the recent block constructed pro tour with a detailed statistical analysis of the decklists that went well, going beyond the top 8 lists to see if we can get an understanding of what's likely to drive this format going forward.
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2,891A new expansion always impacts one format more than any other - block constructed. This week I get to brewing new decks, with an eye to the upcoming pro tour.
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3,466In the second part of my review of the new set for block constructed, I analyse the impact that the new black, red, green and multicoloured cards might have on the format in the lead up to the block constructed pro tour.
