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24,579In this installment, Matthew takes a deep dive into Gatecrash, by recording data from 600 decks and crunching the numbers. Which guild is the best? Which is the worst? Was he wrong when he said Boros was bad? How fast is the format? Come find out how to get an edge on the competition when you draft Gatecrash.
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24,028Everything you always wanted to know about Liliana (but were afraid to ask).
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23,944It's good to be reminded that this program we all use is far from perfect
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23,925In this article, gwyned breaks down the new combo in Standard Pauper that has all the deckbuilders buzzing. Then, he examines how the deck matches up against White Weenie, the leader in the current metagame. After the link you'll find an explanation of the combo, various options to make it work, a decklist featuring the combo, and a match highlighting how it fairs against White Weenie from MPDC 18.01.
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23,819You have a great idea for a cool new deck. You slap it together and goldfish a bit. It seems to work. So how do you tune it to win tournaments? Well, I’ve been doing that since Urza’s Saga block – let me give you some hints.
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22,691Alex was given access to all the lists from the Pauper Premier Event on March 29th. Here he goes over the top 32 decks, mining for gold.
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22,594A take a look at the Mono-Black Infect deck in Modern. A competitive Modern deck that you can put together for around 35 tix. Come take a look as I attempt to infect the world of Modern with my Phyrexian minions.
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22,541I wanted to write about the economics of trading, but every draft of the article looked like troll bait. It simply isn't possible to write about the costs of trading without raising ethical issues. After a dozen attempts, I said "Screw it." I'm going to examine the ethics of trading, first. I'll write about the cost breakdowns next time.
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22,510This week Alex takes a look at using the graveyard as a resource.
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22,468Sometimes our clients just decide not to launch even though they worked fine prior to a new update. Sometimes there are errors that just do not want to go away. Here are steps you follow to try to make it work again.
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21,842In this article, gwyned examines the winning decklist from MPDC 15.03 and uses it as the starting point to examine the Hexproof mechanic in Standard Pauper and how to combat this particular strategy. Look for a quick primer on the Hexproof mechanic, an analysis of how a decklist might take full advantage of this mechanic, and some tips on how to overcome these advantages and knock Hexproof back out of the metagame.
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21,448Chris breaks down the top decks of the Pauper metagame, explains why these decks are on top and how you can break into the format with one of these lists or one of your own.
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21,138Introducing an exhaustive series of articles investigating the card type that changed the game and impacted the secondary market like nothing else before. [Updated through Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths]
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20,812It's the PureMTGO preview card. It has no drawbacks. It really does attack for 7. It is indestructible. I know you are curious - so why haven't you clicked on the article already?
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20,625The award show you always wanted to be a part of, but were afraid to ask.
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20,2642-HG Interview 2/2, IDropShot was partnered with Freed_From_Insanity and helped achieve a mutual win and trophy.
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20,253Want to get a head start on your pre-release weekend? Shane takes a look at what you can expect from the latest set.
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20,198Pauper players rejoice! You all did such a good job on the Tempest Precon Project, that Stronghold gets a pauper theme deck all of it's own! Look inside for the rules, and the prizes as we get ready for the next Classic level set to come online!
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19,881A Guide to one of the most popular Pauper Decks around plus matchups analysis with lots of insights and videos of games.
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19,814A guide for new and old players. With information on how to navigate and where to go to get you started with the new Client.
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19,631AJ and Adam lift the lid on the concerning goings-on around the Online PTQ top 8, raise an eyebrow at reports of emails sent to those seeking compensation, and otherwise address the week's news, prices, and shenanigans at the prerelease.
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19,571I take a tour of PoxNora, a 1v1 collectible strategy game produced by Octopi. What you may want to know about before you play the game!
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19,516Join us (AJ and Paul) as we unveil the first spoilers of Ravnica Allegiance, talk about the downsides of MTGA, the proposed upsides of MTGO, and stuff.
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19,300In this installment, Matthew does a deep statistical analysis of Theros draft. He takes a look at the speed of the format, and digs deep into three of the best decks in the format. He also debuts a new kind of chart that helps dig deep into what makes a format tick.
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19,282The boys are back in town with more discussion of everyone's favorite format, Vintage!