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Knowledge Vault: …Knowledge Vault
Welcome to our new series of weekly blog articles, Knowledge Vault! Every Friday, you can expect me to shed some light on lesser known 93/94 cards and/or interactions. This week’s Knowledge Vault is on none other than, well, Knowledge Vault!
[Old School MTG][Brawl] Brewing a G/R/B (“Jund”) Land Destruction Deck
To celebrate the debut of the Atlantic 93/94 Old School MTG Restricted List and the restriction of my nemesis, Strip Mine, we’ve decided to serve up a slice of singleton land destruction!
[Old School Brawl] Rubinia Soulsinger: brewing a Creature Theft/Sacrifice Combo Deck
Rubinia Soulsinger, a Green/White/Blue (“Bant”) legendary creature from Legends, has over four hundred decks on EDHREC. She was even reprinted in Commander Anthology. With that many people using Rubinia in regular EDH, she is likely a strong candidate for a commander in Old School Brawl, as… Continue Reading “[Old School Brawl] Rubinia Soulsinger: brewing a Creature Theft/Sacrifice Combo Deck”
[Old School 93/94]: Why Hammerheim is better than Mountain in almost every single way (You heard me!)
Mountain is trash. Mountain is a bad card. Hammerheim is a superior magical card. Mountain, for the following reasons, does not often belong in your 93/94 deck: (Disclaimer: this article is intended to be as satirical as it is educational.)
[Old School Brawl] Deck Tech: Sol’kanar the Swamp King B/R/U (“Grixis”)
Just in time for New England Old School (@neosmtg)’s LobsterCon 2018, here is our first Old School Brawl deck tech! Let’s take a look at a beloved legendary creature who has been ruling over Swamps since 1994: Solkie!
Guilds of Ravnica Specs: the top five standout cards of each color combination that could impact #GRN Standard
I can’t believe that we are just one week away from Return to Return to Return to Return to Ravnica. The full spoiler is available on the WotC website here. Now that we’ve seen all of the cards, these are the Guilds of Ravnica… Continue Reading “Guilds of Ravnica Specs: the top five standout cards of each color combination that could impact #GRN Standard”
Wizards continues printing exclusive yet Standard-legal cards in supplemental products.
For better or for worse, Wizards continues to print exclusive Standard-legal cards that can only be obtained by means other than sealed booster packs. On August 28th, the image and translated text of the Guilds of Ravnica Buy-A-Box promo Impervious Greatwurm was leaked to the… Continue Reading “Wizards continues printing exclusive yet Standard-legal cards in supplemental products.”
[Premodern] Gold: A primer on some of the best multicolored cards in Premodern!
In our second-to-last Premodern primer (colorless Artifacts and Lands will be the last one!), we take a look at the multicolored “gold” cards that are legal in Premodern!
[Premodern] Blue: Mo’ Phling, Mo’ Problems.
The fifth and final color that we have left to review is none other than the bane of WotC R&D: Blue! Over the Premodern years (1995-2003), Blue brought us some of the most busted cards of all time.
Old School Brawl – 93/94 Commander: Mana Dorks, Mana Rocks, and Other Mana Acceleration
Having set forth which Legendary Creatures are eligible to Command your Old School Brawl deck, we turn our attention to the little dudes that make big things happen: Mana Dorks. Mana Dorks, and Mana Rocks, are great early-game plays in Brawl and/or Commander, because they aren’t threatening by themselves. In Commander, diplomacy is key! You shouldn’t […]
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