Scott Campbell, better known as MTGPackFoils, has been playing Magic since he was 17 (which was in 1993). He’s known for loving decks such as Azorius Control, Jund, and others (especially in Modern). He is a husband, father, and a former nightclub DJ.
Hello everyone, and welcome back to Strictly Average MTG. I hope you are enjoying the holiday season as it unfolds, and spending time with people you appreciate. This has been a wild year in Magic: the Gathering, and there has been (what feels like) constant change. While this has made narrowing down a Top 10 (and with this article the Top 5) a bit of a challenge, not too many can argue the ridiculous power that these cards bring. If you missed the bottom half of this Top 10 you can read that here. Without further delay let’s get into
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Hello everyone, and welcome back to another article here on Strictly Average MTG. As the year winds down it’s time to reflect back on what has been offered to us for play in Modern. Now while many Magic: the Gathering players will use cards across multiple formats I focus mainly on Modern, and wish to provide that format the review for this Top 10 just like I did last year. Also like last year this will be divided into two parts. Starting with the bottom half today, and the top half next week. With this article going live on December
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Hi everybody, and welcome back to Strictly Average MTG! We’re fast approaching the end of the year, and I want to thank you all for stopping by to read my articles. Today I want to provide some predictions for Magic: the Gathering in 2020. Before we look at those let’s review how I did with my predictions for 2019. Last year I wrote about my predictions for 2019. How did I do? You be the judge. Commander goes back to 5 decks in 2019, all being allied colors. – Wrong Jace Dies. – Wrong (Gideon died) Return to New Phyrexia
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Hi everybody, and welcome back to Strictly Average MTG. I hope you enjoyed the review of the eras in Standard that encompass the Pioneer format. Now that I am past that, and that the calendar has flipped to December, it is time to not only return to Modern but also review one of the decks I usually play at this time of year. That’s right. It’s time to talk about Elves. Not this one though. That is a Gnome. Not an Elf. Santa’s “helpers” like to make things. They are also small, near childlike in size, and quite jovial. That’s
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