Joseph is an avid player of eternal Magic formats, including Vintage and Legacy.  As a Nic Fit player who will tell anyone who will listen about his deck, Joe spends his time analyzing and playing on Magic Online and various online platforms, while prepping for competitive events.  To follow more Joe, check out his Twitter!

Strictly Average MTG & Alter Sleeves!

Howdy folks! It’s Joe here yet again, and I want to take a moment to talk about something really sweet. The folks at Alter Sleeves were kind enough to send us a sweet package of some prototype Alter Sleeves to show off the product. I have been doing work with them to help promote SA, so without further ado hit the YouTube video below and check it out! Joseph Dyer IIJoseph is an avid player of eternal Magic formats, including Vintage and Legacy.  As a Nic Fit player who will tell anyone who will listen about his deck, Joe spends

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The Team SA Legacy Experience

Howdy folks! Boy, it’s been a while since I wrote an article for here. You see, I’ve been mostly in the background of things on the website these days, helping manage the people you see writing for this site now. That being said, I wanted to take some time to talk about my part in the StarCityGames Cincinnati Team Open, playing alongside Scott Campbell (MTGPackFoils) and Jeremy Beardsley (StrictlyAverage). Friday – Fun Prep and Legacy Legacy is a format I greatly adore, and I spend a lot of time with it. Unsurprisingly, Legacy is the format I wanted to play

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Some Strictly Average News

You may have noticed some folks sharing links to content on our website. The Strictly Average Patreon has been running a contest, sharing articles on social media outlets; suffice to say the contest was quite a success. We have had a tremendous traffic boost, all thanks to the wonderful people of our Patreon. This being the final day of the contest, I want to take a moment to talk about Strictly Average: who we are, and what we do. This site started as a self-deprecating joke by our founder, Jeremy; however, it has gained some pretty surprising traction as the

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Breaking MTG Community News: Gerry Thompson Protesting the State of Pro Magic

Howdy folks! It’s Joe and I wanted to share a little community news that has broke literally within the past few hours. Gerry Thompson, well known Pro MTG player and all around awesome guy, is protesting the current state of Professional Magic by actively refusing to participate in the World Championship in Las Vegas, NV. Which uh, just so happens to be this weekend. Oh wait, you didn’t know that? Gerry addresses that in his Reddit post, which you can read right here. Specifically, Number 2 of Gerry’s point: “Wizards does not promote its players well. “Oh, Worlds is this weekend?

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