Decknology – Page 2 – Strictly Average

Strictly Learns Modern – Esper Transcendent Decknology

February 27, 2017 Jeremy Beardsley Decknology, Magic the Gathering, Modern, Strictly Learns Modern

Those who are among my closest Magic confidants will be the first to tell you that I’ve struggled for a long time to get interested in Modern. I’ve given half-hearted efforts to build decks that I felt were interesting but inevitably, for one reason or another, I disliked them. I ‘ve been bombarded from many angles, being told that all I needed to do was find a deck, stick with it, and learn it. The problem I’ve found is that in order to stick with a deck, I need to be passionate about playing it. I need to sit up for

Decknology: Standard – GW Humans

February 22, 2017 Jeremy Beardsley Decknology, Magic the Gathering

I was in a weird place with standard, coming off of Gameday weekend, and a mediocre performance in the Standard events, as discussed in my Game Day Decknology article. I had two serviceable decks that had potential to be strong, but they really didn’t speak to my play style. Both of these decks were fun to play but I wasn’t overly passionate about either of them. I messaged a testing buddy to discuss plans for the evening, and he told me about his new Standard. Then he asked me, “What do you actually need to want to play Standard.” I thought on