Magic the Gathering – Strictly Average

Building a Multiplayer Cube – Red

December 3, 2019 Martin Hughes Casual, Drafting, Magic the Gathering

Hi everyone, and welcome back to the monthly journey through the construction of a multiplayer cube. It’s only fitting that we hit red and green as we enter the festive season! Today we’ll be looking at my own cube’s red section as an example. Let’s go! As per usual, you can catch up on all of our previous work by reading the white, blue and black articles. The Red Section Firstly, here’s what my multiplayer cube’s red section currently looks like: Red clearly has some dragon action going on here. It can manage Dragon Tribal thanks to , and .

[Modern Magic] The Twelf Days of Christmas

December 2, 2019 Scott Campbell Magic the Gathering, Modern

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

[Pioneer Building] Ixalan through Core Set 2020

November 27, 2019 Scott Campbell Magic the Gathering

Hi everybody, and welcome back to this last installment of my review of the Standard eras that make up the Pioneer format. It’s been a journey down memory lane for me as I have either played with (or against) a lot of the decks I have mentioned. Hopefully that has been the same for you as well, and I hope I sparked some interest in cards or decks that you may have forgotten were Pioneer legal. As a reminder here is a list of all of the sets legal in Pioneer. The format consists of all sets released for Standard

[Pioneer Building] Kaladesh through Core Set 2019

November 24, 2019 Scott Campbell Magic the Gathering

Hi everybody, and welcome back to Strictly Average MTG. This is the sixth article in this series highlighting each era of Standard that encompasses the sets included in Pioneer. This is done to showcase the decks that were in Standard, and hopefully spark some interest in these decks or card combinations when you build your Pioneer decks. Just a reminder that the sets I talk about today can be viewed here. Last time I wrote about the Standard era that covered Battle For Zendikar all the way through Hour of Devastation. During that time not only did Wizards of the