Modern – Strictly Average

[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

[Modern Magic] Jund Hero Six

November 4, 2019 Scott Campbell Magic the Gathering, Modern

Hi everybody, and welcome back to Strictly Average MTG. I hope you all have been enjoying Magic, and don’t worry. I’ll be talking about the Pioneer format soon, but before that happens I want to address a few things. First as I mentioned last time I am going to update my article titles moving forward. [Legacy’s Impact] While my articles on this format may be few and far between I will write about this format on occasion. [Modern Magic] This has been the primary focus of my articles. [Pioneer Building] This new series will be about the new Pioneer format,

[Modern] Sitting Upon The Throne Of Eldraine

September 30, 2019 Scott Campbell Magic the Gathering, Modern

Hi everybody, and welcome back to Strictly Average MTG. Today I want to look at just a few cards from Throne of Eldraine that could make an impact in formats outside of Standard. This set is filled with references to many fairy tales, and in some ways feels similar to Innistrad (just not as dark). Let’s take a look at what this set has to offer. White Hey look! Another Human. Oh joy. Sure Human cards are unavoidable when developing a Magic: the Gathering set (Lorwyn through Eventide say “hello”), but let’s not just look at as an obvious inclusion in

[Modern] Swords…Victory?

September 23, 2019 Scott Campbell Magic the Gathering, Modern

Hi everybody, and welcome back to Strictly Average MTG. I hope you all have enjoyed your end of summer activities, any big tournaments you have attended, and are looking forward to cards arriving in Throne of Eldraine. While there are cards in that upcoming Standard set that we’ll all want to try in our Modern decks many of us are still making adjustments from the banned and restricted announcement from a month ago. Several of you have wanted my thoughts on this, and honestly I didn’t want to jump to any conclusions before writing about it, or even playing this format