Category: Modern

Ravnica Allegiance Review: Azorius

Magic the Gathering, Modern, Reviews, Standard

Hello everyone, and welcome back to Strictly Average MTG. It’s time to review the upcoming cards in Ravnica Allegiance, and just like I did for the Guilds of Ravnica reviews I will look at a guild each day highlighting seven cards. Why seven? Well in Magic: the Gathering we start with that many cards so it feels appropriate. I hope you enjoy this look into the cards we will be receiving in the upcoming set. Without further delay let’s begin. The Azorius Senate The Azorius Senate, founded by parun Supreme Judge Azor I, is the guild on Ravnica that not only creates but

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[The Year In Review] 2018: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

Magic the Gathering, Modern, Reviews

Hello everyone, and welcome back to another article here on Strictly Average MTG. It’s the end of 2018. CAN YOU BELIEVE IT? It seems like it has taken forever to get here; however here we are. Let’s take a look at a few things that have happened in the world of Magic: the Gathering this past year. However before I start I do want to thank you all for reading my articles here, and for the folks at Strictly Average for bringing me on board earlier this year. While I may not be grinding out my weekends for a shot

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[MODERN] TOP 10 NEW CARDS OF 2018: #1-#5

Magic the Gathering, Modern

Hello Magic players and welcome back to the second half of my Top 10 new cards for Modern of 2018. If you missed the first half, numbers 6 through 10, you can read about it here. Just like last week I will be looking at cards printed in a Standard set that make an impact on the Modern format. 5. Knight of Autumn Magic players love to capitalize on enters-the-battlefield abilities. Cards such as , , and are prime examples of cards used in decks to put these creatures into play when their abilities will be most useful. is just

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[MODERN] Top 10 new cards of 2018: #6-#10

Magic the Gathering, Modern

Hello everyone, and welcome back to another Modern article here on Strictly Average MTG. As we near the end of the year it is time to look back on the new cards we received that have impacted the Modern format in Magic: the Gathering. Every new set that’s released in Standard will always have some number of cards people play in Modern. Sometimes new cards will provide better options to an existing archetype, or create a new archetype all together. Now we won’t talk about all of the cards that did, but in my opinion these are the cards that

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