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[The Colors of Modern] Part 4: The Shards

March 4, 2019 Scott Campbell Magic the Gathering, Modern

Hi everybody, and welcome back to another Modern article here on Strictly Average MTG. This article series continues to explore the possible combination of decks available in the format by highlighting a known deck in each possible color configuration. So far here is what I have covered: Mono Colored decks Allied Colored decks Enemy Colored decks Today I’m going to go over color combination collectively known as the Shards. Released in September of 2008 Shards of Alara was initially not well received. It was an adventure through a multicolored world driven heavily by story events that took place in other parts

Wolves of the Calla: Book 5 of The Dark Tower series

February 28, 2019 Justin Lado Book Reviews, Non MTG, Reviews

Maybe next time she throws a plate, you’ll pay a bit more attention Wolves of the Calla, the fifth book in Steven King’s The Dark Tower epic, resumes shortly after the final events in Wizard and Glass. Since publication, there has been a short novella written between the two, The Wind through the Keyhole, that covers that time and will be discussed later. King took six years to continue the saga, but when he did continue, he resumed with a book that revitalized interest in a long-thought dead series. After surviving their latest encounter with Walter, the ka-tet resume

Fun with Heroic Goblin Visitation in Standard

February 26, 2019 Jeremy Beardsley Magic the Gathering, MTGO, Standard

Before I get into discussing this deck, I wanted to give a brief sidebar, an update from the Main Cave over here at Strictly Place. As some of you may have noticed, I haven’t been active on the content side; this isn’t only the case for content but pretty much everything gaming and fun related. Last year I was forced to take an unexpected break from buying/selling, interacting with patrons, and writing content due to a medical issue combined with other personal matters. In this time, the team has done an amazing job of keeping the ball rolling. As I

RNA Standard Week 4 – And We Have A Grand Prix!

February 22, 2019 Eric Wendorf Magic the Gathering, Standard

Thank you for joining me this week on the Strictly Standard Meta Report. We don’t have any Star City Games events to go through, but that doesn’t mean there’s no tournament lists to go through. In fact, we have quite the opposite this week, as there were two officially sponsored Wizards of the Coast tournaments! The first was the Magic Online Championship Series on February 13th, and the second is our first look at major Professional Standard Magic since the release of Ravnica Allegiance at MagicFest Memphis. I won’t bury the lead by trying to go in chronological order, so let’s