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Arena – U/G Merfolk

February 20, 2019 David Dame Casual, Magic the Gathering, MTGO, Standard, Standard League, Video

Hi friends! This week we will be playing around with one of my favorite tribes that splashed its way back into Standard! I am of course talking about Merfolk. Merfolk decks have been around for a long time and typically operate as tribal aggro decks with anthem lords like . The tribe is classically thought of as Mono-Blue but, along with Pirates and Dinosaurs, Ixalan brought us a fresh take by adding Green as a primary color for Merfolk. The deck’s featured “lords” are and . is a classic lord effect giving all other Merfolk +1 +1, however, offers some

[The Colors of Modern] Part 3: Enemy Colors

February 18, 2019 Scott Campbell Magic the Gathering, Modern

Hello everyone! Welcome back to Strictly Average for another Modern article. We’re half way through this series reviewing the various color combinations in Magic: the Gathering, and highlighting a deck of each combination. Often times when discussing the Modern format it seems there are only a few decks that people talk about. That short list does vary a lot over the years, but there’s more than just the few on people’s tongues. This is the point of this series, and hopefully I will show you some decks that you may not have noticed before. So what is an Enemy Color

RNA Standard Week 3 – Looping Nexi

February 15, 2019 Eric Wendorf Magic the Gathering, Standard

Thanks for joining me again on this Strictly Standard stroll through Ravnica Allegiance Standard meta update. This week we get to take a stroll through the weekly Magic Online Standard League 5-0 results as well as a full Star City Games Open and the Star City Games Classic from Sunday. Last week we saw the meta settling into a solid groove with the total number of unique decks in the Magic Online 5-0 posts dropping. Will that trend hold pat for this week, or will we see a bump in the number of decks that a weekend of results and brewer’s innovation can

Arena – Jund!

February 13, 2019 David Dame Magic the Gathering, Standard, Video

This week we will be exploring a new take on the Green/Black midrange style decks that have been holding their own in Standard for some time now. The most common change to this archetype since the release of Ravnica Allegiance is a blue splash to give the deck access to Standard all-star . I decided to take a different approach, and awaken the red mage inside me. After seeing some Jund lists floating around I fell in love with some of the different cards this archetype can access. It’s no secret that Standard currently has some of the more powerful,