Tag: 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

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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

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Hi everybody, and welcome back to another Modern article here on Strictly Average MTG. My apologies again for the delay. Real life has taken me away from writing, but I have been able to find some balance to get back to writing articles. Balance is a real key in not only building, but playing your deck. Prior to today, Modern as a whole would be viewed as out of balance with the dominance of . However, as long as you stay balanced with your choice of deck, as well as your play, you can navigate through the metagame. When Modern

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