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https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/news/announcing-pioneer-format-2019-10-21 Remember that time they announced a new format called Modern that totally wasn't going to replace Extended? Well, now they're announcing a new format called Pioneer that totally isn't going to replace...

https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/news/october-21-2019-banned-and-restricted-announcement Standard: Field of the Dead is banned. Pauper: Arcum's Astrolabe is banned. No changes to any other formats, including Legacy, which has plenty of totally unbannable cards on its list.

I built a pretty bad deck this time and it was bad because I was bad. But it won two out of three games anyway and accrued the most league points for the day. I attribute this to the awesome power of Sir Shandlar. After all who could forget the rallying cry of the Eberyn militia...

In the Memories thread for Hypnotic Specter, the discussion turned to some analysis of how cards can get worse over time. It's happened a lot. Broadly speaking, old cards either become weaker with age or stronger, and I suspect that the former is more common. Many classics have faded from their...

I built a deck for the West Coast Commander League and this time I did it in the store just before the event! Unfortunately, my deck performed very poorly. I couldn't accomplish much, but I did make a lot of Food tokens. So very many Food tokens... Commander: 1x Kenrith, the Returned King 1x...

Good news: I’m still keeping up with these silly reports! And the latest set is Throne of Eldraine. I’ll say up-front that I find this to be a fun, gorgeously illustrated set with interesting mechanics and great flavor, but overall a bit of a drop in power level from the amazing sets we’ve been...

My latest deck for the West Coast Commander League. This one is probably even sillier than normal. In part, that's because of the point system for this month. In addition to the usual permanent-ish points, we've got the following monthly points... -Deal combat damage to each opponent with a...

Like a month ago, I posted a decklist for a $150 budget Rasputin Dreamweaver decklist I came up with, but ended up never physically constructing. Well, yesterday I played a Rasputin Dreamweaver deck in the West Coast Commander League. I'll post my list, but I just want to note that I really like...

As usual, I built a bad EDH deck in a dubious endeavor to collect points in the West Coast Commander League. My opponents, for the most part, were not having it, and elected to kill me. So I died and only accrued a modest amount of points. Next week, I return with a thirst for vengeance that...

As usual I built a new deck for the weekly West Coast Commander League event. This time, though, I really didn't even get started until the morning of the event. My Gwendlyn Di Corci deck was a bit rushed, but at least I had a pile of potential inclusions the day beforehand. This time, between...

This will be a much smaller report, which could be good news for everyone involved. Commander 2019 only has 59 new cards, and many of those are rather specific to commander-based formats. Some of the new cards are totally irrelevant for our purposes. Still, it’s worth noting that some of the...

My quest to get the West Coast Commander League to showcase all 55 of the oldest possible commanders plods along, as seen here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ehWclPZDtB76dvIejJHjaiLr-SfXuVUhdnUZ-czB3jU/edit?usp=sharing The player initials are lacking all context for readers here. But...

https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/news/august-26-2019-banned-and-restricted-announcement-2019-08-26 Holy changes to Not-Legacy, Batman! Standard Rampaging Ferocidon is unbanned. Modern Hogaak, Arisen Necropolis is banned. Faithless Looting is banned. Stoneforge Mystic is unbanned...

I piloted another Legends commander yesterday. We actually had three on the same day (I played Gabriel Angelfire, Joey played Ragnar, and Ryan played Sol'kanar the Swamp King). I gathered a bunch of cards for a rough concept of this deck, but didn't actually build it as a deck until the...

Coming up in October, the group formerly known as Magic of Browns Point (relabeled South Sound Magic) will be running an "Utter Chaos" event, where we build $150-budget Commander decks for other players who pilot. I had the oldest commander in the "Infinite Summer" $200 event, and I thought it...

I was a bit annoyed when I learned that the two weekly rotating point achievements in the West Coast Commander League would be different tribal ones when we already had a monthly point for August for yet another tribe. Deal 10 or more damage with elementals. Control 3 or more creatures in any...

Playing with Aluren in EDH again inspired me to start a Magic Memories thread for the card. I didn't do it at first, but I'm starting one now. I've had a fondness for this card for something like 20 years and I've built decks around it multiple times, but actually I've overall used it much less...

My shenanigans over the past three months in the West Coast Commander League have placed a month-long bounty on me. As it happens, this also happens to be the month in which I find the point structure least interesting. Oh, I'll get over it. Maybe next week I'll even try to win or something. But...

This has to be my most extreme oddball concoction for the West Coast Commander League. To put it simply, we had the opportunity to gain a repeating bonus point for each turn in which we spliced a spell. So my plan was to build a deck that could not kill my opponents. No win condition at all...

Back at it with my usual shenanigans in the West Coast Commander League. As usual, points are to be had for... Winning games Eliminating opponents Getting "first blood" Saving an opponent from another opponent Being eliminated first Eliminating the player with the bounty (usually me) Being...