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Achievement Unlocked - Building With a Deck Restriction
January 24, 2023 by
Benjamin Nicol 
#abominable treefolk, #adarkar valkyrie, #arcums astrolabe, #blizzard brawl, #blood on the snow, #boreal druid, #centaur omenreader, #coldsteel heart, #cover of winter, #dark depths, #draugr necromancer, #gelid shackles, #graven lore, #icebreaker kraken, #isu the abominable, #Jorn God of Winter, #marit lage's slumber, #Narfi Betrayer King, #ohran frostfang, #on thin ice, #snow Read More »
Achievement Unlocked - Winning in the Most Epic Way
January 11, 2023 by
Benjamin Nicol
Can Ben pull of victory with an epic Epic spell in EDH?
#Anhelo the Painter, #basalt monolith, #chromatic lantern, #creeping tar pit, #cruel ultimatum, #dark ritual, #decree of annihilation, #decree of pain, #demonic tutor, #doom blade, #echo mage, #endless swarm, #enduring ideal, #Errant Street Artist, #eternal dominion, #Galvanic Iteration, #gamble, #geistblast, #goblin electromancer, #high tide, #howl of the horde, #illusionists bracers, #izzet signet, #jaya ballard task mage, #jeska's will, #Magnus the Red, #Mirrorshell Crab, #mizzix of the izmagnus, #mizzixs mastery, #mnemonic deluge, #neverending torment, #nimble obstructionist, #otawara soaring city, #overtaker, #paradox haze, #quicksilver amulet, #shark typhoon, #solve the equation, #the mirari conjecture, #thousand-year storm, #twincast, #twinning staff, #undying flames, #Vadrik Astral Archmage, #waterfront bouncer, #worst fears, #zaffai thunder conductor, #zevlor elturel exile Read More »
Achievement Unlocked - Which Alt Win Cons Are the Most Satisfying to Win With? Part 2
December 26, 2022 by
Benjamin Nicol
Which alternate win condition is the most exciting to pull off?
#alternate win conditions, #atemsis all-seeing, #divine intervention, #door to nothingness, #hedron alignment, #helix pinnacle, #hellkite tyrant, #jace, #Jace wielder of mysteries, #laboratory maniac, #lilianas contract, #mayaels aria, #mazes end, #mechanized production, #mirrodin besieged, #mortal combat, #near-death experience, #Ramses Assassin Lord, #revel in riches, #simic ascendency, #test of endurance, #thassa's oracle, #triskaidekaphile Read More »
Achievement Unlocked - Which Alt Win Cons Are the Most Satisfying to Win With? Part 1
December 14, 2022 by
Benjamin Nicol
Which alternate win condition is the most exciting to pull off?
#alternate win conditions, #approach of the second sun, #azors elocutors, #barren glory, #battle of wits, #biovisionary, #celestial convergence, #chance encounter, #darksteel reactor, #epic struggle, #felidar sovereign, #halo fountain, #happily ever after Read More »
Solve the Equation - Can You Play "Legendary Matters" Cards in Any Deck?
November 29, 2022 by
Benjamin Nicol
How will the format evolve as WotC continues to print more and more legends?
#atraxa praetors voice, #bounty agent, #breya etherium shaper, #Dihada Binder of Wills, #Esika God of the Tree, #Go-Shintai of Life's Origin, #isshin two heavens as one, #jaya's immolating inferno, #Jodah the Unifier, #kamahls druidic vow, #Karns temporal sundering, #omnath locus of creation, #price of fame, #primevals glorious rebirth, #relic of legends, #Shorikai Genesis Engine, #sisay weatherlight captain, #tale's end, #urzas ruinous blast, #yawgmoth's vile offering Read More »
Solve the Equation - The Odds on Color-Hosers
November 14, 2022 by
Benjamin Nicol
Just how useful are cards that only affect opponents playing a specific color?
#acid rain, #blue elemental blast, #boil, #carpet of flowers, #choke, #color hate, #color hoser, #Deekah Fractal Theorist, #dromar the banisher, #elephant grass, #faithless looting, #frantic search, #insight, #major teroh, #omen of fire, #reap, #talrand sky summoner, #teferis moat, #thrill of possibility, #tsunami, #urborg tomb of yawgmoth, #veil of summer, #wash out, #yavimaya cradle of growth Read More »
Solve the Equation - Mana Efficiency VS Sequencing
October 24, 2022 by
Benjamin Nicol
A tricky examination at the difficulties of playing on curve.
#budget, #cultivate, #efficiency, #Esika God of the Tree, #farseek, #fetch lands, #Jodah the Unifier, #natures lore, #prairie stream, #ramp, #rampant growth, #ratadrabik of urborg, #reki the history of kamigawa, #sequencing, #shock lands, #sunken hollow, #taplands Read More »
Solve the Equation - The Huge Gap Between 1 and 3 Damage
October 12, 2022 by
Benjamin Nicol
When is a ping not just a ping?
#body of knowledge, #curiosity, #ghyrson starn kelermorph, #hellrider, #niv-mizzet Parun, #pinger, #pinger tribal, #prodigal pyromancer, #prodigal sorcerer, #syr carah the bold, #willbreaker Read More »
Solve the Equation - Leveraging your Commander ToolKit
September 27, 2022 by
Benjamin Nicol
Are you using Advanced Filters? Clever Scryfall searches? Benjamin discusses his brewing technique.
#aethersquall ancient, #aetherstorm roc, #atraxa praetors voice, #demon of dark schemes, #edh mana base, #energy, #Evolution Sage, #four-color, #Grateful Apparition, #peema aether-seer, #proliferate, #Scryfall, #winding constrictor Read More »
Solve the Equation – How to Tell if a Strategy Has Enough Support by Using Deck Templates
September 13, 2022 by
Benjamin Nicol
Benjamin uses templates to help explore the viability of a brand new deck archetype!
#anointed procession, #azusa lost but seeking, #crop rotation, #deserts, #dryad of the ilysian grove, #edge of autumn, #felidar retreat, #Hazezon Shaper of Sand, #hazezon tamar, #Hour of Promise, #Jinnie Fay Jetmir's Second, #knight of new alara, #lovisa coldeyes, #nahiri's lithoforming, #oracle of mul daya, #purphoros god of the forge, #ruin ghost, #scapeshift, #Scavenger Grounds, #scute swarm, #shefet monitor Read More »