Analysis

Magic

Basics of Finance: Behavioral Economics and Bannings

Filip Skórnicki | 2024-01-31

Anyone who's ever witnessed a match decided when someone gave in to an ill-fated impulse knows that players, or people in general, don't always behave rationally. This applies to the in-game proceedings as well as to the pregame of acquiring cards. Welcome to behavioral economics!

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Magic

Deviations: When Things Go Wrong

Filip Skórnicki | 2024-01-23

When everything goes your way, Magic can be quite an easy game. Just follow the script, run out your threats on curve, and claim victory on schedule. It's when things go wrong that your proficiency with a deck really shines through. Sometimes you have to deviate from all preset plans.

StrategyAnalysis

Magic

What Makes a Deck Easy to Play

Filip Skórnicki | 2024-01-15

Deck difficulty is an evergreen topic within the community. We've already discussed what characterizes tough-to-play decks in a previous article, so now it's time to take a look at what makes a deck easy to play. Here are nine traits common to successful strategies of a lower difficulty setting!

StrategyAnalysis

Magic

Magic Math: You Should Probably Know These Probabilities

Filip Skórnicki | 2024-01-12

When playing Magic, you won't be able to escape the math that permeates the whole game. While in a lot of spots you'll be using your intuition and experience, it's worth knowing some stats that are always true. It can help you form better heuristics, for example: "I should not keep one-landers with this deck."

StrategyAnalysis

Magic

Basics of Finance: Who Acquires Magic Cards and Why

Filip Skórnicki | 2024-01-04

In the world of Magic, there are a ton of people who have a vested interest in the growth of the game. Some will look at it as the ongoing improvement of their favorite pastime activity and others as a way to earn money. This article is about four major groups of people who are into Magic.

Buy/SellSpeculationCommunityAnalysis

Magic

An Analysis of Pauper Through the Last 23 Challenges

Pedro Paulo | 2023-10-16

It's time for another analysis of the Pauper metagame and its evolution. This time we look at several months' worth of data from Challenges on Magic Online. How did The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth, Commander Masters, and Wilds of Eldraine change and shape the current format?

PauperMetaAnalysisDecklist

YuGiOh

September 2023 Forbidden and Limited List Analysis

Sherif Lewis | 2023-09-20

One can just imagine someone at Konami cracking their knuckles and stretching for a moment before typing slowly while glancing out the window into a perfect September afternoon. Konami dropped one of the smallest ban list updates we have ever seen. Let's figure out what this does to the current metagame!

BanListMetaAnalysis

Magic

Building Around Mind's Desire in Legacy

Robert Swiecki | 2023-08-18

Wizards have treated Legacy players to one of the most relevant unbans in recent history. Mind's Desire is free, but there remains plenty of work to be done, things to figure out. How will the card impact the format? Is it still as good as it was twenty years ago? Here's a look at both theory and decklists!

LegacyDecklistAnalysis

Magic

Top 4 Pauper Decks Upgraded by Commander Masters

Pedro Paulo | 2023-08-07

Here's a set filled with downshifts, likely to alter the landscape of the format forever! Commander Masters released on August 4 and includes many cards as commons for the first time. Shifts in the metagame are to be expected. Let's explore builds and see how and where the new cards fit in!

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