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Top 5: Cards to Buy, January 2022

Rodrigo Martin | 2022-01-20

Welcome to a new edition of top cards to buy! It's a new year, a fresh start, and also an opportunity to review the recent past. Let's start with a brief recap of the best Crimson Vow bargains to pick up, then branch out and look at all the cards that haven't spiked yet. It's time to gear up for 2022!

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Modern Is Effectively a Rotating Format Now

Filip Skórnicki | 2021-08-03

Magic players are absolutely in love with playing their pet decks for as long as they possibly can. Thankfully, Magic offers a wide selection of formats that allow for exactly such an experience. However, the most popular competitive format, Modern, seems to be losing this key feature.

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The Times They Are a-Changeling

Gianluca Aicardi | 2021-03-09

The very popular tribal theme has been around since the beginning of the game, appealing to a twin desire for linearity and interdependency. In 2007, Lorwyn threw a curve ball to tribal enthusiasts: what if a tribe existed that's every tribe at once? Changelings were born, and tribal would never be the same again.

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Magic

The Year of the Banhammer

Rodrigo Martin | 2019-12-20

2019 will be remembered for many things: insanely powerful cards, Arena Mythic Championships, the creation of Pioneer. However, one thing stands out among the others: a total of nine banning announcements featuring changes, more than in the two previous years combined. Let's review the Year of the Banhammer.

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Power Creep!!1

Jamin Kauf | 2019-11-10

Have Magic cards become too powerful too quickly in recent times—or is Jamin just another player rambling on about how things were much better when he started playing? Jamin looks at the power level of sets both past and current, identifies a trend, and speculates about the plan behind it.

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Back in Black and Blue: Death's Shadow in Legacy

Rodrigo Martin | 2019-10-13

Legacy is currently a wild jungle full of Modern Horizons cards: Wrenn and Six, Hogaaks and Arcum's Astrolabe. However, one deck might fight them all. Blue-Black Death's Shadow even works without dual lands! Rone shares his thoughts on the deck, his experience, and his sideboard guide.

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Bringing Fun Decks to Pauper

Mark Pinder | 2019-10-06

Modern Horizons shook up Modern, it shook up Commander, and Pauper was on the receiving end of some spicy new cards as well. The recent banning of Gush, Daze, and Gitaxian Probe helped the metagame diversify. Now we have the breathing space that will allow new members to shine in the house of commons.

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Magic

Red Bull Untapped: What JohnnyCroat Did Next

Lee Murphy | 2019-08-09

Unlike my Dominaria cousins Teferi and T3feri, time has been something in short supply in the JohnnyCroat household in the recent months. So you can imagine the panic, albeit welcomed, when the Red Bull Untapped selection emails went out. Here's a quick breakdown of how it all happened and what JohnnyCroat did next!

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Pauper on the Horizon

Mark Pinder | 2019-07-02

Modern Horizons is here and it's looking like it'll shake up pretty much every format it's in, including one of my personal favorites – Pauper. Pauper has recently been the recipient of rather substantial ban of three cards: Gush, Daze and Gitaxian Probe. This has helped diversify the metagame quite a bit, significantly reducing blue's Stranglehold on the format. With this breathing room, Modern Horizons has an even greater opportunity to shine a light on new decks and cards.

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