Rich Stein

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What We Learned

Dmitriy Butakov Takes Down MOCS With Soon-to-be-Banned Modern Bogles

The new Modern meta was on display at the Magic Online Championship Series this weekend

Good, Bad, and Ugly

25th Anniversary Masters

This week we roast Magic’s latest product: 25th Anniversary Masters

Grinding It Out

MTGDad Eight-Week Check-In and Rivals of Ixalan Sealed Pool Analysis

With a second trophy in his pocket, can you help MTGDad get ready for a fifth RIX Friendly Sealed League?

Conjured Currency

Can Challenger Decks Destroy the Secondary Market?

Rich considers the implications of the new Challenger Decks.

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What We Learned

Tyler Schroeder’s Red-Green Monsters Stomp All Over Grand Prix Memphis

Energy decks? Scarab gods? Glorybringers? Welcome back to Standard Grand Prix.

Editorial

Dryad Arbor, Slow Play and Lantern Control

Is slow play a growing concern for competitive Magic or simply the latest mass outrage?

Grinding It Out

MTGDad vs. Ravnica Standard Throwback Gauntlet

This week we get nostalgic with the Ravnica Standard throwback queue on MTGO

Conjured Currency

MTGFinance for Socialists

Hot MTGFinance tip of the week: Don’t invest in MTGFinance columns.

What We Learned

Jace the Mind Sculptor Declared Safe in Modern After Zero Copies Appear in Top 8 of Grand Prix Lyon

Jace the Mind Sculptor is clearly Overrated.

What We Learned

Community Calls for Bogles to be Banned after Dan Ward wins Modern GP in Toronto

The sneaky combo deck flies under the Modern radar and carries Dan Ward to the title over Jon Stern’s burn deck.

Grinding It Out

My Actual First MTGDad Rivals of Ixalan Sealed Trophy

This week we celebrate actually getting a trophy in a Rivals of Ixalan friendly Sealed League! No metaphors, just some Merfolk and Dinosaurs stomping all over a league while my baby gets gassy and spits up all over me!