Li Xu

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RUG: The Best Deck You’re Not Playing in Modern

My favorite color combination in all of Magic is RUG. Despite playing Delver in Standard and UW in Modern almost […]

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Last-Minute Notes

Faeries are great. Goblins are great. Blue is the best color and green is the worst. , , . Vegas […]

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First Impressions of Modern Masters Limited

Li Xu had a blast playing Modern Masters Limited this weekend, and shares his thoughts on the format.

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When Nature Calls

There was a time when playing anything higher than four mana was tantamount to suicide in Modern. But with recent shifts in the Modern metagame, Li Xu has discovered that Scapeshift (featuring Primeval Titan) is extremely well-positioned.

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Top 4 at Game Day

By the time I discovered my rekindled interest in Standard, it was too late to arrange travel for this past Saturday’s PTQ in Jersey, so I got some much needed sleep woke up around 11:00 am to go play in Game Day at the store.

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Return to Form

For the first time in a long while, I’m enjoying the Standard format again. I found a deck that’s both […]

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Grinding It Out With Grixis

I played Standard! Again! Me! Standard! Again! The last time I did, I played the horribly boring UWR Flash, came […]

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Dragon’s Maze and Six-Person Pods

For two of the three Dragon’s Maze drafts I’ve done since the set’s release, I took Putrefy pack-one, pick-one. Unconditional […]

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In Which the Commies Prevail

I had a blast at the prerelease. I correctly predicted that Wind Drakes would be huge role-players in the durdly, […]

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Attacking Along an Alternate Axis

I played Standard last week. Me! Standard! There was a time when that statement didn’t raise any eyebrows. Standard used […]

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Promo Cards and How I Wish They Didn’t Suck

The Dragon’s Maze prerelease, only a week and a half away, will mark one year since my return to Magic. […]