Casual Black Magic
The Gathering in Las Vegas
56 mins ago
10 min to read
Sam’s column switches to a new day and to celebrate they’re forgoing the usual strategy content in favor of “Sam’s Weekend in Vegas!” Enjoy.
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My Take on Blue Farm in cEDH
September 22, 2023
9 min to read
Sam takes a look at the most popular deck in cEDH, and analyzes how they might do things differently.
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Blue-Red Faeries in Modern
September 15, 2023
7 min to read
Faeries in Modern, at this time of year, in this current meta, localized across from Orcish Bowmasters? Sam would like to see.
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The Seedborn Muse Question—How Good is Too Good in cEDH?
September 8, 2023
8 min to read
Seedborn Muse might be too powerful to be effective in cEDH decks. Why is that the case and what should you replace it with in your decks?
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Dargo, the Shipwrecker Jund vs Korvold, Fae-Cursed King in cEDH
September 1, 2023
9 min to read
Sacrificing permanents, combos, and a lack of blue. Sam looks at the merits of two similar Jund-based cEDH strategies.
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My first cEDH Tournament Win – Rograkh/Thrasios in Action
August 25, 2023
18 min to read
Sam brings a round-by-round recap of Rograkh/Thrasios collecting the overall win.
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Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh—Thrasios, Triton Hero cEDH Primer
August 18, 2023
11 min to read
Sam looks at building a powerful cEDH deck with partner commanders in Temur, who have a combined mana value of only two.
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I Love Gen Con
August 11, 2023
9 min to read
Sam makes a long overdue return to their roots at Gen Con, for a few days of Chaos Orb flips and revisiting Magic history.
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Old School Control
August 4, 2023
10 min to read
Sam looks to the world of Chaos Orb, moxen, and Kird Apes, with a control deck based around having more answers than your opponent.
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Goldberry, River-Daughter in Commander
July 28, 2023
8 min to read
Sam is here with an engaging take on removing counters in monoblue, thanks to the unique design space of Goldberry.
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Premodern Without Land Tax
July 21, 2023
14 min to read
Land Tax has been banned in Premodern, so Sam looks at some potential new directions for the format.