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Constraints Breed Creativity: Building the optimal MH2 set Cube on a budget
Modern Horizons II is one of the sweetest Limited environments in recent memory, but also one of the most expensive to play. What if you could get 95% of the experience for 1/3rd the cost?
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Most-cubed Monocolor Ravnica Watermarked cards
Illustration: Transguild Courier by John Avon This isn’t so much a blog post as it is a place to put a big table. rnk azorius dimir rakdos gruul selesnya orzhov izzet golgari boros simic 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
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Companion Cubing with the Parliamentary Cube
The Companion mechanic is actually good — in Limited — and a version of Companion in a Cube setting lets me do lots of the things I most enjoy in Magic. This is an introduction to Companion Cubing.
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In Search of Greatness: Looking for the strongest decks in 17Lands data
(Illustration by Ilse Gort) This isn’t so much a blog post as it is a place to put a big table. Using 17Lands Public Data, I looked at the lands each deck was running — the decks whose most-common lands were Plains/Island are called WU decks, regardless of what other lands they’re running, and so […]
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The Empirical Vanilla Test in The Brothers’ War
(Featured image is Mine Worker, by Raoul Vitale) In evaluating creature cards, it’s common to start with an initial assessment of whether a card’s baseline attributes — power, toughness, keyword abilities, etc — justify its mana cost, and then go on to consider any additional abilities or traits. The first step is often called the […]
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Pursuit of Knowledge: Adjusted Win Rates in Streets of New Capenna Limited
Adjusted Win Rates for Streets of New Capenna. Plus, for the first time: Wins Abover Replacement!
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Corpse Appraiser: Decomposing card and archetype strength in SNC Limited
17Lands win rates are great, but they represent (at least) two things at once. It is possible to determine how strong a card is, separate from the decks in which it appears?
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New Frontiers: A timeline of word debuts in Magic: The Gathering
A verrrrry tall timeline of word debuts in Magic: The Gathering!