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I did not like Ikoria. There was something irksome about card design referring to punch out tokens as technology. Ability counters felt...

I have had some strong feeling since the new Secret Lair deck was announced. I put out my Izzet Winning deck about 2 or 3 months before...

There is so much talk lately about deck power levels. What really is a 7? Is this Tier 1? What bracket am I in? Today's deck is...

Jund 'Em Out! What does that mean? I'm not exactly sure. But that's the spirit of today's deck. And it's a weird one. Like most of my...

This week I'm trying something different. I'm going to show off one of my personal decks and then give it an upgrade. The deck in...

I don't know what to do with this deck. It's one of the most unique decks I've drafted before and fits well with my philosophy to Make...

Welcome back to Stripped Out, where I take a precon and remove all the off theme cards and move the deck forward. This time I'm looking...

I'm continuing my work to hit all the color combinations. Today I look at Red and Blue. I'm not alone here in thinking of Izzet as a...

Control can be a very powerful strategy in Magic. Rule setting, counter spells, taking permanents. All provide powerful tempo shifts....

I've done dozens of articles to date. I've even made multiple attempts at certain colors and combinations. One day I went through and...

Some sets feel like black holes to me. I look at the mechanics and the legends and they just seem stale. They're either too straight...

I'm on a roll with my mono colored decks lately. After taking forever to finish the cycle and get all 5 represented, I'm closing in on...

I was a big fan of the Baldurs Gate sets when they came out. This was in part because I grew up playing Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn....

Energy was a dormant mechanic for many years. After its debut in Kaladesh it was unheard of for years. Cue 2024. We got 2 Commander...

Have you ever been brewing a deck, had a clear vision, then once you get rolling on it realize there's a cooler thing to do with the...

Be the Token Burn Player This week we jump into Murders at Karlov Manor. For all the complaints people had about it, MKM was good to me....

I have been promising you updates of some of your favorite decks for quite some time. The core of any deck is generally set, but there...

Encore, Myriad, and Knowing When to End The Turn This week's deck was reluctantly 3 colors. The whole thing spun out of an angel I bought...

Welcome back to Stripped Out. The series where I cake a commander preconstructed deck and pull all the stuff that doesn't quite fit and...

You're getting a Double Dose of Decks today. Congratulations. How did this come to be? I keep a list of themes/strategies and colors they...