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Getting Started: Magic’s Modern Format, Part 1 – A Primer

Sean "Star Man" Matoon - August 19, 2020

Modern was created in the summer of 2011 as an eternal format that had a starting point later than the Limited Edition Alpha and Beta sets from 1993. At nearly 14,000 cards and counting, Modern is the largest eternal...

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Commander Focus: Atraxa

B Phillip York - August 18, 2020

In Commander Focus, Pseudanonymous looks at key Commanders, how to build around them, and what makes their decks work. In this first installment, he’s looking at Atraxa, Praetors' Voice. Atraxa, Praetors’ Voice is a powerful and flexible commander that has...

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Commander Focus: Golos, Sleeping Pilgrim

B Phillip York - August 13, 2020

In Commander Focus, Pseudanonymous looks at key Commanders, how to build around them, and what makes their decks work. In this first installment, he's looking at Golos, Tireless Pilgrim. Among the storied tales of tier 0 commanders are such legends...

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Magic: the Gathering Double Masters Set Review

Sean "Star Man" Matoon - August 11, 2020

With the full spoiler out now for Wizards of the Coast’s newest reprint set, Double Masters, we thought we’d take a look at the set as a whole and talk about its impact on constructed formats, including Commander, and...

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Building a Commander Deck

B Phillip York - August 6, 2020

We've previously covered the basics of Commander - check out our Getting Started article here - but in today's article we're talking about how to build a solid Commander deck. One of the frequent questions people ask is "How can...

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Getting Started: Competitive Magic

Robert "TheChirurgeon" Jones - July 28, 2020

This is Part Four of our "Getting Started: Magic the Gathering" series. You can find parts 1-3 here: Getting Started, Commander, and Arena. In this article we're going to discuss how you can take the next step in paper Magic, moving from...

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Getting Started: Commander

B Phillip York - July 23, 2020

Welcome to part three of our Getting Started series for Magic: The Gathering! Yesterday we covered the basics of getting started with Magic: The Gathering Arena electronically (click here if you missed that one and want to know more), and...

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Getting Started with Magic: the Gathering Arena

B Phillip York - July 22, 2020

Welcome to part two of our Getting Started series for Magic: The Gathering! Yesterday we covered the basics of getting started with paper Magic on the tabletop (click here if you missed that one and one to know more),...

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Getting Started: Magic the Gathering

Sean "Star Man" Matoon - July 21, 2020

So you’ve played a few games and enjoyed them, and decided that you want to take the plunge with Magic: The Gathering. Good choice! Magic is one of our favorite games, with dozens of game variants, tons of wonderful...

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Goonhammer is covering Magic: The Gathering!

Robert "TheChirurgeon" Jones - July 21, 2020

Hello everyone! Robert "TheChirurgeon" Jones and Sean "Star Man" Matoon here and we're proud to announce that today marks the first article in our "Hitting the Stacks" column, Goonhammer's regular ongoing coverage of Magic: The Gathering. This week and...