Author - AJ Ansell RSS

This holiday set release is quite a marred one indeed, people unable to go to their local game store to participate, unsure of when physical tournaments will start back up again or if they even will.  Well, for now let's put all that to one side and focus on this monster of a set, Ikoria. Ikoria is the land of adaptation. Beasts of all sizes roam the plane hunting and scavenging, not necessarily just for food but to make changes and better themselves with new abilities.  The flagship keyword for Ikoria, and one that evokes the feeling of the set,...

Today I’m taking a look at what cards from Theros: Beyond Death could be making their way into the standard metagame.

I see a rotation on the horizon and you know what that means. A well needed shake up on the standard metagame! Over the last year there have been many decks making their way in and out of standard and with a fair amount of regularity. We’ve had Mono Red aggro with its lightning fast starts and ridiculous Runaway Steam-Kin plays, Black/White Vampires hanging around the dark alley that is the fringe playable decks waiting for those unsuspecting midrange decks to stumble their way past so it can suck the life right out of them, along with punishing their lack...

This time around I’m going to take a look at some cards from Core Set 2020 that could improve already existing standard decks or even create some brand new ones.

With so many Planeswalkers being showcased in War of the Spark it would be really easy for me to pick my top 10 Planeswalkers and just write about them. However, despite how much easier that would make my job, I feel that would be doing you guys a disservice especially when there are plenty of other fantastic cards that I can talk about as well. So without further ado, let’s dive in. 10. Blast Zone   It’s been a long, long time since we had access to a sweeper effect like Blast Zone in standard, all the way back to...