The coming of Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths has opened new deck possibilities with the new mechanics (Companion, Mutate, Cycling) and cards to work around and explore. The Standard format, in particular, is the front line beneficiary of these deck ideas. That does not mean though that we will go all out with the Rares and Mythics and other expensive cards in the set. Playing in the format on a strict budget is still very viable.
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Just recently, a good friend shared with me the decklist that he used to gain a majority of wins in his Standard queue on Magic: the Gathering Online. He has been grinding in this format for quite a while now and has tried a few of the Continue reading
The Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths set has introduced a whole range of ‘counter’ aside from the usual norm +1/+1, -1/-1 and poison counters that we know. What is interesting here is that some creatures and spells Continue reading
Back in the days of the Onslaught set in Standard, Cycling was on the mechanics and there was one deck archetype built around it that had become a top tier deck in the metagame. Continue reading
Another Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths card that I will preview and discuss for today, April 8th, is a card I found in a thread on Magic TCG Reddit which is somewhat a Green counterpart of my previous blog post. Continue reading
Another day means another batch of Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths card previews and to start with, we have an interesting White creature that is both efficient and useful in the early turns and late-game scenarios. Continue reading