2020 September 10 by berryjon
What's better than casting a spell? Casting a better spell! Today,
berryjon examines
Kicker, a mechanic that does just that depending on the situation and the resources at hand.
2020 September 03 by berryjon
Welcome back, Zendikar! And I see you've brought back two good friends with you. So let's talk about one of them, shall we? Let's revisit _Landfall_, what it is and what it does.
2020 August 27 by berryjon
Over a decade later,
berryjon still remembers the most horrible of Standard decks to ever grace the game. Faeries!
2020 August 20 by berryjon
This week,
berryjon takes a look at an old mechanic and from there, proposes and develops a new one to help rehabilitate it.
2020 August 13 by berryjon
Getting into combat should be a choice, but what happens when the choice it taken away from you?
berryjon quickly glances at what happens this week.
Take a Brawl Deck, add 40 cards, and what do you get? A Commander deck from
berryjon that stars
Questing Beast!
Today,
berryjon brews a Brawl Deck, and then plays it on Arena! Come see how he does, when he picks a not-all-that-popular commander/brawler.
Hey everyone? Feeling peckish? Today,
berryjon looks at two mechanics, one a success and one a failure and how they compare.
Today,
berryjon looks at the grandest mechanic in the game, and why Wizards keeps not making new cards with it. Because if there's one thing we know, a mechanic only needs five examples.
When is a card not a card? When will it
Quickchange its skin to something else?
berryjon talks about some of the history of Colour Shifts this week.
In today's Pattern Recognition,
berryjon takes a quick look at one of the also-rans in terms of mechanics in the game. From Magic Origins, what was
Spell Mastery and why did it exist? And more importantly, why wasn't it picked up?
Color Cropping Commanders: or, how I learned to like Golos, Tireless Pilgrim. By
Suns_Champion.
At last,
is covered! Let us all rejoice at the end of this series within a series! Or lament its passing.But don't worry,
berryjon knows what he's doing, and that's something to keep in mind, or to challenge.
We're almost done. It's time for
berryjon to look at
and where it exists. And then makes a small comment at the end that he hopes will generate discussion.
Split Second, a series giving you a quick(ish) take on EDH/Commander topics! Today,
Suns_Champion takes a split second to talk about the commander "on dies" trigger rule change, and what commanders come out as the big winners and losers!
The Great Designer Search. What is there to say? Well, read what
berryjon says after a small history of the events, and what happened during them.
Toay,
berryjon looks at the mechanics behind Teferi, and shows how he just skirts the line of being too powerful, while showing just how he can get pushed over the edge in a few formats. After all, the best Planeswalker gets the best Cards, right?
Join the
Suns_Champion one last time for some afterthoughts on the deckbuilding process!
Best Planeswalker?
_BEST PLANESWALKER_
Come on in and see why!