MTG Articles
Pattern Recognition #168 - Nahiri Features Opinion Pattern Recognition
2020 September 17 by berryjon
Welcome back! Today, we look at the history of Magic's current Villain, and one of the better ones - Nahiri, Heir of the Ancients!Pattern Recognition #167 - Kicker Features Opinion Pattern Recognition
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.Pattern Recognition #166 - Landfall redux Features Opinion Pattern Recognition
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.Pattern Recognition #165 - UB Fae Features Opinion Pattern Recognition
2020 August 27 by berryjon
Over a decade later, berryjon still remembers the most horrible of Standard decks to ever grace the game. Faeries!Pattern Recognition #164 - A Replacement Mechanic Features Opinion Pattern Recognition
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.Pattern Recognition #163 - Provoke and Goad Features Opinion Pattern Recognition
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.Pattern Recognition #162 - Commanding Beast Features Opinion Pattern Recognition
2020 July 30 by berryjon
Take a Brawl Deck, add 40 cards, and what do you get? A Commander deck from berryjon that stars Questing Beast!Pattern Recognition #161 - Questing Brawl Features Opinion Pattern Recognition
2020 July 23 by berryjon
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.Pattern Recognition #160 - Magnify your Appetite Features Opinion Pattern Recognition
2020 July 16 by berryjon
Hey everyone? Feeling peckish? Today, berryjon looks at two mechanics, one a success and one a failure and how they compare.Pattern Recognition #159 - The Grandest Mechanic! Features Opinion Pattern Recognition
2020 July 09 by berryjon
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.Pattern Recognition #158 - Colour Shift Features Opinion Pattern Recognition
2020 July 02 by berryjon
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.Pattern Recognition #157 - Spell Mastery Features Opinion Pattern Recognition
2020 June 25 by berryjon
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?Pattern Recognition #156 - Green Filling Features Opinion Pattern Recognition
2020 June 18 by berryjon
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.Pattern Recognition #154 - The Great Designer Search Features Opinion Pattern Recognition
2020 May 28 by berryjon
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.Pattern Recognition #153 - Teferi Mechanics Features Opinion Pattern Recognition
2020 May 21 by berryjon
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?Pattern Recognition #152 - Teferi, Part 1 Features Opinion Pattern Recognition
2020 May 14 by berryjon
Best Planeswalker? _BEST PLANESWALKER_ Come on in and see why!Pattern Recognition #151 - Discard Features Opinion Pattern Recognition
2020 May 07 by berryjon
Today, berryjon asks you to empty your hand so you can pay attention to what he's doing. Mainly, destroying your hand. Here, he talks about the hows and the whys of this core of 's identity.Pattern Recognition #150 - Set Sizes Features Opinion Pattern Recognition
2020 April 30 by berryjon
Hello again!
What do the numbers 295, 383, 306 and now 254 have in common?
Well, they are some of the numbers of cards you will find in various sets throughout Magic's history! Today, berryjon looks at the various set sizes and how this came to be.