2018 January 18 by berryjon
In this issue of Pattern Recognition,
berryjon finishes off his Keyword Sandwich with the last five mechanics. He's a bit more verbose this time. And it's almost done, he swears!
2018 January 11 by berryjon
This week,
berryjon looks at the middle third of the 15 Evergreen Creature Keywords currently in the game - Flying through LIfelink.
2018 January 04 by berryjon
Today,
berryjon begins his multi-part analysis of all the Evergreen Creature Keywords in Magic! All 15 of them.
2017 November 30 by berryjon
Hello everyone! This week, this week,
berryjon addresses a curious request from a reader who wants to know why White has been losing out on cards like
Resurrection.
2017 November 23 by berryjon
With Magic's newest set coming out this week,
berryjon takes a look at a different set completely!
2017 November 16 by berryjon
What's in a card? What if you can't tell what it is? What does that make it? Today,
berryjon addresses the mechanic that raises these questions, and why it is both good and bad.
2017 November 02 by berryjon
Welcome back to Pattern Recognition, where everything that has come before will come again.
2017 October 26 by berryjon
This week,
berryjon takes a look at a different case of Two-For-One. Only this time, it's a positive thing!
2017 October 12 by berryjon
In this week's Pattern Recognition,
berryjon makes a Babylon 5 reference, and points out some of the history of that reference, and what happened when it came out again.
2017 September 28 by berryjon
Today,
berryjon builds a deck. Here's hoping it doesn't suck!
2017 September 21 by berryjon
Today,
berryjon talks about one of Theros' more prolific mechanics, and the reasons why it failed - leading into the version of it that did succeed. Mostly because his actual planned article for this week couldn't be done in time.
2017 September 14 by berryjon
Shape the world, shape your creatures. Today,
berryjon looks at an old theme in an old set, and why the results were important for combat.
2017 September 07 by berryjon
Today, with Jace
Totally Lost,
berryjon talks about the next member of the Gatewatch, and why having only two loyalty abilities is a hinderance.
2017 August 31 by berryjon
With this mechanic,
berryjon describes how none of us are as strong as all of us. As long as you understand the rules. Urza knows even the author has problems sometimes!
2017 August 24 by berryjon
Adding creatures to creatures is something that was done once long ago, and once in more recent history. Today,
berryjon looks at Licids, and their place in history.
2017 August 03 by berryjon
Pay now, or pay later, but you will always need to pay during the upkeep.
berryjon rambles on about one of the important points in the game, and why its use has changed over the years.
Today,
berryjon looks at a creature type that hasn't been in the game for a while, but still comes up from time to time when Creatures think they can be Players, if only for just one moment.
What do you do when you draw a 1/1 for 1 on turn 8? Unless it has something spectacular going for it, there's not a lot, really. Today,
berryjon looks at a couple attempts by Wizards to alleviate that potential problem.