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Explorer Golgari Fight Rigging Deck Guide: The Strongest Deck Nobody Is Playing
If you’ve been following my Twitter, you’ll have seen an Golgari deck that I found and started working on for best-of-one in early June. While I enjoy best-of-three when playing in the higher parts of the ladder, my favorite part of…
Top Pioneer Trophy Brews of the Week – August 3, 2022
The most creative decks in Magic: The Gathering's Pioneer format.
Pioneer Metalwork Colossus Deck Guide
We’ve seen various decks in the past, but with Streets of New Capenna and the release of , these decks started showing up in the 5-0 deck dumps and made a splash with a 23rd place finish in the Pioneer…
Pioneer Abzan Greasefang Deck Guide
The rat is back! From the printing of in Kamigawa, Neon Dynasty, we’ve had various styles of decks leveraging the power of Greasefang with . While the rise of Mono Green Devotion temporarily kept the rat down, we saw Abzan…
Pioneer Metagame Snapshot and Tier List Update – July 28, 2022
The best decks in Magic: The Gathering's Pioneer format, what to watch out for, and our recommendations.
Pioneer Izzet Prowess Deck Guide
With the banning of and , there was murmurs that the various Izzet decks would fall out of the Pioneer metagame entirely. At first, it did seem like that would be the case, but quickly we have seen the rise…
Explorer Izzet Gearhulk Creativity Deck Guide – Explorer’s Newest Creativity Variant
Looking to continue its success in Pioneer, darthjacen found that Gearhulk Creativity is great in Explorer as well! Find out what Jacen believes the best list is for this freshly ported deck and how to navigate Explorer's most common matchups!
Top 15 Mono-Green Creatures on MTG Arena
If you’re anything like me, you enjoy arguing about things to pass the time. Today, I’m giving you plenty of ammunition to argue about and that’s the top fifteen mono-green creatures on Arena. Whether it’s for Standard, Explorer, Historic, Alchemy,…
Pioneer Metagame Snapshot and Tier List Update – June 25, 2022
The best decks in Magic: The Gathering's Pioneer format, what to watch out for, and our recommendations.
Standard Jeskai Hinata Deck Guide: Master Standard’s Best Deck
Want to learn how to play Standard's best deck? Who better to teach you than darthjacen! Learn the intricacies of this amazing deck so you can deftly crush the competition in Standard!
Best Explorer Decks for the Best-of-Three Qualifier Play-In Event and Qualifier Weekend
This is a huge weekend for Explorer as we have the Qualifier Play-In and the Qualifier Weekend 3 days back to back! If you're looking to win your way to the new Pro Tour or just want to improve your Explorer win rate, this is the perfect article for you!
The Five Best Explorer Decks for the Best-Of-One Qualifier Play-In Event
The Explorer Play-In event is here, but how can you secure your wins? Just ask resident Explorer and Pioneer expert darthjacen! He has 5 excellent decks that will allow any style of player to beat through the competition!
Explorer Mardu Greasefang Deck Guide: The Best Combo Deck in Explorer
Now that Winota is gone, many think they're safe from dying on turn 3, but Greasefang has other plans! Find out the best build of Greasefang and how to deftly navigate each of Explorer's matchups like the masterful darthjacen!
Explorer Metagame Snapshot: Post-Expressive Iteration Ban Predictions – Top Decks for the Week of June 8, 2022
The Explorer Play-In and Qualifier events are nearly upon us, Expressive Iteration was just banned, and we need to know what the best decks are! Thankfully, darthjacen has us covered with his top decks for this week and some recommendations for this weekend as well!
New Capenna Set Championship Top 8 Decklists and Day Two Coverage
Top 8 Standard and Historic decklists from the New Capenna Championship, as well as a summary of what happened on day two.
New Capenna Set Championship Day One Coverage
We have the latest Set Championship going all weekend from May 20th to the 23rd this will lead to the finalizing of the slots for the Magic World Championship. On top of crowning a new champion, players who earn requalifying…
Explorer Jeskai Creativity Deck Guide: The Newest Tier 1 Deck
This guide contains everything you need to know to be an excellent Explorer Jeskai Creativity player in Magic: The Gathering.
Explorer Metagame Snapshot: Top Decks for the Week of May 19, 2022
Our weekly metagame breakdown for the Explorer format. We cover the movers and shakers, complete with decklists.
Pioneer Beginner’s Guide: Format Details and Starter Decks
Today, we’re going to look at one of my favorite formats in Magic: Pioneer. For those who have not had the chance to dive into Pioneer yet, this is a guide to get you into fighting shape quickly for any…
Pioneer Metagame Snapshot: Top Decks for the Week of May 13, 2022
The best decks in Magic: The Gathering's Pioneer format for the week of May 13, 2022, and our recommendations.
Explorer Izzet Phoenix Deck Guide: Fly Your Way to Mythic
This guide contains everything you need to know to be an excellent Explorer Izzet Phoenix player in Magic: The Gathering.
MTG Budget Pioneer Decks for Beginners
One of the draws to the Pioneer format is that the cards generally are on the cheaper side, even for the top decks in the format. While the cards were even cheaper before the most recent organized play announcement, there…
Best Decks for the Explorer Metagame Challenge and Why
This weekend there’s a special event on Magic Arena! With the release of Explorer on Arena last week, we’re now seeing the first Metagame Challenge for this new format instead of the usual Standard one. Taking place from May 6th…
Pioneer Metagame Snapshot: Top Decks for the Week of May 4, 2022
This week we saw the Magic Online and Magic Arena release of Streets of New Capenna (SNC). While it’s always exciting when a new set comes out, the way cards make their way into the Magic Online ecosystem takes a…
Bo1 Explorer Esper Greasefang Deck Guide: The Format’s Best Combo Deck
Greasefang, Explorer Boss With the introduction of Explorer on Arena, we’ve seen the week one metagame congeal around Pioneer decks that easily port over to Arena, such as Winota, Rakdos Midrange, and Azorius Control. These decks all managed to have…
Top 10 Pioneer and Explorer Cards from Streets of New Capenna
Our pick for the top ten cards that may make the most impact to Pioneer and Explorer from Streets of New Capenna, complete with decklists that you can try when the format goes live.
Pioneer Metagame Snapshot: Top Decks for the Week of April 21, 2022
The new Explorer format coming to MTG Arena has been announced, which will act as a bridging format to eventually turn into Pioneer – Standard sets from Return to Ravnica forward. This will happen over the next few years as…
Porting Pioneer to Explorer: 7 Easy Decks for Day One
Streets of New Capenna Constructed Articles Premium The Winners and Losers of Streets of New Capenna Standard The Top 5 Brews That Could Be Excellent in Streets of New Capenna Standard My Top 5 Standard Decks Going Into Streets of…