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Hello and welcome back to Going Rogue, where winning isn't the goal but it often happens anyway! I don't know about you, but I am sick and tired of getting run over by all these big-mana Tron and Eldrazi decks in Modern these days. Not only did they get a bunch of new powerful cards with recent sets, but the banning of and seems to have opened the door extra-wide for decks that take over at around the turn four mark. They're everywhere now, and you know what they say: If you can't beat 'em,...
Oath of the Gatewatch is here, quietly slipping a stack of brew-worthy cards into the Modern format. I say quietly because this set’s release has felt like background noise in contrast to the ban. The disappearance of Modern’s premier blue/red deck will undoubtedly have greater consequences for the format than the dozen or so Oath cards with Modern potential, but I’m still interested in some of these new additions. Beyond the obvious wins like (Eldrazi) and (Tron), here are some of the...
Oath of the Gatewatch is finally among us! It brings a few additions to our decks, but may be slower to adapt into the Commander format by sheer lack of grotesque power or playability (or even adaptation, as was the case with the Theros gods). That said, there are a variety of utility cards therein that may find their way into your decks! Since we’ve already reviewed most of the set’s mechanics before, we’re going to go ahead and do a quick overlook of the set, with an intrigued eye...
Happy Monday, everyone! I hope you all enjoyed playing Standard, Modern and/or Limited events with Oath of the Gatewatch cards for the first time this weekend! It's something I'm looking forward to doing tomorrow! When I last discussed this set from an EDH standpoint I found it quite under-whelming, but the spoiler had not yet completed. Now? I still find it rather disappointing, but I will admit it's given us a few interesting generals to play with in the best of all formats - EDH! Today, we...
With the release of Oath of the Gatewatch right around the corner, we must prepare ourselves to play! Let's take a look at the newest mechanic update to the game: the addition of colourless mana. In Oath of the Gatewatch, players will now be able to draft and build decks that include mana that is not associated to any colour. To answer why this is important, we must first take a look at what normal mana is in a game of magic. As we discussed in the first Intro to Magic article, Planeswalkers...
After years of infuriating play centered around and other blue-green value engines, the chief offender in Simic - the Simic Queen herself - , has finally met a deserved end on the Commander banned list. (If you hum the article’s title to the tune of Candle In The Wind, I’m sure the ensuing verses will form in your creative mind.) One of the more centralizing cards in the format is gone, offering Simic players a chance to play Magic on their own turns and not on every one of our turns as...
Hello and welcome back to Going Rogue, where winning isn't the goal but it often happens anyway! Actually, this is a week about winning, or trying to at leastse. To no one's surprise, I didn't get any of my B&R wishes fulfilled. But a different interesting thing happened: Modern's supposed flagship combo deck, got its namesake card banned, and as a result, the deck is now a thing of Modern's past... or is it? A year ago, folks like you and I were tearing up our s and , momentarily assuming...
Modern players were given an unexpected surprise after it was revealed 2 days early that and were banned. To summarize the rationale from Wizards of the Coast: Bloom Titan was winning too consistently, too early. Twin was stifling diversity and putting up tournament results that were too consistent. Whether we like the ban or not, it’s here to stay, at least until the next announcement. So what happens with the meta and the players now? These are my predictions. Meta Twin and Bloom Titan...
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