MTG Articles

Everything you need to know about the MTGA Crafter’s Challenge

17 Mar by variancekills

Providing information on the event's EV and implications on wild card valuation

Limited Report: Innistrad Crimson Vow

25 Nov by variancekills

In this article, I provide a summary of 30 VOW drafts that I did to complete the set

Expected Cost for a Day 2 Token in MTG Arena Open: Draft

25 Nov by variancekills

Re-computing the expected cost of obtaining a Day 2 token with the new prize structures

Historic Brawl Staples and Why You Need Them

20 Nov by bpradiant

Staples for the Historic Brawl Format with a writeup on each one. Long but worth it.

Introducing: The Horde

10 Nov by variancekills

Introducing The Horde, an MTGA team. Join through discord: https://discord.gg/WfnXxZaQ88

Magic colors,clans and shards…What do they mean/do?

29 Oct by Eliteomega8

What is each color and color combo known for plus more!!

Home brews are all about fun!

22 Oct by Eliteomega8

One of the most fun, educational, and gripping things is to win with a home brewed deck.

Limited Report: Innistrad Midnight Hunt

20 Sep by variancekills

Brief report on my 15 runs of Premier Draft for MID.

Celebrating 1,000,000 gold with some 1k gem giveaways!

20 Aug by variancekills

In celebration of reaching 1 million gold in MTGA, I will be giving away some gems!

10 Free to Play Decks That You Can Play in Standard Brawl as of 8/10/21

05 Aug by bpradiant

I crafted 10 Free to Play Decks from the new starter experience cards that are being added 08/10/21

Evaluating Different Sources of Data About the MTG Meta

17 Jul by variancekills

Let's go over the various sources of information about the meta and identify their pros and cons

AFR Limited Report and 1k Gem Codes Giveaway

12 Jul by variancekills

Brief report on my 15 runs of Premier Draft for AFR. Also, giving away 1k gem codes.

Win 1000 gem codes in the “Is the Shuffler broken?!?” raffle!

12 Jun by variancekills

Let's do a simple raffle for some 1k gem codes around the question: "Is the shuffler broken?"

Rank Decay Behavior Update: June 2019 to March 2021

24 May by variancekills

2 years' worth of rank decay data indicates that the competitive player base is growing consistently

Some tips on how to amass a ridiculous amount of gold, gems, cards in MTGA

23 May by variancekills

How to accumulate about 880k gold, 39k gems, and almost every card in standard after 29 months

Support Witherbloom at the College Cup for chances to win 1k Gem Codes!

18 May by variancekills

The Strixhaven College Cup is upon us. Join the events and support Witherbloom College!

Conviene il bundle Historic Anthology IV?

13 Mar by MagicMalGiocato

Conviene il bundle Historic Anthology IV? Analizziamolo insieme.

Making Mythic with Boros "Good Boys" Dog Tribal

06 Mar by Intrepid_Tautog

Yes, sometimes Jank can get there. All the way to Mythic. The puppers went the distance!

New Kaldheim decks

01 Feb by andreliverod

A sourced list of the top-performing decks from the Kaldheim Pre-release weekend.

Fifteen amazing Kaldheim brews to try out

26 Jan by andreliverod

Content creator Covertgoblue has made a bunch of brews to try out this Prerelease.

Enter The Battlefield Prepared