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A tale of questing Knights – Syr Gwyn, Hero of Ashvale ++RETIRED++

A couple years ago, Throne of Eldraine was released as a set that would take Magic’s twist to our real world fairy tales and Arthurian mythology. With it came a whole bunch of powerful cards (looking at you Oko, Questing Beast, Fires of Invention…), leading to an unusual number of bans in multiple formats. TheContinue reading “A tale of questing Knights – Syr Gwyn, Hero of Ashvale ++RETIRED++”

Voltron under a new light – Bruna, Light of Alabaster ++ACTIVE++

From the pile of random cards I had acquired when I got back into Magic in 2016, there was this weird Angel card in Italian, that probably came along an order on MagicCardMarket (by the way: don’t call them MKM as most French people do, they hate it. It’s CM, for CardMarket. Period.), as IContinue reading “Voltron under a new light – Bruna, Light of Alabaster ++ACTIVE++”

Stitched Together – Grusilda, Monster Masher ++RETIRED++

Unstable was undeniably a cool set. Released in 2017, back when we still had silver border, it promised a fun and engaging experience around comical, dystopian, steampunk Bablovia. Among the five allied-colored factions, the League of Dastardly Doom was the Rakdos combination, centered around a cadre of larger-than-life Super Villains : Baron Von Count andContinue reading “Stitched Together – Grusilda, Monster Masher ++RETIRED++”

Finders, Keepers – Xantcha, Sleeper Agent ++RETIRED++

I am a Rakdos player at heart. I don’t want to be dismissive of any other color combination, and I do own, build and enjoy decks with other color identities, but it looks like I’m inevitably drawn to building more Rakdos decks as new Commanders are released. The Rakdos spree started in 2017 with [[Grusilda,Continue reading “Finders, Keepers – Xantcha, Sleeper Agent ++RETIRED++”

The Cradle – where it all began. Atraxa, Praetor’s Voice ++RETIRED++

When I got back into Magic in 2016 after a long hiatus (from Shards of Alara, back in… 2008), my LGS had a few of the Commander 2016 precons. I hadn’t followed the New Phyrexia story, but I knew of the old Phyrexians, and the image of an « Phyrexian angel » really appealed toContinue reading “The Cradle – where it all began. Atraxa, Praetor’s Voice ++RETIRED++”