Alex Ullman

December 13-15 Pauper Weekend Recap

Want to learn more about the metrics I use in tracking the metagame? You can find an explainer here. Well, I’m back. For those of you who don’t follow me on social media I was out of commission last week with a case of Shingles. I’m on the mend and have finally updated my metagameContinue reading “December 13-15 Pauper Weekend Recap”

November 29 – December 1 Pauper Weekend Recap

Want to learn more about the metrics I use in tracking the metagame? You can find an explainer here. How important is stability in a non-rotating format? This is a question I ask myself often these days as I examine the Pauper metagame on a week-to-week basis. I know I am not the only oneContinue reading “November 29 – December 1 Pauper Weekend Recap”

November 22-24 Pauper Weekend Recap

Want to learn more about the metrics I use in tracking the metagame? You can find an explainer here. Normally these posts focus on the Magic Online Pauper Challenges, and specifically the Top 32 results from these events. While there was a period where I looked at the entire metagame from Challenges, this was dueContinue reading “November 22-24 Pauper Weekend Recap”

November 15-17 Pauper Weekend Recap

Want to learn more about the metrics I use in tracking the metagame? You can find an explainer here. The first week of a new season of Magic Online Pauper Challenges is always filled with hope. Hope that the new set will shake things up – even a little – and help to dislodge theContinue reading “November 15-17 Pauper Weekend Recap”

Duskmourn Season Recap

Want to learn more about the metrics I use in tracking the metagame? You can find an explainer here. And if the Second Foundation had our backs I’d be sleeping a little bit better tonight The Ergs – “Second Foundation” Confounding. That is the word I keep coming back to when I discuss Duskmourn season.Continue reading “Duskmourn Season Recap”

November 1-3 Pauper Weekend Recap

Want to learn more about the metrics I use in tracking the metagame? You can find an explainer here. Today’s post is a bit shorter than usual. It is election day here in the United States and I encourage all of you who live in the US to vote. This election will have wide reachingContinue reading “November 1-3 Pauper Weekend Recap”

October 25-27 Pauper Weekend Recap

Want to learn more about the metrics I use in tracking the metagame? You can find an explainer here. How do you make sense of a small sample size? When looking at any data set it is important to understand how large the source of your information is in reality. A Top 8 might beContinue reading “October 25-27 Pauper Weekend Recap”

Treasured Finds: Hakim, Loreweaver

Do any of your Commander decks have a story? Do they have a “why” of their existence? Part of me wonders if this is something the format has lost since its explosion in popularity. It is not that people cannot have a reason behind their choice of deck, but the tales around them feel farContinue reading “Treasured Finds: Hakim, Loreweaver”

Post Script

I’m a senior in college and I’m counting down the days until graduation. Graduate school – and by proxy the rest of my life- looms large in the fall. My college girlfriend encourages me to submit an article about the game I spend so much time on to a website that takes open submissions. IContinue reading “Post Script”

The First Four Weeks of Duskmourn

Want to learn more about the metrics I use in tracking the metagame? You can find an explainer here. We’ve been trapped in the haunted house that is Duskmourn for just about a month and, just like the villain in a horror franchise, Kuldotha Red has reemerged to terrorize the metagame. Can anything be doneContinue reading “The First Four Weeks of Duskmourn”