Want to learn more about the metrics I use in tracking the metagame? You can find an explainer here. It is impossible to tell the story of last weekend’s Magic Online Pauper Challenges without addressing High Tide. The deck made eight total appearances in the Top 32 and five of those ended in the TopContinue reading “October 10-12 Pauper Weekend Recap”
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October 3-5 Pauper Weekend Recap
Want to learn more about the metrics I use in tracking the metagame? You can find an explainer here. Two weeks into the Spider-Man/Through the Omenpaths season and things are starting to take shape. Of course the shape of the format bears more than a passing resemblance to the end of Edge of Eternities, whichContinue reading “October 3-5 Pauper Weekend Recap”
September 26-29 Pauper Weekend Recap
Want to learn more about the metrics I use in tracking the metagame? You can find an explainer here. Technically we have entered a new Pauper cycle. The release of Spider-Man/Through the Omenpaths has added a number of cards to the format. None of these have had a massive impact at the time of writingContinue reading “September 26-29 Pauper Weekend Recap”
Throw Wide the Gates
If you are reading this then you either regularly follow my work or you were brought here by a teaser I wrote. Regardless, welcome to my corner of the internet. This piece will serve as a way to organize my thoughts about the September 27 announcement of the 2026 Magic: The Gathering release schedule. TheContinue reading “Throw Wide the Gates”
The Edge of Eternities Pauper Season Recap
Want to learn more about the metrics I use in tracking the metagame? You can find an explainer here. Six weeks is a long time to go between Pauper recaps. So what happened? In a word, life. Not that this is the most riveting content in the world but I figured that you, reader, mightContinue reading “The Edge of Eternities Pauper Season Recap”
The First Two Weeks of Edge of Eternities
Want to learn more about the metrics I use in tracking the metagame? You can find an explainer here. Normally when I start writing about a new season of Pauper Challenges on Magic Online I give the caveat that there’s not much to glean from one week of data. Two weeks in and we canContinue reading “The First Two Weeks of Edge of Eternities”
The Final Fantasy Season Wrap
Want to learn more about the metrics I use in tracking the metagame? You can find an explainer here. In the three weeks since my last post, nine Challenges and two other major tournaments took place on Magic Online. As of this writing we are staring down the barrel towards Edge of Eternities. As MagicContinue reading “The Final Fantasy Season Wrap”
The First Four Weeks of Final Fantasy
Want to learn more about the metrics I use in tracking the metagame? You can find an explainer here. Change is a constant. While it sometimes moves slow – as it did for much of Pauper’s history – it still takes marches on. Entropy is a natural state and to defy it is to swimContinue reading “The First Four Weeks of Final Fantasy”
June 13-15 Pauper Weekend Recap
Want to learn more about the metrics I use in tracking the metagame? You can find an explainer here. If I were more well versed in the games this is likely a spot where I would make a reference to the Final Fantasy series. Being the uncultured swine that I am you’ll have to settleContinue reading “June 13-15 Pauper Weekend Recap”
The Calm After the Dragonstorm
Want to learn more about the metrics I use in tracking the metagame? You can find an explainer here. If you’re reading this, Final Fantasy has been released into the wild. We are already seeing new cards make their appearance in 5-0 decklists and I am interested to see if any of these cards canContinue reading “The Calm After the Dragonstorm”
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