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Budget Magic: Richard's Birds (Standard)

Is a flock of 1/1 fliers backed by the combo finish of Rally of Wings the way to compete with the best decks in MTG M21 Standard on a budget? Let's try Richard's infamous aggro-combo UW Fliers deck and see!

Jul 14 | by SaffronOlive
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Budget Magic: Izzet Tutelage (Standard)

Does last week's huge banned list update mean its finally time for mill to be competitive in Standard thanks to Teferi's Tutelage and a ton of cheap card-draw spells? Let's see!

Aug 11 | by SaffronOlive
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Budget Magic: Scute-tate (Standard)

What's better than making a board full of Scute Swarms? Making a board full of Scute Swarms mutated together with things like Auspicious Starrix and Migratory Greathorn!

Sep 28 | by SaffronOlive
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Budget Magic: Skeleton Tribal (Standard)

Is Richard right? Is Skeleton Tribal secretly a great deck? Let's give s $100 (15 rare / mythic) build a try in Innistrad: Midnight Hunt Standard and find out!

Oct 11 | by SaffronOlive
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Budget Magic: Ghalta Gearhulk (Standard)

Does the printing of Ghalta, Primal Hunger mean it's time for Combustible Gearhulk to shine in Standard? Let's find out!

Feb 6 | by SaffronOlive
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Budget Magic: Curious Rogues (Historic)

Can an aggressive, tempo-y build of Rogues work in Historic on a 15-rare (with 11 being lands) budget? Let's see!

Nov 2 | by SaffronOlive
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Budget Magic: "Manaless" Affinity (Modern)

How many massive artifact creatures can we get in play on Turn 1 in Modern with a deck that has almost no mana? Let's see!

Feb 1 | by SaffronOlive
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Budget Magic: Demonic Learning (Modern)

This week, we're teaching our opponents a lesson...in Modern!

May 17 | by SaffronOlive
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Budget Magic: Torens' Monument (Modern)

How can a $100 deck take down the $1,500 piles at the top of the Modern meta? By making as many tokens with Torens, Fist of the Angels and Oketra's Monument as possible!

Dec 20 | by SaffronOlive
Image for Budget Magic: 12 Shadow (Modern) budget magic
Budget Magic: 12 Shadow (Modern)

What happens if we go all-in on losing life as fast as possible and play every Death's Shadow–style card in Modern on just a $100 budget? Let's find out!

Aug 15 | by SaffronOlive
Image for Budget Magic: $99 Soldiers (Pioneer) budget magic
Budget Magic: $99 Soldiers (Pioneer)

Could Valiant Veteran mean that Soldiers can compete in Pioneer on a $100 budget? Let's find out!

Oct 17 | by SaffronOlive
Image for Budget Magic: $100 Dredge (Modern) budget magic
Budget Magic: $100 Dredge (Modern)

Sometimes, the best way a game of Magic on a $100 budget is by not really playing Magic at all. It's $100 Dredge time!

Sep 25 | by SaffronOlive
Image for Budget Magic: $56 Rakdos Reanimator (Standard, Magic Arena) budget magic
Budget Magic: $56 Rakdos Reanimator (Standard, Magic Arena)

Oko is finally gone! Let's jank some opponents out by reanimating hasty Drakuseth, Maw of Flames!

Nov 26 | by SaffronOlive
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Budget Magic: Mono-Black Rankle (Standard, Magic Arena)

Can Rankle, Master of Pranks make Mono-Black Stompy work in Throne of Eldraine Standard on a Budget? Let's find out!

Oct 1 | by SaffronOlive
Image for Budget Magic: $92 WB Prison (Standard, Magic Arena) budget magic
Budget Magic: $92 WB Prison (Standard, Magic Arena)

How can we deal with the endless horde of Field of the Dead Zombies in Throne of Eldraine Standard? Stack up some hateful, prisony enchantments of course!

Oct 15 | by SaffronOlive
Image for Budget Magic: $77 Standard Affinity (Standard, Magic Arena) budget magic
Budget Magic: $77 Standard Affinity (Standard, Magic Arena)

We've had Steel Overseer in Standard since M20, and now in Throne of Eldraine, Wizards gave us a Cranial Plating in All That Glitters. Can Affinity make the jump from Modern to Standard? Let's see!

Oct 22 | by SaffronOlive
Image for Budget Magic: $97 WB Discard (Standard, Magic Arena) budget magic
Budget Magic: $97 WB Discard (Standard, Magic Arena)

Is casting a discard spell every turn an effective way to win on a budget in Throne of Eldraine Standard 3.0? Let's find out!

Dec 3 | by SaffronOlive
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Budget Magic: Swords and Artifacts (15-Rare Budget Standard)

Is getting aggro with Sword of Forge and Frontier and cheap artifact creatures they way to crush Standard on a 15-rare budget? Let's find out!

Jul 29 | by SaffronOlive
Image for Budget Magic: Four-Color Gates (Standard, Magic Online) budget magic
Budget Magic: Four-Color Gates (Standard, Magic Online)

Do the new Guildgate payoffs make a gate tribal deck possible in Ravnica Allegiance Standard? Let's find out!

Jan 29 | by SaffronOlive
Image for Budget Magic: $73 Standard Bogles (Standard, Magic Arena) budget magic
Budget Magic: $73 Standard Bogles (Standard, Magic Arena)

Can Season of Growth support a Bogle-esque hexproof deck in Standard on a budget? Let's find out!

Jul 22 | by SaffronOlive
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Ravnica Allegiance Budget Magic Updates

Ravnica Allegiance Standard is in full swing, which means it's time to update some old Budget Magic decks to keep them competitive in our new format!

Feb 11 | by SaffronOlive
Image for Budget Magic: Boros Winota (Standard) budget magic
Budget Magic: Boros Winota (Standard)

Winota, Joiner of Forces is an absurdly powerful Magic card, but can it work on a $100 budget? Let try to cheat some Agent of Treacheries into play on turn four and find out!

May 5 | by SaffronOlive
Image for Budget Magic: Boros Warriors (Standard) budget magic
Budget Magic: Boros Warriors (Standard)

Is the Warrior tribe (and some aggressive equipment) the secret for taking down Omnath on a budget in Zendikar Rising Standard? Let's see!

Oct 5 | by SaffronOlive
Image for Budget Magic: Dimir Thieves (Modern) budget magic
Budget Magic: Dimir Thieves (Modern)

Often, the most powerful cards in a format are also the most expensive, which means we can't play them in budget decks, so let's steal our opponent's expensive cards and play them instead!

Oct 25 | by SaffronOlive
Image for Budget Magic: Carth & Friends (Modern) budget magic
Budget Magic: Carth & Friends (Modern)

Carth the Lion is one of the most unique cards from Modern Horizons 2, but is it really possible to build a superfriends deck with a bunch of planeswalkers on a $100 budget? Let's find out!

Nov 2 | by SaffronOlive
Image for Budget Magic: Boros Burn (Standard) budget magic
Budget Magic: Boros Burn (Standard)

Innistrad: Crimson Vow powered up Standard burn with a couple of huge additions. Is the plan of throwing burn spells at the opponent's face competitive in Standard on a budget? Let's find out!

Nov 22 | by SaffronOlive
Image for Budget Magic: Mono-Red Storm (Historic) budget magic
Budget Magic: Mono-Red Storm (Historic)

Thanks to Mystical Archives we can now Storm off in Historic. Can the archetype work on a budget? Let's find out!

Apr 18 | by SaffronOlive
Image for Budget Magic: $77 Izzet Delver (Standard) budget magic
Budget Magic: $77 Izzet Delver (Standard)

How good is Delver of Secrets in Innistrad Standard, backed by a ton of burn spells and some interesting spell-based payoffs like Smoldering Egg and Thermo-Alchemist? Let's find out!

Sep 27 | by SaffronOlive
Image for Budget Magic: $90 Bloody Burn (Modern) budget magic
Budget Magic: $90 Bloody Burn (Modern)

Can Blood Tokens make a new style of budget Burn in Modern? Let's find out!

Dec 7 | by SaffronOlive
Image for Budget Magic: $60 Mr. Plow (Pioneer) budget magic
Budget Magic: $60 Mr. Plow (Pioneer)

This week, we're plowing Pioneer players with a mono-white Vehicles deck that's so cheap you can play it for free on Magic Online with the free-card-rental programs!

Feb 28 | by SaffronOlive
Image for Budget Magic: $92 Sultai Emerge (Pioneer) budget magic
Budget Magic: $92 Sultai Emerge (Pioneer)

Has a new budget deck emerged in Pioneer thanks to the power of Biolume Egg, Distended Mindbender, and Elder-Deep Fiend? Let's find out!

Jul 4 | by SaffronOlive
Image for Budget Magic: $91 Mono-Green (Standard) budget magic
Budget Magic: $91 Mono-Green (Standard)

Green has been the worst color in Standard for the past year, but can cards like Polukranos, Nissa, and Tribute to the World Tree bring it back now that Rakdos is banned? Let's find out!

Jun 12 | by SaffronOlive

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