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Against the Odds: Living Conundrum Lock (Standard)

What are the odds of using Living Conundrum and Angel of Suffering to make it so you can never die to damage in Standard? Let's find out!

Mar 13 | by SaffronOlive
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Against the Odds: Five-Color Voja Elves (Standard)

I got crushed by Voja, Jaws of the Conclave in Commander at MC Chicago, but what are the odds of winning with the mythic in Standard? Let's find out!

Mar 6 | by SaffronOlive
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Against the Odds: Massacre Girl (Standard)

What are the odds of snowballing Massacre Girl, Known Killer to victory in Standard thanks to a bunch of strange –X/–X removal spells? Let's find out!

Feb 28 | by SaffronOlive
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Against the Odds: Butt Toss (Standard)

What are the odds of winning with The Pride of Hull Clade in Standard? Let's find out!

Feb 21 | by SaffronOlive
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Against the Odds: Melek Fling (Standard)

What are the odds of winning by throwing Melek, Reforged Research at our opponent's face in Murders at Karlov Manor Standard? Let's find out!

Feb 14 | by SaffronOlive
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Against the Odds: The Biggest Villainous Wealth Ever

What are the odds of winning by stealing all the opponent's cards with the biggest Villainous Wealth ever? Let's find out!

Feb 7 | by SaffronOlive
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Against the Odds: Someone's Dying on Turn Two, but Who? (Timeless)

Someone is going to die by Turn 2, but who?

Jan 31 | by SaffronOlive
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Against the Odds: 36 Wraths (Standard)

Thanks to Wizards canceling rotation and their love of printing unique wraths for Commander it's possible, for the first time I'm Magic's history, to build an all-wrath deck! What are the odds it wins? Let's see!

Jan 25 | by SaffronOlive
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Against the Odds: Infinite Intruder Alarm (Timeless)

Intruder Alarm is considered to be such a scary combo piece that it was pre-banned in Historic, but what are the odds of using it to make infinite creatures in Timeless? Let's find out!

Jan 18 | by SaffronOlive
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Against the Odds: Teaching Arena Zoomers about Necro and Storm (Timeless)

What are the odds of sticking a Turn 1 Necropotence with the help of Dark Ritual and then using it to combo off? Let's find out!

Jan 10 | by SaffronOlive
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Against the Odds: One-Shot Green God Combo (Standard)

What are the odds of turning the green God Ojer Kaslem, Deepest Growth into a one-shot kill threat with some sneaky deckbuilding? Let's find out!

Jan 3 | by SaffronOlive
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The Best Magic: the Gathering Kills of 2023

Thanks to all of you 2023 has been an awesome year so today we're looking back on our best Magic: the Gathering kills of the year!

Dec 27 | by SaffronOlive
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Against the Odds: Teaching Arena Zoomers about Ponza (Timeless)

Blood Moon is finally legal on Magic Arena thanks to Timeless, which means it's time to teach some Arena Zoomers about one of Magic's most iconic land-destruction archetypes: Ponza!

Dec 20 | by SaffronOlive
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Against the Odds: Infinite God Aristocrats (Standard)

Thanks to some weird wording, the Lost Caverns of Ixalan Gods can go infinite with Invasion of Amonket! What are the odds of winning with the combo? Let's find out!

Dec 13 | by SaffronOlive
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Against the Odds: Steal, Smack, and Sac (Standard)

Standard has a lot of powerful creatures, so today, we're going to use some random uncommons to steal them, smack our opponent with them, and then sac them for value!

Dec 6 | by SaffronOlive
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Against the Odds: Amalia's Infinite Exploration (Explorer)

Explore is back thanks to Lost Caverns of Ixalan, but it's full of combos now! What are the odds of going infinite with Amalia, Wildgrowth Walker, and Bolas's Citadel? Let's find out!

Nov 29 | by SaffronOlive
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Against the Odds: Quintorius Combo (Explorer)

Can we build a deck that plays a single Elephant and immediately wins the game as a result? Let's find out!

Nov 22 | by SaffronOlive
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Against the Odds: The Millennium Calendar (Standard)

What are the odds of getting 1,000 counters on The Millennium Calendar with the help of The Enigma Jewel to win the game by making our opponent lose 1,000 life? Let's find out!

Nov 17 | by SaffronOlive
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Against the Odds: The Grim Captain | Lost Caverns of Ixalan Standard

What are the odds of summoning The Grim Captain from his Throne in Lost Caverns of Ixalan Standard? Let's find out!

Nov 15 | by SaffronOlive
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Against the Odds: Infinite Minotaur Assault

What are the odds of going infinite with Aggravated Assault and Minotaurs? Let's find out!

Nov 8 | by SaffronOlive
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Against the Odds: I Put a Billion Counters on Gruff Triplets, Literally (Historic)

What happens if you go all-in on making the most absurd amount of power ever with the help of Gruff Triplets and Doubling Season? Let's find out!

Nov 2 | by SaffronOlive
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Against the Odds: Teaching Arena Zoomers about Paying the One (Historic)

This week for Against the Odds, we—perhaps hypocritically—teach Arena Zoomers why you always need to pay the one!

Oct 18 | by SaffronOlive
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Against the Odds: Phyrexian Unlife (Historic)

What are the odds of winning with infinite drain from Sangune Bond and Exquisite Blood after locking our opponent with Phyrexian Unlife and Solemnity in Historic? Let's find out!

Oct 11 | by SaffronOlive
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Against the Odds: There Are Repercussions for Playing Creatures (Historic)

Today, we show Magic Arena players that there are repercussions for choosing to play creatures, with Mono-Red Leyline Control!

Oct 4 | by SaffronOlive
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Against the Odds: 36 Sheoldreds

Today, we play Standard, but every single one of our cards is actually Sheoldred!

Sep 27 | by SaffronOlive
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Against the Odds: Teaching Arena Zoomers about Blood Moon

It's time to hand out some life lessons to a new generation of Magic players, this time teaching them what it's like to not be able to play Magic because all of their non-basic lands are Mountains thanks to Blood Moon!

Sep 20 | by SaffronOlive
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Against the Odds: Infinite Turtle Power Combo (Standard)

What are the odds of making an infinitely powerful creature in Wilds of Eldraine Standard with Blossoming Tortoise? Let's find out!

Sep 13 | by SaffronOlive
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Against the Odds: Infinite Cauldron (Standard)

What are the odds of going infinite in just about every possible way with Agatha's Soul Cauldron in Wilds of Eldraine Standard? Let's find out!

Sep 6 | by SaffronOlive
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Against the Odds: The Greediest Dragon Deck: Smaug Combo

What are the odds of winning by comboing off with the Smaug token There and Back Again creates? Let's find out!

Aug 28 | by SaffronOlive
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Against the Odds: Vesuvan Drifter (Modern)

What are the odds of winning by turning a harmless 2/4 like Vesuvan Drifter into one of the biggest, scariest monsters in Modern by surprise? Let's find out!

Aug 9 | by SaffronOlive

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