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Against the Odds: The Saltiest Deck Possible (Historic Brawl)

People usually play Historic Brawl for fun. What happens if you instead try to build the saltiest deck possible, full of hard locks, stax, and taxes? Will anyone even play with you? Let's find out!

Jun 1 | by SaffronOlive
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Against the Odds: Gideon Deification Lock (Modern)

What are the odds of winning the game (by making it so we are unable to lose the game) with Gideon of the Trials, Gideon Jura, and Deification in Modern? Let's see!

May 24 | by SaffronOlive
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Against the Odds: Ob Will Be One (Standard)

What are the odds of comboing off with Ob Nixilis Captive Kingpin and All Will Be One in Standard? Let's find out!

May 17 | by SaffronOlive
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Against the Odds: Aether Snap Battles (Modern)

How many battles can we flip with Aether Snap in Modern? Let's find out!

May 10 | by SaffronOlive
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Against the Odds: I Breach the Multiverse (Standard)

What are the odds of milling the opponent's entire deck by copying Breach the Multiverse a bunch of times? Let's find out!

May 3 | by SaffronOlive
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Against the Odds: Get Yargled (Standard)

What are the odds of winning by throwing a Yargle and Multani at our opponent's face with Voldaren Thrillseeker to deal 20 direct damage in March of the Machine Standard? Let's see!

Apr 26 | by SaffronOlive
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Against the Odds: I Put EVERY Praetor into Play at Once with Realmbreaker (Standard)

What are the odds of winning with Realmbreaker, the Invasion Tree by putting every Praetor on the battlefield at once? Let's find out on our first March of the Machine Against the Odds!

Apr 19 | by SaffronOlive
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I Play One Creature on an Empty Board (and Make 500 Hasty Power)

What's the most spectacular thing Second Harvest can do if you go all-in on building around it? Let's find out!

Apr 12 | by SaffronOlive
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Against the Odds: Emrakul but Marvelous (Explorer)

Let's pretend that Explorer is 2017 Standard and see if we can win some games by cheating Emrakul, the Promised End into play with Aetherworks Marvel to steal our opponent's turn!

Apr 6 | by SaffronOlive
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Against the Odds: Tyvar's Trisky Tree Combo (Explorer)

What are the odds of winning with Tree of Perdition and Triskaidekaphobia (with the help of Tyvar, Jubilant Brawler) in Explorer? Let's find out!

Mar 30 | by SaffronOlive
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Against the Odds: Wanderer Tribal Combo (Historic)

What are the odds of winning by comboing off with Command the Dreadhorde in Wanderer Tribal? Let's find out!

Mar 22 | by SaffronOlive
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Against the Odds: Harmless Demons (Explorer)

What are the odds of winning with Archfiend of the Dross...by giving it to the opponent with Harmless Offering? Let's find out!

Mar 15 | by SaffronOlive
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Against the Odds: Monument to Perfection (Standard)

What are the odds of winning with Monument to Perfection in Standard? Let's find out!

Mar 1 | by SaffronOlive
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Against the Odds: Elesh Norn but in Modern!

What are the odds of winning with Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines in Modern? Let's find out!

Feb 22 | by SaffronOlive
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Against the Odds: All Will Be Ichor (Standard)

What are the odds of winning with the combo of Ichormoon Gauntlet and All Will Be One in Phyrexia Standard? Let's find out!

Feb 15 | by SaffronOlive
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Against the Odds: Five-Color MOMamonicon | Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines | Phyrexia Standard

What are the odds of durdling to victory with a five-color Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines Panharmonicon brew in Phyrexia Standard? Let's find out!

Feb 8 | by SaffronOlive
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Against the Odds: Venerated Rotpriest Combo (Phyrexia Standard)

Phyrexia: All Will Be One Standard is here and we kick off our exploration of the format with the most toxic meme deck of all time: Venerated Rotpriest Combo!

Feb 5 | by SaffronOlive
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Against the Odds: Marit Lage's Slumber (Historic)

What are the odds of waking Marit Lage from its slumber and beating some Magic Arena players down with a 20/20 flying, indestructible token? Let's find out!

Feb 1 | by SaffronOlive
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Against the Odds: Blightsteel Surprise (Modern)

What are the odds of winning with a surprise Blightsteel Colossus in Modern? Let's find out!

Jan 25 | by SaffronOlive
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Against the Odds: Teaching Arena Zoomers about Stax

Can we teach a new generation of Magic players the joy of being Staxed out of the ability to play Magic? Let's find out!

Jan 19 | by SaffronOlive
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Against the Odds: Paying All My Life to Phyrexian Processor (Historic)

What are the odds of comboing off with Phyrexian Processor in Historic on Magic Arena? Let's find out!

Jan 11 | by SaffronOlive
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Against the Odds: Urza-monicon (Explorer)

What crazy new shenanigans did The Brothers' War and Explorer Anthology II offer to Panharmonicon in Explorer? Let's double up some triggers and find out!

Jan 4 | by SaffronOlive
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Best Against the Odds Magic: the Gathering Moments 2022 (MTG)

Today we look back on the best Against the Odds Magic: the Gathering moments from 2022!

Dec 28 | by SaffronOlive
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Against the Odds: Splinter Twin but with Mill and on Magic Arena (Historic)

What are the odds of turning Bruvac the Grandiloquent and Terisian Mindbreaker into a game-ending Splinter Twin–like combo on Magic Arena? Let's find out!

Dec 21 | by SaffronOlive
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Against the Odds: The Brothers' Family Therapy Session: Can We Avert The Brothers' War? (Standard)

Can we bring Urza and Mishra together, help them work through their issues, and avoid the potentially cataclysmic consequences of The Brothers' War destroying the multiverse? Let's find out!

Dec 14 | by SaffronOlive
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Against the Odds: Door to Nothingness (Historic)

What are the odds of winning the game by making our opponent lose the game, by sending them through the Door to Nothingness? Let's find out!

Dec 7 | by SaffronOlive
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Against the Odds: Urza Tribal (Modern)

Urza and Urza and Urza and Urza and Urza and Urza and Urza...

Nov 30 | by SaffronOlive
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Against the Odds: Tatyova Awakens the Woods (Standard)

What are the odds of winning with Awaken the Woods (with an assist from Tatyova, Steward of Tides) in The Brothers' War Standard? Let's see!

Nov 24 | by SaffronOlive
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Against the Odds: I Go Over the Top in Brothers' War Standard

Is it possible to combo off with Over the Top in Standard? What craziness can the sorcery enable? Let's find out on this week's Against the Odds!

Nov 16 | by SaffronOlive
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Against the Odds: Rooftop Storm Combo (Modern)

What are the odds of winning by comboing Rooftop Storm and Acererak the Archlich in Modern? Let's find out!

Nov 10 | by SaffronOlive

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