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Against the Odds: Infinite Morph Combo (Pioneer)

What are the odds of winning by morphing infinitely with Yarus, Road of the Old Gods, and Ashcloud Phoenix in Pioneer / Explorer? Let's find out!

Mar 20 | by SaffronOlive
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Much Abrew: Teaching Greedy Pioneer Players about Basic Lands

Land destruction in Pioneer sounds like a silly plan—Wizards stopped printing good land destruction way before Pioneer came to be. But can the greed of Arena players running almost no basic lands make it possible? Let's see!

Mar 1 | by SaffronOlive
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Budget Magic: $65 Surveil Surprise

Can a new Lost Caverns of Ixalan addition and a surprise transformational sideboard plan let a $65 build of Surveil compete in Pioneer? Let's find out!

Jan 29 | 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: 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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Single Scoop: Pia Nalaar Gives Us So Much Value From Exile!

We're taking Pia Nalaar, Consul of Revival for a spin through Explorer! So be prepared to get value for casting spells from exile!

Aug 8 | by TheAsianAvenger
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Single Scoop: Blasting My Opponents With Shrapnel and Scissors

Shrapnel Blast is in Explorer and a bunch of new artifact aggro support from March of the Machine are still untested in Explorer! Let's make it happen.

Jul 25 | by TheAsianAvenger
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Single Scoop: Waste Not is Competitive? (Explorer)

Waste Not did work recently in a Pioneer Tournament and although it didn't Top 8, it had a killer Day 1. Let's see if it can slay on the Explorer ladder!

Jun 20 | by TheAsianAvenger
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I Make 200 Mana and Draw My Deck on Turn 4...in Standard!

Tap. Untap. Tap. Untap. Tap. Untap. Tap. Untap. Tap. Untap. Tap. Untap. Tap. Untap. Tap. Untap. Tap. Untap. Tap. Untap. Tap. Untap. Tap. Untap. Tap. Untap. Tap. Untap. Tap. Untap. Tap. Untap.

Jun 14 | by SaffronOlive
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Single Scoop: Boros Convoke Works in Explorer!

The Boros Convoke deck has been dubbed "Hogaak" of Pioneer so naturally we had to see if the hilarity works in Explorer as well without Bushwhacker......and it does!

Jun 7 | by TheAsianAvenger
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Single Scoop: Seeing Double in Explorer

My love for See Double has made it's way to Explorer!

Jun 4 | by TheAsianAvenger
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Single Scoop: Nahiri Equipments (Explorer)

Nahiri is the new hotness when it comes to equipment, time attack the ladder with a bunch of hammers and beatsticks!

May 30 | by TheAsianAvenger
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Single Scoop: Does Reducing Activated Ability Costs Matter? (Explorer)

We now have Training Grounds and Biomancer's Familiar but does Explorer have enough activated abilities to make it worth while?

May 25 | by TheAsianAvenger
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Single Scoop: Let Rocco, Street Chef Cook!

Rocco, Street Chef + Drannith Magistrate? Yeah, that sounds like we're going to try to build a sweet Explorer hate bears deck!

May 23 | by TheAsianAvenger
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Single Scoop: Nashi, the Rat King! (Explorer)

Let's take Nashi, Moon's Legacy and a ton of Rat Colonies to the explorer ladder!

May 20 | by TheAsianAvenger
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Much Abrew: Five-Color Yorion Battle Blink (Explorer)

What happens if you don't bother even trying to flip your battles and instead just blink them with Yorion, Sky Nomad, hopefully with an Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines on the battlefield? Let's find out!

May 19 | by SaffronOlive
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Single Scoop: THAT IS ONE BIG VAMPIRIC DINO (Explorer)

Ghalta and Mavren has been talked about for quite some time during Preview season so it's only natural we take a crack at it and see how the big vampire dino does in Explorer!

May 16 | by TheAsianAvenger
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Single Scoop: Invasion of Tarkir in Explorer

Explorer/Pioneer is a format with a ton of sweet draconic payoffs so naturally, we've got to make a deck work around Invasion of Tarkir!

May 9 | by TheAsianAvenger
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Single Scoop: Grixis Fevered Visions (Explorer)

Winning with Fevered Visions never felt so good as we can shift gears between a wheely burn deck or a wheely Narset lock deck!

Apr 15 | by TheAsianAvenger
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Single Scoop: Is it the Era of Dredgeless Dredge? (Explorer)

"Dredge has got a new toy!" is a saying as old as time itself so let's see if Innistrad Remastered helps us Dredge in Explorer!

Apr 13 | by TheAsianAvenger
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March of the Machine: Top 10 Pioneer & Explorer Cards

Seth and Crim count down their top 10 Pioneer and Explorer cards from March of the Machine!

Apr 12 | by SaffronOlive
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Single Scoop: A Thing of Beauty

It has had many names ...Chilly Dilly....Cucumber of Cold.... but you might know it as Thing in the Ice

Apr 8 | by TheAsianAvenger
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Much Abrew: Tergrid Waste Not (Explorer)

Let's make our opponent discard some cards so we can steal them with Tergrid and generate a ton of Waste Not triggers in Explorer!

Apr 7 | by SaffronOlive
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Single Scoop: Mono Black Burn Updated (Explorer)

Mono Black Burn just got some sweet new toys thanks to Innistrad Remastered!

Apr 7 | by TheAsianAvenger
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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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Single Scoop: Relentless Horde of Zombies (Explorer)

Relentless Dead hitting MTGArena just in time to line up with with the launch of one of TheAsianAvenger's favorite video game franchises means it was meant to be! Let's see if we can bring this Zombie deck back to life...or unlife?

Apr 5 | by TheAsianAvenger
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Single Scoop: Treeskaidekaphobia

We're hoping to combine the powers of Tree of Perdition and Triskaidekaphobia to get a "combo" kill. It's pretty much Splinter Twin...sorta.

Apr 2 | by TheAsianAvenger
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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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Single Scoop: Oops, I Brought a Deck From 2016 (Explorer)

At one point, Golgari Delirium was a tier 1 deck. It's time to see if Shadows Over Innistrad cards like Grim Flayer, Ishakanah, and Emrakul, the Promised End can still close out games like its 2016.

Mar 28 | by TheAsianAvenger

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