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Series: Against the Odds

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Against the Odds: Jumbo Cactuar (Standard)

What are the odds of winning with a single attack for 10,000 with Jumbo Cactuar in Final Fantasy Standard? Let's find out!

Jun 11 | by SaffronOlive
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Against the Odds: I Play Every Ugin in the Same Deck (Pioneer)

What are the odds of winning with a deck playing the full four copies of every Ugin in existence? Let's find out!

Jun 4 | by SaffronOlive
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Against the Odds: I Built a Deck to Never Lose to Prowess (Standard)

Are Deification backed by Elspeths and a ton of hateful white cards the answer to Prowess in Standard? Let's find out!

May 29 | by SaffronOlive
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Against the Odds: Is The Grim Captain Standard's Salvation?

Is The Grim Captain, of all things, the solution to Standard's Izzet Prowess problem? Let's find out!

May 22 | by SaffronOlive
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Against the Odds: Urborg Scavengers (Standard)

What are the odds of winning in Standard by building the most absurd three-drop ever? Let's find out!

May 15 | by SaffronOlive
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Against the Odds: 12 Rhinos (Pioneer)

Siege Rhino, Skirmish Rhino, and Debris Beetle, together at last!!!

May 7 | by SaffronOlive
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Against the Odds: Teaching Arena Zoomers About...Teaching? (Standard)

Mystical Teaching is an iconic control card from Modern's past. Can some new instants from Tarkir: Dragonstorm make it work in Standard? Let's teach some Arena Zoomers about its tutoring power and find out!

Apr 30 | by SaffronOlive
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Against the Odds: The Sibsig Ceremony Combo (Standard)

What are the odds of going infinite-ish with The Sibsib Ceremony in Standard and using it to play our entire deck (as 2/2 Zombie Druids) in one turn? Let's find out!

Apr 23 | by SaffronOlive
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Against the Odds: I Make Things That Shouldn't Be Tokens into Tokens (Standard)

What are the odds of winning by making an absurd number of Three Blind Mice with the help of Shiko, Flamehold Grappler, and Taigam? Let's find out!

Apr 16 | by SaffronOlive
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Against the Odds: Dracogenesis Dragon Storm (Standard)

Can Dracogenesis give us a new combo deck in Standard by letting us storm off and play all of our Dragons for free? Let's find out!

Apr 9 | by SaffronOlive
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Against the Odds: Invasion of the Doppelgangs

What if the problem with Doppelgang was that we just weren't Doppelganging enough?

Apr 2 | by SaffronOlive
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Against the Odds: Push the Limit (Standard)

Can Push the Limit and a bunch of janky cycling Vehicles make for a Living End–style deck in Standard? Let's find out!

Mar 20 | by SaffronOlive
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Against the Odds: Turbo Fog (Standard)

Can one of Magic's most notorious miserable archetypes work in Aetherdrift Standard? Let's see if we can Fog some opponents out of the game and find out!

Mar 12 | by SaffronOlive
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Against the Odds: Just How Good Is The Aetherspark, Actually?

So far, we haven't had much success with The Aetherspark. But what if it were our commander so we'd have access to it at any time and could really build around the equipment planeswalker? Let's find out!

Mar 5 | by SaffronOlive
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Against the Odds: Repurposing Bay (Standard)

What are the odds of winning in Aetherdrift Standard with our new artifact Birthing Pod, Repurposing Bay? Let's find out!

Feb 26 | by SaffronOlive
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Against the Odds: Teaching Arena Zoomers about Chrome Mox (and also Blood Moon)

What are the odds of locking some Arena Zoomers out of the game in Timeless with the help of Chrome Mox and Blood Moon? Let's find out!

Feb 19 | by SaffronOlive

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