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Series: Against the Odds

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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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Against the Odds: I Am Tempted by the Ring...Infinitely! (Historic)

What are the odds of winning by being tempted by the Ring an infinite number of times thanks to Ratadrabik of Urborg, Nazgûl, and Boromir? Let's find out!

Aug 2 | by SaffronOlive
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Against the Odds: Flumph Combo (Modern)

Is the ultimate D&D meme card Flump now an all star Modern combo piece? Let's find out!

Jul 26 | by SaffronOlive
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Against the Odds: The One Ring, but Infinite | Historic

The One Ring is busted when played fairly, but what if you play it UNfairly?

Jul 19 | by SaffronOlive
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Against the Odds: I Amass the Biggest Orc Army Ever (and Throw it at My Opponent) | Historic

What are the odds of winning by amassing the biggest Orc possible with Fall of Cair Andros and Star of Extinction, and then throwing it at our opponent's face with Kazuul's Fury? Let's find out!

Jul 12 | by SaffronOlive
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Against the Odds: 9 Nazgul vs. Modern

What are the odds of winning with all nine Nazguls in Modern? Let's find out!

Jul 5 | by SaffronOlive
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Against the Odds: Teaching Arena Zoomers About Turbo Fog

Is The One Ring powerful enough to bring back a classic, miserable-to-play-against Boomer archetype in Turbo Fog? Let's try to teach some Arena Zoomers a lesson about not dealing combat damage and find out!

Jul 3 | by SaffronOlive
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Against the Odds: Magic the Way Tolkien Intended

What are the odds of winning with a single Frodo, Sauron's Bane attack, with the help of a motley crew of Ring-tempting Lord of the Rings cards? Let's find out!

Jun 28 | by SaffronOlive
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Against the Odds: Shared Fate (Modern)

What are the odds of winning in Modern by building the most useless deck possible and then forcing the opponent to play it with Shared Fate? Let's find out!

Jun 21 | by SaffronOlive
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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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Against the Odds: 8 Flayer (Pioneer)

What are the odds of winning with eight Soulflayers in Pioneer now that Urborg Scavengers is a thing thanks to Aftermath? Let's find out!

Jun 7 | by SaffronOlive
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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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