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Series: Budget Magic

Building FNM-worthy decks without breaking the bank.

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Image for Budget Magic: Mono-Red Solphim Burn (Standard) budget magic
Budget Magic: Mono-Red Solphim Burn (Standard)

How much damage can we get from a single Thermo-Alchemist or Play with Fire with the help of Solphim, Mayhem Dominus and Mechanized Warfare? Let's find out!

Feb 27 | by SaffronOlive
Image for Budget Magic: 13-Rare ($60) Poison Proliferate Control | Phyrexia Standard budget magic
Budget Magic: 13-Rare ($60) Poison Proliferate Control | Phyrexia Standard

Is poisoning the opponent out with spells and proliferate in an odd UB Control shell a legit plan in Phyrexia Standard on just a $60 (and 13-rare) budget? Let's find out!

Feb 6 | by SaffronOlive
Image for Budget Magic: 13-Rare Mono-Black Persist Combo (Historic) budget magic
Budget Magic: 13-Rare Mono-Black Persist Combo (Historic)

Can the most persistent combo deck possible work in Historic on just a 13-rare budget thanks to the overwhelming power of...Putrid Goblin? Let's find out!

Jan 30 | by SaffronOlive
Image for Budget Magic: $61 Wizard Burn (Pioneer) budget magic
Budget Magic: $61 Wizard Burn (Pioneer)

Are Wizards the right way to burn Pioneer players out in ultra-budget form? Let's find out!

Jan 24 | by SaffronOlive
Image for Budget Magic: $106 Combo Zombies (Modern) budget magic
Budget Magic: $106 Combo Zombies (Modern)

Can the combo power of Thran Vigil turn a $100 build of Zombies into a legitimate threat to 5-0 in Modern? Let's find out!

Jan 9 | by SaffronOlive
Image for Top 10 Modern and Pioneer Budget Decks from 2022 | $100 or Less budget magic
Top 10 Modern and Pioneer Budget Decks from 2022 | $100 or Less

This year featured some really sweet $100-or-less budget decks for Modern and Pioneer, so let's count down the top 10!

Jan 2 | by SaffronOlive
Image for Budget Magic: 10-Rare Gix, Yawgmoth Praetor (Historic Brawl) budget magic
Budget Magic: 10-Rare Gix, Yawgmoth Praetor (Historic Brawl)

Historic Brawl is already considered to be one a strong budget format because you only need one copy of each card, but what if you add another layer of cheapness by playing just 10 rares?

Dec 19 | by SaffronOlive
Image for Budget Magic: $43 Dimir Draw Two (Standard) budget magic
Budget Magic: $43 Dimir Draw Two (Standard)

What's better than drawing a card? Drawing two cards!

Dec 5 | by SaffronOlive
Image for Budget Magic: Is $35 Mono-White Soldiers the Best Deck in Standard? budget magic
Budget Magic: Is $35 Mono-White Soldiers the Best Deck in Standard?

Did we accidentally break Standard with a $35 Mono-White Soldier deck? Can any Mythic players on Magic Arena beat our budget brew? Let's find out!

Nov 28 | by SaffronOlive
Image for Budget Magic: $50 Bogles, Almost (but in Standard) budget magic
Budget Magic: $50 Bogles, Almost (but in Standard)

Is loading up and protecting a creature with a ton of auras the way to win in The Brothers' War Standard on a $50 (and a six nonland rare / mythic) budget? Let's find out!

Nov 21 | by SaffronOlive
Image for Budget Magic: $70 Mono-Red Powerstone Tribal (Brothers' War Standard) budget magic
Budget Magic: $70 Mono-Red Powerstone Tribal (Brothers' War Standard)

Are Powerstones good now that The Brothers' War has given us some massive artifact finishers to ramp into? Can we 20 someone with Dragonspark Reactor on a $90 budget? Let's find out!

Nov 14 | by SaffronOlive
Image for Budget Magic: $97 Mono-Green Stompy (Modern) budget magic
Budget Magic: $97 Mono-Green Stompy (Modern)

Mono-Green Stompy was one of the first-ever Budget Magic decks we played back in 2015. Can it compete in the MH2-fueled 2022 version of Modern? Let's find out!

Oct 31 | by SaffronOlive
Image for Budget Magic: $60 The World Spell (Standard) budget magic
Budget Magic: $60 The World Spell (Standard)

Is going big with The World Spell a way to compete in post–Meathook Massacre Standard on a $60 budget? Let's find out!

Oct 24 | by SaffronOlive
Image for Budget Magic: $99 Soldiers (Pioneer) budget magic
Budget Magic: $99 Soldiers (Pioneer)

Could Valiant Veteran mean that Soldiers can compete in Pioneer on a $100 budget? Let's find out!

Oct 17 | by SaffronOlive
Image for Budget Magic: $99 Mono-White Tokens (Modern) budget magic
Budget Magic: $99 Mono-White Tokens (Modern)

Can Resolute Reinforcements lead a go-wide Mono-White Token deck to victory in Modern on a $99 budget? Let's just into a Modern league and find out!

Oct 10 | by SaffronOlive
Image for Budget Magic: Eight-Rare Mono-Blue $#%**&^$ (Dominaria United Standard) budget magic
Budget Magic: Eight-Rare Mono-Blue $#%**&^$ (Dominaria United Standard)

Remember the Mono-Blue Curious Obsession deck from a few Standards ago? Welp, it's back in Dominaria United Standard and more annoying than ever!

Sep 26 | by SaffronOlive

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