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Series: Budget Magic

Building FNM-worthy decks without breaking the bank.

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Image for Budget Magic: One-Shot Metalwork Colossus Surprise! (Pioneer) budget magic
Budget Magic: One-Shot Metalwork Colossus Surprise! (Pioneer)

Can a one-shot Metalwork Colossus deck that's free to play on Magic Online with rental programs (and under $100 in paper) compete in Pioneer? Let's see!

Aug 8 | by SaffronOlive
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Budget Magic: $90 STANDARD Living End

Can the combo of Brilliant Restoration and artifact / enchantment channel creatures allow for a Modern Living End–style deck to work in Standard on a budget? Let's find out!

Jul 31 | by SaffronOlive
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Budget Magic: Rousing Rabble with $80 WB Tokens (Standard)

This week on Budget Magic, we're rousing some rabble in Standard!

Jul 18 | by SaffronOlive
Image for Budget Magic: $94 Cycling Gifts (Pioneer) budget magic
Budget Magic: $94 Cycling Gifts (Pioneer)

Today, we're mashing together three of my favorite things in Pioneer—Hollow One, Cycling, and God-Pharaoh's Gift—with a super-cheap Pioneer brew from Thyshuffler!

Jul 11 | by SaffronOlive
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Budget Magic: $92 Sultai Emerge (Pioneer)

Has a new budget deck emerged in Pioneer thanks to the power of Biolume Egg, Distended Mindbender, and Elder-Deep Fiend? Let's find out!

Jul 4 | by SaffronOlive
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Budget Magic: UW Phasing Tribal Pseudo-Heroic (Standard)

When in doubt, phase them out!

Jun 13 | by SaffronOlive
Image for Budget Magic: $77 Splendid Mill (Standard) budget magic
Budget Magic: $77 Splendid Mill (Standard)

Can Splendid Reclamation make for a strange new style of mill deck in Standard in conjunction with Ruin Crab and the new common fetchlands from Streets of New Capenna? Let's find out!

Jun 6 | by SaffronOlive
Image for Budget Magic: Golgari Hideaway (Streets of New Capenna Standard) budget magic
Budget Magic: Golgari Hideaway (Streets of New Capenna Standard)

How good are the new hideaway enchantments in Streets of New Capenna Standard on a $100 budget? Let's find out!

May 2 | by SaffronOlive
Image for Budget Magic: $100 Zombies (Pioneer) budget magic
Budget Magic: $100 Zombies (Pioneer)

Zombies got some huge new additions in Innistrad 3.0 a few months ago. Are cards like Champion of the Perished enough to make the deck competitive on a $100 budget in Pioneer? Let's see!

Apr 25 | by SaffronOlive
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Can a $189 Deck Win in a $4,000 Deck Format? | Budget Magic: Legacy Burn

Can an under-$200 Burn deck compete in Legacy, a format where the average cost of a top deck is over $4,000? Let's find out on this week's Budget Magic!

Apr 18 | by SaffronOlive
Image for Budget Magic: $82 Gruul Modified (Standard) budget magic
Budget Magic: $82 Gruul Modified (Standard)

How good is the modify mechanic in Standard on a budget? Are Thundering Raiju and Invigorating Hot Springs the truth? Let's find out!

Apr 4 | by SaffronOlive
Image for Budget Magic: Free Chandra Tribal (Pioneer) budget magic
Budget Magic: Free Chandra Tribal (Pioneer)

How many Chandras can fit in a free (on Magic Online) Pioneer deck? Let's find out!

Mar 28 | by SaffronOlive
Image for Budget Magic: Exploding Goblins (Historic) budget magic
Budget Magic: Exploding Goblins (Historic)

How good is Explosive Singularity in Historic on a budget in a deck overflowing with Goblin-token producers to reduce its cost? Let's find out on this week's Budget Magic!

Mar 14 | by SaffronOlive
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Budget Magic: Light-Paws Mono-White Auras (Modern)

Can Light-Paws, Emperor's Voice power a mono-white auras deck in Modern that's free to play on Magic Online and just $86 in paper? Let's find out!

Mar 7 | by SaffronOlive
Image for Budget Magic: $60 Mr. Plow (Pioneer) budget magic
Budget Magic: $60 Mr. Plow (Pioneer)

This week, we're plowing Pioneer players with a mono-white Vehicles deck that's so cheap you can play it for free on Magic Online with the free-card-rental programs!

Feb 28 | by SaffronOlive
Image for Fifty Free Decks for Modern and Pioneer on Magic Online budget magic
Fifty Free Decks for Modern and Pioneer on Magic Online

Thanks to free-card-rental programs, you can borrow up to $12 (tix) worth of cards on Magic Online for free! Here are a bunch of sweet Modern and Pioneer decks you can play on a 12-tix budget!

Feb 27 | by SaffronOlive

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