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Wednesday, May 6th – I’m excited by Thought Hemorrhage. It seems like a strong sideboard card for more than a few matchups, taking away a card that’s a central theme for them before they can deploy it. I know that a lot of people are dismissing it as a narrow card, and I agree that it’s probably not maindeckable, but it still seems relevant in some matchups. Besides, isn’t that what sideboard slots are for?

…am I running? Did we run Terror or Path to Exile? ” Familiarity is a good thing. Thanks for reading. This…

There are bad MTG cards. There are terrible MTG cards. And then there are the Worst MTG Cards of All Time. Ben Bleiweiss enters the Bottom 50 of his list of laughable cards with some real doozies.

…If you want to go wider and exile all cards in all graveyards, look no further than Crook of Condemnation…

Ross Merriam’s teammates took Temur Urza to the Top 4 of SCG Columbus! He has the latest list and a sideboarding guide ahead of SCG Knoxville!

…of Veil of Summer, and Path to Exile is not a good answer to an Emry cast on Turn 1…

Today Grand Prix Nashville finalist Ari Lax has five Top 5 lists on five different topics for you to peruse, from Modern decks you should be playing to new rules brews.

…Yes, Path to Exile is interaction. Some of the time. Other times it’s just an Emrakul, the Aeons Torn…

Tuesday, February 24th – A lot of players talk in the forums about how decks by authors like Chapin, GerryT, and myself are light on ‘win conditions.’ Without a big tap-out fatty to end the game quickly, they worry they won’t be able to finish their matches on time. This sentiment isn’t entirely unreasonable, but there are so many ways to solve the problem of time limits without having to resort to making your deck worse. This article will outline a few of them.

…Playing Path to Exile and Broken Ambitions in the same deck is kind of awkward. But there are a certain…

Magic is a game of small edges, so you’d better be ready to get them all! Pro Tour Champion Gerry Thompson teaches you many of the theories, tools, and guidelines he’s been working with lately to take over games, and by extension, entire events!

…In the mirror, you want access to cards like Path to Exile, Elspeth, Sun’s<br> Champion, and maybe Disdainful…

…decks tended to look similar, and caused drafting problems, because once you went far enough down one path, you got…

Which emotional state helps our game? Which one disrupts it? How do you stop from self-destructing? Carsten Kotter talks about his experience at GP Amsterdam and the life lessons he learned.

…The sixty-first card was a Path to Exile after having tested a little too vigorously against one-drop Zoo…

…path when it comes to winning in Magic: The Gathering. Instead of racing to the finish, blue likes to plan…

The Judgment Wishes are restricted in 5color (at least the good ones are), but the tradeoff is that 5color lets you wish for any card you can reach easily from your seat – provided that getting the card would not make your deck illegal. That means that you can keep a small pile of Wish targets around and play a lot of interesting cards. I want to talk about what I have in my pile.

…That was be pretty nice when your opponent blows a bunch of removal killing your creatures to clear a path…

MTG sets the original Ravnica through Rise of the Eldrazi produced many of the game’s greatest hits. See how Ryan Overturf packaged them into one great module of his Time Capsule Cube!

…White spot removal gets some nice new hits in Path to Exile, Journey to Nowhere, Oblivion Ring, and Faith’s…

Sometimes a commander just screams at you to build around it! We see lots of decks that champion Commander’s supposed top tier, but what about when you really want to make a statement about an underplayed legend? Erik does just that this week!

…The invoker is just trying way too hard and I’m not ready to walk that path. Gemstone Array is…

…When you’re looking for 1-mana removal, white brings to the table Swords to Plowshares and Path to Exile…

You say you wanted cube online / well, you know… Chas talks about the future of cube drafting on Magic Online and in paper forms. How will it affect your trading? What’s to come for cube enthusiasts?

…Crusader Mirror Entity Mother of Runes Oblivion Ring Path to Exile Porcelain Legionnaire Reveillark Savannah Lions Soltari Champion Soltari Monk…

…the Roil | Instant | | Momentary Blink | Instant | | Intuition | Instant | | Path to Exile | Instant | | Mana Leak | Instant | | Pulse of the Fields | Instant…

…When Jund takes a Path to Exile with Inquisition of Kozilek, the trade is equivalent in every way. Except that…

…The other card here is a 3-drop with menace to slip through. You can sacrifice your Treasures to exile…

Between Core Set 2020 and Commander 2019, Sheldon Menery has a lot of deck updating to do! Check out all the goodies he’s adding to his decks, where they’re going … and what’s getting cut!

…Nevermaker I suspect the first card to gain control of will be Homeward Path. This card had a shot of…

Tuesday, April 27th – UW Control has been the deck over the last week, sweeping all of the online PTQ. Last week, I wrote an article on my take for UW Control without Baneslayer Angel. Apparently, all three versions that won PTQ’s played Baneslayer Angel, and made me eat my words. But what can we discern from the fact that all three winners were playing Baneslayer Angel?

…Path to Exile and Oblivion Ring already deal with Vengevine, and Wall of Omens might not be necessary in a…

…As the metagame becomes more polarized, control has a clearer path to victory. Esper Control fell short of reaching the…

…its path and turning them into *other*, as represented by the Ingest/process mechanic that sent things to exile (the…

Thursday, December 3rd – Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa continues his epic Worlds tournament report with an in-depth exploration of his four Team rounds, in which he played Legacy. He shares the thoughts behind his Counterbalance deck, and brings us the lowdown of each and every match played!

…It’s possible that Path to Exile is not a bad sideboard card. I cannot think of anything better than…

Bennie tweaks the Political Puppets Commander Deck product by Wizards. This one’s a little tricky, since it involves wanting to give away your own permanents! Check out his upgrades and comment.

…maybe he’ll return the favor. - Removal: *Path to Exile, Swords to Plowshares,* *Oblivion Ring* A little extra removal never…

…but it’s not [card] Swords to Plowshares [/card] or [card] Path to Exile [/card]. I think it will see…

…For 2021, we already know Chalice of the Void, Relentless Rats, and Path to Exile will be included in Time…

…I then cast Path to Exile on the Ornithopter, to which he put a basic Island into play from his…

In this article, Usman Jamil talks about the differences between Pauper Cubes and “regular” Cubes and the design implications to make and learn from.

…You may be thinking that it’s odd to want to take a card like Ashes to Ashes highly—even…

An unexpected Prerelease success has Bennie inspired! Get his thoughts on a new Zur the Enchanted build for Modern.

…Does an opponent hit Doran with Path to Exile or<br> wait for Zur? I always tend to gravitate towards…

…Second Age* offer little to the discerning eyes of today's Commander player. Path to Exile and Malicious Affliction overshadow…

Monday, April 20th – Hall of Famer Olivier Ruel takes us through an 8-4 draft queue on Magic Online. He shares some comprehensive thoughts about both the picks and the games, and talks us through each step of the way! If you’re looking to improve your Limited game, this is the article series for you!

…He misses his land drop on turn 3 again but plays Path to Exile on the Fatestitcher I was intending…

Don’t feel blue, Death’s Shadow fans! Ari Lax shares his latest Jund Death’s Shadow decklist and sideboarding guide.

…Those other decks also tend to have Path to Exile in larger numbers, making Collective Brutality better than the two…

Sai, Master Thopterist is rumored to be making some Standard progress, but he’s for sure going to be at Commander tables! Bennie shares his build!

…to sacrifice willy-nilly since it’s awesome intact, but if someone<br> tries to hit it with an exile…

…Just be mindful of what you exile to Eater of Virtue. If we'd rather be proactive and blow up…

Brian DeMars and Mark Hornung wrap up their Vintage set review with Grafdigger’s Cage, Gravecrawler, Tragic Slip, and some other surprising candidates.

…need this particular ability—already having Swords to Plowshares and Path to Exile. Once again, a Rock style deck is…

…Turns out, even when you limit the interaction to Path to Exile, Swords to Plowshares, and Blasphemous Act, you can…

…Abrupt Decay, Path to Exile, Dismember, Slaughter Pact: Instant-speed removal spells are all good as they disrupt the Splinter…

…W/G Hatebears by Craig Wescoe Main Deck Sideboard Creatures [30] 4 Aether Vial<br> 4 Path to Exile Spells…

…Kolaghan's Command to handle, you can expect the BGx mages to return to Path to Exile and Lingering Souls…

…Exile your foe’s graveyard to prevent them from doing likewise, and more. It’s a spicy meatball! 10. Random…

…Cards like [card] Path to Exile [/card] shine in this regard because Zoo isn’t going to benefit from extra…

…made a card where everyone votes on a permanent to exile. When *Conspiracy* began design, I looked back at Bedlam…

…Beware the Delver trap! We move to Mardu over Grixis for two cards. First is Path to Exile, the best…

…it to avoid Day of Judgment, hexproof allows it to avoid spot removal like Doom Blade, Path to Exile, and…

…of Otherworldly Light 3 Sanctifier en-Vec 2 Path to Exile 1 Spell Pierce 1 Relic of Progenitus 1 Burrenton…

…Ooze, Pontiff, Fiend Hunter, and some number of Path to Exile, the combo was not a reliable plan. When no…

Bring on the theme decks! “The Innovator” is besotted with Icon of Ancestry and he’s bursting with brews, from Spirits and Pirates to Elementals and Elves!

…If we do try this path, we’re going to need a lot of Druid of the Cowl to go…

For something a little different, Sean sticks with the Modern time period as a deck design limitation and builds a deck around Return to Ravnica card Isperia, Supreme Judge, and a “new rules” theme.

…Path to Exile — I like having at least one cheap pinpoint removal spell, and within the set restrictions of Modern…

…to include a Path to Exile or Swords to Plowshares. Krosan Grip is also a great option due to split…

…Play Day of Judgment and Path to Exile, and clean stuff off the table. So, when you want to play…

…to go for Ormendahl, Profane Prince later on, as indestructible is good but not entirely reliable (Path to Exile, Swords…