The first Italian National Championships in Premodern were held on Sunday the 26th of August, hosted by the local game store Gamic in Massa, Tuscany. With 24 players, it was the largest Premodern tournament held so far. Not surprising, as the Italian Premodern community has grown rapidly lately, having the…
Hello again, Premodern humans! has been ruining people’s fun since Alpha, and it even won the very first World Championships in 1994. decks were competitive at various points throughout the Premodern era, including early 2000s Extended, and almost certainly have a place in the Premodern format itself. What is the…
Hello Premodernists! Our community is growing, but some of you might still have a hard time finding players locally. If you’re itching to playtest your Premodern brew, you could still do so in an online game, using either a webcam (e.g. with Skype, appear.in or Google Hangouts) or a software…
Hello again, Premodern humans! As anyone who follows me on Instagram knows, Parallax Replenish was my jam back in 2000 Type II, and I had quite a bit of success with it in tournaments. Ever since I heard about Premodern, I’ve been trying to figure out the most broken deck…
This time we have guest post from Joakim Jansson from Växjö, Sweden, who took his Full English Breakfast deck to a local tournament. Enjoy! / Martin My deck of choice: Full English Breakfast. For those of you who don’t know how this one functions it basically goes like this. You…
Hello again, Premodern humans! The idea for this deck actually came while thinking about how to use the card . It gives you information, helps you dig through your library, and most importantly for this deck, puts a card in the graveyard. The threshold mechanic seemed like a perfect fit,…
Hello again, Premodern humans! A few weeks ago I posted an old 1998 Type II Pox deck on my Instagram account , and it got me thinking about whether the archetype could be viable in Premodern. A version of Pox is still played in Legacy, though it doesn’t usually use many…
Hello again, Premodern humans! I, for one, think that Mr. Martin Berlin has done a fantastic job with the Premodern format, from its inception, to growing the community, to maintaining the banned list. This week, though, I’m making my best attempt to hold his feet to the fire by trying…
Hello again, Premodern humans! The inspiration for this week’s deck came while playing my Legacy B/R Reanimator deck. I realized that, save for a few cards, a huge chunk of the list was actually Premodern legal! I’ve seen other builds of Reanimator in Premodern, most of which play cards like…
Hello again, Premodern humans! Last week in the Premodern Facebook group, discussion came up about whether you could build a viable BGx non- midrange deck, and what such a deck might look like. I have seen some lists for straight BG Rock, and I think that archetype can be quite…