Premodern is a community format, its success being the sum of your interest and engagement in playing it, promoting it and organizing events. I hereby introduce the Premodern Magic Community Award, acknowledging a person who has done something extra for the format during the year. The award for 2018 is…
Today’s guest post by Per Rönnkvist is all about ‘dem goblins. Enjoy! / Martin Introduction Hi everyone, This is an in-depth article about one of the most powerful and robust decks of the Premodern format—Goblins! I’ll be covering my journey so far with this deck—all the way from Joel Larsson’s…
Well, actually, I ended up not rocking it very much, but the deck had a good run all the way to the very end. Without further ado, here’s my tournament report from the first edition of the Premodern Online Open, featuring The Rock. If you have been following this blog,…
Today we have the honour to enjoy a deck tech by Erik “Sigismund” Sundberg, candidate for Sweden’s most enthusiastic Premodern player and runner-up of the 2018 European Championships! As usual, you’re welcome to discuss the article on Facebook or on Discord. / Martin Intro New horizons, untouched land, unsolved meta. There…
Hi Premodernists! Recently, we finished the first ever online Premodern tournament—the Premodern Online Open—played with real cards on webcam via Skype or appear.in. The whole thing was flawlessly organized by Clifford Mathieson and out of the 24 participating players, Jared Doucette came out on top with his mono-red Sligh deck. Congratulations! 🙂…
Prologue Somewhat surprisingly, perhaps, I’m not a very nostalgic person. But one thing I really liked about playing Magic in the Premodern era was the unified geographical tournament structure, with Nationals feeding the European Championships, in turn feeding the World Championships and the whole Pro Tour circuit. No matter at…
Hello again, Premodern humans! With now seeing the in Premodern, I’ve seen some folks experimenting with the old Tax-Rack White Weenie deck. I don’t think I’ve seen anyone going into red though, which was common in the old Extended version of the archetype. Essentially that’s what I have for you…
Every now and then the Grand Prix circus hits town, and I figured that this time was a good opportunity to gather some Premodern players from places far away for a casual tournament. I opted for day two, Sunday the 16th of September, since this would allow those who didn’t…
Hello again, Premodern humans! Tempest block notably contained four broken green two-drops that are currently banned in Legacy: , , , and . is also banned in Premodern, and plenty of decks have already been built around and . My friends, let me introduce you to . The first thing…
Hello again, Premodern humans! I’m finally back, this time with a prison deck possibly even more punishing than Stasis. The inspiration for this deck came from Bob Maher Jr.’s hilarious rogue brew that he played to a top 16 finish at Pro Tour Chicago 2000. Maher’s deck was a sort…