This is a reference article motivating why Premodern uses contemporary rules, as this is a question that is raised every now and then. Most of you realized that the blog post suggesting to re-instate the batch rules was an April Fools’ joke (but I sure did get some of you,…
Today’s post is not the usual deck tech or tournament report, but instead an important rules announcement. Read it carefully! / Martin Background One of the most common comments I hear about Premodern is “why don’t you play with the old rules?”, primarily motivated by nostalgia reasons and to some…
Today’s guest post is written by Kyle Monson from the US. As usual, you’re welcome to discuss this article on Facebook, the Premodern Discord server etc, see the /social page for an overview. Enjoy! / Martin I first heard of Premodern from my old friend Ron Taylor, who just happened…
This guest post is written by my friend Sebastian “Seb Celia” Bladh, and is all about counterspells. It includes some novelty called “memes”, which he told me is popular among the kids these days. Much fun! / Martin Let’s talk about counterspells in Premodern. First off we have the original,…
This is the second part of Ron Taylor’s organizer’s report from the second Premodern Online Open. Read the first part here. As usual, you’re welcome to the discuss the content on the Premodern social media channels. Cheers! / Martin Variety is the spice of life. Today I am going to…
Today’s guest post is a good ol’ tournament report, written by Jens Jaeger. Enjoy! / Martin On the 9th of February, I played in the first German Premodern Championship. In the Premodern Facebook group, Martin Berlin asked if someone wanted to write a short report, and here we go! I…
Today’s guest post is written by Ron Taylor, who organized the latest online tournament. Cheers! / Martin Hello! My name is Ron Taylor, and I was the organizer for the second edition of the Premodern Online Open. These tournaments have hosted players from around the world playing primarily over Skype or…
In the first week of 2019, Big-Cat Aaron Coleman arranged The Mid-Atlantic Premodern Championship in Baltimore on the US east coast. With 23 players, it was the largest US tournament so far. Today’s guest post by MJ Worsham is the runner-up’s report from that event (this seems to become a…
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…