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The Power of the Dark Side – Part I - The Power of the Dark Side – CommanderCast
By Phil, AKA BeltFed Weapon My favorite flavor text in all of magic is actually on a little known red card called Aggression and is a rip off from an epic quote from Blade Runner: The star that...
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The Power of the Dark Side – Part II - The Power of the Dark Side –...
By Phil, AKA BeltFed Weapon The flavor text on Juzam Djinn is one of the more fitting summations for Black’s place in the color pie: “Expect my visit when the darkness comes. The night I think is...
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The Power of the Dark Side – Part III - The Power of the Dark Side –...
By Phil, AKA BeltFed Weapon I found that I liked starting with a flavor text quote after the first two articles, so I should not have a problem finding something applicable for every article in the...
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The Power of the Dark Side – Part IV - The Power of the Dark Side –...
By Phil, AKA BeltFed Weapon This week I’ll continue my examination of Black’s strengths and how capitalize on them.. Let’s get to it. IV) Recursion – Mostly Reanimation of Creatures Black is also...
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The Power of the Dark Side – Part V - The Power of the Dark Side – CommanderCast
By Phil, AKA BeltFed Weapon Now that I’ve walked through Black’s strengths for three articles, it is time we review the color’s primary weaknesses. To quote Sun Tzu: If you know the enemy and know...
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The Power of the Dark Side – Part VI: Continuing Black’s Achilles Heel –...
By Phil, AKA BeltFed Weapon Build up your weaknesses until they become your strengths –Knute Rockne As nice as this adage is, it does not really apply to Magic. You cannot print your own cards or...
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The Power of the Dark Side – Part VII: Maxims, Archetypes and their...
By Phil, AKA BeltFed Weapon Empires rise and fall, but evil is eternal. Oh, how the mighty have fallen. At least Sengir Vampire has great flavor text now, because I’m about to impart some sage...
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The Power of the Dark Side: In Defense of Mass Discard in Mono-Black - The...
By Phil, AKA BeltFed Weapon Mono-Black is known for a lot of things: the best tutors, board wipes, trading life for other resources, sacrifice effects, graveyard hate, reanimation, and a weakness...
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By Phil, AKA BeltFedWeapon Part IX: Deck Hate What’s that you say? You are unfamiliar with this concept? Well, for but a sliver of your soul, I will share the eldritch corners of my favorite color...
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The Power of the Dark Side: Paying Life
By Phil, AKA BeltFedWeapon True power is achieved through blood and sweat. But mostly blood. -Vampiric Tutor Part X: Paying Life One of the best indicators to separate out novice magic players from...
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The Power of the Dark Side, Part XI: Early 2021 Update – Mono Black Developments
By Phil, AKA BeltFedWeapon Political power grows out the barrel of a gun. – Mao Tse Tung When I play Mono-Black in EDH, it is almost invariably a control strategy – MBC (mono-black control). As...
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