MTG Articles

Pattern Recognition #387 - No Levelling Here! Features Opinion Pattern Recognition

2025 October 23 by berryjon

No levels will be gained today! But the intent is still there where something can grow over tie or with resources put into it. Let's have a look at our 8+1 examples!

Pattern Recognition #386 - Animation Features Opinion Pattern Recognition

2025 October 16 by berryjon

Animation! Make something out of something else! What can you draw from this concept, I wonder?

Pattern Recognition #385 - The History of Benalia Features Pattern Recognition

2025 October 09 by berryjon

One of Magic's oldest and most underdeveloped regions, Benalia has a long and storied history to it - if you're willing to dig into the game for it. Lucy for you, I am!

Pattern Recognition #384 - Cube Features Opinion Pattern Recognition

2025 October 02 by berryjon

A cube is a shape with six faces, each of the same size and shape all touching four other faces at a perpendicular angle. Often referred to as a 'd6'. Or it could be a pile of cards designed to be drafted!

Pattern Recognition #383 - Changeling Features Opinion Pattern Recognition

2025 September 25 by berryjon

What is everything? And Everything again? And still some more? Why, nothing at all! Let's talk Changeling and Shapeshifters!

Pattern Recognition #382 - Alchemy Features Opinion Pattern Recognition

2025 September 18 by berryjon

A curious thing, Alchemy. It started as a bandaid and has become its own thing. Today, I highlight some of the history of it as well as where it is going today.

Pattern Recognition #381 - Darksteel Features Opinion Pattern Recognition

2025 September 04 by berryjon

Unbreakable and Undeniable, what is Darksteel? And does it matter when it still has a clutch on the story and the characters?

Pattern Recognition #380 - Skulking Around Features Opinion Pattern Recognition

2025 August 28 by berryjon

Just laying low this week, avoiding big and dangerous things in my way, isn't that right?

Pattern Recognition #379 - Commander Merging Part Redux! Features Opinion Pattern Recognition

2025 August 14 by berryjon

With a Commander in hand, it's time to try and build a viable deck out of two precons! Will it work? Probably not. But hey, I have a decklist now! Want to see? Look inside for some very Jund-Jank

Pattern Recognition #378 - Commander Merging, the Sequal! Features Opinion Pattern Recognition

2025 August 07 by berryjon

Take two Commander preconstructed decks, and see what you can make of the pieces. Easy, right? No, not at all.

Pattern Recognition #377 - Flicker Features Opinion Pattern Recognition

2025 July 31 by berryjon

Back again with a talk about the mechanic that just can't keep a good creature (or other permanent) down! Also, people with vision problems may want to beware of the FLICKER!

Pattern Recognition #376 - Board Wipes Opinion Pattern Recognition

2025 July 24 by berryjon

Blowing everything up isn't that hard, right? Yes? No? Maybe?

Pattern Recognition #375 - Standard Simic Current Standard Features Pattern Recognition

2025 July 17 by berryjon

Hello and welcome back! Did you know that Simic decks can do more than just draw cards and play lands? No? Well, read inside to find out a new way of looking at the color combination!

Pattern Recognition #374 - Eshki, Commander of Adventure Features Opinion Pattern Recognition

2025 July 10 by berryjon

Eshki, Commander of Adventure! Today, I show off gameplay footage of the deck in action as well as making some comments about things as they progress! Not everything goes my way.

Pattern Recognition #373 - Eshki goes on an Adventure Features Pattern Recognition

2025 July 03 by berryjon

From Brawl to Commander, this is one of the easiest upgrades I've done as the deck practically builds itself at this point! Want to see what a full 100 card Eshki deck looks like? Well, here you go!

Pattern Recognition #372 - Eshki Video-Brawler Features Opinion Pattern Recognition

2025 June 26 by berryjon

In today's video, 45 minutes of me taking Eshki out for a spin with the good, the bad and the ugly!

Pattern Recognition #371 - Eshki DragonBrawler - Features Pattern Recognition

2025 June 19 by berryjon

This week's Pattern Recognition looks into my annual construction of my Brawl Deck for the year! And this time, there's no hesitation, no doubt. I know what I'm building!

Pattern Recognition #370 - Dredge Features Opinion Pattern Recognition

2025 June 12 by berryjon

This card from Invasion may not seem like much, but the legacy and shadow it has cast over the game directly and indirectly has certainly left a lasting impression!

Pattern Recognition #369 - Mana Fixing and You Features Opinion Pattern Recognition

2025 June 05 by berryjon

Welcome back Thursday! Today, I take a look at the cause and nature of Mana Fixing for newish players. Because everyone was a new player at some point.

Pattern Recognition #368 - Red Self-Bounce Features Opinion Pattern Recognition

2025 May 22 by berryjon

As an outgrowth of comments from last month, I look at a very narrow slice of Red's section of the Pie, and what it means for it.