2022 October 20 by berryjon
When two become one, what do you really have to say for yourself and your cards? Today,
berryjon looks at a mechanic that only has six examples across the whole of Magic's history.
2022 October 13 by berryjon
What lands (almost) broke the game? Well, most of you already have an answer in mind, and it's probably the wrong one! Today,
berryjon makes a case for the land cycle whose design still has repercussions to this day.
2022 September 29 by berryjon
Welcome to this week's Pattern Recognition, where
berryjon summarizes the last three archetypes, and how they look at the game. And with all six looked at, where would you place yourself?
2022 September 22 by berryjon
Spike? Jenny? Timmy? What are you? Today,
berryjon looks at the three primary player archetypes in Magic, and summarizes them for the people who have no idea who
Vorthos, Steward of Myth is, and why they are all important to the game.
2022 September 15 by berryjon
This week,
berryjon takes his Queze, Augur of Agonies Brawl deck and upgrades it to a Commander deck. What 40 cards get added? Well, some are cards you're expecting, but not everything is as cut and dried as that! Read and comment within.
2022 September 08 by berryjon
With a new deck in hand,
berryjon goes looking for practice and experience with it. How does it fair? Well, he has a couple reports for you today!
2022 September 01 by berryjon
Rotation is upon us! And as such, today,
berryjon will brew up a Brawl deck to take him through the next year for all you to see and dread and make suggestions over.
2022 August 25 by berryjon
What was, yet will be. What will be, never happened. Time Travel is not an easy thing to write about, or to properly plot, so Magic has tended to avoid that plot. Today, however,
berryjon looks at the two instances when this plot device was invoked, and looks into the yet for the third.
2022 August 18 by berryjon
What goes in a straight line from start to finish without much in the way of variation? Today,
berryjon answers that, and provides an example of his own, as well as official examples from Wizards!
2022 August 11 by berryjon
2-5-0! 2-5-0! It's a quarter-millennial mark for Pattern Recognition and so today,
berryjon talks about his own subject matter! It'll be fun. I promise.
2022 August 04 by berryjon
Today,
berryjon looks at a simple mechanic with some not-so-simple results. Hope you brought something for the hot sauce!
Today, beryjon takes a look at an Online Only Mechanic, how it works, and how it relates to similar mechanics in other games. Then he goes on to suggest how it might work in real life.
After a week's vacation,
berryjon is back to talk about the first real Tribal deck he built, and the creature type that went into it. No, it's not Rebels, it's something unique to Magic, and has been in the game for over 20 years now!
What does Card Advantage mean, and why is it so important? Well, today,
berryjon gives a quick look at it for new people who are confused by the concept and tries to explain it with examples. What do you think it is?
Today,
berryjon talks about what makes a Combo an Infinite Combo, or one of its lesser versions. And why the Infinite Combo might not be as good as you think it might be.
Today,
berryjon goes where plenty of people have gone before and looks at ManLands of the self-animating and externally animating kind. He also provides a deck for the concept, the first in a long while!
The Combat step exists to attack and block, but what if that choice is taken away from you? What then?
There are ten things in the game that you can do that ignore the stack. Some are obvious, some only appear on one card. Can you name them all?
A long time ago,
berryjon talked about creatures with Haste and Trample, and how they worked in the game. Today, he comes back to the same subject and hits you with it again!
At long last, the last of Ajani Goldmane! What secrets lurk within? What amazing revelations will be uncovered!
Nothing. Ajani is as Ajani is, and he is Ajani.