Before Jace: A Premodern Blog

Looking to the past for new beginnings If you were like me, you probably remember a time when Magic was played without sleeves on our friend's kitchen table, bedroom floor, or cafeteria lunch table. This was a time before Planeswalkers plagued our board states and forced our spells and creatures to play on new axes of attack. Now, game developers are tasked with balancing Planeswalkers, and this has led to a massive implication on the force creatures must play in a game state. No longer can a single spell carry the weight of our turn, a creature with the ability of that spell tacked onto it must be the forward design. Now, let me introduce you to the wonderful format of Premodern. What drew me to this format was my disillusion with Legacy and other eternal formats. For more information on the format check out the community ran page Premodernmagic . This format plays a host of powerful creatures still, but most come with drawbacks and deckbuilding considerations. We also have a wide