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Series: Against the Odds

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Against the Odds: The Sneakiest Mill Deck Ever (Standard)

Mill but sneaky!

Mar 4 | by SaffronOlive
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Against the Odds: I Made Drawing Cards a Bad Thing for my Opponents (Historic)

Can we kill our opponent by letting...err...forcing them to draw a ton of cards? Let's find out!

Feb 25 | by SaffronOlive
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Against the Odds: Hidetsugu's Second Rite (Standard)

If you go to 10 . . . you die!

Feb 18 | by SaffronOlive
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Against the Odds: PlaceholderSubType476 is the New Slivers (Standard)

Today, we're heading to Standard to play some Slivers. I mean Pirates. Or Brushwaggs? Or, how about PlaceholderSubType476, probably better known as Changelings in Standard? Let's find out!

Feb 11 | by SaffronOlive
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Against the Odds: F-ing Treefolk (Standard)

Treefolk didn't get a ton of cards in Lorwyn Eclipsed, but that's okay because Sapling Nursery can make a LOT of Treefolk!

Feb 4 | by SaffronOlive
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Against the Odds: Meek Attack (Lorwyn Eclipsed Standard)

What are the odds of winning with Meek Attack in Lorwyn Eclipsed Standard? Let's find out!

Jan 28 | by SaffronOlive
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Against the Odds: Mirrorform (Lorywn Eclipsed Standard)

What are the odds of winning by turning our entire board into one hilarious thing with the new Lorywn Eclipsed mythic Mirrorform? Let's find out!

Jan 21 | by SaffronOlive
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Against the Odds: I Made My Opponent Discard Their BATTLEFIELD

I made my opponent discard their battlefield. You heard me right. Not their hand, their battlefield! And today I'm going to show you exactly show I did it!

Jan 14 | by SaffronOlive
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Against the Odds: Icetill Explorer Shreds Hedges (Standard)

How many lands can we get on the battlefield with the help of Icetill Explorer and Hedge Shredder, and what can we do with all that mana? (Hint: Doppelgang is still pretty cool...) Let's find out!

Jan 8 | by SaffronOlive
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Against the Odds: The Best Wins of 2025

As we wrap up the year today we look back on some of the most spectacular, most hilarious and most epic Against the Odds wins of 2025!

Dec 31 | by SaffronOlive
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Against the Odds: The "Play More Win Cons, Standard Players" Challenge

What are the odds of winning by exiling every meaningful card from our opponent's deck in Standard? Let's find out!

Dec 24 | by SaffronOlive
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Against the Odds: Mono-Blue Stasis (Premodern)

What are the odds of winning by keeping our opponent from ever untapping with Stasis in Premodern? Let's find out!

Dec 17 | by SaffronOlive
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Against the Odds: 20 Shrines vs. Standard

Avatar brought with it a new cycle of Shrines! What are the odds of winning with all 20 of them in the same deck? Let's find out!

Dec 10 | by SaffronOlive
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Against the Odds: I Play My Opponents Turns for Them (as badly as possible) | Standard

How broken can waterbending be if you go all in on building around it? What are the odds of winning by Mindslavering fools in Standard? Let's find out!

Dec 3 | by SaffronOlive
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Against the Odds: Phoenix Fleet Airship (Standard)

What are the odds of winning by making a massive horde of Phoenix Fleet Airships in Avatar Standard? Let's find out!

Nov 19 | by SaffronOlive
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Against the Odds: Let's Break Arena with Academy Manufactur (Historic)

They added Academy Manufactor to Magic Arena, let's see if we can use to to break the game itself!

Nov 12 | by SaffronOlive

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