Series: Against the Odds
Building janky brews based on your votes.
Articles
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!
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!
What are the odds of winning by exiling every meaningful card from our opponent's deck in Standard? Let's find out!
What are the odds of winning by keeping our opponent from ever untapping with Stasis in Premodern? Let's find out!
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!
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!
What are the odds of winning by making a massive horde of Phoenix Fleet Airships in Avatar Standard? Let's find out!
They added Academy Manufactor to Magic Arena, let's see if we can use to to break the game itself!
What are the odds of winning with the most expensive (and jankiest) burn deck ever? Let's find out!
What are the odds of winning by going infinite with Saw in Half? Let's find out!
Wizards unleashed Opposition Agent on Timeless, so let's fizzle some fetch lands!
We recently got some spicy new Fogs on Arena, which means it's time to prevent some damage, again and again and again and again...
Iona, Shield of Emeria is one of the most brutal cards ever made. And it just showed up on Magic Arena for the first time, so...
Are 36 Shadowborn Apostles, four Surgical Extractions, four Shelldock Isles, and a ton of mulligans the fastest way to get an Emrakul, the Aeons Torn on the battlefield? Let's find out!
What are the odds of warping our way into infinite life, mana, and drain in Standard? Let's find out!
Yesterday Wizards added Emrakul, the Aeons Torn to MTG Arena without telling anyone, so we play it on turn one against opponent's who probably don't know it even exists!
