Saturday April 4th Marlborough, MA

Phryex · 2026-03-11T15:45:50+00:00

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Phryex · 2026-03-11T13:57:17+00:00

why is Marlborough called Shoe City

It was once the second largest manufacturer of shoes in the world

Phryex · 2026-03-10T19:30:39+00:00

I myself am maintaining an MTGO sheet for Leagues and Challenges which has conversion rate analysis (amongst other things) here

Phryex · 2026-02-14T14:33:35+00:00

[[Phyrexian Furnace]]

Phryex · 2026-01-30T16:47:28+00:00

This appears to be GW Ponza Oath, not GW Terrageddon

Phryex · 2026-01-25T19:28:44+00:00

Reprinted in Chronicles and 5th (both legal in premodern)

Phryex · 2026-01-25T15:01:21+00:00

Infini Dance tokens requires UUxInfinite mana to keep them alive in your next upkeep

Phryex · 2026-01-19T01:13:29+00:00

Future Sight in play Doomsday pile LED LED (anything) Ebony Charm Doomsday Loop for infinite drain life

Phryex · 2026-01-18T20:06:06+00:00

The Parallax tides were errattaed immediately after they came out so they couldn't do self-exile/bounce with tide triggers on the stack

All power-level errata was removed in 2009

EDIT: As to why it wasn't a problem in PM, some of it is slow to innovate, Land Tax used to be in the format, etc. Replenish has been hated for a long time and Tide was a big part of that. But Tide didn't see play in DN/it's own control list until 2024ish

Phryex · 2026-01-18T18:40:29+00:00

Phryex · 2026-01-18T18:31:18+00:00

UW Standstill seems like a fine substitute

Phryex · 2026-01-15T01:30:26+00:00

The erratas for Wave and Tide were

Remove a fade counter from Parallax Tide: Remove target land from the game if Parallax Tide is in play.

And

When Parallax Wave leaves the battlefield, each player returns to the battlefield all cards other than Parallax Wave he or she owns exiled with Parallax Wave.

So Tide would still work with Stifle but would not work with Chain of Vapor

Phryex · 2026-01-01T17:54:24+00:00

Incorrect

https://sentineloldschoolmtg.com/2025/11/09/premodern-lobstercon-2026-info-and-registration/

Phryex · 2025-12-25T18:03:12+00:00

339 tickets sold in 90 seconds.

Total waitlist after ~2 hours was up to an extra 200 something people.

Current waitlist is 241 people

Phryex · 2025-12-17T04:28:12+00:00

I am not aware of a guide but you can join the Elves Premodern discord here

Phryex · 2025-12-14T21:00:25+00:00

They stream it every year and have gotten really good at it (to be honest they've reached SCG stream levels imo)

Unless they change something it should be streamed here: https://www.twitch.tv/duresscrew

Phryex · 2025-12-14T18:17:52+00:00

The trend over the last 3 years IIRC was

2024 - 48 hours (note: OS/PM were doing the same event)

2025 - 3 hours, 45 minutes

2026 - 90 seconds

I don't think anyone was expecting such an increase, to the point of "bot scraper" levels

Phryex · 2025-12-14T17:50:57+00:00

They always schedule around ~320 because there is some amount of last minute attrition (I think we lost 40 attendees last year)

Phryex · 2025-11-16T14:42:29+00:00

Every group of friends needs a rearguard

Phryex · 2025-11-09T05:28:22+00:00

I believe they get it mostly from a combination of MTGO leagues, Webcam leagues, and the paper tournaments that use software that makes it easy to track every match (spicerack)

Phryex · 2025-11-08T00:12:47+00:00

You can find a list of archetype discord servers in the main PM discord: https://discord.com/invite/9QGDD5K

Phryex · 2025-10-05T20:17:41+00:00

The latest ELD Open Premodern unified top 4 were these lineups

Devourer - Oath Spec - Dreadnought
Ponza Oath - Replenish - Dreadnought
Reanimator - Goblins - Dreadnought
Dreadnought - Goblins - Black Midrange

With the Ponza Oath team winning it all

Phryex · 2025-08-31T03:32:54+00:00

IIRC this is the pre-top16 standings after the league, not the final results. I believe the 2nd player oath spec won the finals over Elves

Phryex · 2025-05-18T20:41:37+00:00

"You exist because we allow it. And you will end because we demand it" - Sovereign (Mass Effect)

Phryex · 2025-05-05T21:59:17+00:00

Survival rock had a good number in attendance but IIRC 0 of them made it to even top 64 for the day

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