Benjamin Nicol

Benjamin Nicol

Benjamin Nicol

Ben is a Michigan native who fell in love with Magic just a few years ago in 2019. He loves making big splashy plays in Commander as well as crunching the number to optimize his decks. Outside of Magic, he works in marketing and loves a great cup of coffee to start each morning… maybe with a splash of hot chocolate for his sweet tooth.

Solve the Equation - The Odds on Color-Hosers

Solve the Equation - The Odds on Color-Hosers

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Benjamin Nicol
Benjamin Nicol
Just how useful are cards that only affect opponents playing a specific color?
acid rain, blue elemental blast, boil, carpet of flowers, choke, color hate, color hoser, deekah fractal theorist, dromar the banisher, elephant grass, faithless looting, frantic search, insight, major teroh, omen of fire, reap, talrand sky summoner, teferis moat, thrill of possibility, tsunami, urborg tomb of yawgmoth, veil of summer, wash out, yavimaya cradle of growth
Solve the Equation - Mana Efficiency VS Sequencing

Solve the Equation - Mana Efficiency VS Sequencing

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Benjamin Nicol
Benjamin Nicol
A tricky examination at the difficulties of playing on curve.
budget, cultivate, efficiency, esika god of the tree, farseek, fetch lands, jodah the unifier, natures lore, prairie stream, ramp, rampant growth, ratadrabik of urborg, reki the history of kamigawa, sequencing, shock lands, sunken hollow, taplands
Solve the Equation - The Huge Gap Between 1 and 3 Damage

Solve the Equation - The Huge Gap Between 1 and 3 Damage

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Benjamin Nicol
Benjamin Nicol
When is a ping not just a ping?
body of knowledge, curiosity, ghyrson starn kelermorph, hellrider, niv mizzet parun, pinger, pinger tribal, prodigal pyromancer, prodigal sorcerer, syr carah the bold, willbreaker
Solve the Equation - Leveraging your Commander ToolKit

Solve the Equation - Leveraging your Commander ToolKit

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Benjamin Nicol
Benjamin Nicol
Are you using Advanced Filters? Clever Scryfall searches? Benjamin discusses his brewing technique.
aethersquall ancient, aetherstorm roc, atraxa praetors voice, demon of dark schemes, edh mana base, energy, evolution sage, four color, grateful apparition, peema aether seer, proliferate, scryfall, winding constrictor
Solve the Equation – How to Tell if a Strategy Has Enough Support by Using Deck Templates

Solve the Equation – How to Tell if a Strategy Has Enough Support by Using Deck Templates

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Benjamin Nicol
Benjamin Nicol
Benjamin uses templates to help explore the viability of a brand new deck archetype!
anointed procession, azusa lost but seeking, crop rotation, deserts, dryad of the ilysian grove, edge of autumn, felidar retreat, hazezon shaper of sand, hazezon tamar, hour of promise, jinnie fay jetmir's second, knight of new alara, lovisa coldeyes, nahiri's lithoforming, oracle of mul daya, purphoros god of the forge, ruin ghost, scapeshift, scavenger grounds, scute swarm, shefet monitor
Solve the Equation – Choosing and Using Your Interaction

Solve the Equation – Choosing and Using Your Interaction

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Benjamin Nicol
Benjamin Nicol
Benjamin examines when and when NOT to use your removal spells!
arcane denial, brainstorm, chaos warp, dovin's veto, feed the swarm, omnath locus of creation, path to exile, ponder, preordain, swords to plowshares, threat assessment, uro titan of nature's wrath, vandalblast
Solve the Equation – Finding Creature Type Diversity for Volo Decks

Solve the Equation – Finding Creature Type Diversity for Volo Decks

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Benjamin Nicol
Benjamin Nicol
A quick guide to the Guide of Monsters!
acidic slime, burnished hart, craterhoof behemoth, dryad of the ilysian grove, mind flayer, mulldrifter, ornithopter of paradise, pathbreaker ibex, reef worm, regal behemoth, scute swarm, spark double, sylvan caryatid, volo guide to monsters, volo itinerant scholar, wandering archaic
Solve the Equation – Does Size Matter?

Solve the Equation – Does Size Matter?

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Benjamin Nicol
Benjamin Nicol
Lurrus just found a few new friends... or should we say, Friends Forever?
blood artist, charming prince, clues, cruel celebrant, dockside extortionist, esper sentinel, lurrus of the dream den, mistmeadow witch, phantasmal image, reckless fireweaver, rise and shine, sage of lat nam, thassa's oracle, the meathook massacre, time sieve
Solve the Equation – The Math of Burn in Commander

Solve the Equation – The Math of Burn in Commander

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Benjamin Nicol
Benjamin Nicol
Benjamin breaks down the best approach for Dragon's Approach!
balefire dragon, dragon mage, dragon's approach, drakuseth maw of flames, knollspine dragon, lightning bolt, locket of yesterdays, mizzixs mastery, obosh the preypiercer, ruby medallion, terror of the peaks, thrumming stone
Solve the Equation – Scrying Your Way to a Discount

Solve the Equation – Scrying Your Way to a Discount

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Benjamin Nicol
Benjamin Nicol
With a little math and a lot of scry, this planeswalker powers out some truly enormous spells!
aminatou's augury, approach of the second sun, augury owl, cryptic annelid, devout invocation, dig through time, diviner's portent, dusk // dawn, eligeth crossroads augur, elminster, faerie seer, hour of reckoning, jaces sanctum, netherese puzzle ward, preordain, sea gate restoration, sephara sky's blade, serum visions, storm herd, temporal mastery, terminus, ugins insight
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