Archive - BANDING

Riding the New SuPar Wave Deck to Top 8

PLUS: More Premodern Substacks to follow, the finals of EPIC, and updates to the infamous Angel McAngelface deck

Jun 2 •

May 2025

Twelve Thoughts on Premodern's Largest Event Yet

PLUS: The meta and win rates for every deck at Lobstercon and making tournament flyers in Google Docs

May 9 •

April 2025

Eight Decks You've Never Played Against

PLUS: Battle of Wits for charity, vote for my next brew to play, and Spike Colony is on a roll

Apr 14 •

Preparing for Big Premodern Events in 2025

PLUS: Thoughts about almost every deck in Premodern, one card that is not playable in Premodern that is available in every other format, and Shrinking…

Apr 3 •

March 2025

Digging into Premodern with Raphaël "K-Run" Caron

PLUS: Return of NYC's Sacred Torch Showdown and Big Apple Highlander webcam league, EPIC is back with a special guest, and a new brewing challenge

Mar 26 •

February 2025

10+1 Very Nice Spice Decks

PLUS: I come in second at the NYC meetup with Junk Terrageddon, Duress Crew's Winter Regional, and deck photography optimization

Feb 28 •

January 2025

Banding with Andy

PLUS: What would pushing black in Premodern look like, Brewer’s Challenge with Gabe Farkas, and Premodern trophies deserve a trophy

Jan 23 •

The Premodern Roundtable: 2025 Edition with Special Guest Martin Berlin

PLUS: Spice Paradise returns, a primer on RocSur, and musings about Lotus Petal

Jan 10 •

December 2024

Personal Premodern Retrospective 2024

PLUS: Premodern crew directory, Big Apple Highlander's charity and webcam events

Dec 27, 2024 •

November 2024

Brewing with Samuel Leng

PLUS: BAH Humbug charity raffle, Tin Fins takes down the Duress Crew Fall Regional, and an off-site Premodern event at NA Eternal Weekend

Nov 12, 2024 •

October 2024

Premodern's Biggest Weekend

PLUS: 2025's Premodern calendar takes shape and the Big Apple Highlander format launch

Oct 15, 2024 •

September 2024

What I Would Have Played at Lobstercon

PLUS: Pre-NA/Euro tier lists abound and a discussion with Martin Berlin

Sep 19, 2024 •

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