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Hello readers of All Star Gaming’s blog! I am Cris Smith, member of Team Swish. I am also a manager at Amazon and have started learning how to conduct interviews for new members of my team. Through this process I have realized a lot of valuable things, some of which I will be sharing with you all today! This article will go through the correlations of attributes that magic grinders and employees have, specifically those that major companies are looking for! Overall, five qualities I would say ar …

WHY WASTE NOT IS NOT A WASTE OF TIMEHello again everyone! Today, I am going to discuss one of my current favorite decks in Pioneer. I believe is a very underrated and underappreciated deck. Mono Black Waste Not, or as I have been calling it as of late, Mono Black Beseech Not. As you can imagine already, I have been playing Beseech the Mirror in the deck and think that it was a massive addition. The ability to be a committed discard deck while also having a tutor package has felt very strong to m …

Hello everyone! Today I want to share a pioneer list I've been working on and playing a lot the past few days and have been having an absolute blast with Rakdos Soul Cauldron.4 Agatha's Soul Cauldron2 Anje, Maid of Dishonor4 Ayara's Oathsworn3 Blackcleave Cliffs3 Blightstep Pathway4 Blood Crypt4 Bloodtithe Harvester2 Bonecrusher Giant1 Castle Locthwain1 Den of the Bugbear4 Fable of the Mirror-Breaker4 Fatal Push3 Haunted Ridge2 Hive of the Eye Tyrant1 Immersturm Predator2 Mountain1 Pack Rat1 Sok …

Hello! Nathan here, Swish Gaming’s biggest Rhino fan at the moment. LOTR gave the Modern format a pretty big shake up recently, so let’s talk about what that means for what is unarguably and will likely remain one of the best decks in the format.Lorien Revealed may be the most impactful new card for the deck. I believe every list with good results is playing a full set and reducing the land count to 21, sometimes as low as 20. This card feels like a fetch-land that pitches to Force of Negation a …