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Skura

Filip Skórnicki

  • Name: Filip "Skura" Skórnicki

About:

Also known as Skura or IslandsInFront on Twitter and YouTube, Filip started his career upon the release of Gatecrash and has been passing the turn in all formats ever since. He coaches and creates written and video content, mainly centered around the control archetype. He is passionate about Magic game theory and countering spells. Outside of Magic, he is a fan of Lay's, Present Perfect, jogging, as well as cardistry and card magic.

All Articles by Filip Skórnicki

Strixhaven Spotlight: The New One Mana Tendrils of Agony

By Skura (2021-04-06)

Strixhaven's magecraft ability continues to cause quite some excitement. And it may cause trouble in Modern yet. The latest entry in the magecraft line-up, a particularly clever Lumimancer, enables some honest-to-goodness turn two kills in Modern. Let's take a look at the card and at a deck!

SpoilersDecklist, Modern, MTGSTX

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Strixhaven Spotlight: Elite Spellbinder

By Skura (2021-04-02)

Strixhaven's Elite Spellbinder not only bears the features of Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa, one of the greatest mages of all time; it's also a pretty great mage (or Cleric) itself. Let's see how powerful it is and what potential applications lie in store for it across all kinds of Constructed formats.

SpoilersDecklist, Legacy, Modern, MTGKHM, Standard

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Strixhaven Mechanics Spotlight: Magecraft & More

By Skura (2021-03-29)

Strixhaven is a school of magic and the namesake set introduces a bunch of mechanics that absolutely reflect that. There are lessons to be learned, wards to be explored, and there's magecraft to exploit. If you want to know why a card like Chain of Smog is going through the roof—look no further!

SpoilersDecklist, MTGSTX

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Strixhaven Spotlight: Prismari and Witherbloom Command

By Skura (2021-03-25)

Strixhaven: School of Mages is coming. The preview season has just begun, but we already know about a new cycle of commands. Modal spells have always given players exactly what players want … After all, you get to choose what to do with them. Let's explore the two most powerful of the new commands!

SpoilersDecklist, Modern, MTGSTX

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Control Decks in Post-Ban Modern

By Skura (2021-02-25)

It was barely a month ago that control variants utterly dominated the Modern metagame. But the recent banned and restricted announcement shook the archetype's very foundations. Will it be able to hold on to its tier one position despite the changes? Can it adapt? Let's look at decklists!

ConstructedBanList, Decklist, Modern

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