Akron Blackblades Weekly Meetup Recap Feb 12 2026
In an effort to try and 1) get better at Premodern Magic, and 2) get back into the habit of somewhat more regularly blogging my thoughts I figured that I could continue to think about my weekly/quarterly premodern matches at my local shop. My goal is to use these blog entries to think about Premodern magic as a local meta, a wider game, and to focus on how to finely tune my primary deck of choice to be the best it can be. The Deck: So the deck that I've been running competitively since November 2024 has been Premodern Tin Fins. The deck is an all in combo deck designed to put 2 Krosan Cloudscrapers and 1 Sutured Ghoul into the graveyard and then Shallow Grave or Corpse Dance the Sutured Ghoul into play to swing for lethal. It's a deck with a large explosive potential able to get wins on Turn 1 - 3 before the opponent can get fully setup. I am not the architect of the deck, that is Nick Balzano (BLZ in the PM Reanimator Discord), who won the Duress Crew Fall Regional...
