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AuthorMichael Martin

Michael Martin is a competitive Magic player from Northern Virginia who enjoys all Magic formats. Four kids and a wife don't combo with constant travel, but he makes the most of the tournaments he does attend, winning Regionals, placing near the top of Open Series events, and making day 2 of Grand Prix.

Standard Analysis And Amalgamations

Michael crunches the numbers from Pro Tour Gatecrash and SCG events last weekend to give you an accurate picture of the current Standard metagame.

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Boros Reckoner Is The New Thragtusk

Michael Martin does another breakdown of last weekend’s tournament results in order to examine the trends for this week, with SCG Open: Cincinnati and SCG Classic: Daytona Beach.

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Analyzing The Top 32 Of SCG Standard Open: Atlanta

Michael Martin breaks down the entire Top 32 from Atlanta, showing you which creatures and removal spells dominated. Figure out which deck to bring to Edison!

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I’m Burning, I’m Burning For You!

After a break, Michael Martin is returning to the competitive Magic scene. Today he features a Burn at the Stake deck he’s been having fun with at FNM.

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PTQing With Delver And Identifying Shortfalls

Michael Martin learned an important lesson while playing RUG Delver at a Modern PTQ in Richmond. Check out his tournament report to find out how you can use the lesson he learned to improve your own tournament play.

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No, Seriously, Play Mono Red

Although fate kept Michael Martin from playing in Grand Prix Baltimore, he followed the results and advocates a deck to play with the current meta in Standard. Take his advice and try playing Mono Red at StarCityGames.com Open: Dallas.

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Choosing A Weapon For Standard

Michael Martin details his process of choosing which Standard deck to play. Was Mono Red, U/B Zombies, Wolf Run Ramp, Humans, or B/W Tokens the best choice?

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Standard And Legacy Thoughts

Michael Martin gives his take on Standard Zombies and talks about his recent performance at StarCityGames.com Open: Richmond. Congrats to him on a Top 16 finish in Legacy!

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Dark Excitement Comes Standard

Looking over the spoilers for the 19,275th time, I’m still finding cool interactions and fun things to be doing. Are they going to turn the StarCityGames.com Open Series on its head?

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Talking Tokens With Sorin And Garruk

Michael continues to discuss the possibilities of Dark Ascension. Specifically, he looks at a variety of takes on Tokens. Which will be the best color to go with white? Black? Green? Blue?

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And From The Grave, They Rise… (Contains Spoilers)

We’re gathered here today to talk about some of the new graveyard interactions brought to us by Dark Ascension. This is part one of my two-part look into the Dark Ascension spoilers so far.

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U/B Control In Standard

Michael Martin visits U/B Control once more, taking a look at its role in Standard and its strengths against the top decks of the format.

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Life Changes And Standard Musings

Michael Martin wants to beat the unholy trinity of U/W Moorland Haunt decks swarming Magic Online. Is control the answer? What colors should the deck be?

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Lest We Forget the Aggro (Decks)

Now that people have to turn to options other than Wild Nacatl for aggro in Modern, what should you choose? Michael Martin helps you decide.

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“Welcome To The Format,” A Legacy Bloodbath

Getting thrown into the Legacy waters without support can really throw a new player for a loop! Michael Martin retells his experience at the Invitational with Reanimator.

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