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AuthorMike Flores

Mike has written for The Duelist, The Sideboard, and MagicTheGathering.com and has returned to StarCityGames.com to continue his legacy. He is a championship deck designer and Magic theory pioneer.

Good Artists Copy; Great Artists Steal

Championship deck designer Mike Flores writes about twenty different decks from many different eras of Magic that were inspiring, worth digging up, and big influences on him.

The Once And Future Thing

Mike tells you why you shouldn’t nap on the end-of-year Standard Grand Prix that took place in Shizuoka, Japan last weekend and then goes over the top decks from it.

Viva Las Decklists

Find out what happened last weekend in Legacy and Standard at the SCG Open Series in Las Vegas featuring the Invitational from The Official Miser’s Guide author Mike Flores.

Last Breath

Get a picture of what the current Standard metagame looks like before SCG Open Series: Las Vegas featuring the Invitational this weekend with Mike Flores’ latest article!

Last Breath

Get a picture of what the current Standard metagame looks like before SCG Open Series: Las Vegas featuring the Invitational this weekend with Mike Flores’ latest article!

Previous Level Rakdos

If you’re looking for something different to play at SCG Standard Open: Oakland or SCG Classic Series: Columbus, be sure to read about the B/R deck Mike’s been working on.

Still Devoted To U

Mike Flores, author of The Official Miser’s Guide, goes over what went down in Standard at #GPAbq and #SCGPROV last weekend so you can be ready for #SCGOAK next weekend.

Say My Name

Prepare to play Legacy at the SCG Open Series in Providence this weekend by reading championship deckbuilder Mike Flores’ breakdown of the Grand Prix Washington DC Top 8 decks.

Who Shot JR?

Wondering what’s been going on in Standard and Legacy lately? Then be sure to read Mike’s analysis of the top decks from the SCG Open Series in Dallas last weekend!

Attack The Block

Join Mike Flores, author of The Official Miser’s Guide, as he takes a look at the results of last weekend’s Standard tournaments just in time for SCG Open Series: Dallas!

Outmaneuvering Mono Black

Mike breaks down the results of the StarCityGames.com Invitational weekend in Indianapolis, looking at the top decks of both the Standard and Legacy format and the developing metagame.

What Next?

Mike looks at this past weekend’s results, comparing these seismic metagame shifts to historic past archetypes and trying to project whether we’ll see yet another this weekend at the StarCityGames Invitational in Indianapolis.

All Roads Really Do Lead To Nykthos

Get caught up on the state of the Standard metagame before SCG Open Series: Seattle with championship deckbuilder Mike Flores’ analysis of the Top 8 of Pro Tour Theros!

Seven Key Questions For Standard

Mike looks at recent results and watches the Standard metagame evolve in real time, in time for Pro Tour Theros in Dublin and the Star City Games Standard Open in Milwaukee this weekend.

Fantastic Of Mogis

Get a handle on the current Standard metagame before SCG Open Series: Cleveland this weekend by reading what Mike Flores thinks about the results of last weekend’s tournaments.