Flores Friday – Finishing The Hat
Remember Balance? Well Restore Balance is another way to get that effect in the Modern format. With Borderposts and Greater Gargadon, you can achieve some amazing things with this deck.
Why Cheating Sucks (Also Free Decklists!)
Mike Flores reveals two decklists he thinks has potential: a Mulch brew and Mono-Blue Infect. He also gives you the real reason why cheating sucks in Magic.
Flores Friday – What I Would Play This Weekend
Mike Flores changes the equation with his U/B Control deck designed with a single purpose in mind: kill all the things! Try it this weekend at the Invitational.
Flores Friday – Nine Decks You May Have Never Heard Of…
It’s said that Da Vinci was the last man to wholly understand all of the technology he used on a day-to-day basis. These days, that’s impossible. The same is true, for the most part, with technology in Magic.
Flores Friday – What Can We Learn From See And Em?
The following two situations come up in many tournaments. What’s worth talking about in these cases is how the players handle them and use uncommon ways to produce stellar results.
Flores Friday – Ten Underrated Black Cards In Standard
One of the things that I have noticed playing Standard since the printing of Innistrad is how underplayed many options in black are. When playing black, consider some of these alternative choices.
Flores Friday – Surprise! The Masterpiece And Breaking All The Rules
Solar Flare has diminished in popularity since the beginning of the format, but perhaps all it needs is a bump from Mike Flores. He takes Solar Flare to an entirely new plane with green mana, acceleration, and Garruks.
Flores Friday – Embarrassing Losses With Weird Decks
This article is about decks that are works in progress but that have potential in today’s Standard metagame. Try tuning one of these up for Las Vegas if you feel like rogue-ing it up.
Flores Friday – Picture This
It’s 2011, and Cool Things Are Still Dangerous. Mike Flores uses modern examples to demonstrate how you can shape your endgame to where you want to be and why you shouldn’t be distracted by shiny things on the way.
Five With Flores Friday – Come Again?
Mike Flores discusses the impact of cards like Druidic Satchel, Brimstone Volley, and Dungrove Elder on the metagame. He includes a massive sideboarding guide for people looking to sling some U/R Satchel this weekend.
Flores Friday Tuesday – 12th Place With U/R Satchel
Mike Flores made some waves at New York States with his Druidic Satchel Control deck. Check out the list he would recommend for this week’s Baltimore Open. Gain some life, put some lands into play, maybe make a dude!
Flores Friday – Probable Weapon Of Choice
Mike Flores has his probable decklist for battling States tomorrow, a U/R Control deck with light splashes for flashback. In it, he has some old favorites like Frost Titan as well as new favorite, Brimstone Volley.
Flores Friday – The New Paradigm Shifters
Which 3.5 cards will change how Standard Magic is played? There are two kinds of very good Magic cards: super-efficient utility cards and cards that change the nature of the metagame. Today, Mike talks about the latter.
Flores Friday – Five Deck Common Design Traits To Avoid
When building decks for new formats, builders tend to trip into some very common pitfalls. These are the five you should avoid this weekend to make sure you can compete with an 8.0, not a 4.5.
Your Burning Questions About Past In Flames (And Other Innistrad Innovations)
Mike Flores sent out the Twitter bell for Innistrad questions, and these are his answers. He talks about the Human tribe, what to play at States, Reanimator decks, the viability of draw-go, and more!