Mike Flores continues his crusade to get you out of your comfort zone, to get you to realize that maybe your preconceptions are wrong and that your deck’s matchup isn’t actually unbeatable and that card advantage is not the end all.
Context matters. If a metagame is all combo and no control, Patrick Chapin may not be a favorite in that context, but who is a favorite? Is an all-combo format the worst, or does it reward skill?
I borrowed heavily from Kenny’s old Tezzerator deck in working on the Modern Tezzerator deck I want to talk about today. Our “blue†deck splashes for spells like Firespout and Ancient Grudge!
The master of deckbuilding turns his sights on Modern by reshaping two classic decks: White Weenie and Aggro-Ideal!
Mike broke out a UG Infect deck last weekend, going 6-3. Read about the fastest deck in Standard and how to get those turn-2 kills and the smirk off your opponent’s face.
With so many options in Standard, why is it so hard to pick one of them? Mike Flores is having trouble finding a deck for this weekend. Are we sure that banning Stoneforge and Jace was the right thing to do?
Plains is where it’s at! Mike Flores will be slamming Sun Titans, Emeria lands, and of course Pilgrim’s Eyes and Jens this weekend. This deck has great inevitability in the form of poison / Emeria / planeswalkers. Try it out.
Mike Flores discusses the importance of Technology: what is it and how does it interact with our resources? How do we stay on top of the curve?
Mike Flores commits murder with his 187-filled G/W Birthing Pod deck. You get value when things come in and when things go out. Try it out after reading this primer and watching his videos, and consider it for SCG Open: Seattle.
Puresteel Paladin decks are picking up steam in Standard. Caleb Durward made 2nd place in a PTQ with a U/W list. Here’s Mike Flores’s take on the archetype!
This article by deckbuilder extraordinaire and acclaimed Magic writer Mike Flores is about building decks based on an idea or theme, as well as the perils of doing so. Use this roadmap to build some of your own theme decks!
Revisit this Mike Flores article from May 13, now on Select! Happy July 4th!
Sometimes you just have to remind yourself: pobody’s nerfect. Read these scenarios from Magic’s history recounted by Mike Flores, and see why it’s okay to make mistakes. The real question is what you do about it.
Mike Flores provides decklists and sideboarding information for all his favorite decks (without Jace, the Mind Sculptor)—including Mono-White Control, Exarch Twin, Pyromancer Ascension, U/W, and more.
Mike Flores is the most contrarian person that Patrick Chapin knows. So to fit into that role, Mike is here to tell you why Spellskite is awesome now versus before, when it sucked. It’s all because of Twinblade, which headlined the Invitational.
