Shaheen Soorani is usually all about U/W Control in new formats, but guess what? No U/W this time! The new Liliana has left him speechless in playtesting. Check out his sweet little U/B Control build, and test run it at SCG Open: Indy this weekend.
Shaheen Soorani has won multiple StarCityGames.com Draft Opens this past year, but his Limited wasn’t always his best asset as a Magic player. Find out the lessons for becoming adept at 40-card formats.
Shaheen Soorani compiles a list of the top 10 creatures for control strategies of all time, looking at their respective histories. Walk down memory lane with him or learn a little something about Magic’s past.
Shaheen is jumping for joy. The new Standard is the perfect metagame for control players. With Jace out of the picture, Shaheen is excited to let planeswalkers like Venser and Gideon Jura shine in this Esper build…
Shaheen is a rogue deckbuilder, but he’s had enough with this Standard format. Not playing Stoneforge Mystic is a mistake, and he seeks to rectify that but by playing a slightly “off” version of Caw-Blade without Hawks.
Why do you play Magic? Is it to win? Is it to innovate? Is it for the glory, money, or fun? Shaheen Soorani tells you how to get the most out of your hobby.
Why do you play Magic? Is it to win? Is it to innovate? Is it for the glory, money, or fun? Shaheen Soorani tells you how to get the most out of your hobby.
Tuesday, May 3 – New Phyrexia has a lot of goodies… but does it contain the answer to Caw-Blade? Shaheen Soorani has his doubts. Find out why!
Tuesday, May 3 – New Phyrexia has a lot of goodies… but does it contain the answer to Caw-Blade? Shaheen Soorani has his doubts. Find out why!
Thursday, April 21 – Shaheen Soorani has a response to AJ Sacher’s most recent article about innovation being overrated–he disagrees. In this article, he talks about the best decks in the field and why you shouldn’t play them!
Thursday, April 21 – Shaheen Soorani has a response to AJ Sacher’s most recent article about innovation being overrated–he disagrees. In this article, he talks about the best decks in the field and why you shouldn’t play them!
Tuesday, March 22 – Shaheen Soorani is a control player, through and through. But what about you? Are you control, aggro, or combo? Shaheen describes each player type and creates a profile for each.
Wednesday, March 16 – Esper Control is back to attack Extended! Shaheen takes the power of Esper Charm, discard, planeswalkers, and control elements and combines it in a deck built to beat pesky Scapeshifters.
Wednesday, February 23 – Is Caw-Blade going to be the new Dark Side of Standard? How do we beat Squadron Hawk? Shaheen Soorani shares his own U/W deck – surprise your opponents at SCG Open: DC with Mass Polymorph!
Friday, February 4 – At GP Atlanta, Shaheen sleeved up the wrong 75; he sleeved up Doran instead of his beloved U/W Control deck! He still made Day Two, but he feels he made a mistake by not running control – find out why!
