Playing Gullivers And Growing Lilliputians
With the Standard PTQ season in full swing, Valeriy Shunkov has been busy brewing up interesting decks to crush the current metagame. Play something different this weekend at SCG Open Series: Nashville.
Runs With Wolfirs
If you’d like to one-up Kevin Costner this weekend at the StarCityGames.com Open Series in Madison, then Valeriy is here to help. He’s got updated, tournament-tested lists for Wolf Run Ramp and G/R Aggro guaranteed to give your opponents fits!
Saving Before Avacyn Is Restored
Check out Russian Constructed specialist Valeriy Shunkov’s breakdown and analysis of the metagame from three events held in Europe on April 14-15: World Magic Cup Qualifiers in England and Russia and a SCG Invitational Qualifier in Italy.
Going Back To Standard
Need help choosing a Standard deck for SCG Open Series: Phoenix? Then read as rising Russian player Valeriy Shunkov considers Birthing Pod, B/W Tokens, Wolf Run, and more for Magic World Cup Qualifiers and the upcoming PTQ season.
High Hopes
With the first Modern PTQ season coming to a close, Valeriy Shunkov provides some tech for two important decks in Modern: U/W/R Delver and Melira. Give one of these a try this weekend!
Modern Methods Of Self-Education
Valeriy Shunkov goes over valuable basics of playing Magic that you can learn through Modern. Find out how you can improve your tournament results in time for StarCityGames.com Open: Sacramento.
Modern Warfare, Russian Edition
This week, Valeriy Shunkov focuses on Modern with Russian stories from Grand Prix Lincoln and PTQs both on paper and on Magic Online. He suggests three decklists: Boros, Melira Pod, and Dark Burn.
Unusual Directions
Do you want to play the game and see the world? Valeriy Shunkov tells you how to do both with Birthing Pod, Mono-Black, and Heartless Summoning in Standard and upcoming Grand Prix Moscow this autumn. Prepare for the Standard Open this weekend in Charlotte!
Searching For Diamonds
Valeriy has decklists, advice, and adorable plushies packed into his analysis of Dark Ascension Standard!
Malevolent Awakening
While Dark Ascension previews are in full swing, Valeriy discusses some of the new possibilities in Standard with the newest cards. He looks at Chalice of Life, Birthing Pod, and Werewolves. Time to brew brew brew!
My Magical Christmas Land
Valeriy is still in a festive mood, and his Modern decks today all exist in Magical Christmas Land, at least thematically. Check out Doran, Living End, Affinity variants, and more.
Modern Gifts Are Given
Modern is yet again a new format with the banning of Punishing Fire and Wild Nacatl. Valeriy is on the ball, with a number of decklists that you may want to look at for the PTQ season.
Charles Darwin’s Wolves
Valeriy Shunkov covers every iteration of Wolf Run deck in this article, whether you want to go artifacts, splash a color, or include Birthing Pod. Read this to prepare for the Invitational and the many Wolf Run decks bound to show up.
Winter Is Coming
Lord Tywin LSVnister and his men have just seized the Magic Kingdoms in the battle at San Francisco. However, there are many other Houses to choose in this Game of Thrones.
: The Gathering – A Russian Perspective On Magic Translation
This article is a combination of efforts from two of our SCG Talent Search Competitors. Together, they dive deep into Russian translations in Magic and the unique problems that crop up when trying to convert English.