CategoryMagic The Gathering

Aggro Decks Shaping The Standard Metagame

Need to prepare for the Standard metagame at SCG Open Series: Buffalo? Then read as PT Dark Ascension Top 8 competitor Matt Costa goes over the green-based aggro and Zombies decks that have been dominating lately.

Sweet Tweets: #YouBetaBelieveIt

Let Reuben Bresler guide you through what has been the talk of the Twitterverse as of late: the Beta for the new user interface of Magic: The Gathering Online.

Review Of RUG Delver In Standard

Todd played U/G Delver in a Standard playtesting video last week, and he’s decided to add red to make the deck even more powerful. Take a look at his card choices to see if you should play it at SCG Open Series: Buffalo.

Mind Twists #7

If you like Magic puzzles, check out the seventh edition of Mind Twists with Dayv Doberne. Figure out the correct answer, submit it via email, and you’ll be entered into a raffle for a prize!

In Contention #86 – Waving The Bruce Banner

In this episode of In Contention, the official podcast of the SCG Open Series, Reuben, Kranny, and Joey discuss the results of GP Columbus, the future of the Modern format, and the SCG Open Series: Las Vegas results.

World Magic Cup Qualifiers Revisited

With the World Magic Cup less than a month away, John Dale Beety takes a look at how the World Magic Cup Qualifier system played out in its inaugural season and offers some ideas for future improvements.

Who Is John Avon? (An Interview)

John Avon is most famous for drawing beautiful basic lands on Magic cards, but what more lies behind the surface of this great artist?

Help Magic Artist Cyril Van Der Haegen’s Fight Against Cancer

StarCityGames.com will be collecting donations on Cyril Van Der Haegen’s behalf during the remainder of the 2012 Open Series.

Weekend Roundup

Sam goes over and shares his thoughts about the results of all the major events this past weekend: Modern at GP Columbus, Legacy at GP Ghent, M13 Limited at GP Sao Paulo, and Standard SCG Open Series: Las Vegas.

Kresh Play-By-Play

In this Commander play-by-play, Sheldon details a game in which he battled with his Kresh the Bloodbraided deck versus some Armada regulars with relatively new decks.

The Summer Of Pauper: June Metagame Breakdown And Interview With E. Hustle

Alex Ullman tracked every Magic Online Daily Event in the month of June to get a picture of the Pauper metagame. See his results, and read his interview with Pauper ringer and Tortured Existence deckbuilder E. Hustle.

Second Guess

Ari tells you about the deck he audibled to at GP Columbus, provides an interesting bonus decklist he played against at the event, and adds some follow-up commentary to his M13 Limited set review.

Vintage Avant-Garde – Martello Shops vs. RUG Delver

Brian DeMars, who finished 9th at GP Columbus this past weekend, writes a matchup analysis and provides a play-by-play walkthrough of a match between two recently successful Vintage decks: Martello Shops and RUG Delver.

The Hall of Fame And The Dredge Box

Dan Barrett details his ballot for the 2012 Hall of Fame and provides a comprehensive list of every card you need to play Eternal Dredge.

Three Steps To Finding Preordain

PT San Juan Top 8 competitor Jeremy Neeman gives you three simple steps to follow if you want to improve your card evaluation skills and become a better deckbuilder.