Standard: A Fragile Format
Reid Duke offers insight into why Standard has become an inbred format full of fragile decks. Take his advice to avoid inbreeding and fragility in your deck choice this weekend for StarCityGames.com Open: Tampa.
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I Want Baltimore More More
Todd Anderson battled with Dungrove Ramp at GP Baltimore last weekend. Find out his thoughts on the deck and other decks in Standard as you prepare for StarCityGames.com Open: Tampa this weekend.
Evolving Frites
Although Daniel didn’t play it at PT Dark Ascension, while there he became interested in the deck known as Frites. Read about how he’s tuned it through testing on Magic Online and consider playing it at SCG Open: Tampa this weekend.
How To Think About Legacy As A Format: Artifacts and Multicolor
Drew Levin finishes up his series on today’s popular Legacy cards with artifacts and multicolor. He also begins collaborating with Mark Sun on his process for choosing which Legacy deck to play at Grand Prix Indianapolis.
Two Firsts And Two Near Misses
Eric Meng finished 26th place at Pro Tour Dark Ascension with B/R Zombies, then made his first Grand Prix Top 8 playing Frites at Baltimore. He shares his journey from hopeless scrub, to grinder, to Grand Prix Top 8 competitor.
Triple DKA Drafting For Fun And Profit
Looking to build your Magic Online collection for a reduced cost? Jon Agley tells you how you can achieve this through drafting triple Dark Ascension by going through six different drafts he did himself.
GP Baltimore And Women In Magic
Patrick Chapin ran U/B Control at Grand Prix Baltimore this past weekend and reviews the deck’s performance for StarCityGames.com Open: Tampa. He then chimes in on the recent breakthroughs of women in competitive Magic.
Women In Magic (Moved To Select)
The second half of Patrick’s article from today is now available on Select! Read it now!
The Dragonmaster
As promised last week, Sheldon builds a Commander deck in honor of Brian “The Dragonmaster” Kibler’s victory at PT Dark Ascension. He does a card-by-card breakdown of choices for his Dragon-themed deck.
My Logic Of Legacy
Ari Lax goes over all of the Legacy decks he is seriously considering playing at Grand Prix Indianapolis. Discover what decks made his Top 5 and why and find out what you should play in Legacy at StarCityGames.com Open: Tampa.
Grand Prix Salt Lake City Gold Rush!
StarCityGames.com is announcing an unprecedented promotion to occur at Grand Prix Salt Lake City on March 31. Click here to find out!
Enjoying Life From The Loam
Legacy is a format that is wide open to innovative approaches. Gene Richtsmeier shares his updated Life from the Loam list and why he thinks it’s well-positioned in the current Legacy metagame.
Martyr’s Fancy New Toys
Larry Swasey tunes up the White/Black Martyr deck that made a splash at Grand Prix Lincoln. He also includes an updated U/R Twin list. Try one of these decks out at your next Modern PTQ!
Making Top 8 At Grand Prix Lincoln
Mary Jacobson, a grinder on the StarCityGames.com Open Series, made her first Grand Prix Top 8 at Lincoln. She gives you a play-by-play of how her Affinity deck crushed the rest of the Modern field.
Video: Loam Assault In Modern
Todd Anderson plays a Life from the Loam deck in Modern by Michael Hetrick. He runs it through a Daily Event on Magic Online, explaining his decisions and tweaks to the deck.