CategoryMagic The Gathering

Everyday I’m Shufflin’ – Sorry, I Don’t Delve

Reuben Bresler loves a blue aggro deck, but for some reason he just refuses to touch Delver of Secrets. He claims he has some kind of curse. What’s to believe?

Other People’s Decks: Isperia The Inscrutable

Sheldon talks about other people’s decks, namely a blue-white control build using Isperia the Inscrutable as the General by Matt Newnam. It’s a deck that requires skill and clever board evaluation to play.

About This Tokens Thing

Ari Lax asks some pertinent questions about the new Tokens deck that is coming with Dark Ascension. What cards does it get? Is the metagame ready for it? How do you beat it?

Vintage Avant-Garde – Creatures, Creatures Everywhere!

Brian DeMars has noticed that creatures are slowly taking over the Vintage metagame. It used to be that creatures were terrible! What is happening? Are blue decks in trouble?

What Does The Future Hold? You Never Would Have Geist

Jeremy Neeman, Australia’s Top Pro, and one of the three fastest players to reach 100 Pro Points, takes a look at some of the new aggro decks that he thinks will have an impact on Dark Ascension Standard.

The Swasey Shuffle – All I Do Is Twin Twin Twin

As you might have guessed from the title of this here article, it’s going to be devoted to the Splinter Twin archetype in Modern. Larry recently took the deck to 11th in a MTGO PTQ.

Video: RUG Delver In Modern

This week we’ll be using a decklist very similar to Brad Nelson’s RUG Delver from last week, but with some minor changes. Over the next few weeks, I’ll probably begin to focus a bit more on Standard as Dark Ascension is fully released.

Wise Buys – Rarities, Misprints, And More

StarCityGames.com has had a box full of abnormal Magic cards sitting around, and Wes Wise was recently given the job of pricing them all. Here’s a look at the treasures inside and how to value your miscuts, misprints, and more.

Ben’s Ten: Top 10 Cards That Have Risen In Value This Month!

Dark Ascension spoiler season is in full force, and the Modern PTQ season has started! The SCG Open Series has brought us new Legacy and Standard tech. Ben ranks the top ten cards that are on the rise!

Talking Tokens With Sorin And Garruk

Michael continues to discuss the possibilities of Dark Ascension. Specifically, he looks at a variety of takes on Tokens. Which will be the best color to go with white? Black? Green? Blue?

*Audio* Unless You Happen To Be The Greatest Deck Of All Time

If you want to take Mike Flores with you on your iPod or listen to a StarCityGames.com article while working, now you can! This is the audio version of last week’s Flores Friday, voiced by Mike Flores himself!

Dear Azami – For The Birds

Sean McKeown loves taking on a challenge, and trying to work on a casual Kangee, Aerie Keeper Commander deck is definitely going to take some finesse. Send in your EDH decks to Sean, and he’ll offer handy deck advice.

Cube Holistic Wisdom – Unique Effects

Usman Jamil goes deeper into cube theory and why power level isn’t everything in cube. Sometimes it’s all about what unique effects can be found in each color / mana cost. For cube designers, Usman’s column has indispensable advice.

Being Pro In Orlando: Top 8 With Humans

Ben Friedman does not regret his decision to run Humans at GP Orlando, and his report tells you exactly why. If you want a deck to take down SCG Open: DC this weekend, this might be the one.

Commander With Kid Gloves

So I finally pulled the trigger. I’ve gone ahead and built a Commander deck around her. Yes her, the Commander that you can’t cast from the Command Zone without losing the game. Phage the Untouchable!