Compulsive Research – The Future Foils League
John Dale Beety loves a good promo foil. In this article, he speculates on the future FNM promos, Grand Prix promos, and judge foils. It’s Future Foil League!
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Block Constructed In The New Year
Block Constructed gives you the ability to create fun archetypes that can’t be played anywhere else. Jon Agley set about tinkering with the cards over the holiday, and this was his brewing process.
The Guide To Vintage’s Landscape – Playing With Dark Magic
Vintage is a huge format, with tons of decks, so who better to go over them all than Mark Hornung? This week, he’s covering the Dark Ritual decks: Bob Tendrils, TPS, Suicide, and Ad Nauseam.
Jund In The New Modern
Jund is the best home for Tarmogoyf and Lightning Bolt, and that alone would be reason to play the deck. But there’s even more! Reid Duke provides his take on the deck and why you should play it this PTQ season.
Black Magic – Modern Proliferation
Sam Black has been having fun over the holidays, killing people with Orochi Hatchery Snakes, proliferating poison counters, and ramping like crazy with Everflowing Chalice and Surge Node.
Alphabet Soup
As a fun exercise, Sheldon builds a Commander deck using cards only starting with his initials, SKM. With a surprising amount of options, find out where he took Sharuum the Hegemon.
Aggro In Modern: Part 1
I’ve been doing my homework for the Modern season. For this week and next, I’ll be taking a look at basically every single deck in Modern. That is no exaggeration.
Introspection
Jeremy Neeman takes his first article of the new year to review both his strengths and weaknesses in Magic. What are yours?
Cubers Anonymous – Talented Mr. Roto (Part 1)
Justin Parnell talks about a way to cube that he considers the most skill-intensive way to play Magic: Rotisserie Draft. For a fun look into the format, read this article.
What You Need To Know About Modern
Want some advice for the Modern PTQ season? Patrick Chapin is the man to ask. He examines the metagame online for clues into the future.
Dear Azami – Death, Death, Death, Death, Lunch… Death, Death, Afternoon Tea…
Sean takes on a Shirei, Shizo’s Caretaker EDH deck to help out a reader. Submit your own decklist for a chance to win a free coupon for the StarCityGames.com store!
Brewing An Aggro-Control Deck In Modern
Todd Anderson records a deckbuilding video and runs his deck in a Daily Event. Watch him construct the deck and run it through the gauntlet.
Remembering The Forgotten Of Standard
Bennie Smith goes through all the rares and mythics of Standard to look for hidden gems. Which of these cards do you think deserves to see more play?
Control Is Not Dead: Esper Control
It appears control is not as dead as Brad had thought; he’s found an Esper Control deck that can actually hang with the big boys in Standard.
Kibler’s 2011 Review
2011 was a tumultous year for Magic: The Gathering. Brian Kibler learned a lot about preparing for tournaments, with the birth and death of Caw-Blade, the new Modern format, and much more.