CategoryMagic The Gathering

A Trio Of Treats

Dan Barrett dishes out some quick thoughts on: Planeswalker Points and FNM, a night of drafting at home, and the most infuriating cards in Innistrad Limited.

Picking Brains – The Past, Present, And Future Of Zombie Nation

The winner of Vintage Champs brings you a thorough history of the Dredge archetype and the directions for Dredge in the future. Find out why Bazaaring is such a strong strategy in the most powered format.

MTGO Video With Zoo Against U/W Stoneblade

Michael Caffrey, Legacy enthusiast, plays out some games both pre- and post-sideboard with a Zoo deck against Stoneblade. These videos will surely enlighten you to some of the finer points in this fundamental matchup.

Heroics – Standard Deck Ideas From Innistrad

With the full Innistrad spoiler yet to be revealed, Corey Gaudreau gives you some interesting deck ideas to start preparing for States, including the new Hero-Blade, Mono-Black Control, and Mono-Forests.

Flow Of Ideas – How To Beat Bombs

Sealed Deck is a much maligned format for being bomb-oriented and “high variance.” But there’s a way to overcome Goliath. How do you beat bombs in Sealed?

Going Infinite – Post-Rotation Pickups

If you want some tips on what to pick up for Innistrad’s incoming, Jonathan Medina is here to help! Here’s a list of the most important core and support cards from Standard.

StarCityGames.com Open Series Reports From Around The ‘Net!

Thousands of players are participating in StarCityGames.com Open Series events, and many of them have posted tournament reports on various websites and blogs. Send us a link to what you wrote, and we’ll post it here!

Innovations – Liliana Unveiled!

The new Liliana in Innistrad is only the second three-mana planeswalker on the planet, so how do we evaluate her? Patrick Chapin gives us the breakdown. From the looks of it, she will define Standard for quite some time!

Cube Holistic Wisdom – Kaizen And Being ROTTY

Kaizen is a business concept about continual improvement using careful, in-depth analysis of a business model and its processes. How can we apply this to our cubes to make them the best they can be?

You Lika The Juice? To The Pain!

Bennie Smith makes movie references while creating Commander decks, namely one with Nin, the Pain Artist as the general.

The Dragonmaster’s Lair – Ding! Planeswalker Points

Brian Kibler explains his stance on the new Planeswalker Points system by Wizards of the Coast, and yes, how they help Magic more than they hurt it, and why this is what Wizards wants in a ratings system.

The Magic Show #243 – Magic Weekend Philadelphia

In this episode we travel to Philadelphia to talk Magic with the game’s biggest and brightest stars. Pros, Hall of Famers, and R&D! We discuss Modern, Innistrad, Liliana of the Veil, Dismember & Misstep and more! Let’s go!

To My Someday Daughter

Hi, kiddo. This is your father. You haven’t been born yet (you haven’t even been conceived yet!), but Daddy is writing you this letter anyway to apologize to you.

Cards, “Facts,” Mentors, Multipliers, And Using Every Part Of The Buffalo

Mike Flores continues his crusade to get you out of your comfort zone, to get you to realize that maybe your preconceptions are wrong and that your deck’s matchup isn’t actually unbeatable and that card advantage is not the end all.

Behind The Curtain Of Philly And Innistrad

Valeriy talks about helping his teammates prep for the Pro Tour in Philadelphia and cheering on his own from home. He also discusses Planeswalker Points, Modern, and Standard with Innistrad.