CategoryMagic The Gathering

Innovations – Beating Faeries: It’s Getting Worse Before It Gets Better

Wednesday, January 5th – Patrick examines the latest Extended PTQ results, and it looks like Faeries may yet again be public enemy number one. Check out Patrick’s brews for beating the flying fiends.

Faeries: The Early Front Runner

Wednesday, January 5th – Beware, Faeries and non-Faeries players alike, Reid Duke has the tech for both sides of the coin. If you want to beat Faeries, and if you want to beat with Faeries, read this article.

Embracing the Chaos – More Other Peoples’ Decks Again Redux

Wednesday, January 5th – Sean McKeown is a long-time StarCityGames.com columnist and manages to keep Sheldon happy with his new Memnarch list by keeping it fun.

The Best Cards in Extended You Need to Know About

Tuesday, January 4th – These cards are incredibly well positioned in the Extended metagame, and they’re not getting the love they deserve! Up-and-comer Ben Hayes made waves in his first year of Magic and is ready to do much more in 2011.

Vintage Avant-Garde – Vintage: The Best of 2010

Tuesday, January 4th – Brian DeMars writes a yearbook retrospective of the Vintage cards that shaped the format in irreversible ways in 2010. Here is the Vintage graduating class of 2010!

Worlds Report *2nd*

Tuesday, January 4th – Guillaume Wafo-Tapa made the finals at Worlds in Chiba and faced off his best friend, Guillaume Matignon. How did he prepare his decks and what was it like to face down Matignon at the finish line?

Darksteele Cube – Best of 2010 and a Wish List for 2011

Tuesday, January 4th – 2010 was a good year for cube, and Thea hopes 2011 will be even better! What are your wishes for the new year?

Making the Jump from MTGO to Paper

Monday, January 3rd – Is MTGO a tool or a crutch? Bing Luke, the lowest rated player at Worlds, qualified through an online tournament and had to make a fast jump from pixels to paper. Learn from his mistakes and unique perspective!

Flow of Ideas – (More) Stories of A PTQ Grinder

Monday, January 3rd – We’re about to descend upon the lush fields of Extended. The landscape has changed since our last visit, and there is much to explore. But before we leave our cozy, warm caves for the unknown, won’t you stay for one more round of storytelling?

Going Infinite – The MTGO Renaissance

Monday, January 3rd – The MTGO Revolution is afoot, according to financial MTG expert, Jon Medina. Which formats should you start investing in for 2011?

Untold Legends – Are You a Hustler, Heezy?

Monday, January 3rd – Before I go into this story, I feel as though I should describe to you the art of the hustle. Long before I earned a dollar on the Pro Tour and long after I stopped earning dollars on the Pro Tour, I learned how to pick up some extra bucks by hustling money drafts….

Cradle to the Grave: A Purpose-Driven Life

Monday, January 3rd – Winning games of Magic is about playing with purpose and the mindset that you can always predict and control the game. Noah gives excellent examples of the decision-making process of a top-level Magic pro.

Black Magic – Faeries and MTGO

Monday, January 3rd – Whether it’s Standard, Extended, or Master’s Edition Draft, Sam Black is an expert of the workings of MTGO. Hear what he has to say about the decks he’s working on.

You Lika The Juice? Dear Santa: A Standard Deck on Magic Online?

Friday, December 31st – Wizards has told us that there’s a Zendikar Block card that made Infect into a force to be reckoned with… at least in the Future Future League. So what could that card be?

Vintage Avant-Garde – B/U/G Tempo and the 2011 Metagame

Friday, December 31st – I’ve had my deck laid out on a table, and an observer glanced at the deck and asked: “A new Vintage list?” If that isn’t a strong initial selling point for this deck, I don’t know what is.