CategoryMagic The Gathering

Ideas Unbound – What Can We Learn From Baltimore?

Thursday, September 23rd – The immediate impact of StarCityGames.com Open: Baltimore is unclear. What decks will be popular going forward? Which lists should be used for gauntlet testing? Let’s do some analyzin’.

Always Order Your Ticket In Advance – Building Decks Around a Linchpin

Thursday, September 23rd – What’s a linchpin? It’s the focus of every deck, as well as the path to victory. Michael Jacob’s second article on StarCityGames.com gives you both the theoretical and practical know-how to build your decks right!

MTGCast #225 – Tunnel Lingus

Thursday, September 23rd – It’s two-plus hours of awesome with Tom, Eric, Conley, and TheBeme from the Mana Screwed podcast!

Sullivan Library – The Killing Fog: A Different Take on Standard U/W

Wednesday, September 22nd – This Turbo Fog deck doesn’t attempt to merely endure; it attempts to kill.

Thirst for Knowledge – On Planeswalkers and Set Design

Wednesday, September 22nd – Let me tell you the personal experience that I recently had with a fledgling custom set and the observations I made playing with it.

Legacy’s Allure – Merfolk Ascendant!

Wednesday, September 22nd – This was the Best Week Ever for little blue fish in Baltimore, with the deck placing in five top spots at the StarCityGames.com Legacy Open tournament. But what other decks were there?

Drafting With Oli – M11 #5

Wednesday, September 22nd – Follow Hall of Famer Olivier Ruel, pick by pick, as he drafts the Elixir of Immortality deck!

Black Magic – A Return to Standard and a Call to Sideboard Differently

Wednesday, September 22nd – What is your play style and how does it affect deckbuilding? And how often should you sideboard out lands? It might be more often than you think!

Embracing the Chaos – Kresh Dreams Too

Wednesday, September 22nd – In his 50th installment, the king of EDH crushes with Kresh the Bloodbraided!

Constructed Criticism – Eldrazi for a New World

Wednesday, September 22nd – There’s a reason that Eldrazi Ramp was one of the biggest contenders in Zendikar Block Constructed, and you have so many new weapons to combat the elements you couldn’t effectively fight before.

Drafting With Anton – M11 #3!

Tuesday, September 21st – Ever have a draft where you just didn’t get the cards you needed? Watch Anton, pick for pick, as he struggles to salvage a draft with low-powered packed!

Your Ideas Aren’t As Bad As People Say They Are!

Tuesday, September 21st – You need to be able to tweak a decklist for an evolving metagame. I’ll show you how I created a new deck, Snake City Vault, in a format that most people consider to be stagnant.

Real Songs with B.I.G.

Tuesday, September 21st – People who make their own cards and sets are the slash fanfic writers of Magic, slamming the sweaty bodies of design and development together with all the grace of Harry Potter and Draco Malfoy snogging in a barn loft.

Why More Doesn’t Always Equal Better: Reforming The PTQ System

Tuesday, September 21st – The Tournament Organizer who brought back States has some thoughts on Sam Stoddard’s proposed PTQ reforms!

The Long and Winding Road – The One Where Elias Battles Menendian

Tuesday, September 21st – Stephen and I had never played a game of Magic against each other, so it seemed fitting that our first match would be at my first Waterbury.