Making The Final Cut
How do you decide the 40th card for your deck? The Lords of Limited share a six-category rubric to get it right!
CategoryMagic The Gathering
5 Quick Cube Lessons
Ryan Saxe got inspired by the 10K Cube Draft at SCG CON Winter! Enjoy these bite-sized lessons and use them at your next Cube session!
Did Monday’s B&R Announcement Fix Throne Of Eldraine Standard?
Wizards of the Coast wiped three cards off the Standard map on Monday. Did they go too far? Not far enough? Ari Lax, Sam Black, and Shaheen Soorani have their say!
Why Mono-Black Aggro Is The Best Smuggler’s Copter Deck In Pioneer
Smuggler’s Copter decks are taking over Pioneer, and Mono-Black Aggro rules them all! Ross Merriam breaks down why the Invitational-winning deck is so good and provides an extensive sideboarding guide.
Post-Ban Throne Of Eldraine Standard Finance
With three bans in Standard plus shake-ups in Legacy and Vintage, what are the proper money moves? Cassie LaBelle has must-read insights, plus This Week’s Trends!
Throne Of Eldraine Standard Post-Ban Winners And Losers
With Veil of Summer, Once Upon a Time, and Oko, Thief of Crowns banned from Standard, what’s next for the metagame? PVDDR goes beyond the obvious and offers decklists galore!
The Brawl Project: Green And Green
Dayv Doberne continues his colorful theme with a pair of marvelous mono-green Brawl decks! Will you pledge fealty to Yorvo, Lord of Garenbrig or make Syr Faren, the Hengehammer your champion?
Playing And Drawing In Pioneer At SCG CON Winter
Pioneer as it stood at the Season Two Invitational seemed dominated by who was on the play and who was on the draw. What should you do if you want to break serve? Ari Lax explores decklists to find the answer!
Smuggler’s Copter: A Pillar You Can Count On
Ban Smuggler’s Copter? No way, says Patrick Chapin! Get why “The Innovator” thinks the Copter is destined to become a Pioneer classic … and what other card he thinks will be banned instead!
Standard, Modern, And Pioneer Technology
With two of the year’s biggest tournaments happening on back-to-back weeks, Gerry and Bryan have been going deep into each Constructed format. Despite casting the Season Two Invitational instead of playing, Bryan thinks he might have broken it…
Surprise, Surprise! Esper Control In Pioneer
Shaheen Soorani has a deck type, so it’s no surprise he’s trying to make Esper Control work in Pioneer! Get his list on the eve of the Season Two Invitational!
My Decks For The Season Two Invitational
GerryT is hyped for the Season Two Invitational at SCG CON Winter, and why not? He’s picked out two powerful, intriguing decks for the event, with nary an Oko, Thief of Crowns in sight!
The Pioneer And Modern Decks We’d Play At The Season Two Invitational
It’s crunch time for the Season Two Invitational! Five Star City Games content creators give the lists they’d run at the big event, both Pioneer and Modern. Don’t forget to vote for your picks in the polls!
Where We’ve Been And How We Got Here: A Brief And Somewhat Sketchy History Of Commander
The “godfather of Commander” recounts its journey from obscure kitchen-table format to one of the most popular ways to play with events dedicated to it. Here’s to almost two decades of history and many more to come!
Still Hungry: How I Got Second At Mythic Championship VI
PVDDR reached the finals of Mythic Championship VI! He breaks down his Draft decks, his Constructed deck, and key moments of the Top 8. A must-read for every competitive player!