Social Distortion
Kozilek, the Great Distortion is one of the best cards to have on your side when your next Commander pod gets underway. What’s the best way to utilize the giant monster? Bennie Smith shows his list here!
CategoryMagic The Gathering
Countdown To Grand Prix Washington DC: 11 Days Out – Event Overview!
Grand Prix Washington DC is coming in a hurry! We’re already less than two weeks away from the Team Limited party that will rock the capital! Cedric Phillips is here to tell you what you and your allies can expect when you come to battle!
Forgot About Standard
A new rotation schedule means strange things for Standard finance this season. What will go up after the coming rotation? What will fall? Chas Andres re-aligns Standard after the recent Modern and Legacy focus!
Teach Your Kids To Play Magic
While we in the competitive scene often think of Magic in the most complex ways, it’s easy to forget just how beautifully simple it can be. Chris Andersen talks about how you can teach Magic to the most important people in your life in this touching piece.
Retreat To Emeria
Need a break from all this Eldrazi nonsense? Chris Lansdell has a new Modern favorite that is highly flexible and could be a great contender when the format inevitably slows down!
Daily Digest: Ghostfire Dragons
A skeptic would like at the Grand Prix results and think it was predictable for Four-Color Rally to win, but that doesn’t paint the whole picture! New combinations of cards are constantly appearing, and Michael Majors wants to highlight a few of the coolest from last weekend!
Jeskai Black At Grand Prix Houston
Pro Tour Champion Patrick Chapin discusses the results from the Grand Prix weekend in Houston and where the format’s most prominent and lasting control deck goes from here!
The Boss VS. Todd: R/B Dragons VS. G/R Eldrazi
One block in Standard features firebreathing flying beasts. The other is overwrought with alien overlords. So which monsters should you align yourself with for your next Standard event? Tom and Todd show you the way!
The Ugly Color Of Eldrazi Spring
Adrian Sullivan has seen a lot of bizarre Magic formats over the years. See where he feels the current Modern format falls in all-time weirdness, as well as what his plans are for approaching it at the upcoming Grand Prix Detroit weekend!
In Case Of Emergency, Break Jar
Many people think emergency Modern bans are in order, but Brian Kibler has been around long enough to know some precedent. See what the Pro Tour veteran thinks should be done about Modern and discover his latest lists to fight them at the #SCGPHILLY Classic on Sunday!
No Pressure
GerryT analyzes #SCGPHILLY’s complex Standard Classic metagame, the importance of accounting for individual cards as much as decks, and how much pressure he’s feeling to get the job done at his upcoming RPTQ!
SCG Tour ®Spotlight: Kiki-Chord In Modern
SCG Tour ®mainstay Michael Majors is ready for a peer review! As dominant as the Eldrazi have been, Jeff Hoogland has shown that you can still put your signature on the format! Majors works with his #SCGLOU top 8 list here!
Daily Digest: A Swift Way To Win #SCGPHILLY
Just because a card in your deck gets banned doesn’t mean you won’t eventually get another card later that will put you right back in the winner’s bracket! Ross finds one such Legacy example of this phenomenon in this #SCGPHILLY preview!
Ross VS. Majors: Storm VS. Grixis Delver
Michael Majors wants to play fair Magic. Ross Merriam wants to laugh at fair Magic.. #SCGPHILLY will most certainly feature a number of pilots for these two decks. Who should come out on top?
Let’s Talk
Sam Black isn’t one for writing mailbag articles, but he’s received some very interesting questions lately. Today he opens up and discusses important topics on gender, Magic development, and Pro Tour culture.