Exploring Magic Origins
Sam really likes building around new cards, and he has some interesting thoughts about all of the new Magic Origins cards, complete with decklists to go with them.
CategoryMagic The Gathering
A First Look At Magic Origins
Gerry takes an in-depth look at Magic Origins, building around key cards like Starfield of Nyx, Languish, and each of the four flip-Planeswalkers spoiled so far.
Daily Financial Value of Magic Origins – June 24th
It’s always a good day when a card named Jace gets spoiled, and today proves to be no exception to that rule. About a quarter of the rares and half the mythics have been spoiled – and Ben adds a note about the distribution allotment of Magic Origins.
Daily Digest: When You Play This Deck, Everything Is (Over) Easy
In today’s Daily Digest, Gerry looks at a new take on the old Eggs archetype, using Krark-Clan Ironworks to put a new engine in a deck so good they had to ban a card out of it.
Ask A Judge
A trio of Level 3 Judges take questions from both readers and fellow judges alike in this new StarCityGames Select column, to raise awareness about key interactions and the oddments and curiosities you can encounter while playing tournament Magic.
A G/R Dragons Standard Roundtable
Pro Tour Champion Ari Lax discusses the recent successes of an aggressive, recursive build of G/R Dragons, joined by two guests who have had recently had strong finishes with the deck: Steve Rubin and Eric Rill!
Dear Azami: Prismatic Tribal Notions
A reader is in desperate need of advice for their Horde of Notions deck, and Cassidy works his magic after being told that he has an unlimited budget to work from to make this Elemental playable for GenCon.
Video: Bant Control In Standard
Having concluded that Abzan is the best deck in Standard overall, Gerry goes in search of a deck with a favorable Abzan matchup and takes a Megamorph-ish Bant Control deck out for a test drive.
Magic Origins Preview Card: Day’s Undoing!
With official preview season for Magic Origins in full swing, Cedric Phillips is here with a mouth-watering new card that is sure to have an impact across all sorts of formats.
Flipping Standard
With Magic Origins spoilers officially hitting high gear, Shaun takes a first look at some of the Standard implications of the last-ever Core Set, examining key cards that might fit into existing archetypes or spawn new decks of their own.
Bad Beats Battlestar Galactica
Having spent several weeks preparing all sorts of brews for the StarCityGames Standard Open in Indianapolis, Matt recounts his tournament weekend and his expectations for Standard going forward.
Daily Financial Value of Magic Origins – June 23rd
With spoiler season for Magic Origins finally in full swing, Ben Bleiweiss is here to analyze the financial prospects of the set’s rares and mythics as they are officially spoiled – today’s update includes a card that shares an awful lot in common with one of the Power Nine!
Daily Financial Value Of Magic Origins – June 22nd
With spoiler season for Magic Origins finally in full swing, Ben Bleiweiss is here to share his thoughts on all of the rares and mythics officially spoiled to date, including three of the set’s iconic flip-Planeswalkers!
Prague Eternal 2015
While he did not do so well as he might have hoped at the recent Prague Eternal event, Carsten takes a retrospective look at that weekend’s events thanks to the Top Eight results from the weekend.
Is The Modern Market Broken?
With several high-profile cards spiking in recent weeks, Chas takes a broader look at the price behaviors we’ve seen recently to determine what they say about our broader market structures as a whole.