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What’s The Best Deck To Play?

Matt Costa’s win at GP Baltimore punctuates a critical aspect of deciding the right deck to play. Brad Nelson explains what that is in this article, where he reveals the deck he thinks is best in Standard. Test his theory at SCG Open: Dallas.

Legacy Week – Legacy and Cheesecake

Contributing to Legacy Week, Brian Kibler goes through his process for choosing a deck for GP Indy. Find out why he likes Bant but is also considering Maverick, and figure out what deck you should play at SCG Open: Dallas/Fort Worth.

Modern Tron Primer

Responding to popular demand, GerryT has written another primer. This time it’s all about Tron. Find out how the deck evolved and which decklist Gerry likes best in the current Modern metagame.

Legacy Week – Pox

Reid Duke writes about Pox,the deck that propelled him to the Top 8 of the StarCityGames.com Invitational, for Legacy Week. Find out why Pox is well positioned in the Legacy meta for StarCityGames.com Open: Dallas/Fort Worth.

Legacy Week – The Three Flavors Of Maverick

Want to attack with creatures in Legacy? Drew Levin provides you with a primer on Maverick, a green/white aggro creature deck. Play it if you want to be the beatdown at StarCityGames.com Open: Dallas/Fort Worth.

Standard: March Update!

Patrick Chapin takes a look at how the Standard metagame has evolved since Pro Tour Dark Ascension. Read what decks you should be testing against and considering to play at StarCityGames.com Open: Dallas/Fort Worth.

Grand Prix Baltimore And Its Aftermath

Sam Black analyzes the Standard metagame post-GP Baltimore. While he played U/W Control there, he’s not sure it’s the best deck moving forward. Find out how you should approach StarCityGames.com Open: Dallas/Fort Worth.

Legacy Week – The “Others” Part 1

Have you ever lost to a “bad” Legacy deck? AJ Sacher tells you how you can identify and prepare yourself to play against these “Other” Legacy decks at StarCityGames.com Open: Dallas/Fort Worth.

Trinket Mage Is The Future

Ali Aintrazi sees one card as the future of Standard: Trinket Mage! He provides four different decklists in which he thinks this little Mage will make a huge difference. Try one of them out at StarCityGames.com Open: Dallas/Fort Worth.

Legacy Week – Q & A: How To Count To Ten In 2012

Continuing on with Legacy Week, Ari Lax shares the list he’s going to play at Grand Prix Indianapolis. Should you join him and play The Epic Storm in Legacy at StarCityGames.com Open: Dallas/Fort Worth?

I Know You Got Sole

If you like playing Lingering Souls in Standard, you’ll love it in Modern. Jeremy Neeman has been playing a U/B Delver deck splashing white for Lingering Souls that he calls Soulfish. Could this be the next deck to win a Modern PTQ?

Drafting With Jeremy! DKA #1 (Text, No Video)

Jeremy Neeman does a text-based draft with the latest format on Magic Online: Dark Ascension-Innistrad-Innistrad. Learn to draft like a pro, and think about what you’d pick as you go through. Ready yourself for your next Draft Open!

Legacy Week – Zoo Updates For Indy And SCG Open: Dallas

In honor of Legacy Week, Pat Cox has written about his beloved Nacatls in Legacy. Should you try Zoo, One-Drop Zoo, or “Big” Zoo for Grand Prix Indianapolis or StarCityGames.com Legacy Open: Dallas?

Next Level Spec – Battle Spec Basics And Planeswalker Ponders

Ted Knutson is back with advice on how to speculate successfully on Magic Online. He goes over some basics and also maps out the values of planeswalkers according to what set they’re in and how much play they see.

Sharpening Your Scissors

How can you become a more successful tournament Magic player? Brian Kibler tells you how to study the metagame so you can next-level the field. Find out how to best prepare for StarCityGames.com: Tampa this weekend!