Friday, October 8th – How does Brian Kibler manage to run so bad on his travels? It’s a mystery. But what’s a deeper puzzle is Scars of Mirrodin Draft. What does he find to be the best strategy when drafting Scars?
Friday, October 8th – Playtesting. The part of Magic everyone loves to try and hates to see the results of. You have a Linchpin, and you’ve fleshed out a deck based on sound theory. Now to take it for a ride and see if you have an Aston Martin or an AMC Pacer.
Friday, October 8th – I’d been working on a variety of decks, but another day of much gaming convinces me that Jace, the Mind Sculptor is where I want to be at the moment. (I know! What are the odds?!)
Thursday, October 7th – Swedish Pro Anton Jonsson has to make some difficult decisions in today’s M11 draft. Follow him pick by pick, as he examines his every pick and every play!
Thursday, October 7th – For someone who hates red as much as I do, I sure am playing it a lot recently. What if I told you I have a red deck with a good early game, a good mid game, and a good late game?
Thursday, October 7th – Gerard Fabiano, who made Top 8 of US Nationals with U/W Control, brings us another unique take on the archetype, one that can crush the major green decks in Standard.
Wednesday, October 6th – I said it before: Frost Titan is the most underrated card in Standard right now. Here’s my newest list, which I wholeheartedly suggest for States. If Mass Polymorph or Ramp is more your style, I’ve got those, too.
Wednesday, October 6th – LSV once got Devon to 4 life and also gave him 9 poison counters; someone joked that he was going for the “double up.†Why stop there? Why not use a Sign in Blood to kill via decking and damage with nine poison?
Wednesday, October 6th – Noah Weil is a lean, mean drafting machine! Follow his first M11 draft on StarCityGames.com pick by pick.
Wednesday, October 6th – I’m not someone people usually think of as a deckbuilder. I never really encourage other people to play my decks. Today we’re going to do things a little differently.
Tuesday, October 5th – Anton enters some choppy waters in this draft. Follow each of his draft picks one-by-one, and try to draft along with him!
Tuesday, October 5th – The people that think Scars of Mirrodin is weak are just flat-out wrong! Most of the good cards in Scars of Mirrodin require planning, foresight, and precision. One of these is Koth. I introduce to you a new deck… Machine Red!
Monday, October 4th – Join returning writer, Andy Probasco, in his newest Vintage column! What has he been gushing about lately? Hmmm, more 2/1s for two? But not the ones you’re probably thinking of.
Monday, October 4th – MTGO is definitely a different beast from trading paper Magic cards! Jon Medina learns the hard way, as he starts from scratch and relays all that he’s learned from trading 60 hours in the past month!
Monday, October 4th – How do we gain marginal utility when building and choosing our decks, sideboarding, and mulliganing? Terry Soh goes over these fundamental principles in his latest feature article!
