Wednesday, December 24th – Luis Scott-Vargas has a well-documented love of the tricky Blue deck archetype. With Sensei’s Divining Top banned from Extended, and Next Level Blue neutered, LSV has turned to the next best thing: Gabriel Nassif’s Mono Blue Faeries deck. He brings us his take on the archetype and sideboarding, in prime time for the approaching PTQ season…
Tuesday, December 23rd – Canadian maestro Rich Hoaen has downed tools for good, as work and real life intrudes apace. As a replacement, we have Luis Scott-Vargas, who shares each pick from a Magic Online 8-4 queue. He talks us through the difficult decisions in the forums… do you agree with his choices?
Tuesday, December 23rd – Today’s Down And Dirty sees Kyle looking back over the stronger decks designed throughout 2008. With eyes mainly on Standard and Extended, he brings us his personal contenders for the Top 8 decks of the year. Do you agree with his assessments?
Tuesday, December 23rd – In his first article for StarCityGames.com, newly crowned Rookie of the Year Aaron Nicastri takes us through Blue/Black Tron for the upcoming Extended PTQ season. On top of that, he brings powerful Blue/White and Blue/Red versions to the table. Could these decks be the breakout builds that send you to Hawaii?
Monday, December 22nd – Canadian maestro Rich Hoaen has downed tools for good, as work and real life intrudes apace. As a replacement, we have Luis Scott-Vargas, who shares each pick from a Magic Online 8-4 queue. He talks us through the difficult decisions in the forums… do you agree with his choices?
Monday, December 22nd – A few weeks ago, Vintage maestro Stephen Menendian turned his eye towards a budget version of our game’s most venerable format. While this deck is a little more expensive than its predecessor in the series, it’s still a budget force… and it’s still a blast to play!
Monday, December 22nd – The Extended Banned and Restricted list has decided against throwing a spanner in the works of the post-Worlds metagame. With all the pertinent information now known and battened down, Patrick “The Innovator” Chapin walks us through the decks to beat in the upcoming PTQ season…
Friday, December 19th – Nick continues his Drafting With series, bringing us a triple Shards of Alara draft from the 8-4 queue on Magic Online. Along with Rich, he shares his pick process and draft thoughts with each one, and supplies more detailed analysis in the forums.
Friday, December 19th – With the majority of writers concentrating on Constructed formats in the pre-Worlds metagame, Adrian Sullivan turns his eye to the forty-card formats. With a few PTQ chances left to make Pro Tour: Kyoto, Adrian breaks down the PTQ Top 8 results in order to find the strongest Draft strategy possible…
Friday, December 19th – Marijn Lybaert rocked into Day 3 of Worlds in sixth place. An Extended record of 3-2-1 or above would have pushed him into Top 8 play, but it was not to be. Today, he brings us his White Weenie Standard deck, with which he posted a 5-1 record. He also shares a few tips on triple Shards of Alara draft…
Thursday, December 18th – Nick continues his Drafting With series, bringing us a triple Shards of Alara draft from the 8-4 queue on Magic Online. Along with Rich, he shares his pick process and draft thoughts with each one, and supplies more detailed analysis in the forums.
Thursday, December 18th – Ben is fresh from the Magic World Championships in Memphis with breaking news! For the first time anywhere online, read about some major changes to one of Wizard’s long-standing programs!
Thursday, December 18th – In his first article while at the helm of his brand new weekly column, Luis Scott-Vargas takes us through his successful 6-0 Extended Blue/Red Swans list. He updates it for the post-Worlds metagame, and shares his sideboarding techniques against the major contenders in the format. Welcome aboard, LSV!
Wednesday, December 17th – In our second look at the current Extended metagame, Kyle Sanchez looks at the stronger decks from Worlds and examines the makeup of the blossoming format. He breaks down the decks into the Big Three, and looks at some of the more popular fringe strategies…
Wednesday, December 17th – With both Pro Tour: Berlin and the World Championships now in the books, and the upcoming PTQ season concentrating on Extended, it’s time to examine the format and figure the metagame. Borrowing from Mike Flores and his SWOT analysis, Richard Feldman takes us through the runners and riders…
