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Other Peoples’ Decks: Anthony’s Mishra, Artificer Prodigy

So many people took interest in the Mishra, Artificier Prodigy deck Sheldon played against last week that it just had to present itself here. Commander is a puzzle, and solving for a way to make use of a commander whose ability sounds “bad” in a singleton format is awesome.

CEDTalks: Patrick Sullivan

Cedric Phillips sits down with Patrick “PSulli” Sullivan to go over the results of #SCGINDY, begin analyzing cards from Magic Origins, and give a shout out to some of Indy’s finest locales for their hospitality.

Daily Digest: The Best Way To Gain Value

Gerry looks back to Modern for a moment to examine an intriguing deck from Grand Prix Copenhagen. Do you like Chord of Calling and Restoration Angel? How about Eternal Witness and Kiki-Jiki? All value all the time, plus a sweet combo finish!

Commander VS: Memnarch VS. Karn

In today’s two-player brouhaha, Justin and Stephen battle it out with two different artifact Commanders in a turf war for the mastery of Mirrodin itself!

The Origins Of A New Standard

Michael Majors takes an in-depth look at some of the Magic Origins cards spoiled so far, with a mind to start building new decks around key cards that are bound to shift how the Standard metagame plays out – with a few bonus Modern decks too!

Devotion To Dragons

Chris VanMeter went with G/R Devotion instead of G/R Dragons this past weekend, and as good as Devotion is, that is not a mistake he intends to make twice.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Daily Digest: Aggro “Landstill”

Gerry takes another look at Legacy thanks to a recent 4-0 finish that evolves a well-known former archetype – Landstill – by taking out some of the key components, including Standstill itself.

My 100th Article Extravaganza

For his hundredth article here at StarCityGames.com, Mark takes a retrospective look at his growth as a player and as a writer since he started this series, sharing his favorite works and poignant thoughts.

Dragonlord Ojutai In Modern

Dragonlord Ojutai and Silumgar’s Scorn in Modern. Do we really need to tell you anything more? Check out Adrian’s latest creation and test it out for yourself!