Cassidy revisits Sharuum the Hegemon thanks to a reader’s submission… or does he? He feels a glitch in the Matrix as the submission spooks him, and overthrows the head of the Machines to put a new Commander at the helm.
Just in time for Halloween, Justin Parnell fights The Fear – you know it, that fear you have when you get that foiled-out, foreign language custom alter… then lose sleep over whether it’s right to cut it from your Cube or keep it in even when no one is playing it.
Mark takes Esper Control apart to find what gives it the just-right balance of cards to play its game-plan optimally. Which card drawing spells and in what quantity, what removal spells and counters, and how many of each are the right balance?
Matt really loves Bow of Nylea. No, really, more than that. He builds two decks chasing different aspects of the card’s diverse abilities, throwing Skygames at the wall to see what sticks.
Robert Martin returns Brian Braun-Duin to Inside The Magic Studio for a second visit now that he is the winner of Grand Prix Louisville and has accomplished a good deal of what he aspired to do very quickly.
Frank takes a critical eye in his second pass over the set, trying to understand what makes Theros Limited work and what cards have been over-valued… and what key role-players aren’t getting enough attention.
Michael was in the first wave on Mono Blue Devotion, and now he’s trying to see how far that Nightveil Specter will stretch – presenting Mono Dimir Devotion? Is that a thing you can do? Read on and find out!
Riki looks at the rules oddities that Gods bring, thanks to overlapping (and seemingly contradictory, in their specific case) rules that govern what card types they count as when. He also sheds light on some odd facts about new high-caliber tournament staples.
The Battle of the Blocks continues! In this week’s edition, Urza’s Block takes on Mirrodin Block in a heads-up fight between two misbehaving culprits full of broken and banned things.
Valeriy looks at the fine art of beating down as the prime way to overcome the wave of Devotion decks currently dominating the Standard metagame.
We’re back on Select this week! Join Glenn, Brad, and Todd for a Grand Prix Louisville wrap-up show featuring a quarter of the Top Eight of that event breaking down the decks and stories.
AJ looks at some different takes on the Standard metagame rather than call it ‘solved’ by Esper vs. Devotion to X vs. R/G Monsters. Want to play G/W Tokens? How about beating down with Boros?
Bennie wants to do nothing more than walk the earth playing with the new 2013 Commander decks, and shares the top reasons why he’s so excited for their upcoming release on November 1st.
Hot off of his win at GP Louisville, Brian Braun-Duin mashes his first-place Monoblack Devotion deck against Chris VanMeter with B/W Midrange.
This week we look at the trade-off between speed and resilience in the face of opposition in Legacy’s combo decks. Is faster always better, or just better when they don’t have a Force of Will?
