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Green Creatures In The Red Zone

Valeriy’s back to talking about Standard, focusing on the various decks that used green creatures to be successful this past weekend at GP Charleston, GP Bochum, and SCG Standard Open: Seattle.

Discipline, Self-Restraint, And Cavern Of Souls

What beats the U/W Flash deck that’s so popular in Standard right now? Bennie’s cooked up a tribal deck answer with Cavern of Souls that he can’t wait to try out at Friday Night Magic tonight.

Eternal Europe – Concluding The Storm Experience

Gain more insight into how to play Storm as Carsten Kotter concludes the match that he went over game 1 of in his last article. See if you’ve got what it takes to pilot the deck at SCG Legacy Open: Seattle.

Artists at the SCG Open Series Featuring The Invitational in Los Angeles

On December 14th-16th, the StarCityGames.com Open Series featuring the Invitational comes to Los Angeles, and we’re proud to announce the following artists will be joining us!

Sweet Tweets: #IzzetTimeYet

Don your helmets and strap on your goggles because it’s Izzet Week in the Magic community! Read how players on Twitter have shown their support for the blue-red guild.

Todd vs. BBD: U/W Flash vs. Naya Midrange

See if Naya Midrange is your style or if U/W Flash is where you want to be for this weekend’s SCG Standard Open in Seattle or the SCG Classic at Grand Prix Charleston.

Limiting Chance: Gold Cards And Gatecreepers

Dan calculates how hard gold cards are to cast relative to mono-colored cards. Then he investigates the deck thinning properties of Return to Ravnica’s land fetchers.

Spatial Ectofractalyzers And You

Join two-time SCG Open finalist David McDarby as he celebrates Izzet Week by going over what the blue-red guild can offer you in Standard, Legacy, and Commander!

SCG Open Series Preview: Seattle

Glenn Jones previews this weekend’s Open Series in Seattle, where your favorite West Coast commentating duo, Patrick Sullivan and Cedric Phillips, will bring you all the action on @SCGLive!

In Contention Episode #101 – Snaps McGee Spews Vitriol

In this episode of In Contention, the official podcast of the SCG Open Series, Joey, Reuben, and Kranny review Standard decklists from Dallas and Modern decklists from Chicago and dive deep into what it takes to make a format one worth playing.

Watch And Learn: Lessons From My Feature Match

Read JDB’s commentary while watching his feature match at the SCG Standard Open in Dallas to see how he can take away valuable lessons about how to improve his Magic play skills.

Sweet Tweets: #MTGDGM

What did Twitter have to say about the third set in Return to Ravnica block’s fanciful name? See how people responded to the announcement of Dragon’s Maze here!

Dipping Into My Arsenal

Find out where the cards in Sheldon’s copy of Commander’s Arsenal found homes among his many different Commander decks (or spawned ideas for new decks!).

Is It Aggro? Is It Izzet?

Find out what happened when Pauper specialist Alex Ullman began experimenting with U/R Delver in honor of Izzet Week. In the tradition of the blue-red guild, it might not end up where you expect!

Putting The Bant Back Together

Read why Brian thinks his Bant Control list is a fantastic choice for players planning to attend the SCG Standard Open in Seattle or the SCG Classic at GP Charleston.