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Greatness At Any Cost

Read about how Dan Unwin settled upon the Grixis Control list that he took to a first place finish at a local Vintage tournament and why he recommends you try playing his favorite format.

Playing An Event Deck At An SCG Open

Ken Bearl has always wanted to play an Event Deck at a major event. Read about how he finally made it happen at the SCG Standard Open in Minneapolis.

Winning The SCG Invitational In Atlanta

StarCityGames.com Invitational: Atlanta winner Todd Anderson tells you about the decks he used to take down the tournament last weekend, U/W Delver in Standard and RUG Delver in Legacy.

How To Beat The Rotation: What Worked Last Time?

SCG Standard Open: Indianapolis winner Dayv Doberne takes a look at the early tournaments of Scars-Innistrad Standard to see what we can learn from the initial successful strategies before the upcoming rotation.

In Contention # 95 – Episode Ninety-Five

In this episode of In Contention, the official podcast of the SCG Open Series, Reuben, Kranny and Joey discuss the recent SCG Invitational results and best picks out of Return to Ravnica for Legacy and Standard.

Gold Cards: A Gilded Prerelease

Which guild should you choose at your Return to Ravnica Prerelease? Jon Agley breaks down the removal and combat tricks in the set by guild so that you can make an informed decision this weekend.

Reader Mailbag

Find out what fans of Commander asked Sheldon when he solicited them for questions and his answers to those questions in part one of Reader Mailbag.

Limiting Chance: Six-Land Hands

Does the chance of drawing spells really go up when your hand is flooded with land? Let’s apply some mathematics and find out.

Awaken The Giant: Martello Shops And 3rd Place At Vintage Champs

Raffaele Forino placed third with Martello Shops at the Vintage Champs at Gen Con this year. Read his tournament report that provides you with more than just one aspect of an event, Shop theory, or his journey as a player.

Dear Azami – Returning To Ravnica With Rakdos, Lord Of Riots

Cassidy McAuliffe reminisces about experiencing Ravnica the first time around and drops a fresh Commander deck based around Rakdos, Lord of Riots, the new guild leader that he’s dying to pull from a pack.

Cubers Anonymous – Return To Ravnica Review, Part One

Check out the first part of Cube enthusiast Justin Parnell’s review of Return to Ravnica in which he goes over the white, blue, black, red, green, and artifact cards that could be relevant for your cube!

Magic: The Newsening – Episode 13

Join Reuben Bresler as he covers the latest top stories in the Magic: The Gathering world!

Riding The Volcano

Valeriy’s favorite Magic card, Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle, has just been unbanned from Modern, so today he goes over some ideas he has begun working on for decks with it.

SCG Legacy Open: Los Angeles Report *2nd*

Read about how San Diego native Benjamin Brueseke got second place at SCG Legacy Open: Los Angeles with RUG Delver so you can be prepared for Legacy at SCG Open Series: Atlanta featuring the Invitational.

Lot Less Troll?!

Bennie can’t wait to play with Return to Ravnica’s Lotleth Troll! See what ideas he has for it in Standard and one deck he’s brewed up with it for Legacy.