Vintage Avant-Garde – San Francisco Bay Blues
Sometimes, you have to lose to really appreciate winning. Brian may not have had the best Worlds, but he did have a good time at his first (and likely last) Worlds ever.
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Worlds 2011 Interview: Erik Lauer
In this exclusive interview with Innistrad Lead Developer Erik Lauer, we discuss werwolves, flip cards, crafting Liliana of the Veil, support enemy colors, and creating one of the best limited environments in recent memory. Enjoy!
Preparing For The SCG Invitational/ Legacy: New Horizons
With the Open in St. Louis and the Invitational/Open in Charlotte coming up, Gene Richtsmeier helps you with your Legacy preparation by sharing a few “Horizons” decks with Knight of the Reliquary—a Legacy powerhouse!
The Beginning Of The End In St. Louis
There’s only one more Open Series weekend before the Invitational closes out the year in Charlotte, with players scrambling for qualification, byes, and the Player of the Year title!
Reviving Legacy Online
There hasn’t been a Legacy Daily Event on Magic Online in the past seven weeks. Michael Caffrey explores several reasons for the death of Online Legacy and offers suggestions for rejuvenating this once-thriving format.
The Sukenik Special – The Early Game
The first couple turns are vital to success in each game of Magic. Jonathan Sukenik shows you some neat tricks and examples of how the first four turns of a game can determine the winner.
Wild Nacatl Cometh: A Worlds Modern Analysis
The Modern Worlds analysis done by Michael Martin shows one thing strong and clear: be prepared for Zoo decks in the upcoming PTQ season. See what other decks under/overperformed on the weekend.
Dear Azami – Storming Eiganjo Castle
Sean McKeown helps out reader Aaron with a Konda, Lord of Eiganjo EDH deck. It’s got tons of fan favorites as well as Sean’s unique touches.
Cube Holistic Wisdom – The Importance Of Four Mana
Four mana is a critical turning point for aggro, control, and midrange decks. Today, Usman Jamil imparts his cube wisdom on the four-mana slot in Cube.
Ooze Deck Wins?
Bennie Smith builds some more evolved version of his Grimgrin, Corpse-Born Ooze deck for Standard. If you’re looking for something crazy and fun to do in Standard, check this out!
Leveled Thinking
Chris Mascioli expands on the idea of “leveled thinking,” made famous by David Sklansky in his poker book. Which level are you playing on?
Constructed Criticism – Illusions III
The Worlds landscape has changed Standard drastically yet again. To fight the newest enemies, Todd Anderson has some updates for St. Louis in a week, as well as tips for making the right play with the deck.
Winter Is Coming
Lord Tywin LSVnister and his men have just seized the Magic Kingdoms in the battle at San Francisco. However, there are many other Houses to choose in this Game of Thrones.
Yo! MTG Taps! Episode 87 – Crucible Of Worlds
Joey goes to San Francisco for the World Championships! He talks with Trick Jarrett and Jesse “Smitty” Smith as well as Patrick Chapin in this episode of one of the best MTG Podcasts on the web.
Compulsive Research – The Most Horrible Fates Of Magic
It’s neither sweet nor fitting for a creature to die for a planeswalker, but that’s the game we play.