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Embracing The Chaos – Finding Two Decks and Your Tears

Sheldon busts out two Commander decks – Vorosh, the Hunter and Sol’Kanar the Swamp King – and builds the skeleton of a Nicol Bolas deck!

Vintage Avant-Garde – The 100 Best Cards In Vintage

Ten Vintage players. Three Vintage World Champions. One hundred of the best cards, arrived at by polling!

Innistrad Preview: Mentor of the Meek

A creature that has potential in beatdown, control, and combo?
Check. Inspiring a deckbuilding theme for casual and competitive players
alike? Check. Providing white decks with insane amounts of card advantage? A
very enthusiastic check!

Dear Azami – A Golgari Rhapsody

So you say we should take the kid gloves off and game hard with Savra, Queen of the Golgari? You had me at €“hello.€

Behind the Curtain – Harry Potter and the Modern Hallows

Our testing team began asking: “If a house member could choose a Modern deck, which deck would it be?” And so we came up with five competitive Modern decks to satisfy the victorious urges of Hufflepuffs and Slytherins alike.

Flow Of Ideas – Everything You Need To Know About Modern, Part III

Gavin finishes off his epic series on Modern with a guide to sideboarding against all the major beatdown, combo, and control decks in the format. Looking for sideboard cards/ideas? Here’s the first place to look.

Cubers Anonymous – From The Vault: Cube

Commander has been getting all of the love from Wizards recently, and cubers like Justin Parnell are getting envious. What would the ideal FTV: Cube look like? Make sure to join the discussion in the comments!

Your Pyromancer and You: A How-To Guide on the Best Combo Deck In Modern

Looking to play Pyromancer Ascension in Modern? Let the man who qualified with the deck tell you how it needs to be built in Modern, and walk you through several sample hands to a win!

You Lika The Juice? Thoughts on Snakeblade and SlowDredge Tut

Between Cobra, Sword, and Garruk, you’re talking about decidedly powerful methods of achieving mana and card advantage that harkens back to the most powerful cards in Magic. Plus, bonus Modern decks!

The Magic Show #241 – The Mistakes of New Phyrexia

Hello everybody and welcome to another edition of the Magic Show. This week I want to talk about Magic design and development. What makes a great format? What ruins it? What cards should exist and what is the extent of their power? All of that and more inside. Let’s go!

Too Much Information – Richmond and Boston Standard Opens

Glenn has returned from the road with all the numbers you’ll need to post a great finish at Grand Prix: Pittsburgh this weekend!

Streamlining Natural Order RUG

Why doesn’t Eternal Witness belong in NO RUG? The answer lies in one of my primary philosophies of deckbuilding: Always use the best tool for every job.

Yo! MTG Taps! Episode 77 – Casting with Bertoncini

Bigheadjoe and StarCityGames.com Legacy Open: Boston co-champion Alex Bertoncini team up to discuss Standard, Legacy, and Modern!

The Kitchen Table #362 – Retiring The Most Underused Cards Of All Time: Entry VIII

One of Abe’s most popular series discusses the most underused casual cards in Magic. He adds ten new member to the ever-growing list. Try these out in your Commander, Five Color, and other Casual decks.

More Ways To Win – Playing The Best Deck

Ashley Morway gives you more ways to win (get it?). Her experience with Caw-Blade was less than satisfactory, and she learned some valuable lessons about deck choice. And don’t miss her bonus Commander decks at the end!