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The Long And Winding Road – Mythbusters: Vintage Edition

Friday, March 4 – How do you win Vintage tournaments, and how is Vintage similar (and different) from other formats? The answer is simple. Matt Elias explains. (And don’t miss the two bonus decklists at the end!)

Eternal On The Other Side Of The Ocean – MassMoxBase

Thursday, March 3 – Carsten Kotter was almost sleep when the idea hit him – a Vintage mana base with almost nothing but artifact mana accelerators – could this be the next big thing in Vintage?

Constructed Criticism – Stoneforge Mystic Across The Board

Thursday, March 3 – Everyone is Stoneforging in all the formats lately, it seems. Todd Anderson explains what makes the little Mystic so good and why Valakut could potentially rise again in Standard.

Picking Out A Deck For PT Paris *31st*

Wednesday, March 2 – Matthias Hunt is on a roll this season and looking to make Rookie of the Year! Read about how he came to his deck choice for Pro Tour Paris and what he eventually decided to play that took him to Top 32.

Embracing The Chaos – Merieke To The Finish

Wednesday, March 2 – Sheldon Menery switches it up from his usual and brings back Merieke Ri Berit as his Commander. The decklist is inside, as well as play-by-play of his League games.

Vintage Avant-Garde – 8 Things Wizards Could Change To Improve Magic

Tuesday, March 1 – What things do you want to see Wizards change about the game? Brian DeMars lists his Top 8 choices and will be sending a comprehensive list to WotC, so contribute in the forums!

Tempered Steel Is Good Again – Thank You, Mirrodin Besieged

Tuesday, March 1 – Tempered Steel is ready to make a comeback in Extended, and Jon Smithers, the originator of the deck, tells you how to use Tezzeret to take the deck to the next level for your next PTQ!

Winning A PTQ With Stoneforge Bant (Or Why Analyzing Metagame Data Matters!)

Tuesday, March 1 – Congratulations to Reid Duke, who won the second online PTQ with Mirrodin Besieged! His newest iteration of Bant has the card that’s on everyone’s mind: Stoneforge Mystic. Find out more in his analysis.

Flow of Ideas – Introducing: Stoneforge Bant

Monday, February 28 – Mirran Crusader, Stoneforge Mystic, and Knight of the Reliquary combine to take on Extended in this spicy Bant deck by Gavin Verhey and Brian Kowal. Learn why you should run this at your next PTQ!

99 Problems

Monday, February 28 – Sean McKeown, long-time writer for StarCityGames.com, returns to give us the lowdown on Commander – how to build decks, the nature of the format, and how to keep players from shutting you out.

Ten Predictions For Magic In 2011 And Beyond! Part 1

Friday, February 25 – Ben Bleiweiss, Star City’s Director of Sales, has seen Magic morph and grow over the years and has some fun, new predictions for 2011! Will we see OverExtended? What will the next fall set contain? And more!

You Lika The Juice? Glissa 2.0

Friday, February 25 – Bennie Smith continues to improve his Standard Glissa deck, with some major updates. He also shares his “Spikier” Commander deck, Uril, the Miststalker – how would you build these two Smith originals?

Building A Legacy – Abusing Green Sun’s Zenith In Legacy

Friday, February 25 – Green Sun’s Zenith has been all the rage lately, but has anyone figured out how to use that card in Legacy yet? Drew Levin brings you a Natural Order deck that takes Zenith to the next level – check it out for SCG Open: DC!

The Magic Show #223 – Magic Weekend Paris Part 2!

Friday, February 25 – Hello everybody and welcome to another edition of the Magic Show. This week we’re live in Paris once again for the final part of the Magic Weekend along with a very special message for Aaron Forsythe from Ben Bleiweiss and myself! You don’t want to miss this one!

Constructed Criticism – GP Denver and PTQing with Wargate

Friday, February 25 – After a bad day of Sealed, Todd Anderson decided to crush the PTQ at GP Denver. His Wargate deck took him all the way to Top 8; try this Tier 1 deck for your next PTQ!