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The Long and Winding Road – Deck Archaeology with Team R&D

Wednesday, February 9 – Deck lists reveal a wealth of information. They’ll often speak about how that individual viewed the format, and where there were opportunities to exploit. So how can you learn to read decks?

Embracing the Chaos: The Return of Kresh

Wednesday, February 9 – Sheldie’s in the mood to tear up the Red Zone with Kresh the Bloodbraided – yet things don’t go quite as planned! Watch this turn-by-turn play of two epic Commander games!

City of Brass – Making Mana

Tuesday, February 8 – Andy Probasco, resident Legacy expert, tells you how to construct mana bases in Legacy, a format riddled with Wastelands and nonbasic fixing. Sleeve up the perfect mana for SCG Legacy Open: DC on the 27th!

Compulsive Research: Fast Mana, A History In Three Decks

Tuesday, February 8 – Fast mana has been an integral part of Magic’s history – from the original Power Nine to Mox Opal today. JDB writes about this essential group of cards and how they’ve influenced formats and R&D over the years.

Extended Metagame Updates and Trends

Tuesday, February 8 – Reid Duke brings you statistics on Extended Daily Events on Magic Online and analyzes the direction Extended is going. Is Wargate just the best version of Prismatic Omen decks?

Untold Legends – On The Road

Monday, February 7 – Alex Shvartsman has seen many things on the GP Circuit. He’s been on every continent except Antarctica for Magic events and has collected unbelievable stories along the way.

Flow of Ideas – Breaking Up (Is Hard To Do)

Monday, February 7 – “I don’t think this is going to work.” It wasn’t that I hadn’t seen this coming. I just thought I had a couple last draw steps to topdeck myself out of a poor situation.

Darksteele Cube – The Power 9, Statistics, And Cube Finance

Monday, February 7 – Thea Steele discusses common issues on people’s minds about Cube: Power vs. No Power, small vs. large cubes, balancing multicolor, financial tips, and more.

You Lika The Juice? Magic Schwagger

Friday, February 4 – Bennie Smith displays the various unusual Magic paraphernalia he has picked up from his many years of playing. He shares them with you in picture form! And do you think Bennie should change his column name?

Counterbalance: A Love Story – From Chicago to Columbus

Friday, February 4 – Drew Levin has the perfect Legacy deck for those who love the complexity of the format: Counter Top. If you’re going to Indy for the StarCityGames.com Open this weekend, suit up with Drew’s modern-day Counter Top.

The Magic Show Mirrodin Besieged Set Review Roundup!

Friday, February 4UPDATED WITH CUBE VID! Hello everybody and welcome to another edition of the Magic Show. Join me along with Ben Bleiweiss, Glenn Jones and new-to-the-show Matt Gargiulo as we talk finances, Commander & Cube!

A Flavor Review Of Mirrodin Besieged

Friday, February 4 – Geordie Tait does his own set review – but you’ll find little strategic content within – Geordie reviews the flavor of Mirrodin Besieged and evaluates what went right and what went horribly wrong.

Valakut for the Indianapolis StarCityGames.com Standard Open

Friday, February 4 – The addition of Green Sun’s Zenith to Standard has big implications for the Valakut deck, the deck to play this weekend at the SCG Open in Indy! Check it out, along with Julian’s CounterTop deck for Legacy.

The Icy Grip – I Should Have Played Control! A Sad GP Story

Friday, February 4 – At GP Atlanta, Shaheen sleeved up the wrong 75; he sleeved up Doran instead of his beloved U/W Control deck! He still made Day Two, but he feels he made a mistake by not running control – find out why!

SCG Talent Search – Top Six Knock Out!

Friday, February 4 – It has been such a long journey for many of these writers, some of whom have already been voted off yet became regular columnists anyway! What is the fate for the last six standing?