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Good Players and Bad Habits

Tuesday, January 11th – Adam Prosak has used the Fearless Magical Inventory over the years to vastly improve his game, and he wants to help you out by pointing out mistakes he constantly sees players making that hold them back.

The Long and Winding Road – The Q4 Vintage Metagame Report

Tuesday, January 11th – Prepare yourself for this article, data lovers. Matt Elias breaks down all the recent major and minor Vintage tournaments. See what the major decks are and which decks are over- and under-performing.

Flow of Ideas – Finding the Broken Graveyard Deck: Introducing Pyrrhic Revival

Monday, January 10th – Lately, no one’s been playing graveyard hate in Extended, and Gavin has not failed to notice! He has built a deck that abuses Crypt of Agadeem and Pyrrhic Revival to give you the graveyard deck for Extended.

Oh Look, A Bar Of Soap

Monday, January 10th – I don’t know what it is about Rootwater Alligator, but people in the TSE queues constantly make mistakes against him, throwing games away like Lindsay Lohan discarding a court-ordered tracking anklet.

Darksteele Cube – Testing

Monday, January 10th – Thea Steele has five ways to test new cards for the cube in any situation and lists their pros and cons! Make sure your cube is perfect for you and your playgroup.

You Lika The Juice? Commander Savra and Her Incubi

Friday, January 7th – Lord of the Pit is one of Magic’s greatest villain cards, with as much history as Serra Angel and Akroma. So Bennie decided to honor the Lord with his own Commander deck filled with Demons!

Stifle and Wasteland

Friday, January 7th – The 2011 Open Series kicks off with Kansas City this weekend, and Drew Levin teaches a valuable lesson about Stifle and Wasteland in the format and their usage in various decks throughout MTG history.

Magic Show Extra – Mark Rosewater Interview!

Friday, January 7th – In this Magic Show Extra, we sit down for a full half hour with the man at the helm of Magic design. We talk the long journey of poison, favorite designs, how they design Planeswalkers these days and more! Let’s go!

Inexorable Tech – It’s About Time (Spiral)

Friday, January 7th – There are tons of cards viable in Legacy now with Survival gone – Lewis is brewing up a storm and wants to play with some sweet new ones: Lotus Cobra, Time Spiral, Explore…Time to win SCG Open: Kansas City is now!

Ideas Unbound – 4CC vs. Faeries: Looking at Trumps

Friday, January 7th – Max McCall includes what you need to know about this matchup: game one matchups, sideboarding, post-board tactics, and more. Is your sideboard against Faeries and 4CC effective?

Live Coverage of StarCityGames.com Open Series: Kansas City

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It’s over. After eight grueling rounds and a stacked Top 8, the Kansas City Legacy Open has wound to a close. Our Champion is Chris Osinski, a Goblins player from Minnesota who audibled from the Draft Open to the Legacy Open at the last-minute, running the tables after a Round 1 loss. It was a tribal battle, with Corbin Hosler’s undefeated Merfolk list falling prey to Goblin Piledriver in three games. The story of the day was that Legacy is healthy, and even ripe for innovation. We saw plenty of interesting new takes on existing archetypes over the course of the day. Everyone should be even more excited for the San Jose Open Series next weekend—SCGLive will be there!StarCityGames.com Open Series Event Coverage!

Yo! MTG Taps! Episode 51 – Faction-Packed!

Friday, January 7th – It’s back to basics this week, as Joey and Bigheadjoe bring in the new year discussing the new Extended PTQ season and analyzing some of the Mirrodin Besieged spoilers.

Rise of Aintrazi – Restin’, Testin’, and Bestin’: An Extended Compendium

Thursday, January 6th – Ali Aintrazi is a successful deckbuilder and SCG Open grinder. His article has everything you need on Extended, including interviews and debates on sideboard choices.

Constructed Criticism – Bringing Back the Boogeymen: Part I

Thursday, January 6th – They’re back! The boogeymen of Standard’s past have all come back to haunt you. It’s like WotC cast Reanimate on every deck I’ve ever wanted to set on fire. Welcome to my world.

Kicking Off 2011 in Kansas City

We’re kicking off 2011 with a bang! The first SCG Open of the year is located in Kansas City, Missouri, and will be debuting our long-awaited SCGLive production. Glenn Jones will be managing coverage and has the low-down.