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Daily Financial Value of Magic Origins – June 23rd

With spoiler season for Magic Origins finally in full swing, Ben Bleiweiss is here to analyze the financial prospects of the set’s rares and mythics as they are officially spoiled – today’s update includes a card that shares an awful lot in common with one of the Power Nine!

Bad Beats Battlestar Galactica

Having spent several weeks preparing all sorts of brews for the StarCityGames Standard Open in Indianapolis, Matt recounts his tournament weekend and his expectations for Standard going forward.

Flipping Standard

With Magic Origins spoilers officially hitting high gear, Shaun takes a first look at some of the Standard implications of the last-ever Core Set, examining key cards that might fit into existing archetypes or spawn new decks of their own.

Magic Origins Preview Card: Day’s Undoing!

With official preview season for Magic Origins in full swing, Cedric Phillips is here with a mouth-watering new card that is sure to have an impact across all sorts of formats.

Video: Bant Control In Standard

Having concluded that Abzan is the best deck in Standard overall, Gerry goes in search of a deck with a favorable Abzan matchup and takes a Megamorph-ish Bant Control deck out for a test drive.

Dear Azami: Prismatic Tribal Notions

A reader is in desperate need of advice for their Horde of Notions deck, and Cassidy works his magic after being told that he has an unlimited budget to work from to make this Elemental playable for GenCon.

A G/R Dragons Standard Roundtable

Pro Tour Champion Ari Lax discusses the recent successes of an aggressive, recursive build of G/R Dragons, joined by two guests who have had recently had strong finishes with the deck: Steve Rubin and Eric Rill!

Ask A Judge

A trio of Level 3 Judges take questions from both readers and fellow judges alike in this new StarCityGames Select column, to raise awareness about key interactions and the oddments and curiosities you can encounter while playing tournament Magic.

Daily Digest: When You Play This Deck, Everything Is (Over) Easy

In today’s Daily Digest, Gerry looks at a new take on the old Eggs archetype, using Krark-Clan Ironworks to put a new engine in a deck so good they had to ban a card out of it.

Todd VS. BBD: Bant Heroic VS. Sultai Control

Todd and BBD test out Standard decks they’d like to jam against the format boogeyman, G/R Devotion. They know they can stand up to the format’s top deck – but how do they do against some of the rest of the format? They find out by battling head-to-head!

My 100th Article Extravaganza

For his hundredth article here at StarCityGames.com, Mark takes a retrospective look at his growth as a player and as a writer since he started this series, sharing his favorite works and poignant thoughts.

Daily Digest: Aggro “Landstill”

Gerry takes another look at Legacy thanks to a recent 4-0 finish that evolves a well-known former archetype – Landstill – by taking out some of the key components, including Standstill itself.

Is The Modern Market Broken?

With several high-profile cards spiking in recent weeks, Chas takes a broader look at the price behaviors we’ve seen recently to determine what they say about our broader market structures as a whole.

Prague Eternal 2015

While he did not do so well as he might have hoped at the recent Prague Eternal event, Carsten takes a retrospective look at that weekend’s events thanks to the Top Eight results from the weekend.

Daily Financial Value Of Magic Origins – June 22nd

With spoiler season for Magic Origins finally in full swing, Ben Bleiweiss is here to share his thoughts on all of the rares and mythics officially spoiled to date, including three of the set’s iconic flip-Planeswalkers!