Matt instantly fell in love with Strength from the Fallen the moment he saw it, even though he thought it was just a Lhurgoyf Aura. He has a few experimental builds to find the card a home, from a straightforward beatdown deck to a highly-convoluted control deck.
In his final column (at least for the foreseeable future), Mark has some big-picture lessons he’d like to impart about what it means to play Magic and how we, as a community, are so very interconnected.
What goes into making a Grand Prix successful? What makes one a failure instead? Glenn looks behind the judge’s and TO’s curtain to see what makes a Grand Prix happen at all, and what kinds of stresses an event can come under.
Gerry takes his G/b Devotion deck from the Invitational out for a test run (with updates!) in these Standard videos, favoring the green cards over the black ones as he tries to break out of the seemingly-narrow pen that is the current metagame.
Join Drew in this Legacy video exploring his exploratory Disciple of Deceit combo(s) deck, fresh off of a critical re-tune and ready to take on all comers… maybe even for #SCGWOR!
David steps in to cover for Cassidy after his departure, and takes the opportunity to work on a complicated, interesting Simic deck with Vorel of the Hull Clade at the helm.
The Dragonmaster takes on the most intricate non-Cube draft format there is on Magic Online, cracking the Vintage Masters packs for his first draft in pursuit of Power Nine and 3-0 draft decks!
With the Power Nine now legal on MTGO, Brian checks in on the digital metagame’s development in search of sweet tech and with an eye out for developing metagame trends and cycles.
Week two of previews continues to impress, check out Magic finance guru Ben Bleiweiss’s Daily Financial Value Of Magic 2015 article as the legendary five-color Sliver was just previewed!
With PTQ season heavily upon us, Ari takes a look at the current Modern format and breaks down the top archetypes: why to play them, how to beat them, and what they’re best against.
Shaun doesn’t like sideboarding guides, but he gets asked for them all the time by readers and in online conversations. Here he presents his universal guide to sideboarding guides.
Sam really likes brewing up new decks, and in this video he gives Vintage a try with a Bazaar of Baghdad-powered U/G Madness deck. Check it out!
Patrick Chapin, “The Innovator,” takes a look at the seismic shifts that are now possible in Standard because of five little lands we now know are about to be released in Magic 2015. Will enemy painlands change everything?
With PTQ season gearing up, Josh dives into Modern and starts testing out decks… both the conventional top-tier ones you already know and the lesser-known brews that operate at the edge of the format.
A Pauper-related trend has popped up when it comes to recent expansions. Jason explores this trend and looks at an upcoming card, Invasive Species!
