Do you like winning enough to work on the fundamentals? GP Orlando finalist Patrick Chapin gives valuable insight into shortcuts and how being more knowledgeable about them can vastly improve your tournament play on the SCG Open Series.
Justin Parnell is here to get you hyped up about the recent announcement that Cube Drafting will be a part of the Players Championship. Read why the reasons why he thinks this is big for the Cube community.
Jackie Lee’s elevens weren’t quite up yet; she placed 11th for the third time in a row at GP Manchester. Find out the lessons she learned from this event, including tips for the recent rule changes. Prepare for SCG Open Series: Madison!
Let’s talk about condition: high-end trader Chas Andres gives you the rundown on how to judge condition, professional graders, how condition affects value, and what to do with your damaged cards. Improve your trade skills!
This week’s Dear Azami contributor is Cassidy McAuliffe, who enthusiastically helps Zander streamline his Halfdane deck with a stealing opponents’ creatures theme. Get your Commander fix!
Pro Tour Paris Top 8 competitor Patrick Chapin completes his Avacyn Restored set review with green, gold, artifacts, and land. Read about the cards that caught his innovative eye as he looked through the last of the new set.
Inspired by Moneyball, Mike Flores teaches you to identify and later control the “strike zone” in your tournament Magic interactions. Learn how to give your opponent heretofore unknown opportunities to screw up for SCG Open Series: Providence.
Based on the popularity of our newsletter feature, Sweet Tweets will be joining the weekly lineup on Select, updating you, dear reader, on the goings and comings of the Twitterverse. Enjoy!
Be sure to check out the epic conclusion to Evan Erwin and Brad Nelson’s Avacyn Restored complete set review as they finish with every green, gold, artifact, and land card in the new set!
Carsten Kotter thinks that Terminus will do big things for hard control decks in Legacy. Read on to see which decks he thinks will benefit from this miracle card. Prepare for post-Avacyn Restored Legacy at SCG Open Series: Providence!
Pro Tour Dark Ascension winner Brian Kibler goes over his Prerelease experience with Avacyn Restored. Learn more about the new set as he shares his thoughts on the Sealed format and how cards did for him in the deck he built.
After doing Avacyn Restored set reviews with Evan Erwin, 2010 Player of the Year Brad Nelson was inspired to brew up some Standard “Magical Christmasland” decks. Go big or go home at SCG Open Series: Providence!
Creature deck enthusiast Bennie Smith is excited to brew for Standard with Avacyn Restored! Check out a few of the ideas he’s come up with so far, and if one catches your eye try it out at SCG Open Series: Providence.
SCG Standard Open Washington, DC winner Todd Anderson tells you how he thinks Standard will look after Avacyn Restored is released. Check out his U/W Delver list that he thinks will be good in the new metagame for SCG Open Series: Providence.
GP Nashville winner Reid Duke explains three beliefs that have made his Magic career happier and more successful: any game of Magic can be won, it doesn’t matter how good you are, and cheaters never prosper. Prepare for Providence this weekend.
