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The Basic Land, Beyond The Basics

What basic land costs $65 on StarCityGames.com? Basic lands have a long, long history in Magic; John Dale Beety takes you through the best of them.

StarCityGames.com Open Series Video Preview: Charlotte

For all the information on the Open Series happening this weekend in Charlotte, watch this video! Evan Erwin is joined by Jason Reedy and Nicholas Spagnolo to cover event info as well as the Standard and Legacy metagames.

How To Think About Legacy As A Format: Black, Red, And Green

Drew Levin finishes his discourse on Legacy, going color by color through the format. Which cards should see more play, and which cards should you leave by the wayside?

A History From Hawaii: Archetype By Archetype

Ari Lax describes his testing sequence, archetype by archetype. If you want to know what testing for a big event entails, check this article out, and get the scoop on the Standard format for Charlotte this weekend.

The Colors Of Pauper: Black

Black is all about excellent removal, graveyard recursion, disruption, and little creatures. Pauper captures the essence of black, and Mono-Black Control is still a good deck!

A Farewell Letter

Steve Sadin waves good-bye and is onto bigger and better things. Here’s to a year of superb content management, a year of tremendous growth for StarCityGames.com, and a year full of good times…

The Swasey Shuffle: ‘Cause U/R The Best!

Swans of Bryn Argoll creates an incredible engine when combined with Seismic Assault, turning every land in hand into two cards. Larry talks about this combo in Modern and what role it plays.

Mannerism And Form

Jesse Smith talks more about deckbuilding, about Jon Finkel’s pace of play, and a near-mono-black Tezzeret brew for Standard.

Unexploited Synergies Post-Hawaii

Jeremy Neeman and his Australian team came up with a number of interesting ideas for the Pro Tour but cast them aside to play Ramp. Now Jeremy is taking a second look at Birthing Pod and Esper Control.

Faithless In Hawaii

Alex West talks about the evolution of his Pro Tour deck, from UWR Burning Vengeance to a more Reanimator style with Elesh Norn, Unburial Rites, and of course…Faithless Looting. Try it out at the Charlotte Open this weekend!

The Colors Of Pauper: Blue

Today, Alex Ullman talks about blue in Pauper and why it’s so incredibly strong! Sometimes all you need are commons. Join us all this week for a new Pauper article, one on each color of Magic.

Spirits In Block Constructed

AJ Kerrigan takes a break from Standard to talk about Innistrad Block Constructed, the consensus best way to go infinite on Magic Online. He talks about a deck he thinks will make a huge impact: Spirits.

Dear Azami

Sean McKeown finally tackles the General for which the column is named: Azami, Lady of Scrolls. Instead of being super-overpowered for Commander, this deck takes a different approach.

The Hottest Dark Ascension In Hawaii!

Patrick Chapin talks about his preparation for Hawaii, with a team of all-stars. He discusses the decks they created that didn’t hit the limelight and lists his Top 10 New Cards to Watch from Dark Ascension.

Standard And Legacy Thoughts

Michael Martin gives his take on Standard Zombies and talks about his recent performance at StarCityGames.com Open: Richmond. Congrats to him on a Top 16 finish in Legacy!