Do you want to play the game and see the world? Valeriy Shunkov tells you how to do both with Birthing Pod, Mono-Black, and Heartless Summoning in Standard and upcoming Grand Prix Moscow this autumn. Prepare for the Standard Open this weekend in Charlotte!
There are many roads to the Pro Tour—but statistically, which of these players tend to do the best? Is it the Hall of Famers? The GP grinders? How did the Planeswalker Points crew do overall? Mike Flores crunches the numbers.
If you’ve never played in a Draft Open before—or any competitive draft—Matt Higgs takes you through his first experience and what to expect. He ended up making 4th place! Try your luck at the Charlotte Draft Open this weekend
The Dragonmaster has become the Huntmaster. Brian Kibler writes about everything that led up to his Pro Tour win last weekend, the foreshadowing before the big event. Read how he prepared for Dark Ascension Standard.
Brad Nelson’s back from Hawaii. He discusses the big decks to come out of Pro Tour Dark Ascension and recommends U/B Control for this weekend. Against Ramp and Spirits, could U/B Control be the perfect counter?
What did Commander gain from Dark Ascension? Bennie Smith goes color-by-color through the best cards Dark Ascension has to offer Commander decks.
The color green wraps up Alex Ullman’s Pauper series. With its low-cost yet effective creatures, green is the perfect color if one wants to sling the beats in Pauper.
Dredge’s death in Vintage has been greatly exaggerated. Have Grafdigger’s Cage? No problem! Mark Hornung and Matt Elias have a deck, and its name is Cagebreaker.
Known online as haiSOOOOdesu, Marco Orsini Jones is a UK player who’s seen a lot of success with Caw-Blade on Magic Online, Top 8ing the first two PTQs of the season. He’s adopted his deck for GP Lincoln and shares all its secrets.
Lauren Lee, aka Mulldrifting, has undergone a transformation of sorts. What’s happening to StarCityGames.com’s former Copy Editor?
Jonathan Sukenik takes a look at how both Mono-Black and B/R Zombies did at Pro Tour Dark Ascension. Should you consider eating brains in Standard at the Charlotte Open? Find out here!
Gerry Thompson put up his best finish yet at Pro Tour Dark Ascension. Find out how his Esper Spirits deck helped him book a ticket to Barcelona, and how it can help you find similar success in Standard.
Alex Ullman continues his series on the colors of Pauper with red! Find out what red in the all-commons format is all about and what decks are at the top.
Do you like alternate ways of playing Magic? Then learn how to play Chaos Magic, an RPG-feeling, casual-style game. Let Abe Sargent teach you the rules!
The League Points System rewards Commander players for doing good/fun things, while punishing them for doing unfun things in multiplayer. Cast land destruction? Boo. Controlling lots of tokens? Yay!
