Standard PTQ season is here! Sam Black, who made Top 4 of PT Philadelphia last year, takes a look at the metagame and provides an Esper Control list that those going to Birmingham this weekend might want to take a look at.
The first round of World Magic Cup Qualifiers took place this past weekend, and professed lover of crunching numbers John Dale Beety has analyzed all the available data for you! Find out more about World Magic Cup Qualifiers.
Drew Levin, who recently got 6th at the SCG Invitational in Baltimore, talks about two new cards in Avacyn Restored: Cavern of Souls and Temporal Mastery. Find out which one he thinks will have an impact on Legacy.
Dan Unwin, who recently placed 6th at GP Melbourne, provides you with five things to consider for building a better sideboard. Learn what you should consider while building your decks for SCG Open Series: Birmingham.
Eternal expert Brian DeMars takes a look at a few rogue Vintage decks that have been seeing success lately. Learn what new trends are popping up and perhaps find a new deck to try at your next Vintage event.
Watch as Todd Anderson plays Maverick with a similar version of the deck he recently piloted to 2nd place at the SCG Legacy Open in Baltimore. If it seems to fit your style, try it out in Birmingham this weekend!
Ryan Overturf went undefeated at SCG Legacy Open in Des Moines with RUG Tempo. He goes through how he made certain card choices for his deck and how his matches played out. Consider RUG Tempo for this weekend in Birmingham!
Jesse Smith, known as Smi77y on Magic Online, is excited for Desolate Lighthouse in Avacyn Restored! Read what he’s been brewing up featuring this card and get an update on his Hexblade deck. Get ready for Standard in Birmingham.
Get ready for some laughs with this parody of articles written during spoiler season by top Australian pro Jeremy Neeman, winner of GP Brisbane. Find out what “grumpy pro Mike” and “eager deckbuilder Eddie” think of the Avacyn Restored so far!
Ari Lax, who has made Top 8 of three GPs, has been looking for a home for Temporal Mastery in Constructed. Find out which formats and which decks he thinks this Avacyn Restored card will work best in and why.
Cube enthusiast Usman Jamil talks about Magic Online Cube and how it helped break down barriers for people who had never had the opportunity to play the format before. Hopefully it will return soon so we can all have more Cube action!
Want to build a different type of deck around popular commander Rafiq of the Many? Then check out the Commander deck that Sean McKeown works on this week from a reader who lives in South Africa!
With Avacyn Restored spoiler season in full swing, Patrick Chapin, “The Innovator,” examines a card that not many people have been talking about: Restoration Angel. Find out which decks he thinks this card may have a home in and why.
Jackie Lee has been a consistent face on the Grand Prix circuit, making Top 4 in Baltimore and multiple Top 16s. But she isn’t just breaking into the Pro Tour; she speaks out against the sexism prevalent in Magic today.
Check out Ben Snyder’s interview with Christine Sprankle, a Magic cosplayer most famous for dressing up as Elspeth Tirel at Worlds in San Francisco last year. Find out more about cosplay and Magic!
