“Welcome To The Format,” A Legacy Bloodbath
Getting thrown into the Legacy waters without support can really throw a new player for a loop! Michael Martin retells his experience at the Invitational with Reanimator.
Getting thrown into the Legacy waters without support can really throw a new player for a loop! Michael Martin retells his experience at the Invitational with Reanimator.
Reid Duke’s Pox deck really turned heads at the Invitational. What kind of cards in the deck does Jonathan Medina think is worth looking at?
This week, BHJ goes over his experience at the SCG Invitational! Be sure to listen all the way to the end for a special interview between Richard Hagon and Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa! (Celebrity voices may or may not be impersonated.)
A statement from the President of StarCityGames.com regarding Alex Bertoncini and the creation of a new StarCityGames.com Open Series Prize Policy.
Mike Flores reveals two decklists he thinks has potential: a Mulch brew and Mono-Blue Infect. He also gives you the real reason why cheating sucks in Magic.
How do you deal with non-linear strategies in Legacy? All the Brainstorms and Jaces seem to be taking over, but is there something the metagame is missing?
Brian Kibler took Viral Drake to the Invitational and was not disappointed. Using a completely new take on Infect, he makes his deck resilient to today’s major threats and answers. Try it out yourself!
As Bennie Smith introduces his kids to classic board games, he also has been spending time brewing some Ooze decks. He takes a more controlling approach in this article.
Ben Friedman made the Top 8 of the Invitational with a little bit a of luck and some work. He played Tempered Steel in Standard and U/W Stoneblade in Legacy. Read about his journey to the peak.
Todd gets you up to speed on the upcoming Modern format with an in-depth analysis of the dance between Wild Nacatl and Punishing Fire and shares his thoughts on what he thinks is Modern’s next breakout star.
Jonathan Sukenik tells the story of how he prepared for the Invitational in Charlotte and the decks he played. Be ready for late-night playtesting, brewing, and good times.
An official statement from StarCityGames.com regarding the suspension of Alex Bertoncini.
Gerry made top eight of the StarCityGames.com Invitational playing polar opposites—G/W Beatdown and Five-Color Control. Read about the Punishing Fire Maverick deck in Legacy and a special 5CC brew for Standard.
Brad Nelson talks about some of the newest decks to pop out of the Invitational, like Five-Color Control, Ramp Pod, Adam Prosak’s Illusions deck, and U/W Humans. Read what he’d play this week!
In this week’s More Ways to Win, Ashley unearths many of the common fallacies and shortcomings that get in the way of improving as a player and tells you how to avoid them.