Sheldon talks about other people’s decks, namely a blue-white control build using Isperia the Inscrutable as the General by Matt Newnam. It’s a deck that requires skill and clever board evaluation to play.
Reuben Bresler loves a blue aggro deck, but for some reason he just refuses to touch Delver of Secrets. He claims he has some kind of curse. What’s to believe?
Reid wants to combine discard spells and creatures in Modern. He did just that this weekend, en route finishing 6th in an MTGO PTQ!
Mono-Black fans, Patrick Chapin has your back. With every set that comes out, the potential of mono-black is on the radar. With its fresh Zombie additions, will it make the big stage?
If you are a Red Mage, these are exciting times we live in. With Dark Ascension fast approaching, the one thing we know we can count on is that burning your opponent from twenty life to zero always ends the game in your favor.
Thalia and the Cage are two of Dark Ascension’s most interesting options for Legacy. Drew sounds off on where you might see these cards succeeding and why!
David McDarby almost made a double Top 8 appearance in Washington DC, reaching 5th in Standard and 10th in Legacy with U/W Delver and Sneak and Show. Read about his experiences with both decks and why you should play them.
StarCityGames.com has had a box full of abnormal Magic cards sitting around, and Wes Wise was recently given the job of pricing them all. Here’s a look at the treasures inside and how to value your miscuts, misprints, and more.
This week we’ll be using a decklist very similar to Brad Nelson’s RUG Delver from last week, but with some minor changes. Over the next few weeks, I’ll probably begin to focus a bit more on Standard as Dark Ascension is fully released.
As you might have guessed from the title of this here article, it’s going to be devoted to the Splinter Twin archetype in Modern. Larry recently took the deck to 11th in a MTGO PTQ.
Jeremy Neeman, Australia’s Top Pro, and one of the three fastest players to reach 100 Pro Points, takes a look at some of the new aggro decks that he thinks will have an impact on Dark Ascension Standard.
Brian DeMars has noticed that creatures are slowly taking over the Vintage metagame. It used to be that creatures were terrible! What is happening? Are blue decks in trouble?
Ari Lax asks some pertinent questions about the new Tokens deck that is coming with Dark Ascension. What cards does it get? Is the metagame ready for it? How do you beat it?
Usman Jamil goes deeper into cube theory and why power level isn’t everything in cube. Sometimes it’s all about what unique effects can be found in each color / mana cost. For cube designers, Usman’s column has indispensable advice.
Sean McKeown loves taking on a challenge, and trying to work on a casual Kangee, Aerie Keeper Commander deck is definitely going to take some finesse. Send in your EDH decks to Sean, and he’ll offer handy deck advice.
