Solar Flare has diminished in popularity since the beginning of the format, but perhaps all it needs is a bump from Mike Flores. He takes Solar Flare to an entirely new plane with green mana, acceleration, and Garruks.
Hello everybody and welcome to another edition of the Magic Show. Yes, I’ll happily admit it’s good to be back. The Show as you know it isn’t a regular program, but it’s not going away. It’s simply on less often. With that said, we got a sick Premium Deck: Graveborn spoiler for you guys today, so let’s go!
If you play on Magic Online and want to know which events have the best expected value, these charts and tables show you exactly how you should be spending your time and tix.
Brian Kibler talks about one of the fundamental resources in Magic and how you can build your deck to utilize it more efficiently. Take a lesson from Paul Sligh.
Heartless Summoning is not a card you see often in Standard anymore. But maybe looking at some recent decklists from States and SCG IQs will spur a little imagination.
Turn one Delver of Secrets into turn two Mayor of Avabruck has given Ali the fuel needed to create an amazing Standard deck. Check inside for decklist and card breakdown.
Illusions is the sickest Standard deck I’ve had the pleasure of playing in quite a while. Read Todd’s full primer on Illusions, and try it at the next Open in St. Louis.
Sam Stoddard composes a letter that he mailed to Wizards of the Coast (yes, the old-fashioned way). He recommends you do the same; read the contents of his letter here.
Nostalgia is just as important to Magic as the pros that play the game and the company that prints the cards. Within the tournaments are memories that stick in our head and give us perspective on this ever-growing enigma we indulge in.
Jonathan Sukenik steps out and Watchwolf92 takes over. Read about his Magic Online adventures with decks in Standard as well as Modern.
Gerry thinks U/B needs to go in a new direction in order to keep pace with the Standard metagame. He ends up with a U/B Blade deck that could be the next big thing.
If you want to try something unconventional in Standard, take this Tezzeret Infect build from Chris Ferber and poison people out with artifacts!
Tim Aten showcases a more unsual draft this time, focusing on a specific archetype. Figure out how it works and how to evaluate picks for it. GP San Diego is this weekend with SCG Open: St. Louis not long after!
Peter Knudson wrote about a Horde variant, which is a multiplayer cooperative game. This version is all about Zombies vs. Survivors! Read about it and try it out.
Standard is defined by its manabases, and most of the manabases are horrible. What is the best way to spend your mana? Patrick Chapin covers last weekend’s results and looks to Worlds 2011.
