If you’re going to SCG Open: Kansas City, make sure you know which decks have Daze and how to play around it. Without Mental Misstep, Daze is the best free counterspell left other than Force of Will.
Chris Mascioli examines the performances of all Pro Tour players in the last three Pro Tours by how they qualified. The data is an interesting look into the composition of the Pro Tour. How will Planeswalker Points change things?
Tim Aten boots up Magic Online and powers through this draft while making some interesting decisions. He’s here to school you for this weekend’s Kansas City Draft Open.
The Men of Magic is a podcast produced by Robert Martin and Chris Otwell. In this episode, Rob interviews our very own Gerry Thompson. What’s next for this Magic superstar?
Sheldon Menery will be judging his last tournament at Worlds in San Francisco. In this article, he gives you a peek of what it’s like to Head Judge a major tournament like Worlds.
Reid Duke focuses on graveyard strategies in Innistrad Limited and how milling yourself is the best! How do you build around Skaabs, Harvest Pyres, and Boneyard Wurms? Reid gets you ready to take down a Draft Open at Kansas City.
There is a best deck; it is beatable, but it takes work, honest playtesting, and a willingness to kill our darlings. Patrick Chapin prepares you for the #1 Deck to Beat for Kansas City.
Mono-Black Infect is taking its place in the metagame, and Jon expects to see it rise at SCG Open: Kansas City. Read why the deck is so well-positioned and what cards belong in the sideboard.
Daarken is the artist who did Bloodghast, Birthing Pod, and Sarkhan Vol, and he will be at the StarCityGames.com Open in Las Vegas in a couple weeks! Get your cards signed, and see what other works he’s created.
After playing Snapcaster Mage for 10 rounds of Legacy against decks ranging from Dredge and Reanimator to Merfolk, Zoo, U/W, and B/W, I feel comfortable telling you that Snapcaster Mage is a better Legacy card than Dark Confidant.
From the first land drop to the last Lightning Bolt, Tempo Threshold gives you the tools to win any game. The deck will reward players that have the ability to play it well and punish those who play it poorly. Give it a test run before Kansas City.
Brian DeMars has a gripe about Vintage and the direction it seems to be heading with the unrestriction of Gush and the printing of spells like Mental Misstep. Is there such a thing as “too fast” in Vintage?
Brad Nelson took a break from Standard to draft Innistrad online. After 50 drafts, he’s gotten a pretty decent grasp of the format. In particular, one of his favorite archetypes is G/W Aggro. Try it at the Draft Open in Kansas City this weekend.
Ari Lax helps you stay a step ahead of the Standard metagame before SCG Open: Kansas City. Your deck may be “bad,” but here’s why it’s okay and what you can do to fix it.
Halloween is coming up, and the ghosts are out! Sean McKeown helps a reader with a Karador, Ghost Chieftain deck. Readers who write in have a chance to get $20 in store credit at the SCG store, so submit your EDH builds!
