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No Gamble, No Future: Extended Ooze

Friday, December 31st – Everyone knows about Ooze now… But defending against this deck and trying to target it with hate is much easier said than done. So let the 2010 5th-place Worlds finisher tell you why Ooze is still good!

Time Spiral Storm!

Friday, December 31st – One of the brightest minds in Legacy sets his mind to breaking Time Spiral – and decides on a U/G Storm-based build! Let him explain how to play, and play against, it!

Vintage Avant-Garde – B/U/G Tempo and the 2011 Metagame

Friday, December 31st – I’ve had my deck laid out on a table, and an observer glanced at the deck and asked: “A new Vintage list?” If that isn’t a strong initial selling point for this deck, I don’t know what is.

You Lika The Juice? Dear Santa: A Standard Deck on Magic Online?

Friday, December 31st – Wizards has told us that there’s a Zendikar Block card that made Infect into a force to be reckoned with… at least in the Future Future League. So what could that card be?

Darksteele Cube: Guild Decks Aftermath

Thursday, December 30th – Last week, I talked about
building forty-card decks out of the cube for each two-color pair. So how did that improve my cube?

That Deck Is Bad And You Should Feel Bad

Thursday, December 30th – Max McCall rips the current Extended deck choices to shreds, telling you why each popular archetype is terrible! Want to see deck weaknesses? Step on up!

Video Drafting With Matteo – Scars of Mirrodin #9!

Thursday, December 30th – In this unique holiday-themed video draft, Matteo Orsini-Jones brings us a very special W/R build!

Too Hot to Handle: Worlds, Part 2 *Top 8*

Thursday, December 30th – I suppose the most controversial moment of the quarterfinals came at the beginning of the fifth game. I kept a one-land, Preordain hand… And I’d do it again, too. Let me tell you why.

Mental Status, Starring Adam Yurchick

Thursday, December 30th – It was Round Nine of Grand Prix: Oakland, I was paired against Adam Yurchick, and I knew I was going to lose. Why? It’s not for the reason you’d think.

Solving the Sealed Deck Debate with Science: The Results!

Thursday, December 30th – Three weeks ago, Gabe gave four groups the same five Sealed pools, to bust open the myth that Sealed is all about the bombs. What did science say? Only one way to find out!

Embracing the Chaos: More Other People’s Decks Again

Wednesday, December 29th – I assumed that Memnarch or Bosh would be the Commander that most folks gravitated towards after the new Commander rules – but I hear most people are running off to make Thelon of Havenwood.

77th at Worlds: Epic Epicness!

Wednesday, December 29th – What other Worlds player can say he had to skip out on his Nutcracker practice to go to Chiba? But Noah Long, professional ballet dancer, got in there with a 77th-place finish!

Jacob’s Ladder – MTGO Video with R/U/G Control

Wednesday, December 29th – Michael Jacob records Constructed videos of a Standard Daily Event with R/U/G Control list. Watch the DarkestMage, as he recounts his matches in high res!

Winning Worlds *1st Place*

Wednesday, December 29th – The new World Champion has a world-class tourney report! How did Wafo-Tapa and a mysterious, smiling Portuguese man keep him from going on tilt after his Day One 3-3 finish? Entertaining tales a-plenty!

Tempered Steel: A Love Story

Tuesday, December 28th – Tempered Steel is an early favorite for best aggro deck, and has all the tools you need to win at your disposal. So let me show you my latest build, tuned for the variance of the first round of PTQs!