Tuesday, December 14th – Out of five writers, three have to exit stage left in an epic triple elimination. Pedro earned immunity this week, so who’s his lucky Top 8 partner…? John Beety? Dan Barrett? Or one of the Casual writers?
Tuesday, December 14th – Some articles are so good that they should be required reading for Magic players, no matter what era. Mike Flores, Magic’s most influential writer and deckbuilder, has many such articles. This is one of his best.
Tuesday, December 14th – Keith has Top 8ed several Grand Prix in years past and makes a comeback in this year’s SCG Invitational with a deck he never expected to wield, B/R Vampires. Read his report and complete sideboarding guide.
Tuesday, December 14th – Is there a method to the madness in these Vintage Madness decks? Not beatdown and not aggro-control, these decks are pure control and use Bazaar of Baghdad for card advantage. This deck may be the real deal.
Monday, December 13th – If you’ve ever wanted to cube online with your friends, there is a way… Thea Steele provides some step-by-step instructions on how to build a cube on Magic Online, draft, and play out games!
Monday, December 13th – Who will make the final Top 8 of the SCG Talent Search? Will it be Jon Agley, who tackled theory, Valeriy Shunkov, Valakut/tech expert, or Carsten Kotter, the Eternal writer? One will have to go home… who’s it gonna be?
Monday, December 13th – Patrick Chapin dives into Extended, and taking all the data from Worlds, breaks down the decks into Tier 1, Tier 1.5, Tier 2, and just plain bad.
Monday, December 13th – Matt Sperling made a smart metagame decision for Worlds and played an Extended deck no one was expecting – Red Deck Wins. He was inches away from Top 8 and thousands of dollars, the biggest match of his life…
Monday, December 13th – Have you ever stopped doing something for an extended period of time, and upon trying it again, wondered why you ever stopped in the first place? That’s me and the Standard format.
Monday, December 13th – Survivals have passed the point of no return – at least on the market. Will it be worth holding onto them? Probably not. Jon Medina elaborates on Legacy and Standard and provides a list of cards to watch in Extended.
Monday, December 13th – Jacob Van Lunen, Building on a Budget columnist on MagicTheGathering.com, won a Pro Tour on the back of poison counters back in 2007. Without Virulent Sliver though, will he continue poisoning opponents in Draft?
Monday, December 13th – How does education limit the way we think? Gavin inspects age-old “laws” of Magic theory and questions what we take for granted, including the question of play vs. draw and life gain’s usefulness.
Friday, December 10th – We’re in Richmond for the StarCityGames.com Invitational and Open Series! This week, we’re joined by Patrick Chapin to discuss a huge variety of topics.
Friday, December 10th – Ted analyzes the Worlds metagame and the potential takeover of blue decks. He discusses Brian Kibler’s Caw-Go, Wafo-Tapa’s U/B, Elves in Standard, and he finishes with Quotable Quotes from ‘kaib.’
Friday, December 10th – Shaheen fights multiple battles today, one with U/W Control against the Standard Open field, the other against Preordain. Is violence really the answer here?
