Darksteele Cube – Testing
Monday, January 10th – Thea Steele has five ways to test new cards for the cube in any situation and lists their pros and cons! Make sure your cube is perfect for you and your playgroup.
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Innovations – Winning a PTQ, Not Violating The Prime Directive
Monday, January 10th – “Never play a bad something else.” That is The Prime Directive, and Patrick Chapin, world-class deck designer, is here to tell you how to avoid building decks that are just worse versions of something else.
Going Infinite – Sideboarding for the “Sharks” Matchup
Monday, January 10th – A shark is a value trader that takes advantage of people at any cost. Jon Medina is here to give you the tools to distinguish between sharks and other traders and avoid bad trades. Don’t lose to the shark matchup!
Oh Look, A Bar Of Soap
Monday, January 10th – I don’t know what it is about Rootwater Alligator, but people in the TSE queues constantly make mistakes against him, throwing games away like Lindsay Lohan discarding a court-ordered tracking anklet.
Flow of Ideas – Finding the Broken Graveyard Deck: Introducing Pyrrhic Revival
Monday, January 10th – Lately, no one’s been playing graveyard hate in Extended, and Gavin has not failed to notice! He has built a deck that abuses Crypt of Agadeem and Pyrrhic Revival to give you the graveyard deck for Extended.
Yo! MTG Taps! Episode 51 – Faction-Packed!
Friday, January 7th – It’s back to basics this week, as Joey and Bigheadjoe bring in the new year discussing the new Extended PTQ season and analyzing some of the Mirrodin Besieged spoilers.
Live Coverage of StarCityGames.com Open Series: Kansas City
It’s over. After eight grueling rounds and a stacked Top 8, the Kansas City Legacy Open has wound to a close. Our Champion is Chris Osinski, a Goblins player from Minnesota who audibled from the Draft Open to the Legacy Open at the last-minute, running the tables after a Round 1 loss. It was a tribal battle, with Corbin Hosler’s undefeated Merfolk list falling prey to Goblin Piledriver in three games. The story of the day was that Legacy is healthy, and even ripe for innovation. We saw plenty of interesting new takes on existing archetypes over the course of the day. Everyone should be even more excited for the San Jose Open Series next weekend—SCGLive will be there! |
Playtesting the U/W Mashup
Friday, January 7th – Following his incredible return to StarCityGames.com, Mike Flores brings you three playtesting videos with his new U/W Mashup. Includes a special guest appearance from Bella Flores!
Flores Friday – How to Make a Mashup
Friday, January 7th – Earlier today, I tried to call Steve Sadin and Patrick Chapin, but neither one felt like picking up the phone. It’s not like they’d spent the last 2 months trying to get me to come back to StarCityGames.com or anything…
Ideas Unbound – 4CC vs. Faeries: Looking at Trumps
Friday, January 7th – Max McCall includes what you need to know about this matchup: game one matchups, sideboarding, post-board tactics, and more. Is your sideboard against Faeries and 4CC effective?
Inexorable Tech – It’s About Time (Spiral)
Friday, January 7th – There are tons of cards viable in Legacy now with Survival gone – Lewis is brewing up a storm and wants to play with some sweet new ones: Lotus Cobra, Time Spiral, Explore…Time to win SCG Open: Kansas City is now!
One Step Ahead – Aggressive Tendencies and Wargate with _ShipitHolla
Friday, January 7th – Gerry, SCG Invitational and GP Nashville champion, explains why attacking is miserable and interviews MTGO ringer and SCG Talent Search contestant, Michael Hetrick, about playing Wargate in the MTGO PTQ.
Magic Show Extra – Mark Rosewater Interview!
Friday, January 7th – In this Magic Show Extra, we sit down for a full half hour with the man at the helm of Magic design. We talk the long journey of poison, favorite designs, how they design Planeswalkers these days and more! Let’s go!
Stifle and Wasteland
Friday, January 7th – The 2011 Open Series kicks off with Kansas City this weekend, and Drew Levin teaches a valuable lesson about Stifle and Wasteland in the format and their usage in various decks throughout MTG history.
The Dragonmaster’s Lair – Better Beatdown!
Friday, January 7th – Brian Kibler loves attacking. He’s been piloting Zoo, Next Level Bant, and Doran to GP and PT Top 8s for years and wants to continue this trend with the latest Extended season. Watch out, Faeries.