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SCG Talent Search – Should Magic: The Gathering Be An Olympic Sport?

Wednesday, January 12th – Pedro Alvarado made it to the Top 8 of the SCG Talent Search, and this week, does something completely different. He asks a simple question: Should Magic be an Olympic sport?

SCG Talent Search – A Limited Article: How It All Began

Wednesday, January 12th – Jon Corpora is one of our Top 8 contestants in the SCG Talent Search! After his rocky start in Magic, Jon made it to the ripe age of fourteen never having played Limited. It’s for lucksacks anyway, right?

SCG Talent Search – Something Old, Something New, But Nothing Blue!

Wednesday, January 12th – Jon Agley has made it to the Top 8 of the SCG Talent Search! He brings us some new spins on old decks in Standard and Extended, including Boros, Kuldotha Red, and White Weenie. Make sure to vote!

SCG Talent Search – Alterations: Minion of Argyle

Wednesday, January 12th – Jeremy Froggatt, the card alterer, has made it to the Top 8 of the SCG Talent Search! Steve Argyle, who has drawn cards like Admonition Angel and Everflowing Chalice, joins in for a special interview.

Vintage Avant-Garde – The Legacy Power Nine

Wednesday, January 12th – The Power Nine dominate in Vintage, but what are the Legacy equivalents to the Power Nine? What are the format defining cards? Brian DeMars lists his Legacy Power Nine.

The Long and Winding Road – The Q4 Vintage Metagame Report

Tuesday, January 11th – Prepare yourself for this article, data lovers. Matt Elias breaks down all the recent major and minor Vintage tournaments. See what the major decks are and which decks are over- and under-performing.

City of Brass – Grudge Match 2: A Vintage Love Story

Tuesday, January 11th – Andy Probasco tells an epic tale about a tournament in New York where he played against monkeys and lost five cards from his deck with Power in it, all while playing some exciting matches and making deep plays.

Sullivan Library – The New World: Extended As Super Standard

Tuesday, January 11th – Adrian Sullivan gives a vast overview of Extended, comparing the decks to their Standard counterparts – it’s a New World. But not too new.

Good Players and Bad Habits

Tuesday, January 11th – Adam Prosak has used the Fearless Magical Inventory over the years to vastly improve his game, and he wants to help you out by pointing out mistakes he constantly sees players making that hold them back.

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.

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.