Thursday, December 23rd – SCG Invitational winner Gerry Thompson takes a fresh look at Standard now that Worlds has come and gone. He reviews all of the decks and their position in the metagame and includes a new Valakut list!
Thursday, December 23rd – The “Lowest Rated Player at Worlds” entered the tournament having barely touched the paper cards. Experience Magic backwards with MTGO grinder Bing Luke, who goes from PC to paper.
Thursday, December 23rd – Data-cruncher and lover of numbers, Alexander Shearer examines the Worlds data and looks at the rogue decklists that may be the perfect metagame tools to take down your next Standard event!
Wednesday, December 22nd – I have put together a pretty saucy deck featuring Intet, the Dreamer. It’s quite strong and has done quite well when I’ve played it. And I absolutely hate it. Let me tell you why.
Wednesday, December 22nd – Michael Jacob records Constructed videos of a Standard Daily Event with Guillaume Matignon’s winning U/B Control list. Watch the DarkestMage, as he recounts his matches in high res!
Wednesday, December 22nd – Kevin An talks robots. Transformers, Voltron, …? More like Ornithopters and Mox Opals! Read about the Tempered Steel deck in Extended – Affinity without affinity!
Wednesday, December 22nd – Our newest Hall of Famer and two time Pro Tour Champion Gabriel “YellowHat” Nassif, was inducted at Worlds in Chiba and shares his experiences and his updated lists for U/B Control and Extended Valakut in this amazing report.
Wednesday, December 22nd – Looks like U/B Control is top dog in Standard after Worlds, and Dan Jordan is looking ahead to strategies and decks to beat the new menace. Check out his updates to RUG and U/B Control!
Tuesday, December 21st – Running in both Worlds and the Magic Online Championship Series was no cakewalk. Reid Duke competed in four different formats in three days. Read the highlights of his matches in this epic report.
Tuesday, December 21st – Expectations and optimism at an all-time low, Raphael Levy battles both his opponents and his self-esteem at the Worlds front. But at the end of Day 2, he realizes something…
Tuesday, December 21st – EFro, poker pro, has come back to Magic and is wrecking the scene. He played Conley Woods’ Necrotic Ooze combo deck for Extended. Read about this crazy brew and EFro’s Top 8 games with R/B Vampires.
Tuesday, December 21st – Brian DeMars concocts a sweet Vintage Control deck which he uses to win a local proxy “20-man/all-ringers” tournament. Who doesn’t love a good Mana Drain?
Tuesday, December 21st – Ali Aintrazi finished at an impressive 19th at the largest stage in Magic and writes about his U/W Control Standard deck and his 4-Color Control deck for Extended, where he didn’t drop a single match!
Monday, December 20th – Want a new way to playtest your cube? Thea suggests building constructed decks out of your cube decks to both test the cube and introduce the cube to new players! Try it on your own cube!
Monday, December 20th – How can you be a hero in the Standard format? Patrick Chapin feels it’s time for you to step up and find the fringe strategies to take down the powerhouses in Standard, as laid out in this article.
