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Flow of Ideas – The New Face of Fauna Shaman: Darkvine

Monday, October 4th – Last week, I offered up three new decks. However, if the 2010’s were tomorrow, this is the deck I’d play. Not quite the usual cards you’d expect to see paired together with Lotus Cobra and Fauna Shaman, now, are they?

City of Brass – Riddle Me This

Monday, October 4th – Join returning writer, Andy Probasco, in his newest Vintage column! What has he been gushing about lately? Hmmm, more 2/1s for two? But not the ones you’re probably thinking of.

Scars of Mirrodin Set Review: I Came Back for This? (Artifact/Land)

Friday, October 1st – My hope is that this is part of a grand plan to scale back Magic’s power level. If not, I’ll forever wonder who called in the nerf brigade. This leaves the few cards that will determine the success or failure of Scars in Constructed.

Yo! MTG Taps! Episode #40 – Grindhouse

Friday, October 1st – Joey is joined by Kelly Reid to talk about the standouts from Scars of Mirrodin! Next, Bigheadjoe and Adam Styborski share some stories from Scars Prerelease events.

Innovations – Scars of Mirrodin Set Review Part 5

Friday, October 1st – The end of a saga! Chapin concludes with the black and blue cards of Scars of Mirrodin! He focuses on design for the upcoming Great Designer Search, while discussing the implications of infect and proliferate on Standard.

Too Much Information – Using Baltimore to Predict the New Standard

Friday, October 1st – Standard is rotating, and our resident number cruncher predicts what will be on top! What surprising deck does Jared think is going to be a player in the new format?

Flow of Ideas – Three (and a Half) New Standard Decks

Friday, October 1st – I have three and a half decklists in this article that I’ve been testing over the past five days. They’re not perfectly refined, but they’ve been performing well enough I feel confident putting them into your hands.

The Magic Show #208 – Scars of Mirrodin Standard Incoming!

Hello everybody and welcome to another edition of the Magic Show. This week we’ll see me gunslinging in LA, talk about Scars sealed, and look at some decks as we get ready for States next week. Let’s go!

The Dragonmaster’s Lair – Dragons and Angels?… Just Snakes and Jellyfish

Friday, October 1st – Yes, I’ve seen the new White Weenie/Artifact decks that can explode into an Argentum Armor with Quest for the Holy Relic. Yes, I’ve seen Koth. What I’m excited about, though, is Scroll Thief.

You Lika The Juice? Plundering Scars of Mirrodin for Your EDH Hoard

Friday, October 1st – Artifacts are sweet, because they can go into nearly any EDH deck — and when you have a set with so many artifacts, you can’t help but start adding cards to your EDH hoard.

Scars of Mirrodin Set Review: I Came Back for This? (Green)

Thursday, September 30th – Most of green is spent finding ways to prevent all the cards that are more or less “Beast!” from blurring together. It’s the ones willing to step outside that paradigm and work with the enemy that can hope to do something worthwhile…

Innovations – Scars of Mirrodin Set Review Part 4

Thursday, September 30th – Continuing the green and white set review in classic fashion, deck designer Patrick Chapin discusses Elspeth Tirel and why she’s overrated, a new multi-format hoser, Girl Scouts, and infinitely more.

MTGCast #256 – Little Debbie’s Dark Secret

Thursday, September 30th – It’s two-plus hours of podcastin’ with Robert, Marcel, Jack and Tom! We talk through our Scars of Mirrodin Prereleases, favorite cards, Limited archetypes, and more.

Ideas Unbound – Gauntlet for States!

Thursday, September 30th – I had no idea that States was so soon after the Scars release! Every day brings more and more brewing, and ideas are flying fast and furious. Today, I want to look at a bunch of potential decks for States.

One Step Ahead – Brewing Aggro Decks for States

Thursday, September 30th – In a new format, I typically build the fastest, most aggressive decks possible. Only then can I understand what to expect. Once I know which aggro decks are good and what I’ll have to play against, then I can go about building a control deck.