Friday, October 8th – How does Brian Kibler manage to run so bad on his travels? It’s a mystery. But what’s a deeper puzzle is Scars of Mirrodin Draft. What does he find to be the best strategy when drafting Scars?
Friday, October 8th – Infect… poison… necrotic ooze… sometimes in the wee hours of the night, waking from a fevered slumber, I don’t know if a nurse battling the Super Flu during the first third of The Stand, or brewing something deadly for States.
Friday, October 8th – Innovation is a double-edged sword. The vast majority of all innovation is negative. But each time you fail and learn what doesn’t work, you get closer to what does work… Adam Prosak provides 6 Standard decklists for your pleasure!
Thursday, October 7th – Frost Titan is the man. He’s basically Angel of Despair, but you can pick a new target every turn if your opponent has a bigger threat. Combine with Ruinblaster and Leak on ramp spells to make sure that your ramp opponents never get to six mana…
Thursday, October 7th – Scars is a weak set. I like weak sets. I just wish they made more of them in a row. Power creep is a bad thing. The most powerful cards of old are crap compared to cards available in Standard? Really? That seems wrong.
Thursday, October 7th – Gerard Fabiano, who made Top 8 of US Nationals with U/W Control, brings us another unique take on the archetype, one that can crush the major green decks in Standard.
Thursday, October 7th – Chris Jobin goes over the four real decks in Standard. Which one should you be playing this weekend at States? What are the four key cards of the format?
Thursday, October 7th – For someone who hates red as much as I do, I sure am playing it a lot recently. What if I told you I have a red deck with a good early game, a good mid game, and a good late game?
Thursday, October 7th – Swedish Pro Anton Jonsson has to make some difficult decisions in today’s M11 draft. Follow him pick by pick, as he examines his every pick and every play!
Wednesday, October 6th – The verdict is in! Primeval Titan is the best card in Standard by a mile, and it isn’t slowing down. What does this mean for you and your 2010 Championships this weekend? It means you should either be gunning for Primeval Titans, or siding with the Axis of Primeval.
Wednesday, October 6th – One of the things EDH deckbuilders must accept is that there are more good cards than room in decks. Picking exactly which can be an exercise in agony. Let me add some to that agony by giving you 99 more ideas for consideration.
Wednesday, October 6th – I’m not someone people usually think of as a deckbuilder. I never really encourage other people to play my decks. Today we’re going to do things a little differently.
Wednesday, October 6th – Noah Weil is a lean, mean drafting machine! Follow his first M11 draft on StarCityGames.com pick by pick.
Wednesday, October 6th – Tom, Jack, and Robert bring you a more laid-back episode. Tom’s notes apparently got lost in another dimension.
Wednesday, October 6th – LSV once got Devon to 4 life and also gave him 9 poison counters; someone joked that he was going for the “double up.†Why stop there? Why not use a Sign in Blood to kill via decking and damage with nine poison?
