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Always Order Your Ticket In Advance – Building Decks Around a Linchpin

Thursday, September 23rd – What’s a linchpin? It’s the focus of every deck, as well as the path to victory. Michael Jacob’s second article on StarCityGames.com gives you both the theoretical and practical know-how to build your decks right!

Ideas Unbound – What Can We Learn From Baltimore?

Thursday, September 23rd – The immediate impact of StarCityGames.com Open: Baltimore is unclear. What decks will be popular going forward? Which lists should be used for gauntlet testing? Let’s do some analyzin’.

The Justice League – Coming Off the Sidelines into Day Two

Thursday, September 23rd – A fish out of water, judge James Elliot jumps into the arena of Grand Prix Portland after vowing to redeem his brethren.

One Step Ahead – Green Is the Best

Thursday, September 23rd – Gerry Thompson explains why green is the best color in Standard and provides the decklist he would’ve taken to StarCityGames.com Open: Baltimore!

Drafting With Anton – M11 #4!

Thursday, September 23rd – Follow Pro Anton Jonsson’s draft pick-by-pick! This time, he has nothing but Plains in his deck – will Inspired Charge and Sun Titan get him there?

Constructed Criticism – Eldrazi for a New World

Wednesday, September 22nd – There’s a reason that Eldrazi Ramp was one of the biggest contenders in Zendikar Block Constructed, and you have so many new weapons to combat the elements you couldn’t effectively fight before.

Embracing the Chaos – Kresh Dreams Too

Wednesday, September 22nd – In his 50th installment, the king of EDH crushes with Kresh the Bloodbraided!

Black Magic – A Return to Standard and a Call to Sideboard Differently

Wednesday, September 22nd – What is your play style and how does it affect deckbuilding? And how often should you sideboard out lands? It might be more often than you think!

Drafting With Oli – M11 #5

Wednesday, September 22nd – Follow Hall of Famer Olivier Ruel, pick by pick, as he drafts the Elixir of Immortality deck!

Legacy’s Allure – Merfolk Ascendant!

Wednesday, September 22nd – This was the Best Week Ever for little blue fish in Baltimore, with the deck placing in five top spots at the StarCityGames.com Legacy Open tournament. But what other decks were there?

Thirst for Knowledge – On Planeswalkers and Set Design

Wednesday, September 22nd – Let me tell you the personal experience that I recently had with a fledgling custom set and the observations I made playing with it.

Sullivan Library – The Killing Fog: A Different Take on Standard U/W

Wednesday, September 22nd – This Turbo Fog deck doesn’t attempt to merely endure; it attempts to kill.

Reflecting Ruel – How Much Fun Can You Have With A Deck?

Tuesday, September 21st – Ruel talks about how he’d update his Pro Tour Amsterdam 5-Color Control deck!

Meet Your New Lords – Grand Architect Decks In Legacy!

Tuesday, September 21st – Grand Architect just screams “Painter’s Grindstone” to me. But can we take a Tier 2 Legacy deck and make it Tier 1 with this new Scars of Mirrodin card?

The Long and Winding Road – The One Where Elias Battles Menendian

Tuesday, September 21st – Stephen and I had never played a game of Magic against each other, so it seemed fitting that our first match would be at my first Waterbury.