Monday, June 28th – In today’s edition of The Combat Phase, Jamie Wakefield is doing what he does best – tweaking his Mono Green deck! He shares another entertaining slice of his life, alongside the usual cast of characters, and remakes his Green deck in his ongoing quest for Pro Tour Qualification.
Monday, June 28th – If you’ve been to a competitive event before, no doubt you’ve heard people complain. You probably have even done it yourself. Especially in recent formats with swingy strategies and mechanics, there are some times you can legitimately complain. If you don’t have the right draw to combat theirs, you’re just going to lose and there’s nothing you could have done about it. Or is there?
Friday, June 25th – This week, Joey and Bigheadjoe talk in-depth about the new Extended format and share three new M11 spoilers!
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Friday, June 25th – Antoine Ruel has spilled the beans on the NLB side of this matchup. It’s now Hall of Famer Raphael Levy’s turn to tell his story, with Mythic Conscription. If you’re planning on running either deck at this weekend’s StarCityGames.com Standard Open in St. Louis, this is the article series for you!
Friday, June 25th – M11 is shaping up to be an interesting set, and today’s exclusive preview card is no exception. Decent power / toughness, evasion, and card advantage in one tidy package: This is Hoarding Dragon!
Friday, June 25th – M11 is less than a month away, and our friends over at MTG Salvation are busy compiling all of the various cards being spoiled across the web. Today I have (hopefully) 3 new cards to look at and add to the list. Let’s look at some of them, as well as some of the other previously spoiled cards.
Friday, June 25th – Hello everybody, and welcome to another edition of the Magic Show… and boy, do I have a show for you. This week we’ve got a jaw-dropping preview from M11, along with a new Legacy banlist update and the biggest shakeup of Extended in years. You ready to dive in? Let’s go!
Friday, June 25th – Dave explored the new Extended format with an eye for cards that might be a good value to pick up now before things really take off.
Friday, June 25th – Wizards of the Coast has recently changed Extended with some sweeping changes of late, and everyone is ready to cram their old Standard strategies into the format. Of course, there’s more to “Double Standard†than Faeries, and Brian Kibler is here to remind us that there are a few approaches we can take when examining a Brand New Format.
Friday, June 25th – There’s quite a bit of EDH stuff to talk about, so this week’s column is going to be a bit scattershot, and I hope you’ll bear with me. There are new EDH bannings, first thoughts on Archenemy, a reboot for my EDH decks, and more!
Friday, June 25th – This weekend sees the StarCityGAmes.com Open Series return to St. Louis, and Antoine Ruel is here to help! Today, with the help of Raphael Levy, he throws two Bant powerhouses against each other: Next Level Bant and Mythic Conscription. Who will be the winner?
Thursday, June 24th – I am finalizing the list of the 32 best Standard decks of all time to compete in the Ultimate Standard Tournament. The tournament will start soon. This week, I’m looking at the decks that were Standard legal for a time, but had critical cards banned before the Standard season ended. These cards include Skullclamp in Affinity, Tolarian Academy in Academy decks, Memory Jar in JarGrim, and so on.
Thursday, June 24th – Like Extended, Legacy helps reassure people that their cards will retain value over time. The problem is, you don’t want to point at your evergreen format and show someone a totally different game of Magic than what they’re used to. You want beatdown strategies to be good.
Thursday, June 24th – In today’s Positive EV, Manuel Bucher looks at Rise of the Eldrazi Draft and modern Jund sideboard options in Standard. With the StarCityGames.com Standard Open in St. Louis this Saturday, those folk planning on playing the RGB Menace should take note… and if you fail in the main event, Manu has tips for the side drafts too!
