Wednesday, April 28th – Gerry Thompson is planning to play his current pet deck at the upcoming StarCityGames.com Standard Open in Atlanta this weekend. In preparation for the event, he’s examined a number of archetypes in the current metagame, and today’s edition of One Step Ahead sees him share the lessons he’s learned thus far.
Wednesday, April 28th – I asked Patrick the question, “Would it be greedy to play only one copy of your win condition?” His respose, “I don’t think it would be greedy, I think it would be foolish.” We went on to discuss that See Beyond, the card which enables you to eject your win condition from your hand back into your deck, makes it less bad to draw a copy of your win condition.
Wednesday, April 28th – Dealing 3 damage is worth more than gaining 3 life. You want to wait to chump block as long as possible. Once you’re at an arbitrarily large life total, it no longer matters how much it is exactly. These are all accepted truths about Magic…
Wednesday, April 28th – Hello folks, and welcome to the column dedicated to the casual side of life. And Magic. Rise of the Eldrazi looks like a great set, and to celebrate, let’s build decks around some new cards! Today’s article is simple enough. I aim to find cards I want to build around, and then I build around them. Yay decks!
Tuesday, April 27th – Last time out, Pro Tour Hall of Famer Zvi Mowshowitz examined Rise of the Eldrazi with the mana in mind. Today, he turns his gimlet gaze toward the wobbliest of the cards the set has to offer: the mammoth Eldrazi themselves!
Tuesday, April 27th – UW Control has been the deck over the last week, sweeping all of the online PTQ. Last week, I wrote an article on my take for UW Control without Baneslayer Angel. Apparently, all three versions that won PTQ’s played Baneslayer Angel, and made me eat my words. But what can we discern from the fact that all three winners were playing Baneslayer Angel?
Tuesday, April 27th – After taking a week off of EDH League for visiting family, I was once again ready to dive into slinging the 100 card decks. Although I’ll play Kenny’s contest-winning deck a few more times in the league, it felt like it had been such a long time since I had played Kresh, I was itching to trot it out.
Tuesday, April 27th – There are many ways to gain an edge in competitive Magic. In today’s illuminating edition of The Nose Knows, Kyle Boggemes counts down the first five of his Ten Card Commandments, each one a surefire tip that’ll improve your game and help propel you to the next level. Do you have what it takes to be the best? Read on to find out!
Tuesday, April 27th – Yes, I know what you’re thinking: “not another article about Jund!†Unfortunately, Jund has warped Standard so much that with every new set release literally the only thing most of us care about is whether or not Jund will be knocked off its throne. That being said, has Rise of the Eldrazi finally done it? I’m not sure yet, but I will say that Jund itself will need to work much harder for its wins now more than ever.
Tuesday, April 27th – In today’s edition of Sullivan Library, Adrian Sullivan has Standard on his mind. He looks at the latest slew of results from the Magic Online PTQs, examines the online dominance of U/W Control, and suggests a new configuration for Jund…
Monday, April 26th – Legacy, it seems, has never been so popular. With events such as the StarCityGames.com Legacy Open events occurring throughout the year, interest in this Eternal format is at an all-time high. Today, Stephen Menendian examines the Rise of the Eldrazi cards that are likely to make a splash in Legacy, before updating his comprehensive Legacy Playable cardlist.
Monday, April 26th – If you want to learn what Zvi Mowshowitz thinks Now, you know what to do. If you want to learn what Zvi Mowshowitz thought Then, he’s written a book to help. Rich goes inside the pages, and finds out why Then is every bit as important as Now.
Monday, April 26th – With Rise of the Eldrazi now officially in the Standard mix, Patrick Chapin examines three decks that have huge potential in the evolving metagame. Are Jund’s days of dominance finally coming to an end? Let Patrick lead the way…
Monday, April 26th – King of the Fatties Jamie Wakefield makes a triumphant return to Magic, happily embracing a Standard environment that appears tailor-made for his particular brand of beating down. In the first of a new column, he explains the reasons behind his return, and looks at the new Green cards with desire. Welcome back Jamie!
Monday, April 26th – This was my last chance. The numbers were clear: play Dark Depths and you are likely to qualify. Good players with Depths dominated the top 32 of Houston. People just didn’t respect the deck. Playing anything else was just irrational.
