Tuesday, July 13th – I will confess a weakness for Jund colors. I’ve been playing Mythic Bant in Standard recently, and although I love the idea of attacking with 17/17 Baneslayers, I really love the savagery of BRG, so I hope you’ll understand why I keep going back to the Kresh and Karrthus wells. This week, it was Karrthus.
Tuesday, July 13th – Magic is a complex game with a myriad of deck possibilities. Why, then, is it relatively easy to predict the archetypes you’re likely to face at any given tournament? Patrick Chapin discusses the art of deckbuilding and metagaming, and examines how the decline of the expert deck builder may be something we can exploit…
Tuesday, July 13th – Hall of Famer Olivier Ruel takes us through an 8-4 draft queue on Magic Online. He shares some comprehensive thoughts about both the picks and the games, and talks us through each step of the way! If you’re looking to improve your Limited game, this is the article series for you!
Tuesday, July 13th – Rise of the Eldrazi draft continues to excite players around the world, and Olivier Ruel is no exception. Today, he breaks down his favorite archetype in the format: UBR (Grixis) Control. He provides archetype analysis, strategic advice, and comprehensive common and uncommon pick orders. And he forces the archetype in the next edition of Drafting With Oli!
Tuesday, July 13th – Last November, when I was discussing the merits and weaknesses of Iona Oath compared to Dragon Oath, I was excited to find a Vintage top 8 in Manila, where Dragon Oath won a 46-player Vintage tournament; just as eye-catching, however, were three very similar Dredge decks that made the Top 8…
Tuesday, July 13th – If you are ahead on board, in order to survive, your opponents have to make unfavorable plays and non-beneficial trades. Which then gets you further ahead on board, making them have to take more unfavorable plays. Then you get even further ahead on board, and they have to take even more non-beneficial trades. And so on. Get it?
Monday, July 12th – While M10 sold in record Core Set numbers, it added very little to Vintage. M11, however, is a different story. Today, Stephen Menendian scours the set for the cards that’ll have an impact on Magic’s most powerful format. He also brings us his latest Complete Vintage Checklist![Editor’s Note: Patrick Chapin will be here later in the week!]
Monday, July 12th – Magic is an ever-changing game. Every three months, we get a new set of mostly new cards with which to tinker and play. Each set is meticulously examined by hundreds of thousands of players for potential in every format imaginable, be it Standard, Draft, Vintage, or EDH. Each format is similarly analyzed to try to find new trends, powerful new (or renewed) archetypes and other synergies.
Monday, July 12th – The thing about tilt is it seldom just grabs you and throttles you. That’d be easy to prepare for. You could tell when it was coming and try to cut it off. Occasionally tilt will surprise you when your opponent does something entirely inane and it works out, but even then, players with enough experience should be able to shrug off a single blow.
Monday, July 12th – Endlessly recurring skeletons, powerful Green enchantments on legs, and the best combo hoser we’ve seen yet? It’s all in M11, along with several other cool cards that could find a home in Legacy! This week, Doug looks over the full spoiler for the most likely Eternal candidates, pulling them out for in-depth analysis. Find out why Fauna Shaman resembles a certain Shards of Alara card more than Survival of the Fittest and much more, in this week’s Legacy’s Allure!
Monday, July 12th – M11 is here, but it will take a few weeks for the new cards to make an impact on the current Standard metagame. Antoine Ruel continues his Duel With Ruel series today with a look at Mythic Bant versus Turboland, two decks that promise much with the changes in the coming weeks…
Friday, July 9th – I haven’t been this excited for a set since Time Spiral block. I am a man who is easily impressed by nostalgia – one of the many reasons why Pogs make a common cameo in a vast majority of my jokes – and there are plenty of cards in M11 that pluck that particular heartstrings of mine.
Friday, July 9th – In this special 2-hour episode, the guys discuss the topic on everyone’s mind… the brilliance of M11!
Friday, July 9th – When M11 arrives, it rings the death knell from a selection of M10 cards that, come rotation, will disappear from Standard. Today, Sam Black looks at what’s coming and what’s going, and posits whether the color concerned has gained or lost in the exchange. White, Blue, and Black are offered up today, with the rest coming next week!
Friday, July 9th – Despite an excellent Magical history, Marijn Lybaert has never set his Nationals competition alight. By selecting Mono Red this year, however, he had the fire behind him to burn everything in his path. He tells his story today.
