Tuesday, February 9th – Week 3 of the Armada Games EDH League demonstrated just how out of hand the format can get in the wacky and wild. It got so wacky and wild that I actually couldn’t keep up writing fast enough to record everything that went on – and you’ll see why.
Tuesday, February 9th – In preparation for the approaching Pro Tour in San Diego, Sam Black is in an unusual position. He is currently unaffiliated with a team, and thus he’s able to share his decklists and thoughts on the Standard format so far! In this edition of Black Magic, he shares five popular strategies, updated with the new cards…
Tuesday, February 9th – Join Rich on a PTQ Pilgrimage to the tournament that matters more to more players than any other, in the quest for the fable blue envelope. If you’ve played in them, you’ll know what he’s talking about. If you haven’t, this is what’s in store on your way to the Big Show.
Tuesday, February 9th – With Merfolk being one of the most popular Legacy decks, the mirror match is bound to happen at an event and this week, Doug pulls the cover off of this peculiar match. Find out what cards are great in the mirror, which ones are merely playable and which ones you should cut with abandon! Get a take on how to evaluate opening hands and reminders for the strange combat math that Merfolk Lords create. Get tactical sideboarding advice and more in this week’s Legacy’s Allure!
Tuesday, February 9th – Limited formats are much harder to mine data from because the decklists at top events are so seemingly random. Each Top 8 booster draft will obviously contain different cards, such is the appeal of Limited. We can’t make results-based generalities like “in M10 Limited Blue/White is better than Mono Black†from a single event because in each draft the archetypes will have different cards making them up.
Tuesday, February 9th – Everflowing Chalice is a curious card. A lot of folk think this is no more than a terrible Mind Stone, while others believe that a terrible Mind Stone is actually very desirable. Adrian Sullivan believes it could open up a slew of cool interactions, and he brainstorms the subject today.
Monday, February 8th – With tournament results flowing in unlike any other time in Magic history (due to Magic Online results), we are given constant updates on archetypes, card changes, and trends on what particular decks are popular or dying in popularity. As of right now, there are plenty of viable archetypes, so finding the right one for you is the real problem.
Monday, February 8th – Worldwake is here, and its impact on Constructed is beginning to filter through. Today, Stephen Menendian looks at the Worldwake cards he believes with impact the increasingly popular Legacy format. He also updates his excellent Complete Legacy Checklist!
Monday, January 8th – With Grand Prix: Oakland this coming weekend, Patrick Chapin investigates a some interesting approaches to the format, powered by the planeswalker of the moment: Jace, the Mind Sculptor! With New Jace set to kick Standard into the stratosphere, will he do the same to Extended? Read on to find out!
Monday, February 8th – There are essentially three phases to decks in Extended. They move to the point where they’re unknown and good, to where they’re on the uprise and still good because people aren’t prepared for them yet, and when they’ve hit their peak and bad to play because people are now overly prepared for them.
Monday, February 8th – The best opening I got for this article is to start singing “A Whole New Worldwake” like I’m Aladdin, since Rosewater stole the Wham! reference I was planning on making. I guess there’s some relevance to “We Are The Worldwake;” did Rosewater use that when he introduced the design team? No? I guess I should be happy that all the good puns aren’t gone by now.
Friday, February 5th – While I think that Worldwake has brought a scrumptious plateful of treats to appease our appetite for Standard change, I don’t believe it will have nearly as big an impact on Extended. That’s not too surprising, as any new set has to contend with about triple the number of cards in Extended as compared to Standard.
Friday, February 5th – Earlier this week, the Ruel brothers played out fifty Extended games that pitched Thopter Depths against Scapeshift. Antoine shared the events from the Shapeshift perspective on Wednesday; Oli does the same for the Thopter Depths fans today!
Friday, February 5th – Manuel Bucher takes up his 6-0 Extended deck from Worlds, makes a few changes, and throws it against all comers in the MTGO Constructed queues! Does it still prove to be a contender in this combo-heavy metagame? Read on to find out!
Friday, February 5th – Extended is proving to be a format in which any deck can flourish… at least, that was the case before Thopter Depths became dominant. Nevertheless, knowledge of any deck can take the pilot over the top. Today, Gerard Fabiano brings us his intriguing Death Cloud deck, alongside a funky PTQ-winning offering from Ken Adams!
