Thursday, April 15th – Every morning for the last week I have been very excited about waking up. I throw off the covers, jog down to the computer, and open up the spoiler for Rise of the Eldrazi. There’s something fun about seeing each new card and thinking about whether it will be playable, how it will be good, and what it will do to the formats it can be played in.
Wednesday, April 14th – Vintage maestro Stephen Menendian recently took his favorite deck – The Perfect Storm – to a local Vintage tournament. He put up a strong finish, and today he takes us through the highs and lows of each card drawn and thought made in his customary exacting style.
Wednesday, April 14th – Since you’re reading this website, you probably like Magic, and like to be successful at the game. At the top, that means Pro Points, but not all Pro Points are created equal. Where are you most likely to pick up ‘cheap’ Points, and where on Earth does The Hardest Pro Point reside? The answers, or at least some of them, are right here.
Wednesday, April 14th – Rise of Eldrazi will be in our eager hands thus weekend, for Limited prerelease play across the world… but for some, that isn’t enough! In today’s Wescoe Connection, Craig discusses a few powerful new strategies and decks that are poised to emerge from the Standard metagame upheaval that’s mere days away!
Wednesday, April 14th – The Rise of the Eldrazi Prerelease is but days away, and by now it should be abundantly clear what this set is bringing to the table: the biggest, baddest fatties the game has ever seen. It comes as no surprise that cards like Emrakul and Ulamog shatter our preconceptions about what is possible from a creature in Magic, and I for one am pretty optimistic about their impact on all aspects of play.
Wednesday, April 14th – Recently, I had purchased some Portal cards from SCG, and I was using my 15-20 minutes of bathtime to ensure that the whole delivery had arrived by checking the cards. While I was doing this, suddenly an idea came to me. What if I built a Five Color deck with nothing but cards from the starter sets?
Tuesday, April 13th – The results of the Embracing… Everything contest are in! Read on to find out who took the prizes.
Tuesday, April 13th – The Rise of the Eldrazi prerelease is on the horizon, and the huge and wobbly monsters are getting everyone excited. In today’s Black Magic, Sam Black brainstorms around a selection of the more seductive cards, suggesting where they might find a home in the coming Standard metagame.
Tuesday, April 13th – In his debut article for StarCityGames.com, Kyle Boggemes discusses the strategy behind the recent innovation in Extended Zoo: Congregation at Dawn. With Magic Online tournaments leading up to the End of Season Championship, is this new Zoo direction the Real Deal?
Tuesday, April 13th – In the second half of his Deck Tech article on the fascinating Blue Lands strategy in Legacy, Doug looks at how to sideboard against the most popular decks in the format. While he usually brings in the same four or five cards every time, what he takes out for them might surprise you! Finds out when Lands is the aggressor and when it has to slow-roll an opponent. Consider how Rishadan Port slows down Reanimator and why Smokestack beats up on CounterTop decks. Get specific and detailed sideboarding advice, along with mulligan tips and sample hands, in this week’s Legacy’s Allure!
Tuesday, April 13th – There is a type of time in Magic writing that I call “The Lull.†It’s when there aren’t really any relevant formats to talk about. The PTQ season is over and the new set isn’t released so I can’t talk about the upcoming formats with any actual knowledge. There aren’t real tournaments happening so tournament reports aren’t an option either.
Monday, April 12th – Last week, we left off with Starship Troopers after an 8-1 record on the first day of Grand Prix: Houston. Now, Grand Prix tournaments are incredibly large compared to most Magic tournaments, which makes making Top 8 that much more difficult. With that said, I knew that doing well on Day 2 would be very hard, since those remaining in the tournament were probably solid players.
Monday, April 12th – In this week’s edition of Innovations, Patrick Chapin looks at some of the spoiled cards from Rise of the Eldrazi, and investigates their possible impact on upcoming Constructed tournaments.
Monday, April 12th – At Grand Prix: Brussels, Manuel Bucher played his Master Jund list, and narrowly missed out on Day 2 play. Today, he tales us through the matches, the sideboarding, and the changes he’d make in the current climate. With the Standard format set to change in a few weeks with the introduction of Rise of the Eldrazi, will Jund still be the top dog?
Monday, April 12th – Before Grand Prix: Oakland, Conley Woods showed me his Bant deck and I opted not to play it. Naturally, Conley made Top 8 and I didn’t make Day 2. But this wasn’t the first time that had happened either…
