Thursday, March 4th – The forums have been crying out for it, and Cedric has delivered! After posting a heartbreaking 9th-place finish at Grand Prix: Oakland, Cedric Phillips presents a comprehensive primer on the Extended Dredge strategy. Card choices, matchups, sideboarding, and play tips… it’s all here!
Thursday, March 4th – After Grand Prix: Oakland, Pro Tour: San Diego, Grand Prix: Madrid, and the two StarCityGames.com Opens in Richmond (Standard and Legacy), the Standard metagame has shifted, Extended has gotten hot-and-heavy, and several newer Legacy contenders have taken a large step forward. Find out which cards are having a significant shift in value right now, in today’s edition of Insider Trading!
Wednesday, March 3rd – In this week’s edition of MTGCast, the talk centers on the recently-spoiled Kozilek, Butcher of Truth! There’s also talk on Worldwake Gateway promos, the side events at Pro Tour: San Diego, and more!
Wednesday, March 3rd – After a prolongued break from the game, Craig Wescoe returned with a passion to crack the higher levels of the game. After a sterling performance at Pro Tour: San Diego, he’s on the way to doing exactly that! Today, he shares his journey…
Wednesday, March 3rd – Magic is a complicated game, and becoming good at it is exceptionally difficult to the unprepared mind. It requires a drive – a desire – and a whole lot of patience. Still, you’ve heard all that before. And, incidentally, you’ve probably heard everything I’m about to tell you in this article before, too. Regardless, though, I feel like there is still much to be said.
Wednesday, March 3rd – For the previous articles in this series, Antoine and his playtest pal have concentrated on Extended. Today, they visit the Standard shores, testing the metagame monster Jund versus Antoine’s take on the Open The Vaults deck that cracked the Top 8 in San Diego…
Wednesday, March 3rd – Extended is probably my favorite format. Enough cards to support a diversity of strategies, and yet a ruthless ecosystem in which only the strongest will thrive. A nice feature is that the consistency in the card base means that the format has a strong continuity from year to year, such that if you knew what was going on the year before, you probably have a good handle on what is going on this season…
Wednesday, March 3rd – Back in 2007, I wrote an article that changed the way some people played Magic. During 2008, I twice revisited the series with errata and optional changes. However, since then? There have been numerous sets released, and now there are questions…
Tuesday, March 2nd – Last week, Magic Legend Zvi Mowshowitz discussed the creation and card choices of his powerful Standard creature-based Mythic deck. Today, he shares his comprehensive sideboard plans for a plethora of important matchups, and presents a bounty of excellent advice across the board.
Tuesday, March 2nd – After a week off EDH League to attend Pro Tour: San Diego, I was back at the Armada Games Thursday EDH League. I was hoping to devour quite a few brains, but as you’ll see, things didn’t quite work out the way I had hoped.
Tuesday, March 2nd – Sam Black made the long trip to Grand Prix: Madrid, looking to make the top table with his Lands deck. While he didn’t quite crack the Top 8, he did make Day 2, posting a healthy finish in the world’s largest Magic tournament. He shares his highs and lows today.
Tuesday, March 2nd – Hi, my name is Matt, and I play Dredge. Last Saturday, 82 players competed in the Vintage portion of the Philly Open V at the Philadelphia Convention Center, making for one of the larger American Vintage tournaments of the past year…
Tuesday, March 2nd – In his first article for StarCityGames.com, AJ Sacher makes his introductions before turning his eye to some of the more underappreciated cards in Zendikar Limited. Are simple-sounding cards such as Bog Tatters multi-layered after all? Read on to find out!
Monday, March 1st – After Day 1 of the Pro Tour in San Diego, murmurs could be heard that Jund was dead, and everyone heralded a new era full of Wild Nacatls and Jace, the Mind Sculptor. However, when the dust cleared and the last few rounds of Standard commenced, Jund was scattered across many top tables, and eventually put multiple copies into the Top 8.
Monday, March 1st – A few weeks ago, Stephen Menendian was summoned to WotC Headquarters to discuss reprints and the reserve list, among other things. Today, Stephen reveals where he stands on the subject, and presents an interesting photo essay from his time in the Dream Factory…
