Wednesday, January 6th – With the StarCityGames.com Dallas / Fort Worth Open weekend mere days away, Manuel Bucher has something different for Standard: Five-Color Creatures! Utilizing the strongest guys in the format, is this latest brew strong enough to take home the prize this weekend? Read on to find out!
Wednesday, January 6th – 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!
Wednesday, January 6th – And just like that, the first week of Extended PTQs has come and gone. In order to better prepare for the future metagame, it’s important to take a good hard look at the results from last weekend. Let’s get started!
Wednesday, January 6th – At the beginning of 2009, I had a lot of goals before me, and I laid them out in an article, so that I and my readers could see what I hoped for in the coming year. This week, I’m going to lay out what my goals were from 2009, whether or not I achieved those goals, and then what goals are coming forth for 2010.
Wednesday, January 6th – I want to introduce you to an old subject. Today’s deck may need no introduction to older readers of my column. However, the last article I wrote on Equinaut was back in January of 07, three years ago. It’s time for an update on my favorite 60-card deck of all time.
Wednesday, January 6th – For the second week of his daily Twelve Decks of Christmas article series, Rich Hagon brings us Runeflare, Boros Bushwhacker, Vampires, and much more!
Wednesday, January 6th – In this week’s edition of MTGCast, the gus discuss Worldwake spoilers, From the Vault: Relics, Player Reward cards, the StarCityGames.com Los Angeles Open weekend, EDH, and much more!
Wednesday, January 6th – With the StarCityGames.com Open Series calling in his home town this coming weekend, Kyle Sanchez is ready to rock out with his customary rogue brew! Today, he shares a pair of tasty decks for the Standard portion of the weekend. Which will he choose for the actual tournament? Read on to find out!
Tuesday, January 5th – This past weekend, Luis Scott-Vargas rocked through the field at the StarCityGames.com Los Angeles Standard Open, piloting a powerful UWR Control deck that posted great numbers against the metagame. Today, Sam Black analyses the numbers behind the tournament, and suggests why Vargas’s UWR could spell a New Age of Standard for the StarCityGames.com Dallas / Fort Worth Open this coming weekend…
Tuesday, January 5th – Hot off the heels of a great Enchantress performance at the StarCityGames.com Los Angeles Legacy Open, Doug explores how to build an Enchantress deck to beat an expected metagame. Using Stephen Menendian’s innovative deckbuilding process, Doug walks the reader through expected matches and the key cards, culminating in a composite assembled to beat those specific matches. Get critical information on one of Legacy’s great under-the-radar decks, all in this week’s Legacy’s Allure!
Tuesday, January 5th – Christmas is over. The leftover turkey has been picked clean. There’s a lull in Magic activity thanks to the holiday season. And all there is to see out Dave’s back window is snow, snow, and more snow.
Tuesday, January 5th – For the second week of his daily Twelve Decks of Christmas article series, Rich Hagon brings us Runeflare, Boros Bushwhacker, Vampires, and much more!
Tuesday, January 5th – Playtesting is the foundation for efficient Magic improvement, but the playtesting process can be flawed from the start. Without concentrating on the basics behind practice, any gains we make will be stood on shaky ground. Olivier Ruel sets out some playtesting basics, sharing tips to maximize our time and efforts.
Monday, January 4th – While the amount of Magic lingo centered on theory continues to expand at an exponential rate, such language for the subject of deckbuilding is relatively sparse. Today, Patrick Chapin discusses ideas first suggested by George Baxter, ideas that help clarify deckbuilding technique. He also discusses a selection of spoiled Worldwake cards! [Warning! Contains Spoilers.]
Monday, January 4th – With yesterday’s StarCityGames.com Legacy Open in Los Angeles fresh on our minds, Stephen Menendian takes a fresh look at the CounterTop archetype for Legacy play. Using his excellent Five-Step construction process, he rebuilds the deck for 2010, and runs it through a local tournament to a promising result…
