Wednesday, October 14th – Pro Tour: Austin begins later this week, and Manuel Bucher is ready for action! Today, he walks us through a selection of decks that he believes will make a splash on the Extended Metagame Radar. Zoo, Hypergenesis, Blue decks, even Elves… What will take the crown when the dust settles?
Wednesday, October 14th – Kyle Sanchez rounds out his Test Decks With Zendi Cards series with a look at the Standard decks he plans to run at the Pro Tour: Austin Last Chance Qualifier this coming weekend. Red/White Aggro, Bant, Control, and Mono Black Control… which will he choose for the tournament?
Wednesday, October 14th – 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, October 14th – The PTQ season is about to get rolling, and I’ve got my first one this coming weekend. Zendikar Limited has yet to disappoint, and I feel as though the sealed format in particular is incredibly balanced.
Wednesday, October 14th – You are a terrible Magic Player. Don’t worry, you’re not alone. Pretty much every player who plays Magic is horrible at it. I’m definitely in that group of horrible players, but then again, it’s a pretty big group. The worst part is, we don’t just suck in one way. We suck in multiple ways.
Wednesday, October 14th – Typically, the week after doing my set review, I write an article using the latest cards in decks. I see no need to break with tradition, so allow me to build some decks for you today!
Wednesday, October 14th – This week, the MTGCast posse discuss EDH, Zendikar, the StarCityGames.com $5000 Standard Open, Mark Rosewater, and much more!
Tuesday, October 13th – Last weekend, the StarCityGames.com $5000 Standard Open brought us the first foray into the new Standard metagame. Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa takes a look at the Top 8 decks from the tournament, and shares his thoughts on how the metagame will develop…
Tuesday, October 13th – The Standard metagame is currently forming thanks to tournaments like the StarCityGames.com $5000 Standard Open. Sam Black looks at the current state of Standard, with reference to last Saturday’s Open in Philadelphia. He suggests that the demise of Blue is greatly overstated, and believes that lifegain is a much maligned resource…
Tuesday, October 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, October 13th – I have this sinking feeling that Hypergenesis is going to be “the deck” at the Pro Tour, since it is a combo that takes little effort to assemble, and all of the hate cards can be easily foiled. Luckily for Hypergenesis, most of the Blue-Goyf decks are a tad too slow to compete with some of the other combo decks, which may leave them with a ridiculously unprepared metagame come the PT.
Tuesday, October 13th – Doug pores over all sixteen top decks from this past weekend’s Legacy event in Philadelphia to highlight why strategies worked and the latest tech from recent sets. See how Bloodghast has changed how Dredge plays out and the new adoption in CounterTop decks that puts them back on the map. Doug considers decks packing lots of cards from Zendikar and M10, like an innovative Vampire Hexmage/Dark Depths combo deck. Check out how your favorite deck performed in this week’s Legacy’s Allure!
Tuesday, October 13th – Going in to this article, I knew I was going to have two choices. Two experiences from which to draw for this column. I knew I probably wouldn’t get a chance to look at the top decks from the StarCityGames.com $5000 Standard Open in Philadelphia so I was down to regaling you with one of my Magical experiences from this past weekend…
Monday, October 12th – Patrick Chapin, currently winging his way to Pro Tour: Austin, weighs in with a split article covering both Zendikar Draft and Standard Control! He shares his thoughts on the forty-card format before turning his eye to Gavin Verhey’s Grixis Sphinx Control deck…
Monday, October 12th – At a recent Legacy tournament, Stephen Menendian did very badly. Today, he’s attempting to redress the balance. He takes his Counterbalance Top deck and thrashes it out against the major players in the metagame, sharing his match and play data along the way. Can he redress the balance?
