Wednesday, October 7th – Zendikar is here, and Kyle has more standard decks for our consumption! Today, he tackles a selection of Red strategies, a funky artifact build, and a Five-Color Green Mana Ramp deck. With this weekend’s StarCityGames.com $5000 Standard Open in Philadelphia on the horizon, does Kyle have the key to the current Standard kingdom?
Wednesday, October 7th – I’ve known many players in my years spent playing Magic that have told me that they enjoy Limited far more than Constructed, and I’ve personally just never felt that way. Even when Standard degenerated into a joke like Lorwyn Standard, I still would rather sleeve up 60-card decks as opposed to a draft deck. While that hasn’t necessarily changed for me, Zendikar is beginning to show me why so many players worldwide value Limited so highly.
Wednesday, October 7th – Zendikar Prereleases and Launch parties have passed, and we’re now getting into the Constructed portion of our thinking. However, there are still plenty of people drafting out there. My store, which normally has preferred Constructed for their regularly scheduled programming, is actually planning to rotate between Constructed and Draft every other week. Zendikar is a hit, and people everywhere are wanting to draft.
Wednesday, October 7th – Today, I want to do my regular review of the latest set with an eye towards Five Color and other casual formats, like Peasant and Pauper-Prismatic-Singleton online, highlander, multiplayer and more. Instead of a typical set review, which lists every single card and then says whether they are good or not, I am just going to mention the hits. These are the cards I expect to see played regularly.
Tuesday, October 6th – When a new set hits the Constructed scene, its fresh mechanics have the potential to cause a mighty stir. Sam Black believes that Zendikar’s Landfall mechanic is sufficiently strong to crash the sixty-card party. Today, he provides some fledgling Landfall strategies and decks for Standard play.
Tuesday, October 6th – Pro Tour: Austin is fast approaching, and Quentin has the perfect article for those looking to break the format. He outlines his idea of the current metagame, including the Big Three and a selection of second-string contenders. He also throws in an intriguing rogue deck that has definite potential…
Tuesday, October 6th – Why spend thirty mana to get Marit Lage out of the icy prison of Dark Depths? We all know elder, ancient evils require mortal sacrifice, and there’s no better card to accomplish it with than Vampire Hexmage. This week, Doug looks at several methods of thawing Cthulhu for fun and evil. Further, Doug talks about strategies with Dark Depths that just don’t cut it. If you’re interested in decks that can put a 20/20 Flying, Indestructible, Legendary monster into play on the first turn, check out this week’s article!
Tuesday, October 6th – Dave continues his look through Zendikar, focusing on the powerful uncommons, and the large number of Black cards prompts a budget MBC decklist too…
Tuesday, October 6th – It’s technically possible that you made more mistakes at your Prerelease than Rich did at his, although he rather doubts this. Read this article, however, and you’ll make fewer mistakes next time. Gosh, and all you have to do is click? Right you are!
Monday, October 5th – With Zendikar finally in the mix, the Constructed hive-mind turns to Standard play. Patrick Chapin brews up a selection of interesting builds utilizing some popular and hyped strategies. Vampires, Jund, and Five-Color in a selection of guises are on the agenda today…
Monday, October 5th – In today’s So Many Insane Plays, Stephen Menendian brings us a fantastic resource: a complete list of Vintage playable cards! While this list will obviously stir debate, he’s provided an outstanding blueprint for anyone interested in playing Magic’s most broken format. Plus, some prerelease talk too!
Monday, October 5th – 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!
Monday, October 5th – Zoo is a deck that people will play even when it is clear that it is probably the wrong choice for the format. It is so fast and resilient that control players have a lot of trouble keeping you on the backfoot, even with cards like Engineered Explosives.
Monday, October 5th – I’ve purposefully avoided writing about Zendikar, because if you’re like me, you can only take so many preview articles before you tune out completely. Despite my intent to avoid writing such an article, I have had a large number of requests to discuss the set in reference to Vintage (and specifically any changes to Ichorid and Oath), so that’s exactly what I’m going to do.
Monday, October 5th – Wizards may continue to insert some Priceless Treasures in Worldwake, the follow-up to Zendikar. If that’s true, you may want to bring earplugs to that tournament. Because if someone opens up a treasure next to you, you might end up with hurt eardrums. I did.
