Tuesday, April 21st – Alara Reborn is coming, and it’s looking awesome. Today, deckbuilding legend Adrian Sullivan looks at some of the freshly-spoiled cardboard, and throws out a number of interesting decks for the upcoming Standard. Getting that all-important edge on the competition is vital come the rotation, so be prepared!
Tuesday, April 21st – Though often ignored by Legacy players, BG Suicide decks are quite powerful and pack some of Legacy’s strongest threats and disruption. This week, Doug breaks down nearly two dozen tournament-proven lists and distills out a composite BG Suicide deck that’s suitable for any Legacy event. Check out the common sideboard options of the deck, along with commentary on whether common boarded cards should be played at all. Channel your inner Spike with a Dark Ritual and Hypnotic Specter as Doug lays out this recent riff on an ancient archetype!
Tuesday, April 21st – With Grand Prix: Kobe now in the books, Rich brings us up to date with all the goings on in the Pro world, including some thoroughly untimely Game Losses and DQs that could affect the Player of the Year Race. Plus, why he believes Gabriel Nassif won’t be Player of the Year, and why Tomaharu Saitou could well be – again.
Tuesday, April 21st – With the Alara Reborn Prerelease less than a week away, it seems like so much has been said about the Mythic and Rare previews. Dave takes a look at the commons and uncommons that are flying under the radar.
Monday, April 20th – The longest-running Casual Multiplayer writer gives his thoughts on the new Alara Reborn cards that have been spoiled on Wizards! What are the problems with Cascade? What’s up with the landcyclers? Find out!
Monday, April 20th – Alara Reborn is almost with us, and Patrick Chapin is very excited by the fresh multicolor goodness! Today, he looks at ten reasons why he believes this set is going to reshape Constructed Magic for the foreseeable future. Using cards spoiled thus far, he takes us through the strongest effects the set has offered up thus far…
Monday, April 20th – Last week’s article on Proxies in Vintage caused a stir in the forums… today, Stephen Menendian clarifies and expands on his position. He also shares his latest in-depth play-by-play Legacy report, full of the usual intricacy we can expect from the master…
Monday, April 20th – 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, April 20th – I had a great conversation earlier this week about why certain types of people play certain decks. I myself will play anything that wins, of course, but I feel tremendously uncomfortable playing the style of midrange Green deck that a lot of people seem to enjoy immensely. I can theorize all day about why it is I don’t usually find those decks suitable, but much of the preference certainly comes down to ‘feel.’
Monday, April 20th – Standard is a format that seems to be growing stale. Alara Reborn is on the horizon, and there are plenty of cards that (hopefully) will shake up the metagame. Today I’m going to take a look at a few of those cards and their potential applications for the Standard format, as well as the a few topics related to Magic Online.
Friday, April 17th – In his first article for StarCityGames.com, Level 5 Italian Pro William Cavaglieri brings us a fresh deck for Standard battle: Grixis Control. William, the creator of the innovative Red/Black Torrent of Souls deck for the last Nationals season, is having great success with his new creation. He shares the list and sideboard plans, and adds a few helpful tips for those of us who are looking to reach the next level…
Friday, April 17th – In a last look at the freshly-passed Extended season, Quentin Martin examines the metagame as it was at end of play, and takes a long look at two of the fringe decks that succeeded as the season drew to a close: Astral Slide and Tezzerator.
Friday, April 17th – 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!
Friday, April 17th – Hello everybody, and welcome to another edition of the Magic Show. This week we’re going headfirst into Alara Reborn spoilers. Not only do I have an incredible spoiler all to myself, how about the fact that Meddling Mage is returning to Standard? Oh yeah, that’s right. Want to know what it looks like? Ready to get a glimpse of the incredible Todd Lockwood artwork and a raft of new spoiler goodness to boot? Let’s go!
Friday, April 17th – With just over one week left until the Alara Reborn prerelease, we’ve started to see a good chunk of the new cards from MagicTheGathering.com and other official spoiler sources, and what we see so far is cause for excitement. If you are spoiler-averse and have been keeping away from seeing the cards before their release, this is not the article for you. Feel free to check back here at Magical Hack in two weeks’ time, as we’ll be taking advanced looks at Alara Reborn until the prerelease!
