Wednesday, December 24th – Luis Scott-Vargas has a well-documented love of the tricky Blue deck archetype. With Sensei’s Divining Top banned from Extended, and Next Level Blue neutered, LSV has turned to the next best thing: Gabriel Nassif’s Mono Blue Faeries deck. He brings us his take on the archetype and sideboarding, in prime time for the approaching PTQ season…
Wednesday, December 24th – When Gerry Thompson decides to attack for two at a Pro Tour event, it’s a sure sign of the coming Apocalypse. Nevertheless, in the Extended portion of Worlds 2008, GerryT sleeved up the Zoo deck in order to take him to Level 6 status. Today, he shares his decklist and sideboarding strategies for the coming PTQ season…
Wednesday, December 24th – Canadian maestro Rich Hoaen has downed tools for good, as work and real life intrudes apace. As a replacement, we have Luis Scott-Vargas, who shares each pick from a Magic Online 8-4 queue. He talks us through the difficult decisions in the forums… do you agree with his choices?
Wednesday, December 24th – The Patrick Chapin/Manuel Bucher Standard list that several people ran to several solid finishes at Worlds is one of the most perfectly-tuned decks in history, one of the single most unfair-feeling and is-everyone-else-really-playing-the-same-format-as-me-seeming machines I have ever touched…
Wednesday, December 24th – Tales from both sides of the curtain abound as Rich continues his inside look at Worlds 2008. Players, pizza, press, Draft weirdness and more, all in a festive bundle of joy… enjoy!
Wednesday, December 24th – In today’s MTGCast, there’s news on updates regarding 11th Edition, and other tidbits from the Magic round-table held at Worlds 2008. There’s also talk of rumored Conflux cards…
Tuesday, December 23rd – In his first article for StarCityGames.com, newly crowned Rookie of the Year Aaron Nicastri takes us through Blue/Black Tron for the upcoming Extended PTQ season. On top of that, he brings powerful Blue/White and Blue/Red versions to the table. Could these decks be the breakout builds that send you to Hawaii?
Tuesday, December 23rd – Today’s Down And Dirty sees Kyle looking back over the stronger decks designed throughout 2008. With eyes mainly on Standard and Extended, he brings us his personal contenders for the Top 8 decks of the year. Do you agree with his assessments?
Tuesday, December 23rd – Canadian maestro Rich Hoaen has downed tools for good, as work and real life intrudes apace. As a replacement, we have Luis Scott-Vargas, who shares each pick from a Magic Online 8-4 queue. He talks us through the difficult decisions in the forums… do you agree with his choices?
Tuesday, December 23rd – Now that Worlds has ended we have a solid grasp of what the new Extended format is shaping up to be. Let’s start by looking at the breakdown of decks that went 4-2 or better on Day 3… and heck, let’s add in the top eight of the Worlds PTQ.
Tuesday, December 23rd – While doing the research for last week’s article, Dave was stunned (stunned!) by the number of Shards rares that were just lingering around in the dollar bin. This week, he picks up a couple to run with.
Monday, December 22nd – Urza and Invasion Block have so many casual gems that it’s going to take three articles to find all of the cheap, effective cards you can use to devastate your local multiplayer group! Here’s the middle installment, just in time for Christmas – and a poll to see how much further we should go!
Monday, December 22nd – The Extended Banned and Restricted list has decided against throwing a spanner in the works of the post-Worlds metagame. With all the pertinent information now known and battened down, Patrick “The Innovator” Chapin walks us through the decks to beat in the upcoming PTQ season…
Monday, December 22nd – A few weeks ago, Vintage maestro Stephen Menendian turned his eye towards a budget version of our game’s most venerable format. While this deck is a little more expensive than its predecessor in the series, it’s still a budget force… and it’s still a blast to play!
Monday, December 22nd – Canadian maestro Rich Hoaen has downed tools for good, as work and real life intrudes apace. As a replacement, we have Luis Scott-Vargas, who shares each pick from a Magic Online 8-4 queue. He talks us through the difficult decisions in the forums… do you agree with his choices?
