Monday, August 4th – When you have a gauntlet of ten decks, it’s pretty easy to test the ten against each other, make a metagame prediction, and pick a deck. When you have a wide open metagame, picking the right deck is important. But how do you approach a format in order to pick the right deck?
Friday, August 1st – While the battle for U.S. Nationals rages on, the PTQ crowd still search for the Holy Grail of Block Constructed: the deck that can take down the Fae. In this evocative article, Mike makes a claim for a new and exciting deck that may have the steel required…
Friday, August 1st – Block Constructed, it seems, may not be the ultimate playground of those frisky Fae after all… Richard Feldman managed to rock out a Top 8 performance backed by Elves and Cryptic Command. It seems that harnessing the so-called “Blue Wrath” may be the key to the format… Adrian investigates this Brave New World.
Friday, August 1st – Historically, any Black-Green deck no matter what it actually does picks up the “Rock” label. Slow and ponderous control deck? Rock. Flores is probably overjoyed that Extended got to keep Onslaught Block for one more year, not because he wants his fetchlands, but because that is going to give him another chance to make Undead Gladiator good again…
Friday, August 1st – When a Magic player sits down to pick a deck for his local FNM, what he will usually do is turn to one of the big names from the big countries. Well, just because Australia doesn’t have any big name Magic Pros does not mean that we don’t deserve your attention. So what about Nationals this year? What deck did we Aussies come up with this time?
Thursday, July 31st – U.S. Nationals is nearly here… and Chris Lachmann is prepared! Today, he brings us his take on the metagame and decks to beat going into the event, and shares his gauntlet lists of all the major players from Swans Combo to Elves to Reveillark to Faeries. While the strategies presented here are not about to break new ground, the information is invaluable for those looking for a metagame snapshot before the events of the weekend unfold…
Thursday, July 31st – In the second of our Pre-Nationals Metagame articles, Kyle Sanchez looks at a selection of the wacky and wonderful builds out there that hope to put a crimp in the style of those packing more conventional fare. Some of the builds are updates on the old Sanchez favorites, while some are fresh off the block. Looking for something off the beaten path? Look no further!
Thursday, July 31st – A number of small topics, most actually having to do with actually playing Magic, get covered in this week’s column. Where else can you see discussion of Noggles, Woodfall Primus, and the rejuvenating power of Santana?
Thursday, July 31st – I have four EDH decks I play regularly, but I want something new. I want something competitive, but not too competitive. I figured I would copy a favorite multiplayer deck: my “Mono-White with one Island” deck.
Thursday, July 31st – Wizards of the Coast had to know that, when they printed the unconventional bounce spell of Banishing Knack, someone would use and abuse it. Why not have that someone be me?
Thursday, July 31st – Hello everybody, and welcome to another edition of the Magic Show. This week’s show is hopefully a primer for all things Natty. From the pros who hope to take home the gold, to the formats, the all-stars, the side-er, I mean, ‘public’ events, and more. We also cover the death of Gleemax and finally have an answer on my data recovery problem. Let’s go!
Wednesday, July 30th – Richard Feldman continues his quest to find the trickier and more interactive decks in the Lorwyn / Shadowmoor Block Constructed metagame. Today’s Deep Analysis sees Richard take and interesting deck that’s been branded as “half the best cards in the format, and half absolute garbage†to a seven-round PTQ. So how did he fare? Read on to find out!
Wednesday, July 30th – Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past six months, you’ll know of the dominant Faerie decks that are currently bludgeoning the Block Constructed metagame. But what if you don’t wanna play with the Fae? What if your deck desires are a little more… elemental? Today’s Peebles Primers sees BPM revisit the once-popular Five-Color Elemental archetype, looking at its current position and its options with Eventide…
Wednesday, July 30th – Remember, this week we’re concentrating on the multicolored cards from Eventide, so for all the monocolored Eventide goodness, click that link right above my parasail-like cheeks. And this is all about the less-obvious stuff… you know Figure of Destiny and the B/W God are ridiculous, so I won’t waste your time saying so. Onward!
Wednesday, July 30th – Isn’t it interesting to think that Oona’s Prowler never got much play? It’s a three-power flier for two mana, with a drawback that is not really much of a drawback. Pitch Evershrike to the graveyard on turn 3 with Oona’s Prowler, then spend 3 mana to put it into play with, say, Edge of Divinity attached, for a 7/7 flier. Is that worth all the trouble?
