Insert Column Name Here – Letters To Various People
Monday, May 19th – The Ferrett writes letters to Evan Erwin, MODO 3.0, you the readers, and his local gaming store as he discusses the vagaries of his latest draft!
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Innovations – Hollywood or Bust
Monday, May 19th – Hollywood is fast approaching, and pro players everywhere are preparing to break the format. Of course, the biggest threat in the metagame flies on gossamer wings. What can be done to conquer the Fae? Do we act like Evan and bring the burn, or do we pack a dangerous 0/5 treefolk…?
So Many Insane Plays – Saved By The Bell: A StarCityGames Tournament Report
Monday, May 19th – At the StarCityGames Mega-Magic Weekend, Stephen Menendian took full advantage of two days of competitive Vintage play. Unfortunately for the Vintage World Champion, things didn’t quite go his way on an intriguing Day 1…
Deconstructing Constructed – Beating the Fae
Monday, May 19th – With so much of the field on Day 2 of the StarCityGames.com $2000 Open tournament being Fae, not to mention the combined wins and Top 8 numbers of the deck, the only reasonable thing to do is focus all efforts in beating it.
Unlocking Legacy – Design Patterns
Monday, May 19th – Designing competitive decks is difficult. It requires building something better or at least as good as the best decks in any given format. The best decks represent the gold standard of which any new deck aspires to be. These decks can provide a wealth of information about how to build decks and why their designs work.
Flores Friday – The Basic Test of Metagaming Competence
Friday, May 16th – Come join Mike in the madcap mathematical adventure that we call metagaming. Why is The Basic Test of Metagaming Competence the most useful article in modeling metagaming that you will ever read? Because just one paragraph in you may realize that everything you ever thought about metagaming was a lie… Or at least a gross series of very sad misunderstandings. And we can prove it. A must read.
Sullivan Library – Reflecting on This Weekend’s Faeries
Friday, May 16th – With the data from the StarCityGames.com Mega-Magic Weekend pointing to a cold winter of Faerie dominance, Adrian looks at the various Fae builds from the two Top 8s in Richmond in order to discern the direction of the deck. Come Hollywood, will the Blue/Black flying menace be victorious?
The Magic Show #96 – How The Red Deck Won In Richmond
Friday, May 16th – Hello everybody, and welcome to another edition of the Magic Show. In this week’s episode we talk about the fallout from the Mega-Magic Weekend in Richmond. What happened and didn’t happen on Saturday, just what in the hell we’re going to do about the Faerie problem, and how I ended up in third place on Sunday. Let’s go!
Magical Hack – Hacking Through The Competition
Friday, May 16th – As the astute reader would know, I did in fact not win either day of the Star City Games mega-weekend Standard events this weekend… after all, the tag-line “By Sean McKeown†will tell you that just by not being “By Alex Bertoncini,†or as the real pessimists in the forums will likely latch onto, just because the tag-line says “By Sean McKeown.â€
Deep Analysis – Tuning The Siege
Thursday, May 15th – Last week, Richard ended his article with a midrange beatdown deck for Standard, called The Siege. It stirred up discussion in the forums, and so today Richard takes a closer look at the design and tunes up the list based on advice and ideas accumulated over the past seven days…
Down And Dirty – Dissecting the Mega-Magic Weekend Standard Decklists
Thursday, May 15th – With the shadow of Pro Tour: Hollywood breathing down out necks, it’s time to get serious with the Standard metagame. Today’s Down And Dirty sees Kyle Sanchez take us through the highs and lows of the standout decklists hailing from last weekend’s Star City Games Mega-Magic Weekend, How will results there impact the upcoming Pro Tour?
Yawgmoth’s Whimsy #226 – MTGO, Standard, and the $5k
Thursday, May 15th – I’m feeling old. I was checking my list of published articles and noticed that my first Magic-related articles were published almost a decade ago. That’s a perfect excuse to talk about where Magic is at, and what it is doing. A lot has changed – and a lot has stayed the same.
Tribal Thriftiness #23 – More TT Aggro, or “When Good Aggro Decks Go Non-Aggro”
Thursday, May 15th – A Mono-Green aggro player somewhere down in the cockles of his heart, last week Mr. Tribally Thrifty put together a budget Mono-Green aggro deck for play at the FNM level. What happened? Did the deck succeed or fail?
The Kitchen Table #233 – Shadowmoor Decks
Thursday, May 15th – Bonjour mes amis! Welcome to the next entry in the journal of all things casual. I am your scribe, bringing you the poems and diatribes of Magic for the casual crowd. As promised in previous articles, today I am going to create several decks around Shadowmoor cards.
Feature Article – Approaching Lorwyn Block Constructed
Wednesday, May 14th – With the eyes of the world set firmly on Standard and the upcoming Pro Tour: Hollywood, Luis Scott-Vargas takes a preliminary look at the next important Constructed format: Lorwyn Block Constructed. He offers his thoughts on the all-conquering Faeries, and posits that, in Block at least, they may not be as strong as you might think…