Unlocking Legacy – A History of the Flash Fiasco
Christopher Coppola recounts the tumultuous events of the last month, and advises the community on how best to proceed. Included are recommendations for the DCI.
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Levelling Up — Road to Regionals: Identifying and Applying a Game Plan
While Tiago has little knowledge of the current Standard metagame (those pesky pros needn’t play it as often as us commoners), it’s safe to say that his strategic knowledge is beyond reproach. Today’s Levelling Up is a timely reminder on how to avoid mistakes by identifying a game plan. With Regionals fast approaching, formulating clear objectives for any given scenario is a sure passport to increased success. Everyone needs a game plan… let Tiago help!
Pro Perspective — Challenge Raph: Break The Format #1!
Raph is back with a brand new column idea… Challenge Raph! Card analysis and format understanding are two facets of our mental game that could always use a polish, and this exciting new column idea will help us hone those skills. Challenge Raph will also give our readers the opportunity to do just that — play a best-of-three match against the Hall of Famer himself! Intrigued? Then read on!
Ask the Drama — Road to Regionals: Your Standard Questions Answered!
In today’s instalment of the Road to Regionals series, Jeroen Remie sifts through his mailbag in search of questions on Standard. He has a look at Solar Pox, at another interesting Black/White deck, and discusses at length some of the ways to combat Dragonstorm. He also looks at a Blue/White Control deck and discusses countermagic. If you’re looking for that all-important edge for Regionals, Jeroen has the article for you!
Deconstructing Constructed — Road to Regionals: Glare Mini Primer
It’s Road to Regionals for Deconstructing Constructed this week, and Josh is here to help! This week he covers a number of questions received about the Detritivore Glare deck from his last article, and he also adds a few words about Boros in the current metagame.
You Lika The Juice? – Skipping Across Three Formats
Legacy, Block Constructed, and Standard… all three formats fine space in today’s You Lika The Juice! Bennie analyses the Top 8 from Grand Prix: Columbus, brings is some interesting Time Spiral Block Constructed decks, and rounds it all out with some potential decks for his Regionals charge!
Removed From Game – Conversations With Your Deck
Join Rich Hagon as he gives you all the tools for Sealed play that you need to have Conversations With Your Deck. Marvel as such household favourites as Basal Sliver, Skulking Knight, Drudge Reavers and Angel’s Grace come alive before your disbelieving eyes. Soon you too can be mumbling into your beard, and heading for the asylum. All the world’s a stage!
The Combat Phase — League Deck Help Required
Jamie takes a break from the usual Green Constructed experiments to try a deck with twenty fewer cards… Yes, he’s playing in the MTGO Sealed Deck Leagues! Today he brings us an interesting cardpool, and talks us through some of his builds. He also asks for our help in the forums, and brings us the latest version of his Busted at Three Green/Black Standard deck.
Deep Analysis — Road to Regionals: The Suicide Squad
We start our Road to Regionals series with an all new Feldman creation: the Orzhova Suicide Squad! Richard was hell-bent on finding a mind-range deck with game against the Big Three of Dragonstorm, Gruul, and Dralnu du Louvre. In recent weeks, that quest was sidelined for other Magical endeavors. However, the Suicide Squad has been putting up great numbers against both the Big Three and the some of the new pretenders to the throne! If you’re looking for a deck for Regionals, this could be the one.
From Right Field – Not a Column About Regionals
Chris recaps his vacation week shenanigans and brings three interesting Standard decks for us to dissect and consume. Blue/Black discard, and mono-Blue Pirates deck, and a deck that revolves around the dollar rare Dichotomancy. Could there be a gem of undiscovered tech lurking in these formative lists? Read on to find out!
The Beautiful Struggle — Road to Regionals: Astonishing X Men
No one actually knows the complete history of the deck known as Project X. It’s a lot like the mutants in Marvel’s X-Comics: no one how they came about or who was responsible. Its origins have been lost in the Sands of Time. All I can do is tell you what I know…
Yawgmoth’s Whimsy #180 – Green is Dumb, Blue is Stretchy
Green is like chicken pox. You know it won’t help, but it is so hard to resist scratching. Those little sores are an irritation that you just can’t ignore. Even knowing that scratching actually makes things worse, nothing short of boxing gloves could make me leave them alone. So, because Mike Flores and Bennie Smith were talking about Green recently – scratch, scratch, scratch.
Insert Column Name Here – Two-Headed Giant With Matt Cavotta!
At Grand Prix: Columbus, there was an amazing double-header – I teamed up with artist and fellow Magicthegathering.com writer Matt Cavotta to create a PTQ Team practically guaranteed to embarrass the hell out of Wizards. And so we have a tourney report that talks about Matt’s incredibly twisted casual Magic deck, what famous people the Ferrett has met, incredibly awful plays decided by a botched democracy, and more!
Feature Article — Hating Legacy at Grand Prix: Columbus
It’s official: Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa is no fan of Eternal formats. Still, this didn’t stop him rocking up to Grand Prix: Columbus with a supercharged sixty and a strong will to win. He finished a creditable 24th with a Flash deck of his own devising… and even though the current format is now largely dead, it’s interesting to hear his thoughts on the future of Legacy and the Flash deck itself.
Limited Lessons — A Head Start on Block Constructed
Grand Prix: Strasbourg helped set the metagame for the approaching Block Constructed PTQ season. Mono Red and U/B/x control seem to be the order of the day. Today’s Limited Lessons forgoes the 40-card piles in favor of a sixty-card setup that has a fair matchup against both of the format’s main contenders. Looking for the latest tech? Look no further!