Ben’s taking a break. When summer rolls around, it’s time to ease off and enjoy deserved respite from toil. I imagine he’s somewhere in the tropics, sipping Root Beer Coladas or something of that sort. Them’s the breaks. But look at the upside. You’ve got me. I’m Eli Kaplan and I write for this here site on occasion.
When it comes to the big Constructed tournaments, Adrian Sullivan can always be relied upon to produce something special. Grand Prix: Columbus was no different, and Adrian rocked up the leaderboard with a spicy deck of his own design. It utilizes the silver bullet strategy powered by Enlightened Tutor, and it took him all the way to 32nd place! With Flash likely to disappear from view pretty soon, the future is very bright for Club Gitmo…
We’re trundling down the Road to Regionals today with a look at one of Japan’s finest sixty-card imports… Solar Flare! Once a proud Tier 1 deck, this U/B/W Control deck took a beating with new set releases, but it’s seeing a Renaissance of late. If you like your decks packed with card drawing and broken plays, then Solar Flare may be the choice for you come Regionals…
In all honesty, you could read all the strategy in the world, scour the corners of the earth for decklists, pore through statistic after tedious statistic in an effort to dissect the metagame, and none of it would help you qualify for Nationals more than this simple four-word sentence: Play Dragonstorm and stuff. (The “and stuff” is essential, for those not in the know.)
Imperiosaur doesn’t mandate single-color play, any more than Terramorphic Expanse demands five-color. People need to wean themselves off the Ravnica duals, because they not only won’t be around forever, but, god willing, we will never have cards this good again. God, I am sick of seeing three- and four-color control lists that reduce the color pie into this homogenous, $5,000 slush.
One of the first things I wrote for StarCityGames.com when I became a featured writer was a series entitled “Building Your First Five.” I went step by step over the processes to building your first Five Color deck. However, four and a half years is a long time in the Magic world. As such, I feel that it is time to revisit and redo the old series
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.
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!
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!
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!
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.
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!
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!
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.
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.
