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Lightning Strikes Twice?: WW/r In Post-States Standard

Since States, White Weenie splashing Red has been relegated to Tier 1.5 status as the heavy hitters in the format — which are shaping up to be Flores Blue and multi-colored Gifts Ungiven decks, among many others in the wide-open metagame — have shown the ability to handle White Weenie, regardless of what color gets splashed into it. But its number of high finishes at Champs — if not overall wins — should be an indicator that a) the deck is good but b) people were ready for it. They adapted, so WW/r should adapt as well.

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Dimir De-Merrier? I Think Not!

Martin goes off on a variety of topics that always seem to spiral around to the same thing, including the current decks to beat in Extended, thoughts on beating Dimir in Ravnica Limited, the sad narrow structure of Two-Headed Giant, and the illusion – or is it reality? – of “feast or famine” nature of Guild-specific booster packs.

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Riding Ravnica Color Wheel Spinnaz: A Ravnica Team Rochester Draft Guide

Rochester is the format that the countries are playing at Worlds this Saturday to determine who’s on top… And Eli walks you through the essentials of the format and some of the basic Ravnica strategies so you can follow the action! If you’re not familiar with Rochester, start here. If you are but haven’t done it in Ravnica… Start here, too. Oh, heck, just start here.

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The Road to Worlds, Day One: Blisterguy Triumphant!

Blisterguy continues his blog, straight from the Magic: The Gathering World Championships in Japan! How did this StarCityGames.com featured writer win five of his six matches in the Standard portion of Worlds? Read today’s article to find out!

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Introducing Wild Gifts

The last time Flores set his Great Brain to creating a deck for Standard, he created a monster – Flores Blue, which is irritating players all over the world. So his only option was to create a counter-monster, using a draw engine suggested to him by Osyp Lebedowicz, to create a deck that pummels his original creation unmercifully.

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Extended: Everything But The Kitchen Sink

Welcome to the most diverse Extended format in the history of the game, where Osyp Lebedowicz recently put Goblins back on the metagame map. In the spirit of highlighting the underdogs, or rogues, or whatever you want to call them, I’m going to examine some of the more interesting decklists I’ve seen lately.

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SCG Daily: Nathan’s Absolutely Essential Land List (And Then Some)

In the last installment of Nathan’s daily column, the Xaxson one is writing, collecting, answering questions, and takin’ names, punk! This one has it all: Reader Q&A, a please to the Magic community, and Nathan’s list of the most essential lands to add to your Magic: The Gathering collection.

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The Road To Worlds, Day Zero: Enter Japan

Everyone’s favorite Ray is going to Worlds to compete… And he’s going to give you the day-by-day breakdown! Today, you hear much complaining about the lousy movie selection on international flights!

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Anatomy of a Game: Better Than the Best

Let me tell you about my first hero in the world of Magic: the Gathering. I saw his use of the Whirling Dervish in the Top 8 of those Nationals when the rest of the tournament was filled with super cheesy Hymn to Tourach decks. When the first Magic: the Gathering Black Lotus Pro Tour event changed the world in the snow-covered avenues of New York, New York, once again it was this player who stood in the spotlight of the Top 8.

And you wanna know who’s better than he was? The answer’s going to surprise you.

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The Vase

It’s been a slow week for non-Premium strategy articles, so we figured we’d give you the next best thing – a freebie John Rizzo article! If you’ve never read the man, now’s your time to start as he looks at his pet card for Extended and discusses how netdecks and Hollywood are all part of the same dang thing.

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SCG Daily: Nathan J’s Totally Awesome Casual-Competitive Corner

Looking for some new decks to spice up your life? Nathan reveals four of his favorite casual decks of all-time. Learn the secrets of DarkSlide, Oshawa Zakkai, Savannah’s Revenge, and Wizards inside!

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Magical Hack: Hacking Pro Tour: Los Angeles

Three hundred and thirty players. Nineteen Rounds. Sean McKeown breaks down the entirety of Pro Tour: Los Angeles deck-by-deck and match-by-match. Which archetypes had the best winning percentage? Which were the weakest? And what two major (and still-popular) archetypes are dead, dead, dead? If you’re playing Extended this season, you must read this article!

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Four Magical Myths

Richard plays Mythbuster and dispels four common misconceptions of Magic. There are several pitfalls Magic players can fall into, and Richard helps you navigate towards a stronger game in today’s article!

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SCG Daily: Kitchen Table Drafting with Ravnica, Part 2

Tune in for today’s thrilling conclusion to Nathan’s odyssey into the world of four-pack Ravnica Booster Draft. Will Nathan’s Boros deck be able to win the mirror match? Find out inside.

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The Continuing Saga of Bad Rare Decks

Once again, Abe delves into his box of crappy rares, picking five crappy cards to build five crazy decks! Any normal columnist would just build an Atog deck when confronted with an Atogatog… But Abe? He has different plans for Atogatog, and Onulet, and even Barl’s Cage!

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