Flores Friday – Infinite Brew
Friday, January 14th – Standard? Boooring. Let’s brew some Extended decks! Join deckbuilding master Michael Flores and see what he’s been cascading into recently, and check out the accompanying videos!
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Constructed Criticism – Bringing Back the Boogeymen: Part II
Friday, January 14th – If you’ve ever brought back multiple Vengevines from the graveyard, imagine that same feeling but with Demigods of Revenge.
SCG Talent Search – Don’t Panic! You’re still going to win the PTQ!
Thursday, January 13th – Valeriy Shunkov is one of our Top 8 contestants in the SCG Talent Search! He devises a Bant Haterator deck to fight the Extended metagame.
Sullivan Library – The New World: Extended As Super Standard
Tuesday, January 11th – Adrian Sullivan gives a vast overview of Extended, comparing the decks to their Standard counterparts – it’s a New World. But not too new.
Flow of Ideas – Finding the Broken Graveyard Deck: Introducing Pyrrhic Revival
Monday, January 10th – Lately, no one’s been playing graveyard hate in Extended, and Gavin has not failed to notice! He has built a deck that abuses Crypt of Agadeem and Pyrrhic Revival to give you the graveyard deck for Extended.
Innovations – Winning a PTQ, Not Violating The Prime Directive
Monday, January 10th – “Never play a bad something else.” That is The Prime Directive, and Patrick Chapin, world-class deck designer, is here to tell you how to avoid building decks that are just worse versions of something else.
The Dragonmaster’s Lair – Better Beatdown!
Friday, January 7th – Brian Kibler loves attacking. He’s been piloting Zoo, Next Level Bant, and Doran to GP and PT Top 8s for years and wants to continue this trend with the latest Extended season. Watch out, Faeries.
One Step Ahead – Aggressive Tendencies and Wargate with _ShipitHolla
Friday, January 7th – Gerry, SCG Invitational and GP Nashville champion, explains why attacking is miserable and interviews MTGO ringer and SCG Talent Search contestant, Michael Hetrick, about playing Wargate in the MTGO PTQ.
Ideas Unbound – 4CC vs. Faeries: Looking at Trumps
Friday, January 7th – Max McCall includes what you need to know about this matchup: game one matchups, sideboarding, post-board tactics, and more. Is your sideboard against Faeries and 4CC effective?
Yo! MTG Taps! Episode 51 – Faction-Packed!
Friday, January 7th – It’s back to basics this week, as Joey and Bigheadjoe bring in the new year discussing the new Extended PTQ season and analyzing some of the Mirrodin Besieged spoilers.
Rise of Aintrazi – Restin’, Testin’, and Bestin’: An Extended Compendium
Thursday, January 6th – Ali Aintrazi is a successful deckbuilder and SCG Open grinder. His article has everything you need on Extended, including interviews and debates on sideboard choices.
Jacob’s Ladder – MTGO Video with Tempered Steel (Extended)
Thursday, January 6th – Michael Jacob, Pro Tour scenester, continues making excellent high-res videos of an Extended Daily on Magic Online. He discusses his deck, his plays, and explains sideboarding for the hot, new Tempered Steel.
Constructed Criticism – Bringing Back the Boogeymen: Part I
Thursday, January 6th – They’re back! The boogeymen of Standard’s past have all come back to haunt you. It’s like WotC cast Reanimate on every deck I’ve ever wanted to set on fire. Welcome to my world.
Tempered Steel: A History in the Making
Wednesday, January 5th – Jon Smithers, GP Toronto champion, brought the gift of Tempered Steel to the world and wants to share his innovation with you. He tells you why you should play it and why you may have seen it fail.
Innovations – Beating Faeries: It’s Getting Worse Before It Gets Better
Wednesday, January 5th – Patrick examines the latest Extended PTQ results, and it looks like Faeries may yet again be public enemy number one. Check out Patrick’s brews for beating the flying fiends.