Faeries: The Early Front Runner
Wednesday, January 5th – Beware, Faeries and non-Faeries players alike, Reid Duke has the tech for both sides of the coin. If you want to beat Faeries, and if you want to beat with Faeries, read this article.
TagExtended
The Best Cards in Extended You Need to Know About
Tuesday, January 4th – These cards are incredibly well positioned in the Extended metagame, and they’re not getting the love they deserve! Up-and-comer Ben Hayes made waves in his first year of Magic and is ready to do much more in 2011.
Black Magic – Faeries and MTGO
Monday, January 3rd – Whether it’s Standard, Extended, or Master’s Edition Draft, Sam Black is an expert of the workings of MTGO. Hear what he has to say about the decks he’s working on.
No Gamble, No Future: Extended Ooze
Friday, December 31st – Everyone knows about Ooze now… But defending against this deck and trying to target it with hate is much easier said than done. So let the 2010 5th-place Worlds finisher tell you why Ooze is still good!
Too Hot to Handle: Worlds, Part 2 *Top 8*
Thursday, December 30th – I suppose the most controversial moment of the quarterfinals came at the beginning of the fifth game. I kept a one-land, Preordain hand… And I’d do it again, too. Let me tell you why.
That Deck Is Bad And You Should Feel Bad
Thursday, December 30th – Max McCall rips the current Extended deck choices to shreds, telling you why each popular archetype is terrible! Want to see deck weaknesses? Step on up!
Winning Worlds *1st Place*
Wednesday, December 29th – The new World Champion has a world-class tourney report! How did Wafo-Tapa and a mysterious, smiling Portuguese man keep him from going on tilt after his Day One 3-3 finish? Entertaining tales a-plenty!
77th at Worlds: Epic Epicness!
Wednesday, December 29th – What other Worlds player can say he had to skip out on his Nutcracker practice to go to Chiba? But Noah Long, professional ballet dancer, got in there with a 77th-place finish!
Wargate!
Tuesday, September 28th – There are currently five versions of Wargate. So which one will famed deckbuilder GerryT be packing until someone figures out how to put the screws to it?
Tempered Steel: A Love Story
Tuesday, December 28th – Tempered Steel is an early favorite for best aggro deck, and has all the tools you need to win at your disposal. So let me show you my latest build, tuned for the variance of the first round of PTQs!
Ideas Unbound – Close Up of the Four-Color Control Mirror
Thursday, December 23rd – What’s the best way to approach the Extended 4CC mirror match? Two classic control decks, fighting for card supremacy and counterspell advantage… is the answer Anathemancer?
Results from Chiba: Worlds Report
Wednesday, December 22nd – Our newest Hall of Famer and two time Pro Tour Champion Gabriel “YellowHat” Nassif, was inducted at Worlds in Chiba and shares his experiences and his updated lists for U/B Control and Extended Valakut in this amazing report.
I Love Robots!
Wednesday, December 22nd – Kevin An talks robots. Transformers, Voltron, …? More like Ornithopters and Mox Opals! Read about the Tempered Steel deck in Extended – Affinity without affinity!
Rise of Aintrazi – The Crucible of Worlds *19th*
Tuesday, December 21st – Ali Aintrazi finished at an impressive 19th at the largest stage in Magic and writes about his U/W Control Standard deck and his 4-Color Control deck for Extended, where he didn’t drop a single match!
Fifth at Worlds in Chiba, Part 2
Tuesday, December 21st – EFro, poker pro, has come back to Magic and is wrecking the scene. He played Conley Woods’ Necrotic Ooze combo deck for Extended. Read about this crazy brew and EFro’s Top 8 games with R/B Vampires.