The Math And Craft Of Energy
StarCityGames.com is proud to welcome Ryan Saxe! In his SCG debut, the New York City grinder gives his insights on the little-understood energy mechanic of Kaladesh and how to think about resource management in general!
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Daily Digest: Should We Tell Him?
Ross Merriam is a bit worried about SCG columnist Shaheen Soorani going into #SCGCOL. The longtime player is as control-oriented as ever, but he seems to be having trouble telling colors apart in his Magical dotage…
Playing While Ahead
Jim Davis has already established what you have to do while playing from behind. But what if you’re ahead and want to slam the door? The 2015 Players’ Champion has the insights you need and the examples to illustrate them ahead of the #SCGCOL Open Weekend!
Choose My #SCGCOL Modern Deck!
GerryT is putting his fate in your hands! Check out the five Modern decks he’s considering for the #SCGCOL Open this weekend and help choose his destiny! Will he be piloting Grixis Control? Dredge? Madcap Moon?! He knows you’ll pick a winner!
Exploring Chandra, Torch Of Defiance In Modern
To hear the Magic hive mind tell it, first Chandra, Torch of Defiance was the second coming of Jace, the Mind Sculptor. Then she was terrible. Adrian Sullivan shows how she’s coming into her own in Modern ahead of #SCGCOL!
What Is The Key To Modern Mastery?
This Modern format. It’s too fast, then it’s fair. It’s solved, then an Elves deck or a Skred Red comes out of nowhere and obliterates a huge event. Is this the greatest format ever or the worst? Can it be both? Todd Anderson breaks down our collective breakdown over #SCGCOL’s Modern!
Commander 2016 Review!
The long-awaited Commander 2016 review is upon us! What does the Rules Committee think of all these new legends and mechanics? Sheldon weighs in!
Ross VS. Majors: Copter Faeries VS. Bant Eldrazi!
In recent years, Faeries has gained Smuggler’s Copter and regained Bitterblossom, while Eldrazi has seen Eye of Ugin banned. Is that enough to make this Modern matchup fair? Watch Ross Merriam and Michael Majors slug it out ahead of #SCGCOL!
Eternity Crafting
Want to brew with one of Kaladesh’s most underrated legends? Need a break from Smuggler’s Copter? Matt Higgs is back to help Rashmi defeat those evil machines at the #SCGCOL Standard Classic!
A Cultural Critique of Commander 2016
Commander 2016 granted a lot of longtime wishes! But what else did it give us? JDB returns to discuss the finer points of this year’s Commander release!
Plenty Of Brews To Make You Happy
You can always count on Chris Lansdell to brew up a storm when you need some new deck gusto in your metagame! Are you going rogue at #SCGCOL?
A Guide To Sideboarding Correctly
Sideboarding is the weakest part of a lot of our collective game. Often we’ll seal the deal in the first game, then get crushed in the rest of the match. What went wrong? What happened to all that confidence? Brad Nelson talks sideboarding and his favorite decks of past, present, and future as we head to #SCGCOL!
Video: Four-Color Aggro In Standard!
Commander isn’t the only format with four-color decks these days! Watch Pro Tour Champion Ari Lax play an energy-heavy Standard Four-Color Aggro deck on Magic Online ahead of #SCGCOL’s Standard Classic!
The Latest Technology For The Top Modern Decks
Todd Stevens has battled Modern continuously, and he has seen it all! What’s going to be the difference in just another #SCGCOL performance and the winning one? The newest tech, of course!
Split Second: November 9th, 2016
Duel Commander rules changes, a first look at Commander 2016 in action, and plenty of Commander deck techs. This is Split Second!