Team Building
Want to make yourself better at Magic? Start by helping your friends get better. Mike Sigrist talks about the importance of role within a testing team and how it made him the professional player he is today.
Want to make yourself better at Magic? Start by helping your friends get better. Mike Sigrist talks about the importance of role within a testing team and how it made him the professional player he is today.
Inspired by the recent surge in great Magic storytelling, Matt Higgs joins The Gatewatch one last time before Innistrad takes over! What fate (and decklist) will befall our heroes?
Where does Commander rank in terms of formats for a competitive player like Mark Nestico? Higher than you think! Mark talks Commander, cutthroat decks, and of course, his latest 100-card project!
Odric’s return to the Commander scene is already a hit! The legend makes a lot of his supporting cast more fun and interesting, and Levi Byrne is ready to build a keyword-infused beast of a deck in time for Shadows over Innistrad!
Mono-Red Eldrazi has been a late season Standard breakout, and players are still looking for the Madness deck that will define the format. Tom and Todd see which of these two decks has the staying power to make a big impression on Shadows over Innistrad Standard!
Rally the Ancestors is on its way out, but there are still a lot of good cards from the archetype that will survive the coming of Shadows over Innistrad! Ross Merriam highlights the future of the archetype here!
Jeff Zandi would like to invite you to a growing tradition in the Magic community. Get the details for one of the most important Magic causes of the year!
Commander is a dynamic beast. A game can be radically dependent on the number of mages sitting down to do battle! So what strategy does Erik have in his bag while they wait for a fourth to show up? See his analysis here!
Zombies? Humans? Spirits? Werewolves? Which tribe will conquer hardest in a few weeks when Shadows over Innistrad descends upon Standard? Chris Lansdell is laying his money on the blood-suckers and their terrifying leader!
Chris Andersen fell in love with a ramp deck last season, but things have changed. See what he thinks is the defining principle of ramp archetypes and why the current iterations are missing something very crucial!
Chas Andres’ highly awaited financial set review series is here! Which Shadows over Innistrad contenders aren’t actually contenders at all? Which ones are being a little too slept on? Chas shows the way!
Pro Tour Champion Ari Lax is ready to break his silence about Shadows over Innistrad! Here, he explains to you exactly how to build around the newest spoilers and why some players have got the entire wrong idea about some of these new powerhouse singles!
The spoilers are out in full swing for Shadows over Innistrad! Which cards does Wes think are being overblown? Which are being undervalued? The Magic finance answers lie within!
Shadows over Innistrad hasn’t hit our hands yet, but the time to start brewing and testing upcoming Standard has already begun! Ross Merriam and Michael Majors sleeve up to keep you ahead of the game!
Blight Herder is too powerful to not be at home in some deck or another, and Michael Majors may have found the pilot that brewed up how to make it happen for #SCGINDY!