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5 Pro Tour Battle For Zendikar Revelations

If you’re looking for someone who can make you better at Magic, Adrian Sullivan is a pretty good source. But even the veterans learn from others, and today, Adrian shares some incredibly important lessons he received recently that can step up your game!

Expanding Your Horizons

Ross Merriam is one of the great breakout stories of the last few years in competitive Magic. So how did he get there? By not being afraid. Read his advice on the role of discomfort, habit, and exploration as it applies to conquering the Magic world.

Three Of A Kind

Danny West proposes a radical change to the way we think about deckbuilding! Magic finance and competitive Magic may never be the same! Have we taken one of Magic’s oldest rules for granted?

Plateauing At The Pro Tour

Ross Merriam continues to battle his way up the pro circuit, but this tournament still wasn’t the resounding success he seeks. See what he’d change about his choices and his Standard deck going into #SCGSTL’s $5,000 Premier IQ!

Picking The Right Deck

New formats can be overwhelming, and it’s easy to get lost in the sheer volume of options and information available to you as you want to try everything. Pro Tour Champion Shaun McLaren is here to help set a process and define your priorities for wide-open formats, using his experience as a guide to tournament success!

Finding Priceless Treasures In Commander

The Battle for Zendikar has everyone salivating over the amazing new treasures that await us! But what about the treasures that are already out there? Sheldon shows you how to uncover new and amazing things in Commander, a format that still holds infinite possibilities for discovery!

Anatomy Of An 0-2 Drop

Magic has a way of teaching life lessons that can be applied in other places – and not just in other games. Join John Dale Beety as he shares some of his hard-won wisdom while foraying out in a new direction and making the best of whatever came his way.

The BBD-Bag: Remix Edition

You’ve got questions, he has answers. Find out about how to shake off tilt, how to sideboard properly, why mind tricks are for other mages and why Abzan Aggro is awesome! BBD is here for you!

Sacrifices

What costs have to be paid to accomplish your goals? What do you have to give up along the way? What do you feed your Nantuko Husk for fun and profit? Ari answers all of these questions and more as he prepares for the World Championships this weekend.

Recent Event Lessons

Trying to figure out if you are still progressing or if you have hit a personal plateau can be hard, especially if you are still achieving successes in the meantime. With that in mind, Pro Tour Champion Ari Lax looks at his recent events to see where he’s at.

Greed Is Good

Standard has proven to be quite the dynamic format at the moment, but is there even more to it than we have already seen? Sean McKeown takes a look at the format’s mana in order to divine new decks that might be possible, with interesting results.

Even More Life Lessons For New Players

Life’s lessons can be hard to learn, and everything is easier with a teacher to show you the way. Today, Big Papa Mark Nestico shares his advice for all the new players out there or anyone just returning to the game, anyone a bit out of their depth who could use a lifeline or two.

The Devil Is In The Details

Legacy is an incredibly complicated format to play, but some of the most critical decisions we have to make are almost invisible if we don’t know to look for them – and know to remain vigilant across a multi-round event.

Team And Individual Reflections From Pro Tour Magic Origins

While Ross Merriam might have hoped for better results at #PTOrigins, he looks back to reflect on what inputs at the team level resulted in the output of the finishes he and his teammates attained at the event.

The Optics Of Magic

Want to be the best in the world? Want to make the right play every time and prove yourself to an excited viewership as you claim your trophy? Is there no way you’d have missed that Eidolon trigger in the finals of a Pro Tour? Read on!