TnT crushes The Deck. And all I had was five lands, a Brainstorm, and a Mana Drain, a very weak hand; my opponent had a God hand for a deck that should crush me. What did he do wrong? Also, for the first time ever on StarCity, the complete and unedited INVINCIBLE COUNTER-TROLL!
…Mana Leak —-The second best counter in the game. Leak is an effective hard counter with an extremely easy to…
…Instant | | Hinder | Instant | | Impulse | Instant | | Into the Roil | Instant | | Mana Leak | Instant | | Miscalculation | Instant | | Misdirection | Instant | | Mystical Tutor | Instant | | Negate…
…Arcbound Ravager, etc. - Trinket Mage - Dark Confidant - Spell Snare - Mana Leak (!!) - Engineered Explosives - Vedalken Shackles - Dark Depths - Chalice of the…
Is Reconstruct History the card players wanted Seasons Past to be? Dom Harvey builds around the powerful sorcery in Historic and Modern.
…if your opponents are showing up with Thoughtseize or Mana Leak, it’s exactly what you need. In a set…
Ari Lax talks about the four decks he and his friends played at the PTQ on Saturday. Four different archetypes in one car and multiple Top 8 appearances.
…Nice five-drop that doesn’t win the game and prevents you from playing Mana Leak or any other similar…
…Ryusei when you're pretty sure they have a Mana Leak is okay if they don't have pressure on…
If you’ve been playing Standard on MTGO, you’ve probably experienced the same thing I have. An eerie, uncomfortable feeling in almost every match you play. Just when you think you’ve gotten rid of it, it seems to come right back.
…Their core strategy is to lean on the tempo of cards like Delver, Vapor Snag, and Mana Leak to pressure…
…as he's packing (that I can tell) 4 Mana Leak, 4 Remand, 4 Cancel, 4 Spell Snare, 4 Rune…
Friday, July 16th – Just when you think the pre-M11 Standard format is dying, Gerard Fabiano brings us an exciting Blue/Black Control deck that packs a powerful punch in the current metagame! He breaks down the build and the match-ups today, and suggests that the deck is a candidate for glory in the evolving M11 Standard metagame!
…As for M11 changes and upgrades, aside from swapping out Essence Scatters for the majestic Mana Leak, there isn’t…
Brian thinks Magic 2015 will really shake up the Standard format, just in time too since it had fallen into a metagame rut. Check out what cards he thinks are going to revitalize the format, and what new decks he’s excited about getting to play soon!
…Standard for as long as they were legal, like Mana Leak or Lightning Bolt, but they also had shiny new…
…Mana Leak and Impulse are both powerful and great to have combined on a modal spell. But Impulse is only…
Reid wants to combine discard spells and creatures in Modern. He did just that this weekend, en route finishing 6th in an MTGO PTQ!
…s resources and too fast for traditional answers like Mana Leak and manlands to be reliable. Baneslayer Angel: Another card…
Blisterguy returns with his weekly examination of all things MTGO. Today, he updates the online price lists, and takes us through a Premier Event Top 8 in detail.
…amount of damage, but was one mana short of paying for the mana leak that ultimately ended his time in…
…As long as you can keep that guy from getting Mana Leak'd, you're usually in good shape. Honor…
Are you ready to Return to Ravnica? With the set’s release just seven weeks away, four-time PT Top 8 competitor Patrick Chapin goes over three cards from the set that have already been spoiled so far.
…Really? *Really?* A 5/5 for four mana is not a bad rate, I mean honestly. You aren’t even…
…can't make you *less* popular, so Annul and Mana Leak should help keep things under control in the early…
…him, along with Sword of War and Peace and Mana Leak. Oh, and I guess drawing cards would be a…
If you’re itching to play a Thragtusk deck at SCG Open Series: Dallas, then be sure to check out the G/W Midrange list that two-time Pro Tour winner Brian Kibler has been working on in Standard.
…Aggro-control decks with Mana Leak certainly don’t create environments conducive to paying a ton of mana to do…
Wednesday, April 7th – While perfect play and mental strength is desirable, it’s impossible to win a Constructed tournament without picking the correct deck to play. Today, Zvi Mowshowitz takes us through a collection of interesting points we should consider when sleeving up our weapon of choice.
…Mana Leak and Spell Snare can be worked with but Cryptic Command is awkward at best. 5. Decks That Don…
…roll and keep 3 lands, Jace Beleren, Phantasmal Image, Mana Leak and Gideon Jura. This then happens: Opponent: Forest, Glistener…
…If you are paying 2 for it, it is quite good—you would definitely play Mana Leak in Draft. If…
…If we plan to play ramp and other instants like a few mana leak or so, then Jin-Gitaxias is…
A quick look at the spoiler shows us that no, Nether Void, Hypnotic Specter and Sinkhole are not in – but yes, there are some cool cards in every color.
…Madness U I won?t expound needlessly on this card, but it could well be a Mana Leak for four…
…Why did you decide that? It has only one artifact with colored mana in its mana cost (the machine from…
…Wizards has decided some spells are “not fun” to play against like Mana Leak, Stone Rain, discard, and Lightning Helix…
…It appears Leonin Relic-Warder and Mana Leak have taken a backseat to Champion of the Parish and Angelic Destiny…
…Key Cards - Broken cards (Moxes, Time Walk, etc) - Interaction (Remand, Mana Leak, Counterspell, Glen Elendra Archmage, Treachery) - Card draw (Fact…
Gerry has been doing his research, and he’s found four decks to be definitely good, with a ton of lists with massive amounts of potential. Let’s take a looksee and find a good choice for SCG Open: Cincinnati in a few weeks!
…too fast for a deck like this to play Mana Leak, so he has<br> plenty of room. Here’s…
Bennie Smith read the Dominaria Release Notes and zeroed in on Jodah, Archmage Eternal! Check out the deck he’s ready to build when the set comes out next month!
…Jodah costs four mana to cast, which is the turn right before you have five mana available to cast any…
…4 x Disfigure 2 x Doom Blade 4 x Mana Leak 3 x Spell Snare I think Merfolk and Faeries…
…I asked if I could try other mana costs for cycling but was told no. Instead, I experimented with non…
This Standard is not old Standard. We have to start from the bottom. Gerry Thompson builds Splinter Twin with a fresh look at the metagame. See where he’s at for SCG Open: Cincinnati this weekend.
…Depths, play a two-drop on turn two (like Mana Leak), you start turn three with two cantrips in your…
…I find one quick enough and cast it with Mana Leak backup. 6-1-1, 13-4 Ty also wins…
Cube Draft isn’t just for eight-player pods. Ryan Overturf uses his “Twoberts” Vintage Cube to share the secret to great two-player Cube experiences.
…Mana Leak Mulldrifter Shark Typhoon The blue column is mostly my favorite blue cards to play with in Cube that…
Brian Braun-Duin talks about two Standard decks: the Mono-Green deck he played at Pro Tour Dark Ascension and the Esper Spirits deck he played at StarCityGames.com Open: Charlotte. Don’t miss this puntacular article!
…when they’ve ramped way past the range where Mana Leak is relevant. Act of Aggression isn’t really that…
…Birds of Paradise, Duress, Mana Leak, and Enlightened Tutor are all fine cards, but they tend to merely shore up…
…Mana Leak for 3-mana with a “Counter or pay 5” is rough and easy to get to. And you…
It turns out that Shaun McLaren can’t make the finals of every single Pro Tour he plays in. As surprising as that is, he still has lots of pointers and creative decklists if you plan to take on the $5,000 Modern Premier IQ this weekend at #SCGHOU!
…You can expect them to bring in Fulminator Mage, which makes Remand and Mana Leak <br> that much better. Having…
…Mana Leak is ubiquitous; one deck has Stoic Rebuttal, and another has both that and Spell Pierce, while the third…
Take a look at Mike Flores’ latest brew, BUG Battle, to see if you should try to out-Battle of Wits your opponents at the SCG Standard Open in Washington, DC this weekend.
…Negate when you need a Doom Blade, Dissipate when they are playing around Mana Leak early but also have Cavern…
In the new world of Modern, the choice is simple: adapt or fail. Pro Tour champion Ari Lax takes a deep dive into Abzan Company, revealing the new essentials for its matchups against Death’s Shadow and more ahead of SCG Dallas!
…What isn’t fine is a hand that falls apart to a single answer, specifically “one land and a mana…
…The black side/back side of Lingering Souls on turn four, leaving up Mana Leak... Lingering Souls | Art by Bud…
If you’re looking for a deck to play at FNM, check out Matt’s Grixis list built around Notion Thief. As a bonus, he has a multiplayer deck for you as well!
…Drawing *fourteen* for two mana? Sign me up! In today’s world of perfect mana, why not have our cake…
…Counterspell is a hard counter, Mana Leak is a soft counter. Hardcast Casting a card for the full amount of…
…Lightning Helix and Mana Leak are classics in this vein, as are Soltari Priest and Wild Mongrel on the creature…
…Jitte pulls you towards the weenie strategies while the green mana pulls you in the opposite direction. Snakes gets both…
…Mana Leak is often on my roster of cards to keep in mind on the play versus on the draw…
The legendary land cycle of Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty have huge potential in all MTG formats, but which ones are the best? PVDDR explains his power rankings.
…Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire > Potential Leak Appears To Show Two New Cards From MTG Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty Eiganjo, Seat…
Veil of Summer (and only Veil of Summer) was banned in Pioneer on November 11. What do Ari Lax, Sam Black, and Shaheen Soorani have to say about the ban, the cards that survived this time, and the decks to beat at the Season Two Invitational?
…The power issue here is pronounced in Pioneer, which is built on a clear era split between Mana Leak being…
The incomparable JFR opens his mind once more, and shares his insanity with the fair readers of StarCityGames.com! His article brings the updated lists for Nearly Mono-Black in Standard, a deck with which John has powered to a number of low-profile finishes… He also has some advice for those looking to better their game, and the tale of a Magic dream so bizarre it’ll have you bursting at the seams…
…I teased Chet with a turn 2 Jitte (Spell Snare) and turn 3 Arena (Mana Leak), and then turned on…