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…Some people may prefer Mana Leak. I like Remand a lot in this deck. Often all you need is some…

GerryT goes through how Delver decks evolved in Standard from U/W Illusions to Esper Spirits. He weighs the pros and cons of each deck and tells you exactly what iteration of Delver he would play at StarCityGames.com Open: Tampa.

…Your mana curve is a bit loose, and your plan B is much worse off. Your Moorland Haunts are worse…

Thursday, December 30th – It was Round Nine of Grand Prix: Oakland, I was paired against Adam Yurchick, and I knew I was going to lose. Why? It’s not for the reason you’d think.

…I’m going to play around Mana Leak even though my opponent’s deck doesn’t typically have it, even…

Planar Chaos has just hit the shelves, and many of you are going to be getting ready for Friday Night Magic or upcoming Two-Headed Giant tournaments. Sealed is going to be a critical skill to brush up on, and I’ll be contributing a few pieces to this esteemed site to help you get up to speed.

…However, depending on your mana configuration, you may find that there are cards with an actual mana cost that is…

Did you read Becker’s piece yet ? Good. Now we can move on. I asked Jon to talk about his different play style from Derek Rank’s in those ancient days of the Frenetic Efreet, back when Invested cards like Browse were good, for a reason. Though I will stand by the fact that there is One Right Play on any stack (or any of those non-stack moments when you can play or tap land or whatever), that is not to say that there is necessarily one right Plan. Probably you are scratching your head right now. What do you mean one right Plan? What is a Plan?

…you have at hand before blowing your wad on what is probably just going to be a Mana Leak. –michaelj

In January, I was working on a series of articles on the history of Extended, but I kept veering off and writing about my favorite Extended decks. To force myself back on topic in those articles, I started a separate article about my all-time favorite decks. These are my choices for my all-time favorite decks – with the caveat that the newest weirdness I am working on always qualifies, right up until I have it done and working.

…More Islands might be necessary to have Mana Leak actually work. Something like Kumano would be very nice to have…

This past weekend, Cedric won his 11th PTQ and will be going to Pro Tour Return to Ravnica! He runs down the deck that got him there, Bant Pod, in classic Ceddy style.

…Aggro is that when playing against a deck with Mana Leak, your opponent will rarely counter this card because ‘It…

…Anyone can Mana Leak Karn Liberated, or Path to Exile Wurmcoil Engine. Have fun Remanding Ulamog! (For the record, Tron…

With a Pioneer-format Super PTQ on the horizon, Todd Anderson gets you ready to take it down with Rakdos Pyromancer (Lurrus).

…VS Azorius Spirits Lofty Denial effectively gave the deck access to Mana Leak, which makes the prospect of playing Collected…

Jim Davis brings us the latest edition of his thorough examination of the art of Cube! Today, he talks to you about the blue and white cards he most recommends for yours!

…Mana Leak Daze Remand Memory Lapse Standstill Brain Freeze Counterspell Blue’s two-mana slot holds most of the Cube…

…At 3 am, I am up again, still cold, throw on my clothes, head upstairs to take a leak, and…

…o'-War - 4 Ophidian - Spells (27) - 2 Capsize - 2 Mana Leak - 3 Forbid - 4 Counterspell - 4 Impulse - 4 Whispers of…

…Instant | | Hinder | Instant | | Impulse | Instant | | Into the Roil | Instant | | Mana Leak | Instant | | Miscalculation | Instant | | Misdirection | Instant | | Mystical Tutor | Instant | | Negate…

Thursday, September 23rd – What’s a linchpin? It’s the focus of every deck, as well as the path to victory. Michael Jacob’s second article on StarCityGames.com gives you both the theoretical and practical know-how to build your decks right!

…Angel - Acidic Slime - Lightning Bolt - Everflowing Chalice - Grave Titan - Mana Leak - Misty Rainforest These cards are all powerful, but they…

Control master Shaheen Soorani is back with tuned decklist for Planeswalker Control in Standard just in time for Grand Prix Baltimore and StarCityGames.com: Memphis. He also includes a spicy brew for the Modern PTQ season.

…If they’re missing a Mana Leak the game is nearly in the bag, because only a Liliana of the…

I had originally intended to run this experiment through the end of August. I’m feeling like that might be overkill, though. Instead of a date, I’m going to say that after my one hundredth game, I will officially call the decklist finished and move on to the next experiment. That means I’m just over half done, so you still have a lot of playing/tweaking to witness.

…Complicate, Discombobulate, Mana Leak, Rewind, Stifle. *Land*: City of Brass, Flooded Strand, Grand Coliseum, Secluded Steppe. *Other Stuff*: Boomerang, Brain…

…The only turn I don’t send burn to his dome is because I have to triple–Mana Leak a…

Monday, February 16th – Last week, Patrick Chapin boarded the much-anticipated Magic Cruise for a trip that promised fun, adventure, and unlimited Magic. Today, he shares the stories from the trip, and brings us some Extended and Standard lists for Constructed with Conflux…

…Spellstutter Sprite, Glen Elendra Archmage, Mana Leak, Azami, Thirst for Knowledge, Gifts Ungiven, or Flashfreeze. Round 2: Mu opponent’s…

…Spending mana to look at an opponent’s hand is underwhelming. But Peek, as a card that costs no mana…

One of the reasons green does well in Commander lies in its intrinsic penchant for the ramp spell! Sheldon explains why this matters so much and what you can do to abuse it—even if you’re not a green mage!

…is going to Mana Leak your Cultivate. You could<br> also want it for the colorless mana to activate Blinky…

…Instant | | Hinder | Instant | | Impulse | Instant | | Into the Roil | Instant | | Mana Leak | Instant | | Miscalculation | Instant | | Misdirection | Instant | | Mystical Tutor | Instant | | Negate…

Tuesday, January 20th – Designing an unbeatable Phase Three deck is interesting because you really have to solve two different problems. The first is “how do I avoid dying” and the second is “if I take it as a given that the game is going to go on for N turns, how do I ensure that the likelihood of my winning the game keeps increasing the longer the game progresses?”

…card Choke, but you don’t always have the Mana Leak or the Explosives or the Mox or the critical…

…They didn't have enough cards in hand + mana that I imagined there would ever actually be a Level 3…

…exploited with cards like maindeck [card] Distress [/card], [card] Mana Leak [/card], and [card] Cancel [/card]. I wasn’t able…

Friday, September 24th – Patrick knows this Pro Tour Amsterdam report is late – so he’s made up for it by also giving six post-Scars Standard decks, and the dirt on Amsterdam’s Red-light districts!

…This sort of a deck is actually just trying to use early interactive cards like Spreading Seas, Mana Leak, Into…

…Man O'War! Nekrataal! ’, and blue's prime counterspell, Mana Leak, ranks among the most potent of its kind and…

Ashley Morway gives you more ways to win (get it?). Her experience with Caw-Blade was less than satisfactory, and she learned some valuable lessons about deck choice. And don’t miss her bonus Commander decks at the end!

…Seachrome Coast, Island, Mana Leak, Spell Pierce, Timely Reinforcements, Jace Beleren. At that time I didn’t know what deck…

Thursday, December 23rd – Data-cruncher and lover of numbers, Alexander Shearer examines the Worlds data and looks at the rogue decklists that may be the perfect metagame tools to take down your next Standard event!

…Sure, it has many of the usual suspects — Sun Titan, Mana Leak, Oust, and the ubiquitous Jace. It also adds…

Wednesday, January 26 – Jon Smithers, one of the minds behind the Tempered Steel deck that took Worlds by storm, brewed up a sweet Naya Scapeshift list with Knight of the Reliquary. He and the other pilots of the deck had a great weekend in Atlanta, so check it out!

…I’m not sure if he had the Mana<br> Leak or not, but he was definitely shaking his head…

…Company went for sweeper insurance. *UW Sideboarding:* -4 Spreading Seas -1 Mana Leak -1 Logic Knot +3 Rest in Peace…

…Seachrome Coast, Island, Ponder, Vapor Snag, Delver of Secrets, Snapcaster Mage, Mana Leak Hand 2: Seachrome Coast, Glacial Fortress, Island…

…Of course, we're in the color of Mana Leak, so interactivity is just a sideboard slot away. I walk…

…Sable Stagwhen he passed with two mana up (clearly had the mana leak, nice Time Walk!) The following turn, I…

Ari Lax isn’t afraid to say it: Modern’s best cantrips and discard spells are Modern’s best cards, end of story! That doesn’t mean you’re unlocking their full potential, though. Take tutelage from a Pro Tour trophy-holder before the SCG Season Two Invitational!

…There might be a game where taking an early Mana Leak opens a hole, but generally I’m gunning for…

…I walked right into a couple copies of Bonfire of the Damned and Mana Leak, and I justifiably lost. I…

…However, he says that the X mana cost of the Elemental is 1 colorless and one green mana, even though…

…I really like Savannah Lions and Mana Leak, but I have absolutely no idea what the impact on Standard will…

…It's often times just going to come down as a 3/2 flier for 1 mana, especially in a…

…Akroma's Vengeance backed up with countermagic - most often Mana Leak and Rewind, though some builds used Discombobulate over Rewind…

…It takes care of a lot of stuff: [card]Rancor[/card], Bonfire, [card] Mana Leak [/card] and so on. I…

For the love of all things holy, ladies and gentlemen of the Magic community – if you want to get better at this game, you have to realize one important thing, and that is that somewhere in the area of 60% of all games of Magic are played with sideboards in… And it’s where most of you lose your games. So listen to me carefully: I have some rules for you to follow. They’re numbered. All you need to do is follow instructions. Trust the Tait.

…They know when you’ve got Mana Leak and they bait it out or play around it. They know you…

Thursday, December 9th – Want the inside scoop on how to use Twitter to further your Magical career? In a break from his tales of drunken debauchery, Dan Barrett tells all.

…Leading on Darkslick Shores, then Island, pass? U/B Control, and they may well have the Mana Leak in hand…

No, you cannot get infinite turns with Power Conduit and Time Vault. Although Time Vault’s Oracle-based errata says that it has counters, and it is technically true that Power Conduit can eat any form of counter, Power Conduit can only supply”charge” or +1/+1 counters. It cannot produce Time Counters. But it can put charge counters on Magistrate’s Scepter.

…In a duel, you should be able to hold off serious threats with some basic counters, like Mana Leak or…

…Another option might be to add fast mana and ways to make infinite mana. Deadeye Navigator combo would work beautifully…

…cost Counterspell with less of a drawback – say, Counterspell, Mana Leak, Remand, or Memory Lapse. Game #2: Shadowman (Angels) I…

…However, he says that the X mana cost of the Elemental is 1 colorless and one green mana, even though…

…Mystic Snake, Cancel, Voidslime, Rune Snag, Mana Leak. Take your pick. I hope to test this deck fairly soon. I…

Tuesday, August 31st – Last week, Cedric Phillips shared the first rounds from his superb 13th-place run at this Year’s U.S. Nationals. He completes his tale today.

…Next turn, Alex cast Sovereigns with three mana up… But I had a Deprive instead of Mana Leak. Zing! Two…

Ever made a misplay that made you *facepalm* immediately? Legendary Magic author Mike Flores goes over some of the mistakes he’s seen (and made!) most often with cards commonly played in today’s Standard.

…Like say he has two mana and a Mana Leak; on your turn you might be able to pay for…

Tuesday, August 24th – The Armada Games EDH League returned this week. There were quick kills, interesting games, whiny and petulant players, swarms of Rats, and chaos all around.

…It gives you access to Mana Leak and Sovereigns of Lost Alara (and thereby Eldrazi Conscription), which pushes it over…