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Glare Force One – A Colorado Champs Report *T8* by Ryan Cimera

While I was scrambling for a deck, several of my testing partners were making a big fuss about Glare being good again. As I had seen the Glare list before and liked it, I figured it had some merit and I had enough cards to at least try it, so I worked with their list that already had Spectral Force/Scryb Ranger and tested it against the gauntlet to very positive results.

When I first saw the Time Spiral spoiler, a few cards popped out immediately. Dragonstorm and Enduring Renewal were cards…

Rule 0: What It Is And What It’s Not by Sheldon Menery

Sheldon Menery delves into Rule 0, Commander’s guiding light. What is it, what is it not, and what makes it unique in organized Magic?

…Our primary time will be Thursday evenings around 7:30pm ET, but we’ll be on as frequently as time…

Deconstructing Constructed – Hitting the Wall: Boros Deck Wins Revisited by Josh Silvestri

Despite taking the lion’s share of the metagame at Worlds 2006, Boros Deck Wins hasn’t exactly been living up to its name. Is this deck really and Extended powerhouse that all should fear? Josh spills his guts on his own personal four-color Boros build, armed with Armadillo Cloaks and Kird Apes and Vindicates, oh my! In the face of ridiculous and unfair decks such as TEPS, is Boros Deck Scrapes Into The Quarters Before Being Battered By A Real Deck still a prime contender for the Blue Envelope?

…in other matches it was a two mana pseudo- Time Walk. Considering most of BDW games end with the opponent…

Down And Dirty – Scornful Options Unlimited by Kyle Sanchez

Thursday, May 8th – It appears that the great and good of Star City Games are currently going crazy over Combo decks in Shadowmoor Standard. We’ve had Patrick Chapin’s take on the Seismic Swans deck… today, we have Kyle Sanchez walking us through a plethora of intriguing Enchanted Evening options. He takes the combo pieces and throws them in with literally every card under the sun. Will one of these builds prove strong enough to storm the Star City Games Mega-Magic Weekend? Read on to find out!

…Cryptic Command brings another level of protection, acting as a counter, Time Walk, and card draw all in the same…

Bosium Strip by Adrian Sullivan

…Cast Time Walk (or something else that is mean)<br> > You: Counter<br> > Them: Counter back<br> > You: Activate Bösium…

Tuck by Sheldon Menery

Commander Rules Committee member Sheldon Menery provides the logic, the discussions, and the acceptance of dissent all centered around the latest major Commander rules update.

…I’ll close this section from<br> our friend Nathan Holt of *Walk the Planes* fame (you can find him…

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…For instance, with helm of awakening, it is easy to see that only in a time walk deck or the…

Legacy’s Latest #3 – Building a Proper Manabase by Kevin Binswanger

Manabases in Legacy are awful. If you compare us to Vintage, we are all still in the phase where people are running City of Brass or Undiscovered Paradise in two- and three-colored decks. Even worse, the most popular deck (Vial Goblins) runs four Wasteland and four Rishadan Port. I find it ironic that I spent a large portion of my time campaigning for Goblins to run all eight colorless lands, and now those same lands get in my way when I try to build new decks…

…In my last article I talked about Swords to Plowshares as a Time Walk versus aggro decks, because it is…

Ixalan Brew Blitz! by Chris Lansdell

Chris Lansdell promised a Brew Blitz, and he’s delivered in a grand way! Check out his sketches for a Magical future where last month’s metagame is just a memory!

It’s time. Let’s get to brewing. These are the places I’m starting. More testing is to be…

Milling My Life Away: Twins With Crabs! by Kyle Sanchez

Follow the onomatopoeia and the stories, which lead to a deck that has been receiving a bit of hype in recent weeks. Mill is the perfect rogue brew for rogue-ish characters who like to beat up on Valakut and Caw.

…Fog is a time walk against them out of the board, and they are usually too clunky anyway to take…

I Know You Got Sole by Jeremy Neeman

If you like playing Lingering Souls in Standard, you’ll love it in Modern. Jeremy Neeman has been playing a U/B Delver deck splashing white for Lingering Souls that he calls Soulfish. Could this be the next deck to win a Modern PTQ?

…it’s good when you’re racing, as a Time Walk. Four mana is a lot, and four Cryptics might…

Trading Psychographics Revisited by Cassie LaBelle

Chas defines and explores three different trading psychographics in the hopes of figuring out why different people choose to hit the tables with their binders.

…We have an effective formula, and the time has come to figure out how we are going to market our…

Chatter of the Squirrel – Constructing the Ideal Play Environment by Zac Hill

Wednesday, May 6th – Today, we’re talking about the mechanics of how people are affected by space. This article is about how we can most effectively manipulate the tournament environment – or, more commonly, how we can best accommodate the realities of that tournament environment by changing some of our own habits – to be most conducive to our success.

…Not only may you get something stolen, but the time you spend worrying about it is time you’re not…

Making Statements by Anthony Lowry

Anthony Lowry reacts to the post-Pro Tour metagame and shares how he will adjust. Is this the format we’ve been wanting? He then discusses Jeskai Ascendancy in Modern and what you can do to get ahead of it during the $5,000 Modern Premier IQ at #SCGWOR!

…four mana planeswalker<br> can’t walk and chew gum at the same time, that’s cause for concern. One…

Wizards Got It Right by Mike Sigrist

…Mardu Vehicles was fast enough and disruptive enough to either force the opponent to combo too early and walk right…

Legacy’s Allure – Making The Upheaval Deck by Doug Linn

Monday, May 24th – This week, Doug brings an interesting, original and innovative deck running Upheaval alongside some very old and powerful cards. Find out how to exploit the Stronghold classic Horn of Greed and how a Zendikar uncommon is the key to this Blue-Green deck that aims to reset the board two or three times in a game. You’ll see how the engine works, get rules information regarding how to utilize parts of the deck effectively, and suggested avenues for developing the deck in the future. Don’t miss this chance to read about how to use Upheaval, one of the most powerful cards in Magic, in one of the game’s most popular formats!

…Other variants ran Walk The Aeons, which you can support with Crucible and two Explorations, or Time Warp, Eternal Witness…

From The Lab – Prerelease Weekend: First Thoughts on Planar Chaos by Craig Jones

Craig “The Professor” Jones takes time out from his twisted experiments to bring us the low-down on Planar Chaos Limited. Not content with a mere one or two Prerelease tournaments, Prof decided to go balls to the wall and submit to a straight 24 hours of Magic! There are thrills! There are spills! There’s also a dose of Planar Chaos card advice, and a bushel or two of quality fun – strategy and humor in perfect harmony.

…Despite evidence from Worlds to the contrary, I’m not bad at Time Spiral draft, and I’m very interested…

Thirst for Knowledge – Planeswalking by Chris Jobin

Monday, May 10th – I ran some games with UWR Planeswalkers against Jund, and the results were pretty positive. Or, rather, at first they were very poor – but after looking at the Top 16 decklists for Atlanta, it became apparent that most players weren’t playing Vengevine in their Jund lists, and therefore our Jund list was pretty ahead of the curve when it came to beating the Planeswalker deck.

…My regular article for this week will be up at its usual time.) Given that it has been a while…

A Review Of The Year 2000 In Magic by Pierre DuPont

Well, with this piece I officially become the FIRST CANADIAN MAGIC WRITER TO WRITE A MAGIC REVIEW! Drunk with power, I will undoubtedly beat up little kids for their lunch money, steal their cards, and mug old ladies. Before that happens, however, I will have to take a short look at the major events as…

…Imagine having your opponent go: (“ Fact or Fiction – Oh, here’s a Time Walk, a Time Twister, Gaea’s Blessing…

Esper Control In Standard by Shaheen Soorani

The people’s control mage is back to share his current list for dismantling Standard! Though there is still one archetype he can’t seem to beat…

…I didn’t have any true hate cards at the time, but<br> summoned the power of Settle the Wreckage…

Seven Coins by Noah Weil

My time with Limited Information is nearing its end. After this week, there's an insanely cool theme week, followed…

Before the Storm by Mark Rosewater

…As the lead designer on *Tempest*, I'll take this opportunity to walk through both design and development in order…