Without a doubt, Tarmogoyf is the best creature in Legacy. Unsatisfied with current Threshold decks, Kevin presents several ideas on how to best use the Goyf. He also looks at ways to build around and play around Counterbalance.
…I have been spending a lot of time working on how to win Tarmogoyf fights. The baseline Tarmogoyf deck is…
…While the event hall is open, your time is at an absolute premium. Time bought by taking a taxi will…
Brennan couldn’t help himself: He played some Elves during SCG CON. Get his lists for a number of different formats, including his thoughts on his surprising run at the Standard Classic with a rogue build!
…I’ve been fooled for the last time playing a reactive deck in Standard.<br> Yes, there are times where…
Continuing on his quest to find the perfect control deck for Standard, Reid Duke has 3 decks he’s been working on that fight the good fight against Delver: U/R, U/B, and Esper Control. Give control a spin at SCG Open Series: Phoenix!
…deck, referring to it as “a removal spell, triple Time Walk, or win condition.” My initial testing with Shaheen Soorani…
After an extraordinary year atop the Standings, CVM would go on to finish mid-pack in this year’s SCG Players’ Championship. Here, CVM reflects on the unique event and what it meant to him.
…I really felt like BBD’s Abzan Aggro deck was very good and<br> well-positioned, but without sufficient time…
House rules can keep Commander more interesting, and today Abe Sargent explores the potential to spice up your Commander deckbuilding by embracing some legendary-feeling but technically non-Legendary cards at the helm of a new deck built just for them.
…We get four from Ravnica Blocks, two for each time we’ve visited that plane, plus Edric, Spymaster of Trest…
…Scavenging Ooze and Thoughtseize are two things that will be played together until the end of time, so making sure…
…When I arrived this time, I ended up in a bleak swamp near an entrance to a cave. It was…
…On Wednesday, I realized that I’d have time to play in one *Beta* Draft qualifier, so I emailed ChannelFireball…
We may be looking at the hardest archetype in Standard in this one! Or better yet, GerryT is looking at it. And playing it. And winning. Want to test your ability to play Magic in 2018? Here you go, pal.
…B/U Midrange is a strategy I’ve liked for<br> quite some time<br> , even if I haven’t…
…Sometimes you have to walk down the shadier side of society, to a place where right and wrong are just…
…Thanks to the newly-spoiled Temporal Mastery (the Time Walk miracle), more and more Legacy players feel that the format…
…You see, the first time you slam a two-hundred-fortyish-card deck on the table, it shakes everything and…
…so it doesn't need to rely on the Time Walk combination. Here Comes That Bias Go up one state…
…It is similar to casting [card] Time Walk [/card]. If you have nothing in play, [card]Time Walk[/card] is…
…the new Time Walk! I decided to go blue/red: I thought that Sigil of Sleep was for the creatures…
…When's the last time you've had a Legacy opponent cast a Meditate? *There was an error retrieving a…
…Voidslime does almost everything Time Stop does at half the cost. It's not exactly a Time Walk, but it…
I can tell you that Rizzo won’t be playing Magic again anytime soon. His enjoyment came from the writing more than the playing – and as long as he finds something to write about, he won’t need Magic.
…For all I know, mine sits in my room waiting to be discovered the next time I rummage through my…
…In fact, Power pricing may shift higher soon anyway—when I searched for Moxen, Time Walk, Timetwister and Ancestral Recall…
The Legions pack is a veritable treasure trove for the U/R drafter, and even with several U/W mages at the table, you can still clean up on quality U/R cards. Enemy mages will be grabbing Stingers and Deftblade Elites, and you should happily let them. With Echo Tracer, Willbender, Wall of Deceit, Keeneye Aven, and Mistform Seaswift all ripe for the plucking, you’re the real kid in this cardboard candy store. After a while, the cracking of pack two might start to trigger an almost Pavlovian response.
…Opponent unmorphs Daru Lancer? That’s a Time Walk. Battering Craghorn? Time Walk. Skirk Marauder only gets one-for-one…
GerryT likes winning, but winning with a fun Standard deck? Now you’re really cruising! He has all the fun you can handle: refreshing brews, Pirate shows for entertainment, a shore excursion to Jurassic Park…
…This deck still has some Walk the Planks, but it’s very fortunate that something like Hostage Taker exists. It…
When you don’t have time to prepare for a tournament as much as you might like, it’s important to have a plan. Brian shares the rules he tries to follow when he’s flying blind.
…It is certainly better to be able to spend the time to thoroughly test for a tournament, but you don…
I called up a friend in the middle of the night to ask him:””What has Torment brought us that makes ‘Tog worse than it was?” “Hi, Jim,” was his reply. I forgot that not everybody thinks about Magic all of the time.
…Once again, I forgot that not *everybody* thinks about Magic all of the time. We mulled over a few new…
…me half the pizza if I gave him my Time Walk, which sounds terrible, but in fact was a great…
…While Marijn's time in the spotlight was relatively short, he put up some remarkable highlights in that time. His…
…People who didn't know when the announcement was happening would have a hard time finding the article because they…
…are somewhat greedy for my time. Failing that though, we can take a walk through the results of the PT…
Looking for a deck to work on for Grand Prix Detroit? Then check out a couple of Dark Confidant-based lists that Adrian thinks could be well positioned for the event.
…I was hoping I’d have enough time to be inspired by some of the comings and goings of Gen…
Like a teenager trying out new identities, Bryan Gottlieb has gone through several phases in his Standard brewing! Will one of them help you grow into a champion?
When reflecting on my journey through adolescence, I often sort time periods by the “phase” my self-expression had taken…
With Arrogant Wurm and Circular Logic joining online Pauper thanks to the release of Vintage Masters, Alex is exploring the format’s first true tempo deck with a firm grasp of the deck’s former history and card choices.
…These would allow players a reasonable way to invest their time (compared to a half a day for a Premier…
The randomness, the sheer absurdity of this event going on, out of sight, with only a few observers… It seemed like those lucky enough to be passing by at just the right time were being given a gift. At least, that’s what it felt like to me.
…It doesn’t seem like that long ago when I was at the top of my game – but time has…
…I want to look at what I consider the top Swamp art of all time. Now, any such list will…
…Structuring the prizes ahead of time proved to be a challenge because I didn’t know how many players would…
…When I walk into a local store, I am literally mobbed by gamers looking to get their trade on. I…
Get in the holiday spirit by reading Michael Martin’s Magic-infused adaptation of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol .
…This time someone stood in his area, strange only because John had spent quite some time cultivating the belief that…
…You can't see the person you usually see. *Or am I finally seeing myself for the first time?* You…
The two key components of the archetype are mana and explosive effects. This is very important to keep in mind during the draft, because some of the picks are not immediately identifiable. The basic premise behind the deck is to ramp mana quickly and cast large splashable or in-color threats. The deck has an extremely powerful late game, considering that you take Invokers higher and splash a lot of giant creatures – so if you get all of the tools, it is simply too powerful for regular two-color decks.
…The fact of the matter is, you can still get your hands on one or more most of the time…
…In Five-Color, the card is restricted (retrieve Time Walk, Contract from Below, Regrowth, Lightning Bolt, Swords to Plowshares, anyone…
Dylan Hand put his Eldrazi Tron theories into practice with a Top 16 Open finish and an IQ win! He outlines the changes he made and offers a surprising conclusion for the Modern seat at SCG Richmond!
…With that being said, let’s walk through my experiences from SCG<br> Columbus onward, my opinions on some of…
…However, because of the quickness of this deck, a lot of the time they have to walk into it. The…
…This worked surprisingly well the first time I played the deck at a PTQ in Boston and defeated popular decks…
…By understanding the shape of the operational curve of your deck, you can position your Time Walk in such a…
Monday, October 19th – One of the cards that jumped out at me in the Zendikar spoiler, along with everyone else, was Bloodchief Ascension; however, unlike everyone else, I felt like Pyromancer Ascension was a perhaps even more powerful enchantment. Just like at a sandwich shop, two-for-one deals make anyone stop and take notice.
…familiar with the on-two punch it has with Time Walk, but I felt that it might be a tad…
…I have an Estrid Enchantress deck, but maybe it's time to build another one that has some nasty group…
…Tempo decks, because of the tight line they walk between aggression and control are sometimes quite complicated to play but…
Gerrard takes his fantastic vaudeville act on the road! Well, perhaps not a fantastic act. We think it’s an act. He’s on stage, anyway.
…Quit your bitchin’, Greven; we fought, we lost, we do our time walk and then we get the frick outa…
…The last time Ghan had come to Andenstalay, it was only a waypoint on a long hunt that led him…
A deck stuffed to the gills (so to speak) with potent Merfolk and Faeries! What’s not to love! Well, the results aren’t to love if you get greedy and try to throw in too much! Watch what happens when a good deck tumbles! Film at 11!
…Plus, this pool offers many ways to remove troublesome creatures; if they refuse to walk into your oh-so-blatant…
…In this article, I am going to walk you through the math and explain how the outcome was the only…