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…Promos 1 x Voltaic Key 1 x Time Vault 1 x Time Walk 1 x Ancestral Recall 1 x Brainstorm…

While 2019 was Commander’s best year ever, 2020 will top it! Sheldon Menery lays out the products, the projects, and the people to watch!

…a bad time (which is, in sort of an oblique way, what happens in competitive events), people walk away from…

…One other possibility is operating kind of like a Green Time Walk by stealing the opponent's next turn while…

…turn every Counterspell your opponent has into a pseudo Time Walk. For the same reason it would be weak to…

…He matches me with his own elephant tokens as time dwindles down. Time is called and I finish my turn…

Last weekend, Brian Kibler made Top 8 of GP Anaheim with his Block Constructed Jund deck. Read about what inspired him to design the deck after PT Avacyn Restored and how he settled on his exact decklist for the GP.

…Not because as a team we didn’t manage to put anyone into the Top 8 for the first time…

Gerry is excited to compete in States this year and has five lists that may surprise you in their diversity. Standard is far from solved, and right now is the perfect time to take advantage of this fact! Also read why not to play Solar Flare.

…Most of the time, they’ll play around it or have Chandra’s Phoenix/Hero of Oxid Ridge, and it…

Thursday, June 26th – There’s Kithkin. There’s Faeries. And there’s the choice of the connoisseur: Five-Color Control. Gerry Thompson, advocate of the uber-controlling Teachings deck in Time Spiral Block Constructed, is no stranger to the slow strategies. Today, he shares his own take on the Five-Color Control archetype in Lorwyn / Shadowmoor Block Constructed, which has gone through numerous iterations in the search for PTQ glory…

…I was testing against him with Kithkins, and Fulminator blew me out every single time. It let him deal with…

…It was a much simpler time. Molten Rain was a three-mana Time Walk that defeated many Tron opponents. But…

…My deck gets checked so there is time for some shit chatting and trashtalk. Matthias is quite cool - he’s…

Gen Con So Cal has come and gone, and it was an exciting time. I was there from early early…

Abraham Stein explores his favorite two-color combination in Pioneer. The triple banning on Monday has opened up the possibilities for Azorius, including Control, Flash, and Spirit tribal!

…like Gideon, you also have a 2/3 flying Time Walk your opponent has to risk playing into. Brazen Borrower…

Friday, December 5th – Hello everybody, and welcome to another edition of the Magic Show. This week we’re going to talk about Magic and nothing but Magic. No special guests, no frills, nothing but my silly jokes, antics, and opinions on this cardboard crack we call our hobby. Let’s go!

…respect the Overpowered Two-Drop and 4/4 Flying Time Walk. They will kill you out of nowhere, as Fae…

…until the first time they come into ownership of a collectible worth preserving. Let’s walk through the process of…

When the Grand Vizier of the Metagame, Mr Ted “Cardgame” Knutson, champions a deck that feels as powerful as U/G Madness and Affinity, you’d do well to heed his words. His strong U/G build is sure to be a force in the coming Regionals tournaments. Even if you don’t run it, you’d best be prepared to face it. Attacking with monsters, removing blockers, disrupting your opponent… this deck is a contender .

…Fate, however, would seem to indicate that the time is now, so write I shall, but I wash my hands…

…Game 1-Disks and burn clear the board time and time again. Then the Shard Pheonix hits. He looks at…

Tuesday, November 25th – At Thermopylae, 300 Spartans stood their ground against 200,000 invading Persians. At California States, 4 Judges stood their ground against nearly 300 invading players. It was 273 to be exact, and it blew most estimates by a hundred…

…Then I got healthy just in time to go the GP: Atlanta, which I will chronicle next week. We started…

…It looks like I'm going to take you on a walk down the path of the red mage today…

…The store that sponsored the events at our local community library had shut down at the worst time, and we…

…little luck, anyone can walk away the victor, and everyone will have a good time. *When sorting all those colors…

…Though I can't say I'll win, I'll be better prepared against mono-blue next time. Record: 2…

…And in order to do that well, I spend a lot of time finding out where white stands in various…

Greater Harvester I was a huge fan of Braids, Cabal Minion and played Pirates and other Braids decks to some success while Psycho-B*tch was around. Greater Harvester might be even better. There’s a ton of things going for this card; as a 5/6 it’s got a huge threatening body that can put away a game quickly if it’s ability disrupts your opponent for a turn or two. And that disruption ability! Having your opponent sacrifice two permanents each time you hit them is amazing. The only hiccup is the fact that your opponent will likely want to chump block, trading his worst creature for your least-needed permanent. Wait just a minute though – that’s not really a hiccup at all since Black is chock full of removal !

…Part Two tackles the rest of the set, exposing my thoughts like a has-been pop singer ‘s half-time…

*You've got to know when to hold 'em*<br> *Know when to fold 'em*<br> *Know when to walk…

SCG is proud to welcome back Ben Friedman! The cowboy is riding into town with some controversial Death’s Shadow analysis! Don’t register outdated cards in your SCG Columbus Modern builds!

…Modern<br> challenges them to walk that tightrope, and although it is a decidedly<br> high-variance format, the reward…

…little luck, anyone can walk away the victor, and everyone will have a good time. *When sorting all those colors…

This week Ari provides you with some snippets of wisdom from the pseudo-notebook on his computer, touching on emotional control, focusing on what matters, and more!

…Some of these are just too research-intensive to pull off in the time frame I think of them (i…

…the Gathering since the advent of the Intro Pack in 2008 with *Shards of Alara*, it seems a good time…

#SCGINDY made a ton of headlines over the weekend! Decks and cards we didn’t expect showed up, one deck laid claim to the top of the early metagame, and Chris VanMeter took home the gold! That’s what we saw. What did a Pro Tour Champion see? Ari Lax explains the important lessons you may have missed!

…Smuggler’s Copter is just the same thing as Tarmogoyf in *Time Spiral* block where everyone deformed their deck to…

Thursday, November 20th – The Reserved List is a list of 572(!) cards that Wizards of the Coast has promised to never reprint in tournament-legal form. But is the Reserved List serving as intended in its current incarnation? Could Wizards of the Coast amend the Reserved List without causing major backlash? And just why is there a Reserved List, anyhow? The answers to all these questions and more can be found in this week’s Insider Trading!

…br> Dwarven Armorer<br> Null Rod<br> Yare<br> Time Walk<br> Teferi’s Imp You get the idea here…

Does your mind get cluttered when the game gets intense and complex? There are ways around that, you know! Jadine shares several here!

…Pick an Axis You find yourself in a very complicated game of Magic*.* Par for the course, but this time…

When writing my last article, I touched upon Drop of Honey in a Legacy sideboard. After playing with it for a while, I’ve come to appreciate how much awesome sauce can be packed in to one card. Therefore I decided to see what can be done with this card and built three Legacy decks designed to exploit the Arabian Nights rare.

…Undeniably amazing, Morphling could easily walk all over an opponent struggling to get out from underneath a pile of Honeycombs…

What I am offering up is a list of points that you should think about if you ever want to improve your game. While I realize this type of thing has been done many times before, I think I have a number of things to hit on that many people haven’t covered, and that I find very important to anyone looking to get better at Magic, especially Limited. These are things that changed me from a mediocre player into a pro player years ago, and they are general enough that they can work for everyone.

…Combat math in particular should be calculated ahead of time so that you know whether you should be the aggressor…

…This worked surprisingly well the first time I played the deck at a PTQ in Boston and defeated popular decks…

…Sevinne’s Reclamation Sevinne's Reclamation A reasonable amount of time, you’ll have to discard cards in a game…

You have one last look at the thoughts of Gerry Thompson before you take on #SCGRegionals! He’s got his deck choice lined up and ready to go, but he’s sharing some detailed thoughts on his new Modern build, Osyp’s G/W Tokens win, and of course, how he feels about Bant Company’s prevalence!

…Leave it to Osyp to find some way to make me feel happy and oddly uncomfortable at the same time…

Read which M13 cards two-time SCG Legacy Open finalist Drew Levin thinks will make a difference in Legacy and his thoughts about the health of the format after the Legacy Grand Prix in Atlanta.

…or twice or three times? You can also randomly Time Walk them using Personal Tutor, which is what people were…

The year is winding down, but Steve hasn’t stopped tallying decklists for the mid-sized Vintage tournaments and analyzing what they mean. Which decks sit at the top of the Type One metagame these days and which ones are in decline? Steve’s got all the answers inside.

…Mox Jet 52 Mox Pearl 50 Mox Emerald 50 Time Walk 47 Sol Ring 44 Strip Mine 140 Force of…

Yes, Jens is back, baby! This Commander/Cube all-star was first seen back in Mirrodin as Jens Thoren’s Invitational card. Patrick Chapin, one of the card’s developers, explains why this card will make leaps in Standard and beyond.

…It fixes your colors, speeds you up, fuels<br> your card economy, buys you time, provides backup win conditions and…

…Lingering Souls[/card], but even hitting a Rhino to time walk the opponent is perfectly reasonable. This strategy allows us…

Thursday, September 25th – Since the complete spoiler for Shards of Alara isn’t publicly available as I’m writing this, I’ve decided to forego a set review and instead focus on some of the themes specific Shards bring us with an eye towards Standard. What’s caught my imagination first is the Devour mechanic as offered up by the denizens of Jund, the Black-Red-Green Shard.

…So let’s walk through this: drop a Mycoloth and Devour a Llanowar Elf and two Kitchen Finks; you end…

Despite a number of high-profile events attempting to define the ongoing Standard metagame, the field is officially wide open. Josh takes a look at some of the myths and fallacies that are present in the respective tournament results. He looks at some of the stronger decks fielded thus far, and draws some interesting conclusions…

This is an interesting time. I mean, *right now*. This very instant. After tomorrow, things will be significantly less interesting…

…That said, it can be very difficult to walk the line. At any given time you may find yourself on…

Jeremy Neeman finished 26th at Worlds, good enough for the last Pro Points he needed to hit his 100 total, even if they may not mean anything in the near future. He discusses how he did in Standard, Limited, and Modern.

…I picked up a lot more removal this time, and the final product was pretty nice: Stromkirk Noble<br> 2…

…Euro time (that´d be 6-8 hours faster than any Yank clock), at which point we´ll catch up…

…She pressed one hand to her temple, shaking her head. “This place is … I can't walk the planes any…

…So it was time—time for the *big* job, the one she'd been preparing for since last year. She…

…But at the same time, is it worth his time? Are three days of signing and altering really worth it…

Having recently played Magic in public, beyond the bounds of our modest play group, for the first time in several…

…Refiner to get the natural turn four 5/5 Time Walk on a stick. It’s a way to use…