Friday, May 21st – If you’re like me, you’ve been drafting Rise of Eldrazi like there’s no tomorrow, or at least picking over the set for cards to give your Standard deck more umph! I’ve head judged a couple of Standard tournaments already and have seen some situations that are very likely to become staple judge calls for the summer.
…So I thought this might be a good time to remind people of some good intel before you grab your…
Today I'm going to walk through some *Rise of Eldrazi* cards and share design and development stories with you…
The biggest sticking point for Izzet Phoenix in Modern is deciding on the deck’s last threat. Ross Merriam thinks it comes down to Pteramander and Snapcaster Mage, and he shares the pros and cons of each ahead of SCG Regionals!
…That means it’s time to shift back into Modern mode, especially with Regionals and a Modern Open in Philadelphia…
Disciple of Deceit has been doing some good dirty work for Bennie Smith! Check out the Standard list he piloted to a Top 4 Game Day finish and get some inspiration of your own ahead of #SCGINDY!
…It walks the walk — it lets you transmute every time you untap it, for no mana! On the surface it…
…Today, I’ll walk you through how this deck works, what makes it tick, and why piloting a flock of…
…I've chosen *Future Sight* because that's the set from *Time Spiral* block for which I led the design…
…Well, Time Spiral is upon us (with my local prerelease's midnight madness starting in 11 hours from the time…
Standard has revolved around creatures for some time now. That’s not going to change with *Shadows over Innistrad*. Archangel…
With the end of a truly relevant Standard season, it’s time to settle in and take a look at Champions of Kamigawa Block Constructed with both the Pro Tour: Philadelphia results and the addition of Saviors of Kamigawa to the mix. The decks that you’ll be playing will hopefully be based on the cards that help break the rules of the game…. and taking a look at all three sets for Constructed-quality cards of this nature will probably tell you about the decks that you’ll be playing.
…Like most other people who attended, I did *not* walk home with an invite to the U.S. National Championships…
Carsten Kotter has created the next deck in the evolution of Show and Tell decks with a new card from M13: Omniscience! Check it out if you enjoy dropping big things into play, casting spells for free, and drawing cards in quantities of seven.
…opponent has a Karakas (remember, you do get the Time Walk). The biggest advantage you get over those decks, though…
Tom “The Boss” Ross makes a lot of top 8s for certain. But today he’s making a few in a different way! He’s talking about his favorite current Standard and Modern decks and then some in this can’t-miss #SCGNY preview piece!
…Your creature had better be something special to walk around with three toughness in this format. It’s a reason…
…Now is a great time for brewing brand new decks, but it's also important to update existing archetypes, as…
Monday, January 3rd – Before I go into this story, I feel as though I should describe to you the art of the hustle. Long before I earned a dollar on the Pro Tour and long after I stopped earning dollars on the Pro Tour, I learned how to pick up some extra bucks by hustling money drafts….
…Second I promise that my stories will promote alcoholism, chauvinism, social hazing, while at the same time offending various races…
…3-0 (6-1) Round 4 Mark ID<br> Round 5 William ID Quarter Finals<br> Mike<br> Rematch Time…
…In a vacuum, my guess would be that yes, we're planning to do this cycle some time in the…
Anthony Lowry has some effective methods for optimizing Magic and life in general. Read his words of wisdom and discover how to prevent burn out, anger, and other negative emotions that have huge effects on your well-being!
…If you’re spending time comparing the successes of others, then you’re probably not spending time working on your…
The last time we had one of these Guild Theme Week things I focused on the Selesnya Guild's trademark…
Can Modern Horizons 3 help your MTG Cube? Absolutely! Ryan Overturf shares two key themes getting help and his Top 10 Cubeable cards of the set.
…way to Vintage Cube, with the ability to buyback Time Walk once Tamiyo transforms being an absolute boon as the…
…I had to put the Tahngarth Rage on my own second Wind Drake to kill him in time, he would…
…Why not the color most tied to spells? Artifacts – From time to time a theme may bring artifacts from the…
Thursday, November 19th – Most things Judges handle are rather routine. At every event I attend, there is always a common pattern of rules questions and penalties that occur. But, every once in awhile, we’ll get something that is worth of discussion at post-event dinners, on message boards, and even in articles…
…He may have been playing half a dozen useless Time Walk effects every turn, but he was playing them quite…
…Why not the color most tied to spells? Artifacts – From time to time a theme may bring artifacts from the…
Seeking something to spice up your Modern sideboard at SCG Philadelphia? Ben Friedman shares his Top 10 of underused options and what makes them sneakily good in Games 2 and 3!
…in a pair of Gut Shots in order to Time Walk your opponent’s Noble Hierarch, Champion of the Parish…
…It was something else to have the time to slow down and realize what that meant. Before, they'd been…
Monday, September 15th – Shards of Alara is just around the corner, and one officially spoiled card in particular is kicking up a Vintage stink: Tezzeret the Seeker. Today’s So Many Insane Plays sees Stephen Menendian shake things up with a plethora of Tezzeret decklists, incorporating the Blue planeswalker in a number of tried and tested Vintage strategies…
…Ancestral Recall, Time Walk, Brainstorm, Merchant Scroll, Mystical Tutor, Gifts Ungiven, Ponder, Vampiric Tutor, Yawgmoth’s Will, and Demonic Tutor…
…May your trip back to Dominaria—whether for the first time or tenth time—be wonderful. Have a great time…
Part of the success that players have comes not only from the cards in their decks, but how well they know the deck. This finally sunk into me two nights before the tournament, when I made the fateful decision to play my old standby, Ghey Red. The deck is built around mana denial. When your opponent cannot cast anything, feel free to win with Cloud of Faeries, otherwise known as the”Most Humiliating Death in Type One.” Supporting Blue’s counter power in Force of Will and Daze (a dark horse card if there ever was one) as well as Red’s artifact destruction and burn, the deck can buy a lot of time for beatdown. It packs one of the strongest sideboards in T1 and, despite everything it does to wreck, hardly anyone sideboards against it.
…I drop a Null Rod and Standstill somewhere in here and I walk out with a 2-1 win. Round…
Twenty proverbs of ancient wisdom, scoured from sources across the globe. Twenty relations to modern Magic, and reminders of things that will improve your game. Twenty wise-ass comments thrown in for free.
…The early game is the time to prepare for the late game – and if you’re going to need to…
Pro Tour Champ Shaun McLaren knows a thing or two about the Modern format. That’s why he’s advocating for different banning announcement times and discussing everything else he expects to hear about the format come January!
…Perhaps, more importantly, now is an excellent time to loudly proclaim that we know how to fix everything and make…
With Humans the de facto best deck in the format, now's an exciting time to be interacting in Modern…
…Jeff Ferris on Mono-Black Clerics and multiple time Eternal World Champion Roland Chang on GAME (Grow-a-Mystic-Enforcer…
Look, your test group might think that life gaining is fun – but excuse me, I know no such people. And it’s not for lack of idiots; there are quite the group of morons at my store. So do not blame it at that I am a too”Johnny: kind of player. Timmy hates life gaining too – at least over here in the Netherlands.
…The doll is then some sort of living Krusty Doll, which attempts to murder homer all the time. When he…
*Magic* has outgrown the current model for Standard and it's time to adapt to the demands of today's…
…The first time we sat down to talk about her deck, I'd spent a bit of time thinking about…
“Wizards doesn’t care about Gen Con.” If I had a nickel for every time I’ve heard that idea…
…So, by the time anybody has priority, the creature is in the graveyard, and if it had an enters the…
…The card basically gives you a double [card] Time Walk [/card] when the rest of your deck is mana, threats…
…The big offenders of these rules when Magic was first released were Black Lotus, Ancestral Recall and Time Walk. These…
…The *Time Spiral* update was here. You're reading the *Planar Chaos* version of the deck! - The format? Standard. This…
…It's definitely a de-stress time for me. What I don't enjoy . . . is the crowd. I am a…
Step into The Magical Murderous Mansion Of Evil Elias Educational Toys And Vengeance Enablers! Matt Elias presents the maniacal toys you get to play with in New Phyrexia–for a price!
…Big time. I’d say I’m wasting your time with these asides, but I know it isn’t valuable…
…I'm going to walk you through my Prerelease—a few of the games, decks, plays, and ideas that made…
…We wanted, if at all possible, for this card to have a miracle cost equal to Time Walk. That meant…
…Luckily I had a Tumble Magnet, which effectively was a triple Time Walk as he couldn't draw creatures. Just…
GerryT pulled a called shot Babe Ruth-style by telling you exactly what he was going to do last week and what deck he was going to do it with. So why doesn’t he feel confident in it heading to the Pro Tour and #SCGATL? Read to find out!
…It was frequently my worst card and the card I sided out nearly every<br> time. In theory, it was…
A lot of older songs, especially ones from the 50s and 60s, seem a bit formulaic to me. They are, for lack of a better word, boring. Simplistic. But there is the occasional song that is just magic to music. Good old fashioned great songs. True treasure. I feel the same way about Magic decks. Some old decks should be retired quickly – they are boring and stale. But not all decks in the graveyard of Magic are so inclined. With a few recent sets of crazy cards, maybe it’s time to revisit a few of these oldies. Can we make them better? Can we make them even more fun to play?
…With a few recent sets of crazy cards, maybe it’s time to revisit a few of these oldies. Can…
…Consistently good performance over a substantial stretch of time was rewarded, which, in a variance game like Magic, is exactly…
…Some may object to making Magic a full time job, as it isn't as “profitable” as a real job…
…Thankfully, once we landed and I got to breathe some non-recycled air and walk around properly, I felt much…
Ben brings us an article free of Ghost Dad today… So what, I hear you ask, does it contain? The answer to that? Everything . There’s a look at some possible Dissension cards, Ben’s thoughts on the current Standard environment, some tournament tidbits from GP Madison, a complete RRG Draft walkthrough, plus much much more! A fine article, delivered with a fair dose of good humor.
…That card is always good and it always seems to Time Walk (or *double* Time Walk) my opponents, with some…