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…And perhaps for the first time as a true replacement for those formats. Wizards has shown us unequivocally that they…

Once I saw that 4CC was really out in forceat the Power 9, I wondered why it didn’t do better. Unfortunately I don’t have the answer. A possible explanation is improper metagaming. Decks like Fish and Suicide Black thrive on taking advantage of the weaknesses of the upper tier decks to get ahead. 4CC operates on a similar principle, hoping to have the tools to handle whatever it sits down in front of it. Today I’m going to search around in the toolbox and figure out what the”right” tools are.

…When I would cast it, I’d usually try to set it up with a Time Walk, a card that…

…This time I don´t start well. His first turn Rogue Elephant deals 6 and gets incinerated. He plays Whirling…

…Despite being a parallel to Time Walk, people are basically dismissing this card, comparing it to Treasure Cruise and claiming…

Currently, Extended is a very diverse place, which means for many of us the strategy is picking one of the top four or five decks, practicing, and trying to take the envelope home. Past some sideboard changes or a cute maindeck addition, these decks have the capability to beat the majority as long as you play well and get a little lucky at times. However, despite the diversity of the environment, a number of people are taking glass cannons to the PTQs.

…ve seen other players use Yosei, The Morning Star (Time Walk FTW), Kaervek the Merciless (Wipes out storm combo something…

…set up a threatening battlefield so we can still time walk and kill them even if the recursion plan isn…

…Forgestoker Dragon There isn’t a solid white card for us so now is the time to try a second…

…It isn't inconceivable that he animates from time to time, especially in a heavy red deck playing cards like…

Thursday, April 1st – Welcome to the Bazaar. Step right up, make your payments, and proceed to build the deck of your choice. It’s very simple. You just arrived at this unnamed Plane and you intend to use it as a battlefield. However, you realize that you are bound by a few different rules than normal, as this world infringes on your previous freedoms. You are in the Merchant Square of a large city, and intend to find the items you will need to fight your foe.

…Make sure you take time to enjoy the others around you. Over the past eight years, I have brought you…

Ross Merriam is prepping for the upcoming PT with lots of help, but it isn’t always easy! Read about his tips and apply them to your own testing regimen for #SCGATL!

…The audition went well, but now it is time to put that out of my mind and focus on the…

I’m back after a period of Dissension goodness, and I’m sure you’re no stranger to its ilk. As I write this, the site is mired in set reviews and predictions. I figure I’ll give you less of the former and more of the latter because, as we well know, “but it’s good in Limited” is one of the worst sins a Magic writer can ever make. Today I’m going to lay down a great deck from the same guild that seems geared for anything but. Do you know who’s the beatdown in Azorius?

…Hell, I thought he was four mana for a long time, and even at *that* price he’s a steal…

…If your deck of choice is that bad against any Tier One deck it's time to find a new…

…Still, Affinity decks are resilient, so the first game is a good matchup, but is not a walk-over. Board…

…Vanguard cards came out a long time ago, around the time of Tempest Block and Urza’s Block. They represent…

…Deck A beats deck B, most of the time, but it loses to deck C, which has a hard time…

…Sure we do it from time to time, but boy does it look bad. Anyway, one day one of the…

…Considering you're out to do twenty damage in a hurry, three and a Time Walk on turn one is…

Here in the States, the 2008 Presidential campaign is already in full gear, with all sorts of figures jumping in the race – Barak Obama, John McCain, Rudy Giuliani, Hillary Clinton; even Britney Spears is shaving her head and getting tattoos in an effort to play to a more liberal base. In honor of President’s Day today, StarCityGames.com is pleased to interview a few of the less mainstream candidates who have either declared or are mulling over a run for President.

…Master of Time, Savior<br> *Why should people vote for you*? Everyone needs to just slow down, chill, and take…

…cast that turn, Remand gets to function as a Time Walk. Basically, the card is a Memory Lapse that gives…

Patrick “The Innovator” Chapin brings us a strange Vintage concoction… one that targets the expected metagame and smashes it to pieces. According to Patrick, the deck destroys anything ever created by our own Stephen Menendian. Whether Stephen agrees is, of course, up for debate, but with a matchup guide and sideboarding plans for matches against all the major players in the Vintage metagame, this is a deck you cannot ignore.

…Sphere is an important tool and is often tutored for, buying a fair amount of time. Sideboarding is where things…

Having spent a fair amount of time playtesting with updated versions of Chris Cannon's winning deck list and getting…

Put some power in your two-player Cube. Ryan Overturf shares how he modified his Grixis Twobert to make powerful MTG cards Black Lotus and friends play harmoniously with it.

…Blue Ancestral Recall Time Walk Mana Drain In some ways blue changed most significantly with blue having the most power…

…Time Walk Robot! Unfortunately (and by “unfortunately” I mean fortunately), that is not the case. I think all of the…

I’d settled into mono-black, as we’d gotten a version that we felt could handle U/G and wasn’t that bad against G/W either. I’d started with the strangler-heavy”Snarf Black” and morphed it into this version, called”Desperado.” Originally it was”Disco Strangler,” but when I took the stranglers out, I needed a new Eagles song to use.

…By the time I get to eight swamps, I need to clear the board and it’s two, four, six…

As long as Wizards thinks of Blue as the clever color, two things will tend to happen: One is that Blue will tend to be overpowered. Two is that Wizards misses chances to make other colors better and more fun.

…Then I found out that Green even had fatties that were (a new word for me at the time)”undercosted…

SCG Baltimore Modern is going to have some decks that are very powerful but also very vulnerable to hate! Emma explains how to leverage your answers in a way to keep the game in your favor! If you think you can just drop that Rest in Peace and win, guess again!

…Suppression Field does a<br> fantastic job of effectively Time Walk -ing strategies several times over<br> the course of…

…I’m not saying that as a sort of “well any job turns into a grind over time” sort of…

Mike Flores explains what decision fatigue is, why it may be affecting you in long Magic tournaments, and what you can do to combat it and win more games of Magic.

…My decision at the time was to chalk it up to old age and *actual* fatigue and try to switch…

If there’s a weenie that caught people’s attention and even held some for quite a while, it’s Caller of the Claw. The logic went like this: Four power for three mana is mediocre by Type I standards (look at Phyrexian Negator). Four power for three mana in green just doesn’t cut it. But six power for three mana? Things start looking up.

…Exam season is *not* a good time to plan a reformat… Over the past month, people have been tracking Psychatog…

…No matter where in the world I am or what time of year it is, I always try and go…

Last week, in his Road to Regionals article, Patrick “The Innovator” Chapin brought us his exciting B/U/R Korlash deck, primed and ready for a Regionals showdown. This week, Patrick puts his money where his mouth is and takes us through the ups and downs of his local Regionals tournament, in which he placed first after the Swiss, and qualified for Nationals. Game breakdowns, key plays, and deck changes… it’s all here!

…I also spent a lot of time perfecting my B/u/r Korlash deck that I am confident will take…

…At the tournament, I register my deck, then go walk around the tournament area. My heart sinks as I look…

Don’t bother plugging in that mic. Ari is just going to drop it. He’s an expert on taking thoughts from his opponents, and the Pro Tour Champion is ready to take more than ever at SCG Dallas! Good luck to everyone this weekend!

…Time Walk One of the normal issues with discard spells is that it costs you mana but<br> not them…

Sheldon discusses the updated Commander official banned list and format philosophy document, the changes to the banned list, and the Rules Committee’s process for deciding on banned cards.

…Titan<br> Sway of the Stars<br> Time Vault<br> Time Walk<br> Tinker<br> Tolarian Academy<br> Upheaval<br…

Monday, April 28th – Today’s Innovations sees Patrick Chapin open up his hefty mailbag, packed to the brim with requests for help from the great and good of the StarCityGames.com readership. He brings us two takes on the Swan deck, his thoughts on the current Standard and Extended metagames, and the most important paragraph on improvement at Magic that you’ll ever read…

…then playing the Lens on turn 2 is a Time Walk (for you, which is a Good Thing). If your…

…At the same time, very few permanents in the format offer all the things that Specter provides—a body to…

…Colbeck used it to kill Chroniclers and double Time Walk people all afternoon, and but for a top-decked Shapeshifter…

The story of how one of the funniest men in Magic started 0-2 and clawed his way all the way back to his third Pro Tour Top 8 appearance. This article is an absolute treat to all readers, whether you are a long-time Walamies fan or just discovering the Finnish master for the first time.

…Amsterdam in January 2004 I figured it is time for something entirely different. I was just about to graduate from…

…time to sleeve up, double check that I had put a box of granola bars in my backpack, and walk…

…pieces— Ancestral Recall, and to a much lesser extent Time Walk —and there are decks that prey on slower blue…

…It's not like we don't see creatures that can walk away from a Day. Even if we don…

…But where can you get them? Well, the Prerelease of course! Prerelease weekend is the first time you can get…

…When Captain Blackbeard is making you walk the plank, do you really care how long the plank is? Instead, Craig…

Wednesday, November 19th – The StarCityGames.com $5000 Standard Open is approaching fast, and we all need a head-start on the Standard metagame. The current format has been shaped by States, and today’s Down And Dirty sees Kyle investigate some of the stronger and more interesting archetypes on offer…

…Tenth Edition features the previously Planeshift Playa Lord of the Undead, so it would only be a matter of time…

…For six mana, you either have an a) Counterspell, b) Fog, or c) Time Walk. Versatility is a good thing…

I think that every single deck -except one – that defines the current metagame is dead. I’ll be a bit different, and list the regular card combos that got lost and decks that are affected. Then I’ll go on to decks that will survive, and new ones that will thrive.

…Of course, the one wildcard in this whole equation is that, by the time these rotations occur, we will have…

…Thought | Planeswalker | | Time Walk | Sorcery | | Bribery | Sorcery | | Ancestral Recall | Instant | | Ancestral Vision | Sorcery | | Phyrexian Metamorph | Artifact Creature | | Time Spiral | Sorcery…

Tuesday, December 1st – In the first of a double dose of Paulo this week, to make up for last week’s PV drought, the Brazilian maestro shares stories from the first day of Worlds. As always, he breaks down his games in exquisite detail, and shares his thoughts on the de facto Best Deck in the format.

…I played more, and brainstormed more, and by the time I was ready to leave for Minneapolis, I was pretty…

…The most common and popular responses were to take one of the best creatures of all time and shift it…

…Maybe there will be a time where Reflector Mage and Spell Queller won’t rule the day, but the Pro…