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…About 2 weeks before regionals I got tired of being pinged to death and took out the City of Brass…

John Friggin’ Rizzo takes his Nearly Mono Black in Standard deck and throws it at a number of tournament fields. While sporting some fine results, it didn’t quite take him all the way to the top. However, there are gems to be found here, with various Nationals tournaments fast approaching. Will Yukora make a splash on the World stage soon? Only time will tell…

…Or perhaps it’s that I’m tired to death of watching my best stuff get Fettered and oh, I…

…and then things get awfully weird on the blue side, as Propaganda falls to #6.

…Nail a tapped creature with Shackles, Paralyze, or even the awe-inspiring Death Stroke! Countermeasures: Ensnare, in response to the…

…In the next round I lost to a cool guy playing a Living Death deck named<br> Doug Tice. Great…

…Narset certainly fails to keep up with today's cEDH decks, instead living in a weird place that's a…

…Octavia, Living Thesis has a spell trigger too. Imagine… the spells you cast this turn change last turn’s tokens…

Mairsil, the Pretender is bursting with flavor…and Necrotic Ooze-like potential that got Bennie Smith’s mind racing! Be warned: we’re gonna need a bigger cage for this Commander brew!

…ish) • Ghave, Guru of Spores (Melira Combo) • Glissa Sunseeker (death to artifacts!) • Glissa, the Traitor (undying artifacts!) • Grimgrin, Corpse-Born…

Monday, May 17th – By the time this column goes up, you all will probably be saturated with metagame articles and decks from this weekend’s Nationals Qualifiers. Since none of my deck ideas seem to break the hammerlock Jund, U/W Control, Mythic and Planeswalkers seem to have on the format, I figured I’d focus on Elder Dragon Highlander instead.

…Hmm…<br> Horobi, Death’s Wail: Combine with any reusable targeting effects like Icy Manipulator and any sized creature is…

Gideon Blackblade is more flexible than you might think! Hall of Famer Patrick Chapin has placed the planeswalker in decks ranging from Azorius Control to Boros Feather and … Five-Color SuperFriends?!

…This ability makes God-Eternal Oketra a must-kill threat, which in turn makes the death/exile ability very strong…

Sheldon Menery opens up the mailbag and answers your questions on Commander banning philosophy, the joys of homemade pasta, the card he would make if Wizards of the Coast let him add one to a design file, and much, much more!

…Living Death Red: Urabrask the Hidden Green: Genesis Wave *What’s your favorite pasta?* Homemade fettuccini. There’s really nothing…

Wednesday, March 18th – This might not have been the best weekend to play Magic Online, even if I had had the time. The program has problems, again. Since I can’t talk about the decks, looks like I’ll have to talk about that. Lots to talk about – Wizards has made a number of announcements recently. Sets are leaving, sets are coming, and MTGO will have its own big buck championships at Worlds.

…The Death of Classic? I note, with some concern, that none of the Classic events appear to have fired this…

…others that seem natural candidates to me - Lobotomy and Living Death - are being used very little. And I can't…

…About 2 weeks before regionals I got tired of being pinged to death and took out the city of brass…

…This was the absolute pinnacle of the World Tree, a living ornament at the height of the realm. Niko had…

Monday, August 24th – For today’s anniversary special, I considered three articles. The first would be to do a remake and renovation to Equinaut, one of my iconic decks, and one of my favorites of all time. Another idea would be to celebrate the new Five Color format which now has 300 cards with a deck or two, each at 300 cards. And then there was this… [Editor’s Note: Congratulations on the milestone, Abe!]

…I love the Rootwater Alligators, Scarwood Bandits, and Living Airships of Magic. I love these passable cards that are not…

Yeah, I know, it sounds disgusting doesn’t it? Still, that’s the word that Craig the Editor used earlier this week to describe the act of playtesting Extended with Mind’s Desire, a.k.a. The Extended Perfect Storm, a.k.a. TEPS. Join your only-slightly-above-average-at-Magic host, Rich Hagon, as he explores all the fun of the Storm in an E cup.

…He makes Tarmogoyf and then casts Living Wish for Gaddock Teeg, casting the Lorwyn Legend. Now there’s another hoop…

Here’s the crash course for anyone looking to enter Modern for the PTQ season. What are the false assumptions about the format? The big decks?

…Restore Balance and Living End. Not much to say here; Borderposts and Monstrous Carabids should be dead giveaways. Neither of…

…3.0 Obviously a giant mana advantage plus a living Drain Life that almost always can pay for itself is…

Do you really think that you can build an OnBC deck without knowing what the final 25% of the cards will be? You’ve got your nasty Beast thing all ready to go, don’tcha? For all you know, this card will be in Scourge: FATHER NELSON, HOSER CLERIC Creature – Cleric Legend W 1/1 Remove Father Nelson from the game: Choose a creature type. All opponents remove all creatures of the chosen type they control from the game. Search each opponent’s hand, graveyard, and library for all creature cards of the chosen type and remove them from the game. Set them on fire. Draw a card. Yeah, it’s a little undercosted, but Wizards claims to be giving white some good weenies again.

…Play R/G Anger or Phantom Living. Don’t make any mistakes. Sideboard flawlessly. Win.) No, this week, I’m…

…I used to run the Mangara/ Karakas combo in Legacy Death and Taxes, and it was potent. While we have…

…Jhoira joined them, her boots crunching across the gravel. “We still have living friends who need us, Jodah. What are…

…Green Tales of Master Seshiro Seshiro's Living Legacy 7/7 worth of stats over three turns plus vigilance and…

Friday, December 17th – Michael Jacob has an “inner voice” named DarkestMage, who tells him to make certain plays in the middle of his games. Unfortunately, Michael Jacob has other ideas…

…Demon of Death’s Gate could consistently be played turn 3 against the mono-green menace and was a surefire…

…Cards like Wall of Stone and Wall of Swords, for example, should rightfully be artifacts, not creatures (which are living…

…While you're busy drawing Millstones, Extirpates, and Coercions, I'll just beat you to death with my Squires.” That…

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…

I used to love Extended. I have written more articles on Extended than any other (sanctioned) format. I play Limited, I like T2, but I have always loved Extended. At least, until now I have. The sheer power of the Tier I combo decks makes it futile to play any original decks. In a format where a turn one Isochron Scepter imprinted with Counterspell may be too slow, other non-combo decks have very little chance…

…My opening hand had Forest, Bird, Taiga, Yavimaya Elder, Wall of Blossoms, Soul Foundry – and Living Wish. I have a…

…Upheaval uses one effect in a number of ways, most of which either prevent your death or encourage your opponent…

After a brief work-induced hiatus, John Friggin’ Rizzo returns with a thirty-four page bang! Strategy, deck tips, tournament reports, fresh Time Spiral ideas… all from the twisted mind of the creator of Friggorid himself. As usual, John pulls no punches – his articles are all prefaced with a “Buyer Beware.” Enjoy!

…Needless to say, it beat the living snot out of everything (11-0 and counting), since not many decks can…

…At one point, he played a Death Pit Offering with a Chimeric Idol out (combo!), but I had Snuff Out…

…Maybe I'm just living in the past, but I know Teferi would never forget his!<br> --Ryan<br> Boston…

…I have seen death so many times. But this time I cannot run. If I look up through the open…

…Perhaps you want to load up your graveyard just before you cast Living Death or something. Its final ability is…

…Go look. 'Night Of The Living Clerics' all up in your hizzle. Visara, The Dreadful She’s a brick... *house…

…Few people can realistically make a living off this game and no one (not even the machine) makes so much…

Tuesday, May 12th – A Draft Weekend at Chez Hagon usually leaves Rich with at least some clue what’s going on in the world of Limited. Not this time. Tune in to see him squirm like the pitiful non-Pro he is as he practically falls on his knees to implore your kind assistance in setting him straight in the rocky world of Shards-Conflux-Reborn Draft.

…In the second instance, we saw the ‘death from a cloudless sky’ scenario, where a 2/4 killed him from…

Are you getting tired of rehashes yet? Okay, nothing in Odyssey works in Type 1 according to Oscar, but at least he tells you why…

…Zombies mourn for the living and celebrate those who will soon be given the gift of death. <br> <br> Artist…

Cedric Phillips knows a thing or two about Pro Tour Top 8s in Kyoto! The Magic veteran is back to break down the Sunday decks of PT Hour of Devastation, sharing his likes, dislikes, and projections for the future!

…all running around the format, the likelihood of Kalitas living strikes me as relatively low. Does that mean the card…

…It wasn’t fun, but at least it was a quick death. <br> I suppose you have to take something…

…Suddenly, Akiri wasn't falling anymore. *Strange*, she thought. *Death is gentler than I imagined.* She anticipated feeling the limbs…

…Maybe I'm just living in the past, but I know Teferi would never forget his! <br> --Ryan <br> Boston…

…Even fire begets living things, splendid in their heat and beauty. Or at least, this is a story the humanoids…

…No living person had ever seen what rested behind the Gate to the Afterlife. Only the dead crossed beyond the…

What does an Eternal format expert like Carsten Kotter think of Modern? He’s here to give his impressions and to provide you with lots of lists for #SCGINVI and Grand Prix Charlotte!

…behind Legacy as far as goldfishing speed is concerned. Living End, Burn, Infect, Storm, Tron,<br> and Amulet Bloom all…

In another installment of Dan’s development series of Legacy Threshold, Dan explores the inclusion of Tarmogoyf in the deck, supporting his analysis with many detailed practice games.

…Heck, I’d even play Tarmogoyf if it depicted My Little Pony living on a cloud made of lollipops and…

…If they are playing Living death – Natural Order for a Verdant, and then if you can, Natural Order the new…

…includes any deck using Recurring Nightmare, Survival, and possibly Living Death that may or may not have an infinite combo…

To celebrate reaching the halfway point of this outstanding series, Craig has created a little song to go along with his analysis of today’s card pool: Are your matches fairly tame? Want success in this fine game? All you need for instant fame Is Double Yamabushi’s Flame!

…this guy, so he’s a decent chance of living. Personally, I think he’s great. - Deathcurse Ogre? Kami of…

…Peter Kolb (B/r Shadow Firestorm Living Death Deck) Game 1: Early Mogg Fanatic Mogg Flunkie. He firestorms both before…

This week Mike puts Sneak Attack to the test to see if it really is the sauciest goldfish deck in the environment. In addition, he also talks to some of the game’s best players to get their thoughts on the Extended format, the Limit of Skill, and playing threat decks vs. answer decks.

…If you’ve been living under a Sandstone Needle or some other rock recently and don’t know what I…