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…It is like opening a new toy on Christmas for the first time. For some, it's a casual environment…

Cassidy attempts to make amends with Phil by offering up a few suggestions to improve his Commander deck led by old-school legend Vaevictis Asmadi!

…provides actual ramp is effectively giving your opponents a Time Walk. Let’s not do this. Null Profusion is not…

…What Was Joe Thinking? From time to time I like to tell stories not about the game itself but about…

…Time to Reflect — 2 Time to Reflect I can't quite tell if this is good enough or not in…

#SCGNJ was one for the Legacy books, and Jim Davis had an up and down event! Read about his experience in full and his thoughts on the best deck choice for the $5,000 Legacy Premier IQ at #SCGDEN!

…I walk around to find Nicole, and when I find her she seems a bit frazzled. I ask her if…

ARRR! Ted celebrates his ascension to a StarCity Featured Writer by giving an excellent”How-To” Guide on being effectively rogue. Sure, you can be rogue and still suck… But how do you turn your suck rogue decks into tourney-smashing winners?

…He practiced like a fiend and joined a team of Pro Tour Magic players – but time and again, he went…

…Charcoal_Diamond I had a wonderful time with family and friends the past couple weeks. My only disappointment came from…

…cards in Magic's history like Ancestral Recall and Time Walk. The blue enchantment has a lot of potential, so…

Learning to cast removal on the opponent’s end step has long been seen as a sign of growth as a Magic player. But why is this correct? Jadine Klomparens examines the thinking behind the play…and why the thinking is sometimes wrong!

…This is a common play pattern we see and use all the time. But do we really understand why we…

Ross Merriam had a good run at Pro Tour Fate Reforged, and he has a lot of Modern knowledge to pass your way! See if Ross’s choice is right for you this weekend at the $5,000 Modern Premier IQ at #SCGHOU!

…Multiple times I simply had to walk away from whatever situation I was in, pop in my earbuds,<br> take…

…On one hand, I'm heartbroken that I was so close to the Pro Tour, the first time in years…

The Whirlpool creatures are bad. Not bad like Michael-Jackson-wants-people-to-think-he’s-cool bad, just bad. And that’s good.

…Powerstone Minefield will walk the same path as most Caltrops decks; we all know most of those tricks. The volvers…

Pro Tour Champion Patrick Chapin sees a bit of an overreaction to the post-Khans Legacy metagame. Glimpse closer at the true nature of the format, and get a head start on the competition at this weekend’s #SCGRICH!

Grand Prix New Jersey was the biggest Legacy Grand Prix of all-time, breaking the record by miles. We’re…

After SCG Baltimore, the Standard metagame has clear targets, and The Innovator is taking aim! He examines top-performing lists for the weekend and finds a key idea for attacking the metagame at SCG Dallas!

…Wilderness Reclamation will bring things to a head. “Turbo Time Walk ” decks can be cute as oddball curiosities, but if…

Hall of Famer Brian Kibler made only one mistake when preparing for Pro Tour Nagoya: overestimating everyone else’s ability to prepare for the metagame. Read how he picked a suboptimal deck in anticipation of a phantom metagame.

…A savvy Tempered Steel player won’t<br> just walk Glint Hawk Idol into a Galvanic Blast —he’ll let…

GerryT had a strong run at Grand Prix Portland last weekend, and he did it with one of the format’s most powerful decks! Check out the finer details of piloting the deck that this format very well may be remembered by years from now! Are you on Bant Company for the #SCGINVI?

…I also registered Collected Company in a tournament for the first time in my life, which was yet another decision…

Thursday, February 12th – Conflux, as with all new sets, throws a selection of interesting strategies and ideas into the metagame mix. Today’s One Step Ahead sees Constructed master Gerry Thompson brainstorming on how the fresh cardboard impacts the prominent archetypes in modern Standard. He also deflates the hype surrounding a number of the more popular cards to spring from the new set, starting with the much-vaunted Path to Exile…

…Mistbind Clique is probably the main problem, as it’s Time Walk with a huge body. A midrange deck that…

…in Legacy that go well with Regrowth – Ancestral Recall, Time Walk, Fact or Fiction, Gifts Ungiven and Intuition come to…

…If Tormod's Crypt stole Genesis, it had a hard time against control. If it didn't have Duress /Therapy…

…It's been battered by natural disasters, mighty spells, and even the fracturing of space-time, but has emerged stronger…

Many of the most hyped cards and strategies didn’t make it all that deep last weekend, but SCG Baltimore could very well be different! Get the best breakdown of the cards you should expect to see have huge comebacks in Maryland!

…I watched and discussed a lot of Magic over<br> the past few days, and during that time it became…

Wednesday, June 2nd – When we last left our hero, I was 7-1-1 after Day 1 of Grand Prix: D.C., the largest North American tournament in quite some time. With over 200 people making the cut for Day 2, there was sure to be plenty of competition, and I was ready for it.

…D.C., the largest North American tournament in quite some time. With over 200 people making the cut for Day…

…Today, I'm going to examine each of those ten stories and walk through what exactly the story is (as…

The early results with Strixhaven are in and Ross Merriam found a few surprises. He rates the winners, the losers, and the chances things will change.

…But unfortunately for Time Walk aficionados, the results were far from inspiring: 21 matches is a tiny sample, so this…

Friday, May 21st – There have been a slew of new and intriguing decks that have recently come as a result of the various nationwide qualifiers from this past weekend. While I wouldn’t go so far as to say that any of them are new contenders, it’s always nice to see people sit down and come up with brand new decks as opposed to playing the same stale, old fare.

…It can be sacrificed to Time Sieve or Thopter Foundry in a pinch, fetched up via Tezzeret, and resurrected with…

…City of Guilds, Guildpact, Dissension, Coldsnap, Time Spiral, Planar Chaos, Future Sight*, and *Tenth Edition* are allowed. Phew! Hello everyone…

…your four walls, but it’s now time to leave and walk on the path of my future life. Yes…

…Deep in game three, time is called. Both you and your opponent are visibly upset. Neither of you had paid…

Bennie Smith thinks that if you’re going to be competitive in Commander, you should at least do it in style! Check out his new Jalira deck that preys upon other would-be spikes at the Commander pod tables!

…Both conveniently shut down a treacherous Blightsteel Colossus under<br> someone else’s control and offer big-time game-altering…

Two-time SCG Invitational Top 8 competitor Ben Friedman doesn’t usually get excited about new sets, but with the release of M13 he’s decided to change his ways and be more open-minded about playing new cards.

…Having a cheap answer that also doubles as a great Time Walk in the early game is exactly what you…

…My father has some contracts coming in, and—” “This is neither the time nor the place.” “Why not?” said Torens…

…Two of the three Guildmages, Robert Lawing and myself, scrubbed out BIG TIME, each losing two straight matches and heading…

In Canada, the city of Calgary’s new slogan is “Be Part of the Energy.” Sheldon Menery’s getting a charge out of the new mechanic, and the godfather of Commander is using it to power up a classic from Legends!

…Every time one of them makes a return trip to the battlefield, there’s more Energy for me. Demon of…

Thursday, October 14th – Consider sleeving up either of these two babies for the StarCityGames.com Open in Nashville this weekend! Gerry’s fave, U/R Control, or his super-aggro red deck with Assault Strobe!

…These days, Yurchick could walk up to someone and excitedly ask, “Have you seen the new Japanese Ascension deck?” That…

A tutorial for beginning players who don’t know why they’re losing, Will looks at a typical beginner’s deck… And dissects it to see what lessons we can learn about consistency.

…Winning – and not even all the time, but a reasonable amount of time – comes first from developing a consistent deck…

…We check the time, and it turns out they had basically spent near 3 hours figuring out my puzzles. Time…

…However, as more and more time has gone into the brews of the world, they have begun to get better…

…Planeswalker | Timetwister | Sorcery | | Gideon Jura | Planeswalker | Time Walk | Sorcery | | Akroma's Vengeance | Sorcery | Time Spiral | Sorcery | | Armageddon | Sorcery | Tinker | Sorcery…

…Sterling Grove<br> Stroke of Genius<br> Time Spiral<br> Time Walk<br> Timetwister<br> Tinker<br> Tolarian Academy<br…

…Planeswalker | Timetwister | Sorcery | | Gideon Jura | Planeswalker | Time Walk | Sorcery | | Akroma's Vengeance | Sorcery | Time Spiral | Sorcery | | Armageddon | Sorcery | Tinker | Sorcery…

…When the opponent only has one creature, it is great as well as it is often an effective Time Walk…

…In case you still haven't clicked through to read the article, let me walk you through an example of…

With Fate Reforged now out, decks of the past few months need to evolve to stay ahead. If you want to know how to tweak Abzan for #SCGIndy’s $5,000 Premier IQ, look no further than this man!

…3 is like starting<br> the game with a Time Walk. Once you establish a board presence, you have so…

…Wolves | Rare | Melissa Benson | | | 276 | Time Vault | Rare | Mark Tedin | | A | 84 | Time Walk | Rare | Amy Weber | | A | 85 | Timetwister…

Two Boros cards revealed last week sent the Magic community into a frenzy. Patrick Chapin’s here to tell you why they’re going to live up to the hype!

…Why not Time Walk them too? Oh wait, you actually can do that? That’s right, this is an instant…

The faster you can play, the more matches you will win. Of course, you have to counterbalance that with the fact that playing too quickly will cause you to make bad decisions, costing you more than you gain by playing fast. There are a lot of good reasons to play fast, some of which are not well known, but none of them will save you if you’re making a lot of mistakes. The good news is that speed can be learned, both in general and for a particular deck or format. I consciously developed my ability to play at a hyper-fast pace and rather than weaken my play it made it better. First, I’m going to offer some motivation.

…Tells Revealed<br> <br> A player who never takes time he doesn’t need and rarely needs time tells you…

If you need some inspiration for this weekend’s $5,000 Premier IQ at #SCGDFW, look no further! Pro Tour Hall of Famer Patrick Chapin gives you a list for every controlling Standard occasion!

…It’s not just a two-for-one, sometimes it’s a Time Walk, since you can cast it during…

…Time Walk) brings the game home. In ritual-based builds of GRx Moon, Simian Spirit Guide and Desperate Ritual allow…

…Instead of playing an overall worse deck that's trying to beat the best deck, spend your time practicing and…

Matt Higgs is Hijacking the holidays! He’s taking what he wants and getting wins for his trouble! As usual, if you want a rogue deck, you’re in the right place!

…creature more relevant or it can be an actual Time Walk in the very early-game. Either way, Elder Deep…