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Last weekend, JFR and Berto headed out to their local Limited Champs tournament, looking to place in the Top 8 and pick up a foil Voidslime. So, how did they do? Re-read the article title, and I’m sure you’ll find the answer to that particular conundrum. Rizzo rants and rails as only he can, bringing us an entertaining report full of wit and Rizzo wisdom. He even dons his Reporter’s Hat and covers the Top 8 highlights…

…Rather than choke the living sh\*\* out of *everyone,* or at least my deck, I smiled, shook his hand, said…

…I didn't want to snooze you to death before you could get past the theme section and read the…

Michael looks into decklist data before and after recent set rotations in order to see if he can find any trends that may help us early on in Theros Standard.

…It was Delver’s world; we were all just living in it. Post-Return to Ravnica Release With the rotation…

…His kitchen actually barely survived the disaster, but as the mice living there with Dirk weren’t scared away, I…

Wednesday, June 17th – Be honest, that was a major shock to your system, right? The idea that I might actually respond to the burning topic of the day, to wit, the changes coming with the arrival of M10. Of course I’m going to. It’s the obvious topic du jour for any self-respecting writer here on StarCityGames.com.

…How about you take a step sideways and batter the living daylights out of those other chaps over there?’ In…

Today, I’ll be talking about the Elder Dragon Highlander game held up at Richmond Comix this past Sunday. I talked about my Experiment Kraj deck last week and detailed some of the things I was trying to accomplish with my general. I made some changes to the deck since then, this is the deck I actually took to the fight…

…That horde of 1/1 fliers would definitely be the death of me. I Scroll Rack to see what I…

Most players are capable of judging the face value of cards: Yes, Silvos is a good green card and Cruel Revival sure is consistent kill! This, however, is more a discussion of which cards work well with each other and what combos you should look out for while drafting, or building your sealed decks. Hence,”synergy.”

…It combines with any decent comes into play effect, with Death Match, Clone, and Wirewood Savage all being pretty good…

Craig “The Professor” Jones laments the passing of the most intricate Block format ever devised: Ravnica Block Constructed. With a frank dissection of his team’s testing techniques in the run-up to Pro Tour Charleston, Prof brings us some of the better – and worse – decks they ran through their gauntlet. Their Charleston performance is also reported with Craig’s customary wit.

…I inflicted the ultimate embarrassment on my opponent of death by Birds of Paradise (although it did happen to be…

In today’s article, Flores curses the ground Wakefield and his Joshie Green deck walk on, tells you what his metagame choice for Regionals would be, and goes to extensive lengths to explain his Hall of Fame ballot.

…Any Magic editor will tell you that August is death. The most prolific Feature Writers shrivel up and immolate themselves…

By his own admission, the Meandeck Labs have seemed quiet of late. Of course, this perceived lull is little more than the calm before the storm. Stephen tells us of some major developments in the Vintage metagame, and promises deliver explosive tech. In this article, he also answers a lot of questions on a number of Vintage topics.

…Unlike the professional formats, none of us make a living from Magic. Testing and tuning decks is something we can…

In the first part of his review of Journey into Nyx, Patrick updates existing Standard decks with new cards. Check it out to get ready for SCG Open Series: Cincinnati this weekend!

…We’ve been living in worlds where you don’t really maindeck enchantment removal for a long time, so it…

…As if confidence can override the sudden, senseless death that might lurk behind any or all of these doors. As…

…The story takes us back at least two years ago, where I was messing around at weekly events while living…

Glenn Jones traces his path to PTQ victory and his return to the Pro Tour for the first time since 2010. Wish him luck at Pro Tour Magic 2015!

…back in Game 1, and simply Doomwaked him to death in the<br> next game. The finals pitted me against…

Wednesday, March 3rd – Extended is probably my favorite format. Enough cards to support a diversity of strategies, and yet a ruthless ecosystem in which only the strongest will thrive. A nice feature is that the consistency in the card base means that the format has a strong continuity from year to year, such that if you knew what was going on the year before, you probably have a good handle on what is going on this season…

…Decks like Elves, Hypergenesis, Living End, Dredge, and Thopter Foundry all found these to be unpleasant thorns. I almost wanted…

…How familiar their faces! How often she's seen them in the middle of a hunt! There is Redtooth, living…

…for their loss at the hands of Darwin’s Living Death deck in LA3. Matches 3-1 Games 7-2…

…The Gathering Aetherdrift Play Booster Box - IT’S ONLY A DEATH RACE IF YOU DIE—Buckle up for a death…

Tuesday, August 18th – A bumper selection of entries from the dark side take us from Duress to Zombie Goliath, via a mammothly disappointing Mythic Rare, a curiously disappointing Planeswalker, and an understandably disappointing joke about cheese slices.

…A blood link flowing between the living that’s dying into the living dead that feed off life….very neat…

Kyle Sanchez is back once more with his signature style of insanity and tech. Today he takes us through six different Standard decks, some old and some new, just in time for the Regionals carve-up this weekend. He also shares some of his favorite Future Sight cards, and reveals why he was less than pleased with the finale of Heroes…

…Now, on the night of his death, he decides to get ballsy and try to take Sylar on alone. At…

Virtually every deck I have ever played started from one of these paths. I want to share these with you in hopes that you can use them to make creative decks of your own.

…Most people, even my friends and family, have no idea what I “do for a living.” And I admit it…

Isn’t it enough that Magic Online is selling fake cards for real money? Nope. They need a bigger real return on their fake investment by offering this new 4/3/2/2 piece of crap. I encourage people to boycott the new prize structure by staying in the 8/4 queues. Sick of losing? Here’s a thought: Get better . Oh yeah, and why don’t I help you to not suck by outlining Legions Black?

…Bane of the Living<br> <br> Probably one of the best cards in the set for Constructed, definitely THE best…

Have you ever found yourself getting bored with Magic? I know I do on a nearly regular basis. I used to be able to renew my interest by building Revenge of 1997, my wacky five color, Vintage-legal, control deck which is a blast to play, but that eventually stopped doing the trick. Revenge was only a temporary solution. It was a fun deck that only had serious opponents. I needed something new. I needed something extreme. I knew that White Castle was going to be too hard to find, so I went for something four times as extreme as Vintage: Type 4

…br> Avatar of Woe<br> <br> Bane of the Living<br> <br> Beacon of Unrest<br> <br> Betrayal of Flesh…

Real Life intruded on Craig Stevenson’s Sealed Revealed run, but we found a ringer to stand in for him. Today Tim takes two of the card pools Craig posted last week and dissects them, explaining which builds he would consider, discarding the chaff and building the best decks from the tools at hand. The Betrayers of Kamigawa prerelease starts on Magic Online today, and Limited PTQs are just around the corner, so if you are looking for some help in figuring out how to build your deck, Tim Aten’s got your back.

…Between Hideous Laughter, Throat Slitter, Scuttling Death, Rend Flesh, and of course Ko-ko-ko-ko-ko-ko-kokusho, there…

…control deck” of an environment (such as the Survival/ Living Death decks of Regionals 1999). While both decks strive for…

Ever wonder what it would be like if Rizzo did match coverage for the Sideboard? Well, you got that here. But with less swearing.

…I’ll double-block with my knights and kill Skizz to death while my guys don’t even have to…

Conventional wisdom says that while forcing a certain deck may work out some of the time, the numbers say that the important cards for the deck will not show up frequently enough to reliably force it. This is simply not so with Goblins in Onslaught draft because of the huge number of cards that the deck can key off of. Cards that aren’t even playable in other decks become powerhouses, simply because they belong to the Goblin tribe. So despite the protests of a couple close friends who have made a good bit of profit off of the Goblins draft strategy on Magic Online, I’m here to share it with you today.

…Scourge Pack 1<br> <br> *Siege-Gang Commander *, Silver Knight, Torrent of Fire, Lingering Death, Aven Liberator, Carrion Feeder, Goblin…

Sean returns to the column he’s spent so long cultivating! See what deck he has in store this week for his return article! Nobody patches up Commander decks quite like Sean McKeown!

…Leechridden SwampBojuka BogShizo, Death's Storehouse Leechridden Swamp is the lowest-impact of these, but it’s not hard to…

Core Set 2020 is a real Commander curveball, jam-packed with goodies! There are so many, in fact, that Sheldon Menery is splitting his set review into two parts, starting today with potential commanders!

…There seem like enough “lands matter” Elementals to head that direction, starting with Living Tsumani and moving into Avenger of…

Bennie is usually a Commander kind of guy, and occasionally he touches Standard when there’s an event coming up – but Modern? What’s he got to do for that? Play a couple of popular Commanders and pull of some sweet, unexpected shenanigans – that’s what!

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

…Well, it's too late to change the past and there's no sense living in regret of things beyond…

Today, Kyle brings us a Limited masterclass. An RGD draft walkthrough, an RGD Sealed deck cardpool and build… what more can we ask? Well, how about a breakdown of the various emotional states experienced while playing online? This excellent article piles on both strategy and fun in abundance. One warning: if Kyle invites you over for dinner, you’d be wise to turn him down…

…I went to the living room, to my father’s mammoth brown leather chair, and reclined back. For my viewing…

The change to the Commander “tuck” rule has really gotten people stirred up. This week, Bennie Smith takes on the controversy!

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

…Command the Dreadhorde - fares poorly as a one-sided Living Death since it requires about 10 life to be worth…

This week’s Dear Azami has Sean editing an Olivia Voldaren Commander deck–this Legend has been making splashes in a lot of formats lately! How will this deck turn out?

…Maybe it’s better to replace it and have no purely graveyard dependent cards (Living Death still Wraths, Profane Command…

…This also works when you're looking to use spells like Living End, or creatures like Balthor the Defiled. Get…

…Does the creature have to be living to count? What and leave out the undead? All creatures, living and dead…

Friday, November 21st – Zac Hill makes a temporary move to Premium for this intensely detailed examination of his preparation for Pro Tour: Berlin. Using every email sent between himself, Marijn Lybaert, Frank Karsten, and the rest of his testing team, he recreates the exact conditions they found when preparing for the tournament. Incredible stuff, and not for the faint of heart…

…I personally think 4 Finks would be absolutely savage, probably cutting a Death Cloud. I can’t really think of…

…I played Living Terrain on one of my lands and brought the hurt. Kenny waited for me to activate the…

…We're still living down Whippoorwill! Fortify – It's only on one *Future Sight* card, and the mechanic has limited…

Friday, September 24th – Patrick knows this Pro Tour Amsterdam report is late – so he’s made up for it by also giving six post-Scars Standard decks, and the dirt on Amsterdam’s Red-light districts!

…running a business is not the same as trying to bludgeon someone to death in an argument (unless your business…

Chris Romeo answers viewer mail? Well, it’s always fun to watch him toy with the readers. But Chris Romeo picking the Top Seven Must-Have Cards in each color? Oh, how can you stay away?

…You can also use it to fill up your graveyard for some sort of reanimation tricks with Living End or…

Wednesday, November 24th – Sean McKeown has a long history with Magic cards. His relationships with them have often been tenuous and perhaps sometimes misguided, but he’s learned a lot of lessons on the way.

…he saw decks he thought he could beat with Goblins, so he Goblinsed them to death. I had to do…

…Living Lectern Living Lectern Rating: 4/10 The sorcerer role isn’t too powerful, but getting it plus an extra…

W/R is near and dear to my heart, constant reader, because there are some things you just don’t forget. Your first kiss, your first sexual experience, the time you decided to cram some excitement back into your life by diving out of a moving plane – these are all memories that linger at the forefront of your mind. And one of my most cherished Magic memories is the time I qualified for the Pro Tour by playing R/W in the Top 8.

…first striking a two-toughness guy to death every turn and then living to tell the tale against larger guys…

Pierre rates most of the mechanics that have been seeded through the Magic Blocks, ranking them by playability, complexity, and power level.

…Lion’s Eye Diamond to gain enough Black for Living Death. Power Level: \*\* or \*\*\*\* (see below)<br> <br> The Power…

All right, you know the drill: I’m going to list tons of cards, then I’m going to rate them for both Champions of Kamigawa Block and Standard. Can Ponza work? Is the blue Shoal worth putting in your deck? And what Legends should you be concentrating on breaking?

…Vedalken Shackles and Death Cloud also pose problems. Genju of the Spires *Block: 5*<br> <br> Say hello to one…

…Tourists and office workers alike, enjoying a brisk autumn day, the kind Ron Jaworski used to make a living on…

In a recent article, Teddy Cardgame said, “everybody wins [in the Tournament Practice room on Magic Online]. I now understand Flores’s addiction to testing here.” Everyone wins? Let me check my Websters — yup, I’m included in “everyone.” Ted says I will win — me, with my decks! Hey — he’s a Premium writer — could he be wrong? Let’s find out.

…Then he rips a Plains and Helixes me to death. I bring in the Blood Moons and creatures for the…

Mark Herberholz continues his epic tale of his Pro Tour experiences, from his rise from obscurity to riding a gravy train with biscuit wheels. Read the endless stories of drunken debauchery, of the Pro Tour grind, and of timeless friendships.

…What is your<br> name? What do you do for a living? What do you do for fun? Now most…