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…Remember the Alara block Jund decks? Bloodbraid Elf and Path to Exile were $3+ uncommons! Blightning was a $1+ common…

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!

…to me that just having one single Polymorph target could be quite dangerous in a format where<br> exile effects…

…path. You aren't being guided towards Ninjas, Rats, mill, or any other obvious build. You are always free to…

Friday, June 19th – Brian Kibler returned to the Pro Tour for Honolulu, determined to do well… and he did! After an awesome start on Day 1, the wheels threatened to fall off early on Day 2, but he held his nerve and rocked out to a Top 8 finish. He tells his story today, in an article full of Constructed and Limited advice, fun stories, and fashion tips…

…Tom had all the goods in the first game, with Noble Hierarch to accelerate, two Path to Exile to keep…

…As for the white cards, Path to Exile seems like our strongest option, but it butts heads with Blood Moon…

Tuesday, October 13th – I have this sinking feeling that Hypergenesis is going to be “the deck” at the Pro Tour, since it is a combo that takes little effort to assemble, and all of the hate cards can be easily foiled. Luckily for Hypergenesis, most of the Blue-Goyf decks are a tad too slow to compete with some of the other combo decks, which may leave them with a ridiculously unprepared metagame come the PT.

…a gigantic target over his head to get removed by Path to Exile or the like. 3. Fetchlands are amazing…

…Blink | Instant | Ancestral Vision | Sorcery | | Swords to Plowshares | Instant | Bribery | Sorcery | | Path to Exile | Instant | Compulsive Research | Sorcery | | Ajani, Caller…

…Blink | Instant | Ancestral Vision | Sorcery | | Swords to Plowshares | Instant | Bribery | Sorcery | | Path to Exile | Instant | Compulsive Research | Sorcery | | Ajani, Caller…

Monday, April 12th – In this week’s edition of Innovations, Patrick Chapin looks at some of the spoiled cards from Rise of the Eldrazi, and investigates their possible impact on upcoming Constructed tournaments.

…What beats Vengevine? Wall of Reverence, Path to Exile, Oblivion Ring, Journey to Nowhere, Wall of Denial, Bant Charm, Relic…

Shaheen Soorani lays out the top control cards in Ikoria Standard and uses them to find the format’s most powerful archetype!

…This stretches from competitive play to a well-crafted Commander deck, providing another layer to the excitement that Magic brings…

…Spreading Seas, Dismember, Path to Exile, etc.<br> Turns 4-7: Play threats. Start attacking.<br> Turns 7-10: Disrupt…

…It is forced to rely on Abrupt Decay, which doesn't even kill manlands, and Path to Exile, which gives…

…After all, Swords to Plowshares and Path to Exile are both ineffective on a commander, and they are both still…

…Copying Path to Exile or Fatal Push with Reversal is like making the opponent pay an extra mana and sacrifice…

…Some answers are more specific, like Doom Blade for creatures, Naturalize for artifacts and enchantments, Path to Exile for indestructible…

Read about the two decks SCG Standard Open: Las Vegas Top 8 competitor Shaheen Soorani has been playing on the SCG Open Series lately: Mono-Blue Wizards in Standard and Esper Stoneblade in Legacy.

…cut a Jace to add an Explosives or cut a Snapcaster to add a Path to Exile, but when doing…

Monday, April 13th – We’re entering a very exciting period that puts Standard front and center, with Regionals leading into a PTQ Season featuring the most popular Constructed format on the planet. The month of March featured several large Standard events in the United States and Europe, and analyzing that data should give us an idea how the pre-Alara Reborn Standard format is shaping up.

…In a format where Wrath of God is considered passé, and Path to Exile seems to be cooling off, the…

…a RG Titan [card]Scapeshift[/card] shell splashing white for [card] Path to Exile [/card] and [card] Lightning Helix [/card…

…Path to Exile is a card we're sure to see in game 2, but we can use it to…

Ari Lax discusses Standard, Modern, and Legacy in this thoughtful article about metagaming. The Invitational is just a few weeks away, so make sure you’re on top of your game!

…If it is that big of a concern, the deck can sideboard Path to Exile like the list from Grand…

…Your opponents redraw their threat eventually, but you have time to find countermagic, removal, or a path to victory. It…

…That aside, if you’re looking to put a venture package together in a green deck, Find the Path may…

Derevi, Empyrial Tactician isn’t the most popular Commander for her combo-oriented nature, but when a Dear Azami reader wants to play fair with Bird Tribal, Sean McKeown flies to the rescue!

…Yes, we could optimize in order to save two mana by playing Swords to Plowshares or Path to Exile, and…

Nobody knows Modern as well as Todd Stevens, and believe it or not, he’s not interested in Blood Moon’ing his opponents at SCG Baltimore! What on Earth could have him putting his Prison deck on the back-burner?

…that was destroyed by a Fulminator Mage, a Path to Exile to handle a threat, or in the very late…

Wednesday, July 15th – Just tell yourself: attack the enemy. I must find a way to beat them. If you do this, then you will. The first step to defeating your enemy is to figure out who or what your enemy is. In this case, Kithkin is the enemy. Think back to a time long forgotten, where Kithkin ran rampant, but were easily defeated via Firespout. Those days have long since past, but now it seems time for a comeback. Viva la Revolucion!

…Either that or they will use Path to Exile to get their guys in there a bit more efficiently. In…

Hang out in the Pro Tour afterglow all you want; Todd Anderson is ready for #SCGNY Modern weekend! Believe it or not, the Temur master is thinking of trading in his tried and true Delvers for a lot of unfair replacement effects! Golgari Grave-Troll is unbanned, right? Let’s start abusing it!

…recurring creatures from Anger of the Gods and Path to Exile. We also have a threat that can attack from…

…Some examples are Path to Exile, which works great everywhere, and Carrion Feeder, a card that generally performs well in…

Recent articles have been somewhat dismissive of the Amulet Bloom deck’s game plan and consistency, and Sam offers a revealing look inside the head of an experienced Bloom player as he surveys the rest of the format.

…Leonin Arbiter is the most devastating, but Path to Exile and Ghost Quarter are both huge, and both Thalia, Guardian…

…with discard or Path to Exile/Lightning Bolt backup. A weird budgetary tension with Angler, not to mention Tas and…

…has to make the best out of a number of subpar cards like Terror and Path to Exile. As such…

Wednesday, October 14th – Typically, the week after doing my set review, I write an article using the latest cards in decks. I see no need to break with tradition, so allow me to build some decks for you today!

…You can also slip Path to Exile in for Swords to Plowshares, or Crib Swap, or whatever else you have…

…They may not be tier 1 choices, but the goal is to try something off the beaten path and still…

…Creatures [30] 4 Chord of Calling<br> 4 Path to Exile Spells [8] Lands [23] Deck Total [61] Sideboard [15…

…Path Iconoclast. This gives you a general sense of the creature support, but there are dozens more creatures to think…

…Jumanji by Caleb Durward Main Deck Sideboard Creatures [31] 3 Path to Exile<br> 2 Sword of Feast and Famine…

Find out which new cards Legacy expert Carsten Kotter thinks could see some play in Legacy and read his opinion of Dragon’s Maze from a design perspective.

…This either instantly draws removal (and is still value against anything other than Swords to Plowshares and Path to Exile…

…Finding Our Path I was very close to building this deck as a “ Lost in the Woods ” deck. That enchantment…

…If Jeskai focuses on beating Infect, they will play full sets of Path to Exile and Bolt. This will incidentally…

Welcome Chas Andres, a new writer for SCG that has been writing Magic finance articles for about two years. In his first article for SCG, he details you how he goes about evaluating cards financially when new set spoilers are released.

…Spellskite (bulk rare at release), Garruk Wildspeaker ($4 at release) When a card like Maelstrom Pulse or Path to Exile…

With so many new releases recently, it’s hard for a Commander player to keep up! Bennie Smith highlights ten key updates and related cards to add to your 100-card decks!

…lots of multicolored creatures and spells, and its ability to exile individual cards in graveyard for two mana is quite…

Welcome back for part two of my Dark Ascension financial analysis! Today we're going to go over the red…

…Treasure Cruise 3 x Lightning Bolt 3 x Path to Exile Sideboard 3 x Wear // Tear 3 x Gifts Ungiven…

Autumn Burchett reintroduced Paradoxical Outcome to Urza decks with a Top 32 finish at the Season Two Invitational. Get their card-by-card breakdown and sideboard guide!

…natural counter to any black removal and discard spells you’d play, and partially because Path to Exile is dramatically…

What new goodies does Avacyn Restored have for Commander? This week Bennie Smith tries out one new legendary creature when he constructs a deck with Bruna, Light of Alabaster.

…Soul Snare acts like a Path to Exile. Land Tax is just super sweet to make sure you’re making…

…to play and then I beat with Abyssals for the win, despite losing two of their number to exile. <br…

Friday, July 16th – Last week, Cedric began the M11 instalment of his popular Overrated and Underrated series, highlighting the cards he believes are being badly evaluated by the Magic populous. Today, he completes the job, calling out a number of powerful cards that he believes will not cut the proverbial mustard.

…seems like a win to me, especially if the removal spell is Path to Exile. Reassembling Skeleton is far from…

…Abzan was stuck on Path to Exile and Abrupt Decay. Jund got to diversify its removal profile while Abzan lacked…

Bennie Smith is loaded with ideas for all the new Commander cards we’ve found in our stockings this year! Use his suggestions to take your Commander deck to the next level!

…to pile on to really punch through damage. Chronomantic<br> Escape can provide similar incentive-once it’s in exile…

…Lightning Bolt, Path to Exile, and Abrupt Decay. No one wants to use these spells on Sage, which means Sage…

Friday, July 16th – It’s that time again, where we take a critical eye at the new Magic set and see how it impacts the color Green. I have to admit, Wizards has really done some great things for Green in the past few years, but we can’t forget that Green spent a long time as the undisputed worst color in Magic and there’s still need to have strong advocates for the color.

…Given the popularity of Oblivion Ring, Spreading Seas, and even Mind Control and Path to Nowhere, I could see Back…