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…but not limited to Demonic Tutor, Brain Freeze, and Time Walk, if you should be so lucky. #3. Ranger-Captain…

…BP and Ty, my team mates, walk away knowing that the game is over. Ricky then casts the Prallax Wave…

…What a time to be alive. Surfin' the Mardu Way Mardu Scout My *Fate Reforged* Prerelease was an odd and…

I won last year – but needless to say, I wanted to defend my prestigious title. Most of my testing occurred by playing formats other than Champions Standard. That last statement is a bit misleading, since Mirrodin Block and pre-Kamigawa Standard are pretty much the same format as the States. You play Affinity and try to win the mirror match, or you play a deck that does nothing but beat Affinity and go home when you play someone who didn’t get the memo.

…Unfortunately, everyone had to walk in and out the single door for pairings. Fortunately, the door was not revolving. Round…

…with Walk the Aeons + Rites of Flourishing + Crucible of Worlds. People will also usually scoop when you Time Warp/ Primal…

The World Championships is Magic’s largest stage and its hardest tournament. Even getting into the event is a serious accomplishment, but Brad Nelson didn’t want to rest on his laurels when there were twenty-three other mages standing between him and the title.

…To sharpen the blades of our weapon of choice, walk the battlefield the journey has led us to, and strive…

Magic veteran Adrian Sullivan got some priceless advice a while ago that still holds true today! What was it and what does it mean for your tournament success?

…I’ve been seeing this archetype popping up on Magic Online for some time now, but this is the first…

Last week, Stephen Menendian wrote an excellent article about removing several cards from the Vintage restricted list. Much discussion ensued, both on StarCityGames.com and TheManaDrain.com forums. All through the debates about what should or shouldn’t be unrestricted, I saw an underlying question that fuelled the entire debate, but was never spoken out loud: I wrote my article as a response to Stephen’s article, and finally the right questions were asked – though not in the way you might have thought.

…Regrowth - Sol Ring - Strip Mine - Stroke of Genius - Time Spiral - Time Walk - Timetwister - Tinker - Tolarian Academy - Vampiric Tutor - Voltaic Key…

Wednesday, December 31st – As I mentioned above, today we have Luis Scott-Vargas and Gerry Thompson battling it out in the top tier of the Standard metagame. LSV takes to the skies with the de facto best deck in the format, while GerryT pumps out a swarm of Black and White token creatures. How does the matchup feel from the Faerie perspective? Read on to find out!

…I Time Walk Gerry, but still have no cards in hand against the Cloudgoat I still know he has. Of…

…generates enough Time Walk with Force of Will, Daze, and Wasteland that by the time your opponent can try to…

…I’ve known Rick a long time. He’s a strong player with a GP Top 8 or two, but…

…at 5:00 to walk and feed her and get over to Diesel HQ in time for us to make…

Monday, October 19th – I want to hop in our time machine and talk about an event that occurred in Magic’s history that still reverberates through the game today. The purpose of today’s article is to look back on one of the greatest changes this game ever had, and reflect on how it impacted the casual player at the time.

…played during this time way back when, this should help to give you a nice walk through memory lane. Today…

Tuesday, March 31st – Last week, Hall of Famer Olivier Ruel outlined his triggers for success. He shaped the ten levels of Magic Player, and shared the important trigger points at which a player can move up from one level to the next. Today, Sam Black investigates exactly what’s required to take advantage of these trigger points, and gives us pointers on exactly how we need to approach our games in order to gain advantage over the competition.

…and should not walk into traps in any format. He should be completely aware of any time he could have…

…Killing time between rounds at a Magic tournament is something that event officials can’t fix every time. If you…

…time do you? This forces counter strong decks to take a step back and in this time you can walk…

…To walk the dog, even in -28.8889 Celsius weather. (QUICK, everyone, what's that in Fahrenheit???) To pick up…

…We have about 5-10 minutes before the next round starts, so I take some time to walk outside briefly…

Today Glenn reflects on a few of the most common bad habits of Magic players that he’s seen in his many years of being a professional railbird.

…walk down memory lane illuminated some of the lesser-known potholes out there in tournament Magic. By the time you…

…2) Self-Reflection Short on time or don't have a community to share your draft logs with? You can…

Sometimes a commander just screams at you to build around it! We see lots of decks that champion Commander’s supposed top tier, but what about when you really want to make a statement about an underplayed legend? Erik does just that this week!

…Residence Life crunch time is August. So Glissa was a pile of hopeful cards for August. But fear not, she…

…Rather than just throw down a list, I'm going to walk through the steps of actually building the deck…

Brian Kibler shares his thoughts about the Magic Online Championship Series after his first experience with it ended in a crash this past weekend.

…This combination of circumstances meant that I was able to play in the MOCS for the first time ever. In…

Dragonstorm in the strongest deck in Standard. As such, everyone is gunning for it. However, life can be difficult for the self-proclaimed Combo Killers when the tools at your disposal are nullified by a timely Gigadrowse. So what can we do? Richard takes a proactive approach, and looks for answers to the puzzle by examining the available disruption. He brings us four exciting decklists today, at least one of which can produce fantastic results against the 800-pound gorilla in the format.

…Strange as it may sound, Dragonstorm is only a Dragonstorm combo deck around half the time. The rest of the…

…quite some time, and we're very happy to finally start rolling it out. Let's walk through the new…

…I don't love the Time Walk, but I do think Legacy gets more powerful by the minute with each…

Monday, March 29th – After the severe pummeling at the hands of the W/R Ally deck that I faced at the StarCityGames.com Indianapolis Standard Open, I breathed a small breath and took consolation in the fact that Allies was not a very popular deck. “Boy, am I glad no one plays those allies!”

…Some players simply, I imagine, stand up and walk away from the computer, their disgust at losing so great that…

CVM relates his travel tale to last weekend’s GP! Read about how the G/W Devotion deck snowballed into existence and how it stands to perform at #SCGDAL!

…We didn’t spend much time on our phones, and helped keep everyone engaged with theory-crafting<br> about the…

…Day 1 ran smoothly, especially considering it was the largest tournament of all time. I was a bit worried when…

Magic Online has become a huge part of my Magic playing. It is currently in something of a transition – or crisis, if you believe the naysayers. I want to look at where MTGO is, where it is going, and what needs to be done.

…MTGO was up, down, unstable, and nonfunctional for a long time. I really hope Wizards learned from the last time…

Regionals musings a la Larry King, some deck thoughts, and a new format to appease the casual players, too!

…That’s not making me happy at all. (And now, by the time it’s getting mailed in to the…

The way of the rogue builder is a fun but trying one. Chris Lansdell has done it for a long time, and he’s excited to bring you all the lessons he has learned along the way! Are you brewing something special for #SCGINVI?

…For perhaps the first time since the *Lorwyn* block, we have a Standard environment in which more than one tribal…

Friday, August 22nd – Standard is constantly evolving, with a plethora of diverse decks occupying the top slots across a number of high-profile events. Faeries, Red, Swans, Elves… as always, the question is What To Play. Adrian answers some of the questions posed by the format, talks more on his Hall of Fame selection process, and presents a new take on Kithkin in Block Constructed!

…I know that when I won a Grinder with Sullivan Elves, I spent a lot of time watching the Red…

For Worlds 2007, Steve Sadin got to work closely with the one and only Zvi Mowshowitz. I’m sure every single one of us would give our right arms for such an opportunity, and Steve was determined to make the most of it. Today, in the first part of his report, he looks at both Standard and Draft. Enjoy!

This year’s Worlds was my eighth Pro Tour, my first Worlds and the first time that I have played…

…Maybe I'm still a little personally called out by Pascal Maynard -- but the point is, watching good players walk…

…on the table, at the same time. The life totals are 4 each. Time<br> has already expired. He can…

Monday, November 29th – Due to a mishap, Daryl’s article didn’t go up with the rest of the Casual articles. (Sorry, Daryl. 100% our fault.) Check out his article, and provide him some feedback ’cause he’s coming back next time! Nice bye!

…If you give your opponents too much time and space, they’ll use it to win, so get in there…

Being the Players’ Champion doesn’t make you immune from taking losses sometimes. Jim Davis opens up about a recent crushing mistake that cost him more than a small share of glory! Learning to lose is the first step to avoiding losing at all at #SCGRICH this weekend!

…Sylvan AdvocateLumbering Falls These sorts of blunders happen all the time, to the very best in the world. One time…

Living the Dream Cube is back on Magic Online. Ryan Overturf explores the latest updates so the Cube’s third time on MTGO can be your charm.

…even better here, as you’ll basically always have time to cast the card for five mana. Additionally, the blink…

Friday, April 2nd – Judges watch a lot of Magic. That’s one of the main things we do at tournaments. At my last PTQ, there were 119 players playing 341 matches of Magic. So we also see a lot of mistakes. While you can make a misplay within a tournament and lose for it, you can also fall behind for mistakes made outside of a game of Magic. My goal here is to present the most obvious of these mistakes, so you can avoid ever making them again.

…The first is “What time does the round end?” I encourage all players to note the time on their watch…

…Well, sometimes they do - like the time my results told my (ex-)girlfriend how she looked in those jeans. But…

Wednesday, April 7th – Throughout the Extended season, people have been crossing their fingers and hoping to dodge the dreaded Dredge. Or they’ve been packing their sideboards with inefficient answers to the graveyard-fuelled menace. Ben Lundquist brings us a thorough look at how to pilot the deck. If you’ve still got a PTQ left, could Dredge be the answer?

…Dredge 6 is a very important part of the deck, but most of the time you would rather have a…

Bennie tweaks the Political Puppets Commander Deck product by Wizards. This one’s a little tricky, since it involves wanting to give away your own permanents! Check out his upgrades and comment.

…Naturally, as time goes on, you’ll want to tweak and adjust the deck with more powerful and fun cards…

SCG Tour ® great Todd Anderson has a system that works wonders for his Modern game. Regardless of whether you’re a Temur fan or a disciple of another color combination for #GPCharlotte, Todd explains his system for always ensuring you’re playing a Modern deck you’ll love!

…a significant clock, they have to walk right into Remand time and time again. Cheap pressure makes conditional counterspells, or…

Carl skipped the Richmond Power 9 to play in his Syracuse prerelease and play in the snow. Told in the usual Crazy Carl style, this report is a little light on the tech, but heavy on the fun.

…Josh, Jesse, Liz, and Seneca walk in a time for the first flight, though Josh and Liz don’t play…

…As time passed by, the deck was no longer a surprise and wouldn't win as much as Jund, so…

We had something like seven guys from CMU (including Turian) attending this PTQ. This was my first PTQ road trip, and for the most part I’d have to say I enjoyed it. The conversation in the car on the way there was a good chance for me to just toss out any random Limited strategy…

…Justin Board<br> <br> Around this time my deck really started to kick in, and I also had a better…

…That would end up being a product that Ethan Fleischer and I proposed—what we pitched as *Time Spiral 2…

…The idea of “making the best play” every time. I tend to believe *Magic* players overestimate how far their playskill…

…This has been proven time and time again in constructed formats, the best example of course being in Rome, where…