So the exit of Cursed Totem killed Mike’s up-and-coming”God” deck. Now, hot off the heels of Leeloo and Indian Summer comes… Demi-God!
…I’ve always been able to keep Magic healthily in perspective, and could walk away from it in a moment…
Have you ever been mugged? I’ll tell you, it’s irritating. Not because you’ve lost some money; yeah, the financial hit’s a hassle, and you’re gonna be eating macaroni and cheese for a couple of weeks… but in the end, it’s just a couple of bucks. You’ll survive. What twists in your gut, what burns deep…
…You don’t have the time or the Batcave to train your body to the Nth degree, to track and…
With Jeroen Remie returning to PTQ play, the Ask The Drama talk this week concentrates on Extended. Mr Remie talks about the stronger cards in the format, the proper place for Destructive Flow, whether Extirpate will hate out the graveyard-based decks, and the future for Boros Deck Wins. For those players out there with no Extended aspirations, Jeroen takes a look at some troublesome draft decks, and imparts a hefty dose of Limited wisdom.
…Hate needs to be drawn in time, which has been true forever. Affinity was still the best deck, even in…
…Every time I took trample he looked at me wondering why I was taking damage. I love being honest. Table…
…It might surprise you that most of the time, concepting comes long after design. Creative looks at a blue-green…
…Since that time I have come to greatly respect his take on building constructed decks (there are no “bad” cards…
…Why? Well, what do you read articles for? I always imagine it’s more than just killing time or entertainment…
…Oh, and he also leads the all-time money list. Therefore, the only thing I am interested in seeing is…
…12 points of damage by the time you're done with combat, and an extra 5 points of burn at…
With the Top 8s of the approaching Two-Headed Giant Champs events being 2HG Draft, and with a Pro Tour looming that shares the format, Nick takes a timely look at the basics of the game. It’s safe to say that you can take your Time Spiral and Planar Chaos pick orders and throw them out of the window! Urborg Syphon-Mage over Errant Ephemeron? Cancel over Lightning Axe? It’s a strange new world, to be sure…
I was considering doing another “Walk With a Known Player” article this week, taken from the Pro Tour: Geneva coverage…
Not so fast, brewers! New Standard season can be fun with all the new tools at your disposal, but there are a few things you must keep in mind if you want your build to succeed. Ross Merriam issues the reminder.
…Many mistakes were made, but it’s time to move on. Reflector MageRally the Ancestors To that end, I want…
I had the extreme pleasure of going to the Team Pro Tour at New York this year, and the tournament was pretty miserable for me. Why the extreme pleasure? I got to see some friends. I got to play in some side events. My other team (“We’ve Got Girlfriends,” Andy Nishioka and Richie Frangiosa as…
…He needed a Library of Alexandria, a Mox Emerald, and a Time Walk to finish his”power set,” and he…
…So 50% of the time there's going to be a 12.69% chance of getting the combo out by…
…useless card, although it has been very good every time it has just randomly “come up” in play, and has…
…creating a *pseudo* Time Walk at the risk of getting swept away along with whatever it accelerated into. Titans are…
…I believed that the double time walk that the Plow Unders give you is huge, so I decided to stick…
…All kidding aside, I had to take some time away from my favorite game for personal reasons, but I am…
Patrick “The Innovator” Chapin takes us through a sample day in his life, a day packed with conflict and deck testing. He shares his latest Standard decks – Quiet Jushi, B/U Haakon, and Pitch Necro ’06 – and thrashes them against a number of the top contenders in the modern metagame. With Coldsnap finally in the Standard mix, everyone is looking for the Next Big Thing… has Patrick found it?
…It will be played with Kamigawa Block, Ravnica Block, Time Spiral Block, and whatever Block comes after that. - There will…
…Remand is the most important due to its essentially “ Time Walk ” function in the early game, as it helps to…
Find out what the Modern metagame might look like at Grand Prix Richmond next weekend as Adrian Sullivan analyzes the data from Pro Tour Born of the Gods.
…Nathan Holt and Shawn Kornhauser of Walk the Planes fame have taken the mantle as Magic’s current video storytellers…
Friday, June 20th – Losing… as Magic players, losing games and matches must surely come as second nature. After all, even the best players in the world lose a third of their matches. When we face defeat, what matters most is that we learn from our position… and that we’ve done our best. Today’s Flores Friday sees Mike investigate his own philosophy of loss, while offering sage advice to those who struggle in defeat.
…This is in direct opposition to the Brian Kibler school of thought from the same time period, which advocated flexibility…
…I'll walk through all that next week. It's a Full Moon Tonight That's all the time I…
…Last time I covered a *Universes Beyond* set, I had the role of what we call an SME (subject matter…
…the Morning Star, and you would essentially get a Time Walk effect because the opponent won’t have enough mana…
Today, both Stephen Menendian and Nick Eisel relate their tales of failing horribly, and what they learned in the process. And heck, who am I to leave myself out of the proceedings? Watch with horror as I open a card pool with solid cards, and somehow manage to go 0-5. Why? That, my dear readers, is a mystery I need your help to decipher….
…The rest of the time, it sits in your hand and cries, since it’s either not going to have…
Some players expected Vampires or Zombies to be the next big thing once Eldritch Moon hit the metagame. It’s looking more and more like Spirits is the order of the day! See what Pro Tour Champion Patrick Chapin has planned for the future stars of the format!
…If you get ahead, there are a lot of cards you can use as “Time Walk” in order to put…
Once a U/W diehard, Jim Davis has been throwing fire all over the place lately! Read his incredibly in-depth guide to effectively navigating the #SCGOAK and #GPNJ metagames with bolts and blazes!
…again, this time on camera, and after an extremely long and tedious match we would both walk away with a…
…in four hits, now three so they are a Time Walk in land form. Good pair! Cards from *New Capenna…
…But at the time, he had The New Deck. And we didn't know what it did, and that one…
…We are running short on time, so we are both playing as quickly as possible. I know his hand has…
Friday, February 26th – Hall of Famer and Constructed powerhouse Zvi Mowshowitz returns to StarCityGames.com with an in-depth exploration of his latest Standard creation: Mythic! The deck powered multiple players into Day 2 play at PT: San Diego, and it’s poised to make another big splash at the StarCityGames.com Open this weekend in Richmond!
…If they don’t walk into it all the time, you greatly benefited from having it available especially if you…
Todd notched a Standard win in Washington, taking home yet another trophy. Check out his list, and his advice on Dark Ascension Standard!
…Against control, she is a virtual Time Walk with a 2/1 body attached to it and forces your Delver…
…So when I walk away from Magic (no time soon, I promise), I will have many fond memories. But the…
“The Deck” is possibly compared to Baldur’s Gate 2. It’s the legendary control deck against which newcomers are judged, but it’s undeniably showing its age. Control decks have streamlined a lot since the days they could just lean on Mana Draining into Braingeyser, but today’s most modern ones have cheaper, more specialized engines. Today’s Head to Head will look at one of the more popular and original control creations to come along: Landstill.
…01:39:01 – Island is tapped.<br> <br> 01:39:04 – PFUNK plays Time Walk.<br> <br> 01:39:05…
…makes no sense...} but using, like, good cards this time. Read: Necro. Now, I'm not a longtime Necro player…
…Remember that time 2 months ago when you thought the girl at the Taco Bell drive through was cute, and…
…There was a time when I did nothing but play Standard. It was a dark time in my life. I…
…He didn't seem to care, instead turning to walk over to the nearest smiling merchant, continuing to rant about…
…Today, I’ll walk you through the basic strategy of the deck, the rationale behind my specific card choices, and…
You might remember passing notes from the coverage about how Randy Buehler and some other people passed by the Type I Championships and watched a few matches. Players reported, however, that they weren’t just watching idly. Rumor is some serious talking was done. Something about… Updating the Restricted list?
…Ancestral Recall<br> <br> 4 Brainstorm<br> <br> 1 Time Walk Red (5)<br> <br> 4 Burning Wish<br> <br…
Pro Tour Champion Shaun McLaren looks to the future by looking into the past. What does previous Standard tell us about future Standard? How will these things change with the new rotation schedule? What are Standard’s most powerful cards heading into #SCGINVI?
With Khans on the horizon and Ravnica in the rear-view mirror, now is a great time to go over…
…You will get blown out by cards like [card]Faith’s Reward[/card] from time-to-time, but learning how…
…Ancestral Recall for 1 more mana? Still broken! Time Walk for 1 more mana? Still broken! Timetwister for 1 more…
Monday, April 6th – Sorry, Extended, but it turns out that I’m just not that into you. No, it’s not you – it’s me. I know we started off on the right path back in January, but things cooled off from there. I just never got felt… comfortable around you. I felt like I couldn’t be myself…
…turn out correctly and couldn’t get to the Time Walk he needed to win. Against AJ Grasso in the…
Embracing the Commander mindset is vital to enjoying the most popular casual MTG format. Bennie Smith shares how to apply your Commander motivation to card choices, gameplay, and beyond.
…The goal with this article is to draw upon my lengthy time and experiences playing Commander to convey some wisdom…
GP Nashville finalist Todd Anderson talks about how Reanimator and B/R Zombies went big to win Grand Prix this past weekend and what you should think about when selecting a deck for Standard.
…This is something I’ve had a very difficult time grasping throughout my entire life, as I continually try to…
…At the time we were playing this particular game—smack in the middle of *Dissension* development—the activation cost of…
…While there are cards from *Tempest* block and back that care about graveyard order, since that time we have banned…
We all know what happened… White Weenie, a.k.a. the Great White Hype, failed to live up to its billing at Pro Tour: Yokohama. And we’ve heard from many folks who claim to know why. Of course, none of them actually played the Little White Men at the Big Show… that’s where Paulo steps in. This illuminating report examines why the metagame was no longer pretty fly for the White guys, and suggests that the approaching PTQ season may be a far more open arena…
…No deck beats U/B and WW at the same time, because they are absolute spectrums — U/B tries to…
With Drew busy brewing Legacy decks with Mental Misstep banned, Ted Knutson takes today’s reins and answers a common question he gets: how to speculate on any given card.
…Because you get speculation bumps on Magic Online all the time these days, this rule isn’t etched in metal…