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…it, Chained to the Rocks is the most efficient removal spell we’ve seen since Path to Exile, and that…

…There are not many cards that kill it if you don’t count Path to Exile, so this creature might…

…strategy is to trade mid-range playable cards like Day of Judgment, M11 Duals, and Path to Exile for Legacy…

Sam Black is not only tearing up Grand Prix events left and right; he’s doing it with decks largely ignored by others. Read about why he thinks he’s found the next greatest Modern deck, how he likes to sideboard with it, and why he feels the deck is a bad thing for the format.

…Path to Exile, and Eldrazi Displacer, attempting to resolve a pump spell is a nightmare. Instead, you want to take…

Gerry Thompson is a stone-cold master, and he breaks down the entire Modern format in full detail just in time for Pro Tour Fate Reforged this weekend!

…Path to Exile is a card I have a love / hate relationship with. On the one hand, one-casting-cost…

Sean McKeown helps a reader out by giving him some advice on what to do about that tricky Commander, Vish Kal from the new Commander decks. Check out this W/B beast!

…quite good to add to your deck, with its blend of combat potency and controlling cards. Homeward Path — Excellent at…

…Cyclonic Rift opens the path to a clean victory in a turn or two while your opponents scramble to put…

…While hateful, which is a good thing, the fourth Exile proved to be better in this deck, and the fourth…

This commander is quickly becoming one of the most popular new leaders in the format! Sheldon Menery provides the sequel to Bennie Smith’s interpretation of the new face of Esper!

…It’s also nice to have options that exile stuff. Planeswalkers and Gods (3) Sorin, Grim NemesisTeferi, Hero of DominariaVenser…

There are two kinds of Magic players: those who love Elves, and those who say “I want every last one of these tree-hugging, earth-loving, pointy-eared weaklings out of here. Now!” Either way, you need Ryan Saxe’s guide to Modern Elves!

…Elves goes too wide for Eldrazi Displacer to do anything significant. And Path to Exile is not efficient against the…

Want to attack with creatures in Legacy? Drew Levin provides you with a primer on Maverick, a green/white aggro creature deck. Play it if you want to be the beatdown at StarCityGames.com Open: Dallas/Fort Worth.

…4 Swords to Plowshares —You don’t have reach. Zoo plays Path to Exile because if they were to Swords…

Why is Faithless Looting still banned in Modern? Todd Anderson takes a serious look at the fallen pillar and questions whether it would make the format a better place.

…nearly impossible to contest in size, and would often be protected from the likes of Path to Exile by Carrion…

…Path to Exile is for aggressive strategies, and then that leaves us with Etched Champion. Etched Champion has been catching…

…That deck always seemed to be one Path to Exile away from disaster, and while Rest in Peace is obviously…

Tuesday, April 7th – With the first pause in the hectic Player of the Year schedule now with us, it’s time to draw breath and start shifting through the data, looking for the trends that can help us towards better Magic. This week, Rich looks at some of the biggest issues heading into the season, and reflects on the ongoing storyline and success machine that is Luis Scott-Vargas.

…At this point, it’s worth remembering that Path To Exile wasn’t yet available as a rather nasty answer…

…because your creature has to actually die in game mechanic; getting exiled (Path to Exile), bounced (Capsize), or put back…

…Path to Exile or some other form of removal that exiles or puts it into your library, we need to…

Tuesday, June 15th – I’ve been running Bant since Lorwyn rotated, and had made the decision to switch to Mythic Conscription quite early. After running hot in another recent tournament, I grew a newfound confidence for Bant’s position in the current metagame. I really like the deck’s position in the Jund and U/W match-up.

…did exactly what I wanted it to do, while countering a Path to Exile here and there. I’m not…

This week, Abe breaks out one of the coolest casual formats around: Commander Cube! Abe shares his list and explains his choices along with some evaluations of brand new M15 cards!

…There are better things to do with your limited Orzhov slots than to just exile a critter. And I picked…

…It travels the plane with such reliable consistency that the saurids have built massive, arching temples across its path to…

Sam Black writes about his experience at Grand Prix Las Vegas this past weekend, where he finished in the Top 32, and tells you why he loves Modern Masters Draft.

…3 I opened Kokusho, the Evening Star with Path to Exile and took the Kokusho, which I think was wrong…

…I especially like this card in matchups where Path to Exile or Assassin's Trophy are cards in your opponent…

…running low mana value staples like Swords to Plowshares, Path to Exile, Pongify, Rapid Hybridization and Tragic Slip. I'm…

…Decide if Lightning Bolt, Galvanic Blast, Path to Exile, or Thoughtseize are in your opponent’s sideboard. Affinity often runs…

…WotC gave us Erode, which reminds us of Path to Exile. And it’s a Standard-legal card! Erode destroys…

…I highlight the decks to beat and the latest Constructed developments on the path to the Pro Tour. Today, I…

…It has first strike and allows you to exile an assassin from your graveyard with a memory counter when it…

Can Yawgmoth, Thran Physician remain relevant in Modern? Ari Lax shares his insights into Golgari Yawgmoth for the post-Strixhaven metagame.

…Path to Exile levels are low in the metagame, leading to lots of “ Fatal Push your Strangleroot Geist, I guess…

…of being fatal to you if he bites the dust, and he isn’t easy to exile with [card] Pillar…

The Patron Saint of Cube, Justin Parnell, has been working tirelessly with a team for months, and he’s finally ready to unveil one of the most exciting events you’ll find when you hit up SCG CON Winter in a few weeks!

…White Dauntless Bodyguard Kytheon, Hero of Akros // Gideon, Battle-Forged Mardu Woe-Reaper Mother of Runes Path to Exile Skymarcher…

…Let that copy resolve, exile and recast Lutri for free and again copy the original Release to the Wind. You…

…I wasted a Path to Exile on the Obuun player's Sun Titan, only to see it come back just…

Thursday, July 1st – I played in two Standard tournaments last weekend. I played Turboland. I split in the top four of the Cascade Games Challenge (a $2.5K tournament) and lost playing for Top 8 in the PTQ the next day. My combined record on the weekend was 12-3-1. I highly recommend the deck for the PTQs this weekend as well as any PTQs coming up on Magic Online.

…They’ll certainly still get you with Negate or Bant Charm or Path to Exile occasionally, but you’ve much…

Wednesday, January 13th – At the SCG Dallas / Fort Worth Open weekend, Kyle Sanchez was in a do-or-die mood. He dropped his eccentric Hedron Crab deck at the last moment, opting instead for a pink-sleeved Boros Bushwhacker build… and his tournament result, alongside many stories full of fun, served to revitalize his view of the game we all love…

…I kept, and the only spell I drew FOR THE REST OF THE GAME was a Path to Exile. Seriously…

In one of the most accessible and decklist thick Commander articles of the year, Sheldon Menery shows off the tweaks to his Commander lists! If you’re burnt out and need some new inspiration or you just want to talk Khans in Commander, look no further!

…Of course, there’s also the more boring “play turn 2” path. Surrak<br> Dragonclaw gives much-needed trample to…

Learn to play this one masterfully and you’re going to make huge waves in Modern in 2019! Ross Merriam already has a trophy on the wings of the best new mythic in Magic, and he is passing on this easy to follow guide for battling properly with the archetype!

…Tagging an early Path to Exile also makes a juicy target for<br> Surgical Extraction, since without it they will…

Wednesday, March 24th – Sam Black has spent the last few weeks traveling the globe in search of Pro Points. In Kuala Lumpur, Sam’s plan was successful. In Yokohama, Phase 2 went just as well. Today, he shares his Extended Faeries list, and walks us through his tournament ups and downs…

…Game 1 I Vendilion Cliqued him and saw Path to Exile, Bant Charm, Spell Snare, Ancestral Vision, Vendilion Clique, and…

…to keep Path to Exile off their man-lands, and in the case of Raging Ravine, help to get to…

…2 Force of Vigor 1 Glacial Chasm 2 Path to Exile 2 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben 1 Thran Foundry powered…

…Though you hope the need never arises to exile Valiant Veteran, it can be very relevant if you do. The…

…The card has gotten a bit worse with Path to Exile becoming more popular, but the strategy still seems good…

Patrick Chapin is taking Modern beyond the bounds of its current legal card pool! Today he explores fifteen cards from the distant past and more recent supplemental sets that could add a distinctive dimension to Magic’s most rollicking and unpredictable major tournament format!

…Fatal Push, Lightning Bolt, and Path to Exile. I’m not sure WotC wants to bring back threshold anytime soon…

When I pick a commander to write about, I always strive to find some interesting angle or odd twist to…

This week Chas talks about what cards might go up or down in price because of the M14 rules changes and what the Block results at #PTDGM might tell us about next year’s Standard.

…Path to Exile, Narcomoeba, Kitchen Finks, the Vivid cycle. Common: Pestermite, Spellstutter Sprite, Desperate Ritual, Empty the Warrens, Grapeshot, Echoing…

Friday, December 11th – This past weekend was the “2009s,” or State Championships as we stubborn old farts of the game will insist on calling it no matter what. I had been very bad at attending States for the past few years… But this year was to be different.

…When I attack, he blocks with Cobra and uses Path to Exile to turn his chump-block into a Rampant…

Joshua Cho learned some things about his Zombie deck from last week. It should be blue-black! He also barely missed Top 8 with a RUG Delver deck in Legacy. Check it out!

…There are awkward moments when the lack of basic lands turns your opponent’s Path to Exile into the best…

Is the hubbub over Commander design mistakes overblown? Bennie Smith crunches the numbers!

…to fight through, especially in the Esper color combination. *Commander 2014* Daretti, Scrap Savant Feldon of the Third Path Freyalise…

Christmas may be over, but that doesn’t mean Brad doesn’t have a wishlist! See what he has in mind for Modern bannings and unbannings, Grand Prix structures, and more!

…Right now the color is used as a splash for Lingering Souls, Restoration Angel, and Path to Exile. It needs…

…As mentioned early on, exile-based removal and graveyard hate really sting, so make sure to keep a tight grasp…

Bennie Smith has been inspired by the latest Temur Ascendancy success! See the Standard and Legacy decks he has on his mind before #SCGHOU!

…it’s an X -spell, casting<br> Villainous Wealth to exile my opponent’s deck kills nearly as well, and…