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…After the second time I feel pretty good about the double Time Walk. Julian names Elspeth with Pithing Needle when…

Yesterday, I told tale of my Second Grand Prix. I placed fourth, winning the allotted prize for my finish plus the cash bonanza that accompanies the title of Highest Placed Amateur. My Constructed ranking gained almost 300 points overnight and I was able to treat my friends in Team Leeds to a slap-up Chinese meal. But most importantly… I was qualified for the Pro Tour!

…At the hands of an accomplished player, it could walk on water. I was looking forward to the Pro Tour…

…were built to walk between worlds, able to block both creatures with shadow and those without. *Time Spiral* came along…

…Memnarch Glissa Sunseeker By the time we meet Glissa Sunseeker, Memnarch has reached levels of murderous insanity. This is perhaps…

…Fact or Fiction, Gifts Ungiven, Recoup, Extirpate, Curfew, Time Walk (could be nice if you have the upper hand, but…

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

…Here's the tweet I posted: > Tweet: > > It’s time for me to write a mailbag column about #MTGSNC. Please…

…and lignthing bolts 2 disenchant 1 black vise time twister, time walk 4 copper tablet 4 ankh of mishra 4…

Larry Swasey has made two Top 8s at StarCityGames.com Opens with U/G Vengevine, or Bluemanji, a deck that crushes Caw-Blade! Read why you should take this deck to SCG Open: Orlando.

…victory, as you can imagine an Ancestral Recall and Time Walk would. Beatdown Finally we come to the aggressive end…

…I'll walk through a mechanic we didn't use and then explain how we created amass, the last mechanic…

…I will walk you through it all and even show off a new preview card with the other new mechanic…

Richard Feldman, authority on Extended U/W Tron, took great delight at seeing a deck of his (and Zac Hill’s) design Rocking the Kasbah at GP: Singapore. Of course, with Japanese Giant Tomoharu Saito at the helm, inevitable changes to the 75 were made. Today, Richard examines each of those changes in detail, and takes us into the mind of a Japanese deckbuilder…

…One Disenchant and one Dismantling Blow in the sideboard? Akroma’s Vengeance? Chalice of the Void? *Petrified Field?* This time…

The day before I left Manila, I was surprised to see that Kevin Cron’s daily thread posited that “The Deck” was drifting towards the Exalted Angel-centered aggro-control deck Eon Blue Apocalypse, or EBA. In fact, his message ended, “How many more changes before we start calling it Aggro Control?”

…Let’s walk through some historical but archetypical examples to bring home this point: *Geeba, Paul Sligh, Pro Tour Atlanta…

I’ve talked a lot over the last couple of weeks about focus. About how I think I’ve been able to keep my mind in the right place, and as a consequence how my results have been improving. But there haven’t been many articles written about how exactly to improve focus, what the causes and consequences are, and what may detract from your ability to maintain that focus in an in-game setting. Today I want to tackle some of those issues.

…New Orleans shirt from when you glimpsed the big time. Deck, check, sleeves, check, dice okay and check. To the…

…A ping in time has a significant effect on most combats, plus the ability to deal damage around a stall…

…First, Neutral Ground held a raffle for prizes such as a Time Walk or a foil Masticore. You couldn't…

…having all that extra mana lets you cast your Time Walk if you need to. Great finish, and a fine…

Thursday, May 15th – I’m feeling old. I was checking my list of published articles and noticed that my first Magic-related articles were published almost a decade ago. That’s a perfect excuse to talk about where Magic is at, and what it is doing. A lot has changed – and a lot has stayed the same.

…In Constructed, Wizards had introduced brokenness, like a “free” Time Walk, along with a pile of broken artifacts and spells…

…everything except Black Lotus, Sol Ring, Ancestral Recall, and Time Walk pick 1 pack 1. I’d like to mention…

…in power over time, ramping up bigger and more powerful creatures and effects. Let me walk you through each section…

Patrick Chapin isn’t one to mince words: Soulfire Grand Master does some insane stuff. Read the Pro Tour Champion’s endless strategies for exploiting what will come to be a huge card for Fate Reforged Standard!

…one creature though? Well, it’s not only a Time Walk this turn, they can’t replay it next turn…

…Likewise, while Wall of Mulch provides a cheap blocker against aggressive decks (often making them walk into Infest) it also…

For this two-part article series, I’ll walk through today’s Legacy metagame, and my thoughts on where I…

Tuesday, November 16th – Alexander Shearer looks at more data from Magic Online Dailies and Premiers and examines the latest trends. His analysis of Valakut turns out the “ideal” Valakut deck based on the results! How close is your build?

…At the same time, genuinely bad decks tend not to make it into the upper tiers, so clearly there’s…

…In the hands of Steve Sadin, the deck proceeded to win the whole tournament despite Steve's recent time away…

…The first time I saw Tetzimoc, my response was “Hey, Bounty Hunter and Infernal Spawn of Evil had a baby…

…The only way you walk out of here complete is with a big trophy.” Day two isn’t enough then…

…Early Enchantress is the key each and<br> every time. Exploration, pop your Elder, put 2 land into play… This…

…You will never cast this in the early game like you might a Time Walk, but if you’re in…

…Few planeswalkers still retain their planeswalker spark, but at the same time, regular characters can travel between planes via the…

…Don't walk into those hate cards and don't spend money on things those hate cards destroy. Don't…

Ever the expert on precedent, Carsten Kotter sees a lot of an old powerhouse in current Legacy top tier strategies. Is there an unbeatable deck out there waiting to be found for #SCGATL?

…line after Fastbond plus Yawgmoth’s Will into Time<br> Walk had already taken over the game. And Now, For…

…you, I'm going to walk you through the booster one slot at a time just as you would experience…

…Zero Time I have had Mana screw/flood/issues: Zero Times I have cast Lay of the Land: At least…

…I’d venture to guess most *Magic* players weren’t playing last time we saw the plane. So, here’s…

…as a Fog and pseudo- Time Walk, Phyrexian Unlife buying extra life and time, and Ad Nauseam potentially working as…

…Taking the time to contemplate his next turn, Jamie decided that the best play for the time being was to…

…I guess this as good of a time as any to talk about your time with SCG, in general? DW…

The Nephilim don’t have to wait much longer! They’ve been holding up the unofficial status of four-color “legends,” but that’s about to change! What is Bennie Smith hoping to get out of Commander 2016?

…This one decided it had had enough of all the time and learning how to take more time to learn…

…That's how we got around to Time Walk and Wheel of Fortune. You don't have to have played…

Todd Anderson looks good in glasses. So he’s thrown a few Goggles into his latest Standard project. Will #SCGBALT go up in flames before the weekend is out?

…Discard effects, when played at the right time, can be devastating. This has always been true for decks that rely…

…Your Shortfang can also do this without the help of the Vial, resulting in a Time Walk and a creature…

…in play, you are effectively just giving them a Time Walk. Thought Erasure out of Sultai at least has the…

…Much like the Map, you can sacrifice this with a tap, this time at four mana if you control 3…

…Normally I'd just skip right to the first draft table, but not this time. I'd like to get…

…Comparative-Analysis-banner-cropped After all, streamers commentate on their games all the time, and that's all Feldman is…

…We walk to the RCA dome and stroll into the venue, and see an ocean of black/green decks. Some…

…You smash the lesser competition, but by the time you swing your deck around to face the biggest threat, you…

…The sacrifices are supposed to happen at the same time, but whenever choices are to be made by both players…

…have him or her out of cards to essentially Time Walk. Your other discard spells can't do that, and…