Tuesday, December 21st – EFro, poker pro, has come back to Magic and is wrecking the scene. He played Conley Woods’ Necrotic Ooze combo deck for Extended. Read about this crazy brew and EFro’s Top 8 games with R/B Vampires.
…Shaman before he has mana to counter, and he has the Path to Exile, as I hoped. I don’t…
Friday, February 12th – Magic has been undergoing an unprecedented growth over the past couple of years. This has caused the price of several staples to hit record levels: Tarmogoyf is at $90. Jace, the Mind Sculptor is at $60. Force of Will is at $50! In this first part of the three-part series, Ben takes an in-depth look at the growth of Magic over the past two years, and explains why card prices have reached these levels!
…Lightning Bolt, Terror, Terminate, Doom Blade, Path to Exile, Deathmark, and many others have been appearing over the past three…
…go a long way with eternally playables like Path to Exile, Blood Artist and Herald's Horn at uncommon. Sale…
Tuesday, September 14th – I want to show you not just how we built the deck that got me to third, but to show you how to further your own decks for the next Extended.
…He tried to Path to Exile his Wall, but a Mana Leak and a Terminate for his second Path left…
Monday, April 12th – Last week, we left off with Starship Troopers after an 8-1 record on the first day of Grand Prix: Houston. Now, Grand Prix tournaments are incredibly large compared to most Magic tournaments, which makes making Top 8 that much more difficult. With that said, I knew that doing well on Day 2 would be very hard, since those remaining in the tournament were probably solid players.
…Lage for fear of getting blown out by Path to Exile or Temporal Isolation. Conceding gives you no outs, while…
…into your opponent's exile, then I would certainly run this, but the ways to do that are kind of…
…playing copies of Swords to Plowshares supplemented with Oblivion Ring, Journey to Nowhere, Path to Exile, Condemn, Oust, Go for…
Sean McKeown provides his view of Dark Ascension from the Command Tower! If you love EDH, you’ll love the new cards from the set.
…White gets Swords to Plowshares and Path to Exile where Black gets Vendetta, and while Tragic Slip won’t keep…
…Yawgmoth struggles against decks heavy on exile removal, as Prismatic Ending is the perfect answer to an undying creature. Yet…
…I hate to guide people down a path that basically leads directly to building a Lab Man deck, but since…
Dear Jay, Still Sorry. Sincerely, Knut
…Luckily the central cards in the deck provide a second path to victory. I won one game when I got…
…a warlord in exile from Dimension X. He supplied Shredder the needed technology for their attempts to take over the…
…to exclude any cards that puts a blanket restriction on spells you can cast, and cards that destroy (or exile…
Tuesday, June 22nd – With an ear close to the ground, you might have known this was coming. As far back as the closing months of 2009, there were rumors surfacing around various forums that Extended was not in a particularly healthy place, and that Wizards were contemplating a shakeup in the format that sits in an odd place in the structure of the game as a whole.
…Conflux brings us quality removal in Celestial Purge, Volcanic Fallout, and Path To Exile, while it’s questionable whether Bituminous…
…It's a great fit for grindy white decks that need to stabilize without locking themselves into permanent exile, and…
…When my opponent started his slew of removal spells like Lightning Helix and Path to Exile, I knew this is…
In his card-by-card Avacyn Restored Commander set review, Sheldon Menery grades the new cards and groups them into four categories: Will Definitely Get Played, Probably Will Get Played, Probably Won’t Get Played, and Definitely Won’t Get Played.
…I can see a viable strategy with creating tokens so you have more stuff to exile than your opponents, but…
Ari Lax made Top 8 at Grand Prix: Kansas City this weekend with Kiki-Pod. Read about his deckbuilding decisions, and why he thinks Kiki-Pod is a strong archetype for future consideration!
…3 Path to Exile: Generic good removal. Great versus Jund for handling their many must answer guys (see: everything but…
That’s a mighty bold title from the Magic Pro Tour Hall of Famer! But don’t be too surprised if the game designer and leading theorist has you nodding along by the end. He just hopes Wizards of the Coast has figured all this out by now…
…Decks | | ------------------------------------------------- | -------------- | | Lightning Bolt | 34.32% | | Thoughtseize | 34.19% | | Path to Exile | 31.36% | | Collective Brutality | 26.78% | | Serum Visions | 26…
Austin Yost did the unthinkable and won a Legacy Open with Mono Red Burn! He has had continued success with the deck but hadn’t won an Open until now. Read why mono-Mountains can get there.
…Sideboard: -3 Figure of Destiny, + Smash to Smithereens. Figure is rather bad against Swords to Plowshares and Path to Exile…
…It’s also possible to rig the decision in your favor with cards like Mm'menon, Uthros Exile to ensure…
…Legacy 1 Knight of the Tusk 1 Blessed Sanctuary 1 Path to Exile 1 Inspired Charge 1 Thriving Heath 1…
Friday, October 9th – Now that the Zendikar hype has died down a little, and it’s going to be some weeks before I actually get to see the cards online, I thought I’d go back to my workshop and dig out another casual concoction. This is another linear based off an Alara keyword mechanic.
…You make a bunch of little guys, you feed them all to one ginormous monster and… Terminate! Path to Exile…
…For the sequel to such a beloved product, Lead Designer Gavin Verhey worked to make this a love letter to…
…Bryan's next turn brought a Path to Exile for Hedron Crab and a Thopter Foundry to start fueling his…
…which means you can permanently exile something by sacrificing or otherwise getting it to leave play before the first ability…
Patrick Chapin revisits his beloved Grixis Control, this time in Modern in preparation for Grand Prix Detroit next month. Check out his list and let him know what you think!
…Some quick thoughts on U/W/R: - I could see Lightning Helix instead of Path to Exile. - I’m not…
…You don’t even need to go full Scapeshift – just a Migration Path should be plenty to get ahead. In…
Getting thrown into the Legacy waters without support can really throw a new player for a loop! Michael Martin retells his experience at the Invitational with Reanimator.
…He names white assuming I kept in Path to Exile; if I was supposed to, I completely missed that memo…
One of Abe’s most popular series discusses the most underused casual cards in Magic. He adds ten new member to the ever-growing list. Try these out in your Commander, Five Color, and other Casual decks.
…Chimney Imp, and Sorrow’s Path. They are on top of a peak to your left. As you go down…
…Today, I want to step a little bit off the beaten path and put Brudiclad, Telchor Engineer at the helm…
Wednesday, June 16th – Gerry Thompson rocked up to the MMS with the current deck to beat – Turboland. While qualification wasn’t in his sights, his performance underlined that the deck is real, and it’s here to stay. He talks us through his tournament today, including fine plays, mistakes, and fun stories.
…It’s unlikely that they decide to dilute their deck with Path to Exile, since using that on a Lotus…
…universal removal spell like Swords to Plowshares or its most recent approximation, Path to Exile, we are also faced with…
…White-Blue Control I certainly would not have anticipated playing against *zero* copies of Path to Exile and Day of…
Tuesday, February 2nd – Join Rich Hagon for the Prerelease Money Can’t Buy, as he travels to Wizards HQ in Seattle for Worldwake gaming action.
…Isle, plus a desire to see Treasure Hunt in action, sent me along a Blue path, and double Torch Slinger…
Pro Tour Hall of Famer Patrick Chapin is forging ahead in his Shadows over Innistrad review! Don’t miss out on this series before you head into #SCGINVI battle this weekend!
…then use one mana and exile a sorcery or instant from your graveyard to untap it. Repeat as many times…
…list that is otherwise mostly fat creatures. [card] Path to Exile [/card] is the best removal in the business. [card…
…A once novel win condition became a far more reliable path to victory. As such, I will not delve too…
…turn, when he has to resolve [card]Snapcaster Mage[/card] to [card] Path to Exile [/card] my [card]Tarmogoyf[/card…
Friday, October 1st – My hope is that this is part of a grand plan to scale back Magic’s power level. If not, I’ll forever wonder who called in the nerf brigade. This leaves the few cards that will determine the success or failure of Scars in Constructed.
…a few such as Path to Exile are awkward. That means you’re unlikely to end up ahead of the…
…It is still underrated and doesn’t lose to a Path to Exile, Terminate or Lightning Bolt as most people…
…Elspeth, Knight-Errant, Oblivion Ring, Mind Spring, and Path to Exile). Then again, I was pretty excited about Elves when…
…from Naturalize -type cards along with Swords to Plowshares and Path to Exile. I expect Sword of Hearth and Home…
Six of SCG’s best content creators give their first impressions of Magic’s newest set — Modern Horizons 2.
…Before you point to Lightning Bolt, Path to Exile, or Fatal Push, those are all conditional or have a significantly…
Monday, March 16th – Stephen Menendian entered Grand Prix: Chicago with high hopes. He’d tweaked his deck of choice to attack the more powerful archetypes in the format, but his technical play let him down. Today, he shares the design process behind his choices, and discusses the format in general, before bringing us his timely Vintage Metagame Report…
…Thoughtseize deals more effectively with both threats than Path to Exile. In addition, Thoughtseize is a very good card in…
It’s not preview season without a full rundown of all things Commander from Sheldon Menery! How did the set do as a whole? Check out Sheldon’s ratings and card commentary here!
I might like the January release of a new set best of all, because it’s<br> like getting to…
…draw, only casting a Umezawa’s Jitte and Path to Exile for the whole game. You can read in the…
…He holds back a single plains trying to signal Path to Exile, but I see through his bluff and kill…
The Innovator finally has his mits on every single card in Khans of Tarkir. This stellar decklist explosion has everything you need to get started in one of the most anticipated Standard formats in recent memory! Sleeve one of these up for #SCGNJ or #SCGINDY!
…Utter End Another possible direction to go with Abzan is down the outlast path, trying to exploit the new mechanic…
…He now leads a resistance against his father in attempt to return the kobolds of Kher keep to the path…