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…Pacifism or Swords to Plowshares, functioning to eliminate a dangerous aggressive creature or clearing a path for an alpha strike…

Friday, January 28 – Matt Elias has his finger on the pulse of Eternal and gives you updates on all the latest tech and builds for both Legacy and Vintage! Take it to SCG Open: Indianapolis!

…a deck like Zoo,<br> which needs to use Path to Exile against Sphinx or will otherwise lose the game…

…Terminate, Doom Blade, Roast, and mainstay Path to Exile all deserve more air-time than they are getting. Same goes…

Friday, November 20th – I realize, in the grand scheme of things, that there are a lot worse things that can happen to you than a run of extraordinary bad luck playing Magic. Ultimately, this is just a game. That said, this is a column about Magic, and bad-beat stories are a time-honored tradition.

…to replay Duplicant and remove a bunch of my creatures to leave the path clear for her weenie swarm to…

Ari Lax returns to give you a Pro’s-eye view of last weekend’s Open Series event! Ari’s analysis is top notch, and you’ll need it to keep you fighting fit for #SCGINVI!

…My first instinct is to play more removal I can Flashback or exile to delve. Seeing Stratus Dancer again makes…

Tuesday, January 4th – Guillaume Wafo-Tapa made the finals at Worlds in Chiba and faced off his best friend, Guillaume Matignon. How did he prepare his decks and what was it like to face down Matignon at the finish line?

…We just made a minor modification to the decklist, changing a Doom Blade to Path to Exile and Day of…

Thursday, March 10 – This article by Eternal expert Matt Elias has everything you need for this weekend’s Legacy Open in Memphis: Legacy cards you should be buying, Affinity decklists, a much-too-large sandwich, and more.

…the<br> Lightning Bolt kills Goblin Welder; then Path to Exile removes the Wurmcoil Engine. This-doesn’t-seem-that…

You don’t have to be afraid to wield a taboo commander, you just have to know how to use it properly! Jess returns this week to help a reader unsuspend Jhoira’s greatness properly!

…to take advantage of the trigger, you’re left with a slower path to rebuild. Jhoira is<br> going to…

It doesn’t get any easier than this! Chas is assigning buy, sell, and hold advice to all the cards that matter most for the rotation! And as always, the latest market trends across the board!

…see Path to Exile, which is still a $9 card despite<br> the fact that it has been heavily reprinted…

Before new sets overtake Modern Horizons 2, six SCG creators give their exit interview. What are their no-holds-barred opinions of Ragavan, Asmor, and friends?

…fetchland open, taunting me to target it with a Path to Exile if I dare. To make matters worse, it…

Cassidy goes back to basics with some “how to” guidelines for Dear Azami while working on Brian’s Dakkon BlackbladeCommander list.

…br> Path to Exile<br> Punish Ignorance<br> Render Silent<br> Riot Control<br> Rootborn Defenses<br> Swords to Plowshares…

Friday, May 1st – For years, I have reviewed sets from the perspective of Five Color. I have also recently begun to use my set review for more generic casual formats as well, such as multiplayer and Peasant. However, Five Color still dominates my thoughts when I look at a new card.

…We also have the normal slate of White removal from Path to Exile to Crib Swap to Swords to Plowshares…

…deeply skeptical of that path. Elemental Simic ramp engines are currently the only serious way to make this card interesting…

This week fellow StarCityGames.com writer Anthony Lowry asks Sean McKeown for some assistance with his Geist of Saint Traft Commander deck.

…Angels<br> Idyllic Tutor<br> Brainstorm<br> Path to Exile<br> Swords to Plowshares<br> Cyclonic Rift<br> Impulse<br…

Since so many asked, Mike Flores goes in-depth over the Cephalid Breakfast deck he played in Legacy at SCG Open Series: Baltimore featuring the Invitational. Find out what changes he’d make to it for SCG Open Series: Des Moines.

…It’s therefore extra weak to Path to Exile; the only “legitimate” loss I posted in Legacy in Baltimore involved…

If you enjoy theme decks in Commander, then don’t miss reading about how Cassidy takes a reader’s Ruhan of the Fomori deck in a more Giant tribal direction.

…Faith’s Fetters Instants Brainstorm<br> Swords to Plowshares<br> Path to Exile<br> Pollen Lullaby<br> Hindering Light<br…

…turn, exile that card instead. Quests are enchantments that ask you to do a series of tasks to receive a…

…excellent, since they will be bringing in [card] Path to Exile [/card]. I sometimes board out a land or 2…

Tuesday, March 2nd – Last week, Magic Legend Zvi Mowshowitz discussed the creation and card choices of his powerful Standard creature-based Mythic deck. Today, he shares his comprehensive sideboard plans for a plethora of important matchups, and presents a bounty of excellent advice across the board.

…they have only two Oblivion Ring and one Path to Exile to deal with your high end. Your cards are…

Modern continues so soar in popularity. With an increase in demand, the supply dries up and card prices skyrocket. So how do you overcome it? Chas Andres tells you how to break into Magic’s most surging format!

…other options, this is the path I recommend. ThoughtseizeDelver of Secrets // Insectile AberrationPath to Exile Start building a collection of…

…It is an affront to the very concept of the game of Magic. Homeward Path – Lands that tap for colorless…

…2 Once Path to Exile rotates out, this could be bumped up to a 3 but for now I don…

Monday, December 27th – I’m not going to tell you how you should playtest rigorously, get a good night’s sleep, drink more water. These are tips that will help you win.

…After his Congregation resolved, Mike’s opponent cast Path to Exile. Mike declared that he wasn’t searching, but his…

With GP Omaha in his rear view mirror, Modern is still on BBD’s mind. See his absolute favorite deck in the format, why he thinks it’s far and away the most powerful, and his thoughts on the impending ban announcements!

…s hand was a Gifts Ungiven and a Path<br> to Exile with five mana. My opponent is locked into…

…Lightning Bolt Unlike Path to Exile, both the old Bolt and the new Push are conditional removal spells that can…

Monday, May 4th – In this latest edition of Stephen Menendian’s Vintage on a Budget mini-series, the Vintage Maestro takes us through the options for a low-priced aggro build using the two most maligned colors in the format. If you’re looking for a low-cost and rogue strategy for your next Vintage tournament, look no further!

…there were answers to DSC, there were excellent answers, cards like Stingscourger and Path to Exile. Inkwell Leviathan is a…

…Commander is a format that is open to many different strategies and understanding how to play is a beast compared…

Drafting R/B, as always, is a gamble. You can end up with some of the best decks possible in the format, with a good creature base and plenty of varied removal, or the cards might not be there and the pile in front of you contains multiple Necrogen Spellbombs and other filler. More commonly, an improperly-drafted R/B deck will end up with plenty of removal and no creatures – or, less frequently, plenty of bad creatures and little or no removal. Maintaining a balance between drafting removal first and making sure that you have enough threats can be very tricky.

…simple Tel- Jihad Exile. This creates an interesting dilemma when drafting this deck: You need Terror to deal with the…

Monday, August 3rd – In the first round of the second draft, I see I am paired against Sam Stein. I’ve never actually played against him, but I hear he is a pretty good player. However, I am very happy with my deck and don’t think I should lose unless my opponent has some sick bomb like Martial Coup or Lavalanche.

…He has the Path to Exile (sadness), which saves his skin. I am tapped out now and at a preciously…

Friday, December 4th – Cedric rounds out his excellent Worlds report with the highs and lows from Draft 2 and Extended! After a weak 1-2 run in Draft 1, Ced was looking for some powerful cards to hinge his hopeful 3-0 fling for Draft 2… and it didn’t quite go to plan. As a bonus, Ced also appears below with a non-Premium article examining GW Tokens in Standard!

…1) Game 1, David played a Path to Exile on my turn 1 Hedron Crab almost immediately. If he did…

Kranny discusses the Gatecrash cards that are 100% going to make the cut in his cube list. Get some ideas to try out in your own cube!

…to help you survive the early game against an aggressive deck as well as provide you a clear path to…

Tuesday, July 20th – In this introspective piece, Patrick “The Innovator” Chapin theorizes on impossibility in Magic, and discusses the role of deck designer and netdecker in fine detail. As with all things in life, balance appears to be the key, and keeping an open mind on card evaluations is critical.

…It obviously gains percentage against Mono-Red, but how does it stack up against Wall of Omens? Path to Exile…

Sheldon Menery gives his Commander set review for Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths! Which card does he call “one of the great Commander cards of all time”?

…to get indestructible by returning a Human (like Eternal Witness) to your hand makes it even moreso. Migration Path Another…

Patrick tells you about the two decks he decided between for Modern at Pro Tour Born of the Gods. Take a look and see if one of them is your style for Grand Prix Richmond !

…if you want two), and more copies of Path to Exile. While Gifts doesn’t have as swingy of matchups…

Commander is for everyone, and Ashley loves a good spot of EDH. If you are just starting to play this format, this is a useful guide for how to get started, what cards are essential to have, and more.

…getting rid of a Commander for a while) Path to Exile Mortify Putrefy Consuming Vapors Treachery Sweepers Nevinyrral’s Disk…

…Empty the Warrens +2 Dispel *Jeskai Sideboarding:* -4 Path to Exile -1 Lightning Helix -2 Electrolyze +2 Negate +3 Rest…

…Standouts to me here are the new arts for Path to Exile and Rest in Peace. Speaking of alternate arts…

…Spell Pierce 2 x Zealous Persecution 1 x Path to Exile 1 x Vendilion Clique 1 x Thoughtseize 1 x…

…you need to behold and exile an elf. Elf decks already played the Whisperer, so you shouldn’t have a…

…I end up accumulating into a Dominate clearing the path for spirits and giving me a dork to block his…

…Return to Nature It’s basically Naturalize, with the added ability to exile a card from a graveyard, which is…

In this edition of Dear Azami, Sean helps a reader tune his Mistform Ultimus Commander deck into a tribal synergy advantage machine.

…pinpoint removal, i.e., the ubiquitous Swords to Plowshares and Paths to Exile. This isn’t a Faerie tribal deck…

Monday, January 31 – Patrick Chapin starts off Set Review week with the black, gold, and land cards of Mirrodin Besieged. For budding deckbuilders, this is the set review to read – right from the Innovator’s mouth!

…deal as Path to Exile, in many regards. The best, cheap black removal<br> generally tends to have one of…

Dan Barrett takes a look at 50 of the best performing rogue lists from the Modern PTQ season, showing it really is a format where you can play anything you want to at all! Try one out at your next Modern event.

…However, Hulk is soft to commonly played Path to Exile, which is annoying. Given the deck already packs several Pacts…

…Here are the cards featured in this drop: - Path to Exile - Unstable Harmonics (Re-skin of Rhystic Studies) - Duress - Round…

For you traders out there, Jon Medina uses his Robocop pricing technique to give you a sense of what to trade for and what to get rid of, as prices begin to settle for New Phyrexia.

…I expect it to take the same pricing path as Mimic Vat unless there is a<br> ridiculous combo deck…

…Bake in plenty of sacrifice outlets if you’re building this, otherwise Path to Exile will really wind you up…

…grim monumental boulevards that, through sheer mass alone, have rebuffed attempts to retake the city. Atzocan's governor-in-exile…

Justin Cohen went from a local Limited specialist to a Pro Tour Titan in a single weekend! Read his advice on playing Amulet Bloom before the $5,000 Modern Premier IQ at #SCGHOU!

…Are they representing Path to Exile? Backup<br> Titan. Can you lock them out? Pact of Negation. It’s not…

With Born of the God’s release rapidly approaching, Sean takes the opportunity to build a Commander deck around one of the new set’s two-color Gods.

…Swords to Plowshares, Path to Exile, and Oblation were added in order to be able to handle key problems on…