Commander Rules Committee member Sheldon Menery provides the logic, the discussions, and the acceptance of dissent all centered around the latest major Commander rules update.
…br> cards any more than we can consider Wrath of God a land destruction card because Living Plane might be…
"O Miserable of happy! Is this the end Of this glorious new world.?" Extremely literate people recognize this as a passage from John Milton’s masterpiece, Paradise Lost, one of the greatest, not to mention longest, poems in the English language. Magic players will note that this quotation appears on the Portal I . The addition…
…There were no cardlists, and we kept hunting for the mythical Royal Assassin and Wrath of God, though none of…
…Even Wrath of God was putting me out of commission because I just drew another 2 power dork the following…
Wednesday, June 11th – As of Thursday last week, I’d pretty much settled on the deck I was going to play as detailed in last week’s column. Friday, I get an instant message from Adrian Sullivan asking me what I was going to play. I sheepishly tell him B/G elves; I say “sheepishly” because I feel like a sell-out.
…miss you, Richie – God bless you, man. So, Regionals. Richmond Comix had a pretty good contingent of players make the…
Wednesday, June 4th – With Regionals just around the corner, everyone is looking for that sick new tech that’ll ravage the metagame. Well, how about this for an off-the-radar strategy: Zur The Enchanter! Gerry Thompson takes us through his Pro Tour preparation, a huge chunk of which was taken up with innovative Zur decks. He brings us five fresh lists that could make waves at Regionals… and if that’s not all, he shares his Faeries and Reveillark lists too!
…Firespout is better than Wrath of God in this format, and since we were splashing Green off of Vivids and…
…Finale over a $50 Damnation), and since Wrath of God and Day of Judgment have been printed to death, you…
…In practice, it’s more like a slow Red Wrath of God. But you can build around that. Toss a…
As a longtime fan of Izzet Phoenix in Standard, Kevin Jones is mighty pleased about its recent results! “The Daddy” is here to teach you all he knows ahead of SCG Syracuse!
…Teferi, Hero of Dominaria; Vivien Reid; and Nicol Bolas, Dragon-God all die to a Shock if they enter the…
…Traditional answers are Swords to Plowshares, Wrath of God, Counterspell, Disenchant, and Strip Mine. There are three major deck archetypes…
…It could be filled with everything from individual cards like Wrath of God and Counterspell to concepts of decks like…
Everyone’s favorite resident control freak returns to bring you the good news about Esper: it’s still good. Follow along as Shaheen shows you the reasons you should be playing his updated Standard deck!
…This kind of reminds me of the time I wanted to play Thassa, God of the Sea to just scry…
Pro Tour Champion Ari Lax digs through time to bring you a humorous postmortem on one of the most controversial spells of the last year!
…is running into the classic control wall of dying to Wrath of God if you try to jam<br> on…
SCG Invitational finalist Nick Spagnolo returns to writing with an article about BUG Control in his new Legacy column. See if you should consider playing it at the SCG Legacy Open in Providence this weekend.
…Wrath of God is a very reasonably costed effect at four mana sorcery speed. When you can consistently get the…
Articles – many articles – are written every time a set comes out, but does anyone ever go back and call people up about their trading articles, hot picks, and so on? Hell if I remember – I don’t recall last week very well. I don’t think they do, though. Not often. Hot picks come out and then no one ever makes a comment about them months later, to see how they panned out. What I’m going to find out is,”Where are they now?”
…With Temple of the False God, the Urzatron, and Cloudpost all available in the current format, decks without mana issues…
Time Spiral has brought back a lot of old cards. Some had a glorious past. Some had flashes of greatness. Some are, well, Squire. We’ll ignore Squire, and look at the tournament history of the other Timeshifted cards instead. The question, of course, is whether any of these are going to make a comeback at States, or in Extended this fall.
…Willbender, on the other hand, cannot handle a Wrath of God. Of course, Kai could sacrifice Willbender to counter the…
…life from a Spike Feeder when he casted Wrath of God but couldn’t stop double Spike Weaver beatings after…
…LIVING PLANE Living Plane The original “ Wrath of God = Armageddon ” card. The same guy I mentioned at the start of…
…Tap out for Wrath of God when you're behind? You might just be dead. Greater Gargadon, despite being probably…
Live the Dream Cube is back on Magic Online for two weeks only! Ryan Overturf breaks down the Cube’s principles and key cards.
…Gold Soulherder Thief of Sanity Fallen Shinobi Valki, God of Lies // Tibalt, Cosmic Impostor Escape to the Wilds Mirari's…
…I was in charge of opening the *Kaladesh* boosters—and by god were they bad. The rest of our pool…
Wednesday, February 18th – Grand Prix: Chicago is quietly looming into view, and Legacy fans around the world are honing their decks in anticipation. In today’s Luck Skill Victory, Luis Scott-Vargas shares his powerful Blue/White Dreadstill build, explaining the strategy and card choices in detail before examining some of the key role-players for the sideboard.
…sideboard with mostly futile answers to that problem. *Wrath of God*<br> This seems really expensive, but if you don…
Rogue deck designer Adrian Sullivan and classic strategy writer hand Rizzo a deck to help him try and qualify. We’d leave the suspense up, but frankly, the title says it all.
Instead of ten pages of”what I’m playing and how I came to that decision in agonizing detail” that…
…The comparisons of Death Cloud and Wrath of God were also controversial, as the two cards have a lot of…
Grand Prix: Krakow brought a resurgence of Islands to the Standard metagame. Indeed, if the Top 8 is any indication, times are good for the water-loving spellslinger. This week’s Deep Analysis sees Richard Feldman attempt to deflate the control mages, attacking them aggressively in a way that currently has no defense. Intrigued? Then read on!
…His first resistance is a Wrath of God that doesn’t accomplish much, and I have him down to three…
…I draw more cards than God, and play a millionPlains. Each of my Knights is as big as a house…
…the same reason I take Temple of the False God in a bunch of my lists with high mana value…
…I was pretty much never able to use it as a Wrath of God for value, and whenever I 13…
…Urza's Rage(4)<br> Disrupt(3)<br> Wrath of God(4)<br> Prophetic Bolt(4)<br> Suffocating Blast(1…
Monday, November 24th – I just looked through Magic’s first six expansions, hunting for old bargains – every card in Arabian Nights, Antiquities, Legends, The Dark, Fallen Empires, and Homelands – and all I could wonder is, “ HOW THE HECK DID MAGIC SURVIVE? ” Still, just as I looked through Alpha last week hunting for cheap cards that will be useful in a variety of multiplayer decks, this week I trawled through a wealth of absolutely terrible cards to pull out the gems. And here they are.
…of Wrath about to put the hurt on you? Boing! Is someone’s Kresh the Bloodbraided getting out of hand…
…Burning Wish for a Wrath of God, and your opponent isn't likely to play another creature, while you continue…
Monday, July 14th – With the prerelease behind us, it’s time to rattle through the completed card list and pick out those card that inspire innovation. Today’s So Many Insane Plays sees Vintage World Champion Stephen Menendian examine Eventide for standout options in both Vintage and the more casual Type 4…
…Nonetheless, the persist effect means that this guy can survive board sweeping Wrath of God type effects and still function…
…There will be many matchups where you can get a profound advantage from, say, a Wrath of God -type effect…
…It had Supreme Verdict as its top of the line Wrath of God variant at four; and could fill in…
…Very few decks have an answer to the beast with Wrath of God (and similar) putting up a poor showing…
…I had Lashknife Barrier, Voice of All, Repulse, Hobble, Rushing River, Blind Seer, Angel of Mercy, 3 decoys…I was…
…had Day of Judgment or previously Wrath of God) have suffered falling behind the beatdown for lack of removal tonnage…
Before I get into the meat of my article, there’s one more thing I wanted to add to the whole”Bad Cards” debate that’s been sparked recently about broken rares and unplayable rares. The DCI needs to do the right thing and emergency ban . There’s no question that the card is inherently broken, and spawns…
…mana threshold in order to cast a fast Wrath of God, which could be necessary against a fast Stompy or…
Friday, February 18 – Josh Rayden Top 8ed the StarCityGames.com Legacy Open in Indianapolis with a Show and Tell deck that uses Natural Order to run out game-ending monsters – read about his adventures on the weekend.
…He has maindeck Ensnaring Bridge, Moat, Karakas, Wrath of God, and two Jaces. Who<br> does that? He has two…
Coldsnap is Constructed legal, and the DCI isn’t changing their minds. Ditto with the Timeshifted Time Spiral cards. I will embrace these unsavory ideas, and see what I can do with purple cards. The following are some ideas that I riffed on while in “the library.” Will any of them bear fruit? Who knows? It depends on what you do with them.
…Witch Hunter can keep at bay opposing creatures that could cause problems until you get Wrath of God. Then, of…
Has Azorius Control supplanted all its controlling peers in Modern? Shaheen Soorani makes the case for Solitude and friends.
…Timely Reinforcements Aether Gust Wrath of God The rest of the sideboard strengthens aggressive matchups. Aether Gust, Timely Reinforcements, Celestial…
…You don't need to worry about cards like Wrath of God. Instead, you should be thinking about how to…
Bennie Smith jumpstarts his Commander deckbuilding with Kels, Fight Fixer! Check out his latest 100-card Dimir delight.
…Damnation Damnation There really is no substitute for black’s version of Wrath of God. It’s cheap enough to…
Wednesday, August 27th – Mono-Red is currently the deck of choice for the aggressive player seeking to smash face in Standard competition. At Grand Prix: Copenhagen, two Mono-Red decks faced off in the final match… but this was no ordinary mirror match. BPM investigates the critical differences in approach of the two successful decks, and presents the strengths and weaknesses of both…
…player, and any Wrath of God answered by a Ram-Gang wound up the same. Instead of hoping that the…
With playtesting underway, the pros have to draw the line somewhere. While these Standard brews didn’t make the cut, they could just be missing something. What’s your take?
…blue leaves them with Path to Exile and Wrath of God, and regardless they can just Karn or Mindslaver you…
Sheldon got three friends together, had them play his best/most fun Commander decks, and recorded the results for you in his latest play-by-play.
…Everybody else says, “Oh God!” It’s a card that can get out of hand, so I understand. The thing…
Friday, September 10th – This week I’ve got an exclusive spoiler in the form of Engulfing Slagwurm, and we’ve got a whole ton of spoilers to go over – new planeswalkers, a new Mox, and much more!
…survives a Wrath well? Look at Chimeric Mass. I love how this card interacts with board sweepers of any kind…
Tuesday, April 20th – Rise of the Eldrazi has provided some truly potent monsters to cheat into play, and this week, Doug reviews the best ways to get use out of these pounders. Find out what black sorcery looks like Time Walk and how levelers will influence aggressive strategies in the format. What decks can best utilize cards like Vengevine? How do we get Emrakul, The Aeons Torn, onto the battlefield for annihilation? Find out in this week’s Legacy’s Allure!
…has plenty of uses in the UW Planeswalker Control decks, being able to survive a Wrath of God and then…
He placed third in the Storyteller Ballot for this year’s Invitational, but he was the choice of many a pro player. His stories are, if you believe all you read, a work of genius. He’s fun, frivolous, and fiery… and he plays a mean game of Magic to boot. Gerard’s debut article takes us through his personal 5-2 performance at in the Standard portion of this year’s U.S. Nationals. Welcome aboard Gerard!
…He was playing some four-color control deck, with some copies of Wrath of God, Loxodon Hierarch, and Remands. To…
Fourteen cards changed legality, Mono-White Aggro won a tournament, and Matt Dilks is coming out of retirement? This week’s Ten Things is all over the place!
…the bottom of your library in a random order.” When we all learned how Valki, God of Lies and Tibalt…
Tuesday, April 7th – Today’s Sullivan Library tackles the other Blue tribe from Lorwyn: Merfolk! While the Standard metagame doesn’t reveal their power at first glance, those in the know are aware that these fishes have teeth. Adrian contrasts a couple of successful lists, and suggests one of his own…
…On the other side of the spectrum, versus aggressive decks, he has access to 3 Wrath of God and 2…