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Yawgmoth’s Whimsy #180 – Green is Dumb, Blue is Stretchy by Peter Jahn — Star City Games

Green is like chicken pox. You know it won’t help, but it is so hard to resist scratching. Those little sores are an irritation that you just can’t ignore. Even knowing that scratching actually makes things worse, nothing short of boxing gloves could make me leave them alone. So, because Mike Flores and Bennie Smith were talking about Green recently – scratch, scratch, scratch.

…White had Armageddon, Wrath of God, and Swords to Plowshares. Blue had Counterspell and Unsummon. Black had Terror and Mind…

Removed From Game – Dredge Wins In Valencia by Rich Hagon — Star City Games

With almost a full two weeks on the road doing nothing but playing, talking and writing Magic, it’s easy to see why Rich Hagon thinks he’s the luckiest man in the world. Join him for the first week of tall tales, a large dose of Metagame theory and definitive proof that he knows what he’s talking about (see article title for details.)

…Control decks – most Control decks are no longer your traditional land-go affairs, where Wrath of God and a well…

You Lika The Juice? – Adventures at the $5K by Bennie Smith — Star City Games

Friday, February 27th – When last we left off, I had some big plans for the $5K weekend. Friday Night Magic to try and test some tweaks to my Fugees Elves deck. Then Saturday playing in the $5K Standard event, Sunday play in the Extended PTQ, and sometime in between try and fit in some Elder Dragon Highlander…

…Monks on the other side of the table (so much for that Wrath of God I was worried about). Rafiq…

The Black Perspective: A Little Ham And Eggs Comin’ At Ya! by Osyp Lebedowicz — Star City Games

Is it just me, or are there a lot of issues spiraling around the Magic community recently? From lawsuits to cheating accusations, Magic is a hotbed of excitement, and I figured now was a good time to start writing again. However, the problem with all of the issues taking place is that they can all be summed up in one or two paragraphs, and I won’t get paid for that. Instead, I decided to write about my experiences at Grand Prix Richmond, and tell you what I learned.

…On the inside though… well, here’s an excerpt from the transcript of my inner monologue: “*Oh God, Gleancrawler has…

Fun With Flores: Hunting Sound by Iain Telfer — Star City Games

Captivated by Mike’s brilliant writing, I gave his threshold-based deck a few spins on Apprentice; the basic wisdom learned from that matchup was that the deck was really inconsistent and weird at times. I discussed the deck with a friend of mine – somewhere between Flores’ deck and his, I think, lies the answer.

…Genesis, Brushhopper, and flashing back Roars answering Wrath of God quite fine when they don’t have Astral Slide. I…

Whispers of My Muse: Dissecting Standard by Jim Ferraiolo — Star City Games

My aim is to give a broad overview of the current Standard format with an eye towards some of the general concepts that I believe to define the environment. I also want to talk about what decks are likely to be successful for Regionals in light of these same concepts. Why should you listen to me? I mean, who am I to say what’s what? Well, I’ve designed a successful metagame deck for almost every iteration of Standard that I’ve ever played in. If there’s anything that I know how to do, it’s how to come up with a plan of attack for the Standard environment.

…Hell, it’s Mind Twist, Armageddon, and Wrath of God rolled in to one card – how could it not be…

Double Or Nothing: 5-Color Revisited by Jim Grimmett — Star City Games

Each colour has at least five cards that cycle for colorless mana. Pick any four and two of the fifth and you satisfy the eight cards of one colour minimum but don’t need to play any land of that colour. This means you can, effectively, play mono-color decks in 5-color Magic. So why not?

…Sure, you can cast Wrath of God but there’s no way ‘m going to put *all* of the rebels…

Reflecting Ruel – Intelligent Netdecking 2: Turbo Fog in Barcelona by Olivier Ruel — Star City Games

Friday, May 29th – Earlier this week, Manuel Bucher and Olivier Ruel discussed the process of Intelligent Netdecking, or taking a deck from an established source and improving on the choices. Today, Oli and Manu discuss their changes made to their Turbo Fog deck before Grand Prix: Barcelona. They also share their sideboarding strategies, and update the deck with an eye to upcoming GPs and PTQs!

…bad anyway, Angelsong seems more flexible. – Evacuation replaces Wrath of God: Your opponent draws so many cards that “back in…

Magical Hack – The Road To States, Part Three by Sean McKeown — Star City Games

Friday, November 7th – We currently face an unusual paradox, one that we reach every so often: with the mana of the Gods at our disposal if we want it, we can cast anything in the format at all… and when we are given the ability to cast anything at all in the format, we always end up wanting to cast the same damned cards over and over again.

…as well be just painlands and Wrath of God as far as most of the decks you’ll see Saturday…

The Beautiful Struggle – States Part 2 and GP: Krakow by Mark Young — Star City Games

Last week’s article was a little awkward, because my deadline was a couple of days before States decklists went up, but the article came out on the same day the States page went live. It’s like I was frantic and scrambling for some obscure theorem to use on a midterm, and then an hour after I turned in the paper someone uploaded Stephen Hawking’s entire brain into my skull.

…Wrath of God and Cryptic Command. However, Neon Cheon seems to have found a way out of all of these…

Bear With Me: There’s Three Decks at the End by Bennie Smith — Star City Games

“If one color could do everything, there would be no reason to play anything else.” – Elaine Chase, Research & Development Strangely enough, that seems to be true.

…because of the heavy-black required for Swarm, though the case could be made for swapping Wrath of God for…

Chatter of the Squirrel – The Trouble with Faeries by Zac Hill — Star City Games

Wednesday, April 16th – Lately, control decks have been subscribing to a tried-and-true Flores theory of “only really control the game until I can tap out for a Dragon and then kill you.” This has proven extremely effective, as per the success of Osyp’s Honolulu Top 8 deck, Wafo-Tapa’s Guile deck, and others. The beauty of Faeries is that you can circumvent even that crucial one-turn window of threat deployment.

…But games of Standard, especially in a format as high-powered and as honest-to-god *large* as this one…

Backstage With Bob the Builder by Julien Nuijten — Star City Games

So I didn’t have a great Worlds, but what I did have was an awesome Standard deck that might just be one of the best decks in the format. Dark Confidant in a Blue Control deck? Oh yes, we’re just that crazy.

…Wrath of God (or Kagemaro, depending on their version) is a good target, but early on you might want to…

Sultai And Languish by Shaheen Soorani — Star City Games

Shaheen Soorani is a control mage through and through, and Languish is the kind of card you’d think Wizards of the Coast would make just for him. Check out his Sultai Control deck for the upcoming Standard format!

…There won’t be a Wrath of God reprint in the foreseeable future, and I am tempted to hop onto…

The Secret Lair – Cash, Cobras, and the Upper Price Limit by Craig Jones — Star City Games

Friday, September 25th – Last week I voiced some concerns over the Mythic status of a couple of the forthcoming cards from Zendikar. Then, in between me writing that article and it actually going up on this website, Mike Flores previews the most egregious offender of them all. Right on the main Magic: the Gathering site, of all places.

…Zendikar, amongst other things, has five new fetch lands and a replacement for Wrath of God. When I talked about…

Sullivan Library – Episode Four: (Some) New Hope(s) by Adrian Sullivan — Star City Games

Thursday, July 10th – As the new set approaches, everyone is looking for the cards that’ll make a splash in Constructed formats. The biggest question being asked is this: is there anything in Eventide that can bring down the Block Constructed Faerie behemoth? Adrian takes a look at the spoiled cards thus far in search of anti-Fae technology… Warning: Contains Spoilers .

…A truly playable Wrath of God effect. Firespout is fine, but it has some massive limitations, most specifically in the…

Insider Information – Kithkin With M10 by Cedric Phillips — Star City Games

Thursday, July 9th – Cedric Phillips, the voice of White Weenie, brings us an in-depth examination of Kithkin post-M10 rotation. While there are a host of possible inclusions, Cedric doesn’t believe that there’s a great deal to improve the current deck. It seems that Kithkin are likely to be one of the more potent strategies come U.S. Nationals… What does this mean for those planning to run with Wizened Cenn?

…s Run Vanquisher U/W Reveillark<br> Losses – Wrath of God, Adarkar Wastes, Mind Stone <br> Gains – Glacial Fortress Let…

From Right Field: How To Generate More E-Mail by Chris Romeo — Star City Games

How do pros do this all the time? How can they play the same deck over and over and over and over and over without wanting to just pick up a shovel and go ape-friggin’-s**t on the guy sitting across from them? “Tossing a Wonder into the graveyard for your Mongrel, huh? I don’t think so. Why not? Because, if you’ll look to your right, you’ll see that I just set your entire graveyard on fire, you piece of flying wurm dung! BWAH-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA!”

…And when I say”mass removal,” I mean” Wrath of God. ” Sadly, once the Coat is on, even a deck…