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Peebles Primers — Dralnu du Louvre by Benjamin Peebles-Mundy — Star City Games

The Standard metagame has crystallized around three Tier 1 decks: Dragonstorm, Gruul, and Dralnu du Louvre. Of late, it appears that the decks with Red have eclipsed the Control deck… but lately, the counterspells have been fighting back! Benjamin takes the Blue/Black masterpiece and updates it for a Brave New Metagame, just in time for Regionals!

…Your sideboard has a handful of cards that you want to bring in: three Persecutes, one Shadow of Doubt, and…

How I Won $20,000 and a Trip to Kuala Lumpur by Sam Black — Star City Games

Sam Black rocked up to Worlds with the side events set firmly in his sights… and he never wavered from his task all weekend. When the dust settled, he walked out with a PTQ win, an iPhone, and a $20,000 car… a nice day at the office by anyone’s standards. Today he takes us through the ups and, well, more ups of his tournament experience. Enjoy!

…terrible play by me that involved forgetting that Wrath of God is in standard) in Wisconsin States. I’d been…

Magic For the Criminally Insane – Iron Man 2003 by Pierre DuPont — Star City Games

Many of you may be unfamiliar with Iron Man (I plan on explaining our group’s specific rules later on), so I will expose the basics here. Essentially, if a card leaves the play area for any reason, it gets ripped (or destroyed in a creative fashion). While many find this objectionable, everyone I know has a ton of commons from expansions they don’t need, so they can usually begrudgingly admit that getting rid of them in this fashion is, at least, plausible. As with any format, however, there will be those that try and make an impression while playing, by getting rid of foils, foreign black-bordered cards, APAC lands, and even Power 9. I must admit I am one of these people.

…I can play a Nevinyrral’s Disk or Wrath of God. Thankfully, I believe that my opponents will be able…

You Lika The Juice? – High on Morningtide! by Bennie Smith — Star City Games

It’s amusing the expressions of horror I get from the surprising number of Magic players who view cellophane-wrapped booster box of product as several evenings of draft fodder instead of the wondrous trove of singles treasure that I see. I love cracking those packs, accumulating a small mountain of foil booster wrapping to the side as I stack rares, uncommons, and commons.

…For one thing, he’s a natural partner with Saffi Eriksdotter; together they make mass removal like Wrath of God…

Down And Dirty – Adventures in Blurrywood by Kyle Sanchez — Star City Games

Thursday, May 29th – Kyle rocked out to sunny California with a foiled Wizards deck, a wandering eye, and a pocketful of Pro Tour dreams. While those dreams didn’t come true, Mr Sanchez had a complete blast. Today’s Down And Dirty chronicles his time in Hollywood through a series of entertaining vignettes guaranteed to raise a smile…

…sideboarding, while I brought in just a third Wrath of God for Tabby. Game 2 I faced several mulligans and…

Aggression In Avacyn Restored by Reid Duke — Star City Games

While he usually pilots control, 2011 Magic Online champion Reid Duke is excited about some aggressive cards in Avacyn Restored! Also, if you’re going to Birmingham this weekend, you might want to check out his updated Grixis Control for Standard.

…By now, new Wrath of God variants don’t knock us out of our chairs, and almost nobody is calling…

The Long And Winding Road – Standard: Reviewing the Preseason by Matt Elias — Star City Games

Monday, April 13th – We’re entering a very exciting period that puts Standard front and center, with Regionals leading into a PTQ Season featuring the most popular Constructed format on the planet. The month of March featured several large Standard events in the United States and Europe, and analyzing that data should give us an idea how the pre-Alara Reborn Standard format is shaping up.

…In a format where Wrath of God is considered passé, and Path to Exile seems to be cooling off, the…

Modern Crash Course by Ari Lax — Star City Games

Here’s the crash course for anyone looking to enter Modern for the PTQ season. What are the false assumptions about the format? The big decks?

…They still have access to Wrath of God. How Do I Lose to It: Try to win in the combat…

Rising Waters In Type II by Jim Grimmett — Star City Games

It’s that time of year again. Another block rotation is about to happen, and we’re about to lose all sense of stability and normality in the Magic universe. Right now I feel it’s a good thing. Why? When I go to a tourney at the moment, I know most of the cards that will be…

…We have to consider Wrath of God, but that’s four mana, and we’re hoping to stop our opponent…

From Right Field – Phantastic For… Winning Games! by Chris Romeo — Star City Games

As a writer whose mandate is to come up with cheap decks, I spend a lot – if not most – of my ponderin’ time asking the question “Why not?” That’s exactly how this column’s deck came about. For eight months now, I’ve asked myself, “why isn’t anyone playing with Phantom Wurm?” The answer I usually got was “Because Spectral Force is better.” As you might expect, that didn’t satisfy me…

…collect a set of four, such as Dark Confidant, Birds of Paradise, or Wrath of God. The decks are also…

Remie on Sealed, and Firemane Control by Jeroen Remie — Star City Games

Jeroen continues his popular column that answers questions posed by the Magic community worldwide! Today’s offering is the usual mixed bag… we have Jeroen’s take on the Sealed format, plus his thoughts on U/R/W Firemane Control. There’s also a little Extended chatter, and the burning question of frozen yoghurt preference is finally answered. All this and more, inside!

…With maindeck cards such as Condemn / Faith’s Fetters (not sure about this main) / Lightning Helix / Wrath of God, and…

Matchups And Sideboarding For Planeswalker Control by Shaheen Soorani — Star City Games

Master control mage Shaheen Soorani tells you how a deck makes it into tier 1. Help him catapult his Planeswalker Control deck there by playing it in Standard at StarCityGames.com Open: Dallas/Fort Worth.

…most of the time you will watch little Huntmasters and Dungrove Elders fall to the Wrath of God and stare…

The Eternal Question by Paul Baranay — Star City Games

As fun as Eternal Masters is to draft, old cards are…well…weird. Need help with those bizarre interactions that nobody saw coming? Paul Baranay and his guest are here to sort out the craziness!

…Wrath of God. Finally, several effects in this set let you give a creature protection from “a color of your…

My Historic Anthology 5 Report Card by Todd Anderson — Star City Games

Todd Anderson takes Historic Anthology 5 card-by-card. Do the Praetors of New Phyrexia still impress? Does Into the North have new life?

…It just so happens that a creature that acts like Wrath of God but continues to apply the shrinking effect…

From Right Field – As My Life Flashes Before My Eyes by Chris Romeo — Star City Games

This week, Chris makes good on his promise to build Standard decks around the much-maligned Shivan Wumpus. He brings us not one, not two, but three decks that pack the punishing 6/6. SO how did they fare in the maelstrom of Magic Online testing? Click here to find out!

…collect a set of four, such as Sulfurous Springs, Birds of Paradise, or Wrath of God. The decks are also…

Mining the Crystal Quarry: Finally! It’s useful! by John Liu — Star City Games

Ah, Fifth Dawn is here, and I have finally decided to return myself to writing. How could I resist? Crystal Quarry will finally see some real casual use, no longer fueling the one-in-a-million Sliver Queen, since no one really uses Cromat. The Sunburst mechanic will see to that. Amongst the dozens of set reviews there, I want to cover the odds and ends of these cards – play quirks, rules interests, and of course, the multiplayer and casual aspects of the best new ideas from R&D.

…Armageddon, Balance, Wrath of God, Jokulhaups, Fireball, Time Walk, Time Warp, and a variety of enchantments. However, even with an…

The Cube Revolution by Cassie LaBelle — Star City Games

You say you wanted cube online / well, you know… Chas talks about the future of cube drafting on Magic Online and in paper forms. How will it affect your trading? What’s to come for cube enthusiasts?

…Student of Warfare Sun Titan Swords to Plowshares Thalia, Guardian of Thraben Wall of Omens Wrath of God Blue Brainstorm…

The Compendium of Alternate Formats, Entry Six: Chess Magic by Abe Sargent — Star City Games

Way back in Duelist #4, Chess Magic made its debut. The idea behind Chess Magic was simple – try to create a format specifically designed to recreate the feel of Chess. The goal of the format is not to exactly duplicate the Chess game, but simply to give a Magic game the feel of a good Chess game. It’s high time that we had an updated version of this really nifty variant, so I am updating the older rules and streamlining the process a bit.

…creatures in play (Wrath of God, Massacre, Decree of Pain, Earthquake.) - The ability to take control of any card an…

Restoring Balance To Modern by Ari Lax — Star City Games

Looking for the deck that will play fair and even out the #SCGCOL metagame? Sorry, but Pro Tour Champ Ari Lax’s article title this week is highly literal. This deck has tons of tricks, tons of lines of pro play, and Ari is ready to show you how and why it wins consistently!

…Wrath of God One assumption of Restore Balance is that you aren’t playing many creatures. Even if you were…

Deconstructing Constructed – Innocent Wails: Death of a Metagame Breaker by Josh Silvestri — Star City Games

Today I want to talk about the trails and tribulations of breaking a splintered metagame. First you may ask yourself what the heck I’m talking about and mutter something about all metagames being equal. Here’s the thing… usually semi-coherent metagames are shaped pretty early in a format’s life-cycle. You know X and Y are going to be the “best” decks and somewhat popular, while Z is good and even a bit more popular for some reason (Easier to play, easier to make, etc.). Then you have the rest of the letters filling out the rest of the metagame. Arrogant and / or confident players may be labeling all of these as byes…

…Engineered Explosives is a tutor-able Wrath of God against the aggro this deck is concerned with. In fact, the…