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Thursday, April 29th – Last week, Craig Wescoe walked us through the hits and misses in the White, Blue, and Colorless cards in Rise of the Eldrazi. Today, he continues his mission to hunt out the gems in the new set, discussing the Red Green, and Black cards. He also gives his top 10 cards in the entire set!

…Unlike Flame Slash, at least this card can Shock the opponent at sorcery speed. Spikes everywhere have visions of Arc…

…I decided<br> on Incinerate over Shock, for the extra damage/card ratio. I can't<br> say the 1…

With only ten days to go until the unveiling of the first Pro Tour of a new season, it’s time to dust off the archives, trawl through the stats, and then make outrageously unfounded statements about the likely winners and losers. At least, that’s how Rich Hagon does it. Travel around the globe from Austria to Japan, via Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Britain, Germany, Greece, and Israel. Don’t forget your frequent flyer cards!

…It would be no surprise to see him Top 8 at Hollywood, and even less of a shock to find…

Hello there, my name is Evan Erwin… and I’m a hater. I hate your permanents, I hate your spells, and I hate your resources. I found the perfect deck for all you haters out there. It’s called Owling Mine. You may have heard of it… This article is here to inform you on how this deck is built, played, and reshaped based on your local metagame, and how certain game situations hinge on knowing the right reasons for making certain decisions for it.

…Point is, this guy is immune to Shock, to Hideous Laughter, and to multiple Frostlings. Yes, he dies to almost…

I’m a bit gushy about the format, so you’ll forgive me if I say that I am completely impressed with how well Ons-Ons-Ons draft plays, particularly when it’s only the first set in the block. Instead of gushing [porn link deleted], what may help you out are three tidbits that I’ve learned over the last six weeks that turned me from a total scrub to someone who breaks even online with consistency. Also, I made some outrageous States predictions: How accurate was I? The answers may surprise you.

…Cruel Revival, Shock, Solar Blast, Sparksmith, and Lightning Rift (depending on your cyclers), are splashable removal spells that will allow…

…Similar to Merfolk, [Card] Ghost Quarter [/Card] can replace [Card]Wasteland[/Card], Ravnica shock lands can replace dual lands and…

Pro Tour Gatecrash champion Tom Martell tells the tale of how he was able to take down his first Pro Tour with the help of #TeamSCG .

…Hopefully, it was more than just shock at making it through the quarterfinals! The rest of the night was a…

Tuesday, February 22 – Patrick Chapin has Top 8ed 4 PTs over his career and is the first to Top 8 in 3 different decades. His Tezzeret deck will play a major part this weekend at SCG Open: DC, so don’t miss the exciting conclusion!

…Still, perhaps I was mentally weakened from the shock of losing the<br> previous game. Either way, I got ran…

…did something,” and which point I started going into shock. To this day, I have a bump on my collarbone…

Innistrad has a lot of cube potential, but choose wisely, cubers! Usman Jamil reviews the new set for upgrades to the cube.

…look at it in a certain way. “Sorcery-speed Shock? Flashback that requires a ton of mana? No way.” While…

Usman Jamil talks about the cards that were added to the Magic Online Cube with the release of Avacyn Restored and provides some suggestions for changes they can make to the cube in the future.

…at one, it’s worse than Spark Spray and at two, it’s worse than Shock! ”), but there also comes…

Okay, either you clicked to read a Worlds report under the casual section, or I tricked the Ferrett and this is under the tourney listings. In any event, this isn’t a Worlds report — it’s the Casual Report, Week Four! (Okay, you got me — that was really lame, and all you tourney guys can…

…A WIN!!!!! Shock, ecstasy, relief! I felt so many emotions wash over me at that moment. Oh wait. I won…

…Just as you begin to stabilize, suddenly every one of their permanents is turned into a Shock by the Arcbound…

…Take the book, but let the boy go.” “ Jared Carthalion, ” said Brotten, and with a shock, Ulf realized he had…

In honor of March Madness (which will sadly be over by the time you see this), a few of my friends and I decided upon running a 16 deck, single-elimination Time Spiral mock tournament. The format was simple: Best of five games (two pre-board, three post). Single-elimination. Now that you know the rules, let’s get started… because this’ll be a long one.

…So that means details tend to be lost and yes, shock and awe, we made mistakes along the way in…

…I was in total shock that something like that could ever happen. Just imagine talking to a friend.. “So, how…

With the holidays upon us, it is time to shake ourselves out of our typical ruts and do some fresh, new things. I therefore present to you fifteen new (well, some more new than others) group play formats for you to try over the next few weeks. I came up with the number "fifteen" easily,…

…Theo’s deck would look something like this: - 4x Lightning Bolt - 4x Shock - 4x Seal of Fire - 4x Mogg Fanatic…

…turn or play my two-drop?”<br> > “Should I Shock my opponent's Llanowar Elves?”<br> > “Should I sacrifice all…

The Modern Series continues with Fifth Dawn? What does Chas think about this set a decade on? What surprises lurk in the commons and uncommons? Which rare is $30 despite reprints? All this and more are just a click away…

…It wouldn’t shock me if the entire set ends up at $10 at some point simply due to coolness…

When you last left me – you cold, heartless, fickle person, you — I was working on smooshing together two copies of the Ritual of Rebirth precon deck into something that might win you a few matches at your local Saturday Standard tourney. Today, I continue that journey… and what a journey it was!

…Sudden Shock ended it. For game 2, I knew I needed more speed and a way to kill fliers. Out…

…But Kiora was in shock, and that was much more complicated. Not that Jori could blame her, however. First things…

…Then someone leaned out over the railing to unroll a boarding ladder, and with a shock, she recognized him. “Gideon…

…After I recovered from the shock of hearing John say this, I asked to look at it. It was an…

Commander 2019 was too massive for just one financial set review article! Chas Andres covers the Faceless Menace and Primal Genesis decks, plus This Week’s Trends!

…It shouldn’t be much of a<br> shock that most of them met somewhere in the middle. Retrofitter Foundry…

Craig “The Professor” Jones laments the passing of the most intricate Block format ever devised: Ravnica Block Constructed. With a frank dissection of his team’s testing techniques in the run-up to Pro Tour Charleston, Prof brings us some of the better – and worse – decks they ran through their gauntlet. Their Charleston performance is also reported with Craig’s customary wit.

…Jim Davis, UGR Control Shock horror, another win for Pete. Sadly irrelevant, as I play some of my best Magic…

…Who could be so cruel? Stronger than the shock that threatened to paralyze her, Nissa's instincts drove her actions…

…We proceed to do nothing for about the next 7 turns, watching my Cloud Sprite become a Shock, then a…

…After I recovered from the shock of hearing John say this, I asked to look at it. It was an…

Good day and welcome to the second installment of the Underused Card Hall of Fame. This is the place where I retire 30 cards, placing them in the Underused Card Hall of Fame. There are six categories, one for each color and another category for everything else. Five cards are retired from each category. This is my excuse to write about one of my favorite topics — cards that you aren’t playing, but you should.

…Combined with modest burn, like Shock, the Phoenix can take out a four toughness ground creature, or a six toughness…

…stacked damage before flipping Wall of Deceit another thousand. Shock: I beat Gabe Walls in a feature match at a…

As a service to every mage who couldn’t spend the time watching the whole tape, Ari studied the entirety of #SCGNJ so that he can tell you everything about the Standard metagame that could possibly be deduced from the first big tournament of the season!

…The shock over Banishing Light still being in the deck is odd given how much the Arbor Colossus versus Mantis…

Blue has a lot of tricks in it, and you can get very sneaky, but in the end all you have are a bunch of overpriced 1/1 dorks that die to the smallest removal. What are you going to do, alpha strike with Wizards? This is like cheering for banana.

…Of the”big fat bombs” in the set, you can kill Grinning”each blocker is now a Shock! ” Demon and…

Cassidy celebrates Dear Azami’s centennial by building a deck for a commander that should have been covered already but fell through the cracks until now.

…Tomb The standard mana fixing suite combination of fetch/shock/dual for each color. Plain and simple. IN: 6 Forest…

…Seriously though there are amazing cards, even shock lands to pull from these packs. Maybe it is the cool spacecraft…

It’s really time I wrote my novel. I decided that this morning. I was pumped full of caffeine, heart racing like a trip hammer, a small bead of sweat working its way down my back. I was sick of my job. My wonderful, excellent, almost the best job in the world job. It was time…

…He crashes into my shield with startling, frightening force, sending a shock wave up my shoulder and down to the…

Last week, Ted covered the cards of each color, rounding out on Friday with the hideous Green offerings. Today’s installment is a lot more upbeat – the Gold shines, the artifacts are in fine working order, and the land is fertile. Indeed, some of Time Spiral’s finest cards dwell in the far-left column of the deck registration sheet. Ted also adds his choices for the strongest non-Timeshifted cards in the set. Do you agree with Mr. Card Game’s analysis? [Part I: White] – [Part II: Blue] – [Part III: Black] – [Part IV: Red] – [Part V: Green]

…Sudden Shock 8. Smallpox 9. Knight of the Holy Nimbus 10. Flagstones of Trokair 11. Thelonite Hermit I realized in…

Take a look Sean’s latest project, Commander Cube, which combines the two most popular casual Magic formats.

…Dead/Gone, Comet Storm, Starstorm, Shattering Pulse, Sudden Shock, Chaos Warp, Fatal Frenzy, Pulse of the Forge, Reiterate, Urza’s…

…It delivered a stinging shock, enough to numb his fingers and dissuade him from further tampering. There was a loud…

In this week’s article, Chas takes a look at every card on the Modern banned list and discusses how likely it is to come off in the future for people looking to spec on them.

…limit on his price tag. $400 overnight wouldn’t shock me. Verdict: From a pure playability perspective, I can see…

…Light-Paws's mouth was parted in shock, her dark eyes moving from the emperor to Kaito and back again…

…booster at very cheap cost (Green's answer to Shock), but by adding Trample - the ability to ignore the opponent…

Friday, April 24th – The Alara Reborn prerelease is here! Find out which cards Ben thinks are underpriced, which cards Ben thinks are overhyped, and which cards are the true sleepers of the set! Which Time Spiral card is going to be hot, hot, hot because of Alara Reborn? The only way to find out is to read Ben’s thoughts about the Financial Value of Alara Reborn!

…2 Haste plus Noble Hierarch? 3/2 Haste plus Shock? 3/2 Haste plus anything? This is a solid, solid…

…this, like Arachnus Web, Wring Flesh, or even just Shock. That said, it is still a high pick and is…

Talen continues his budget deck evolution with a spin around MTGO, cutting card here, adding cards there… are his changes up to the task? Does he improve his win ratio, or does he flounder in a sea of his own misery? The answers are a mere click away!

…Protection that wound up necessary – my opponent pointed a Shock at the Guildmage, only to have it mean nothing. All…

Mike Flores strays from his usual Top 10 list into a Top 22 list for Dark Ascension. These cards are the best for launching new decks, shaping the metagame, and providing food for thought.

…Three toughness is nothing to sneeze at when Magicians play a Shock —and against a Vapor Snag? Not much better…

…Wild Slash Wild Slash Shock looks great in a set with Hero of Iroas, Wingsteed Rider, and Nantuko Husk at…

…The impact resonated back through his body, and the shock through his nerves threw him backward. The walls vibrated like…

…counterclockwise. - The seals correspond to Disenchant, Unsummon, Dark Banishing, Shock, and Giant Growth respectively. These are the staple spells which…

…And then she brushed a section of the wall and felt a fluttering shock of power deep inside. Instinct snatched…

…counterclockwise. - The seals correspond to Disenchant, Unsummon, Dark Banishing, Shock, and Giant Growth respectively. These are the staple spells which…