By John Pelcak

The Cak travelled to Pro Tour Prague with high hopes. Unfortunately for him, those hopes proved fruitless, as he failed to make Day 2 play. Of course, this... Read more

By blisterguy

Blisterguy graces our pages once more, with MTGO statistics and price guides galore! Plus, for all those still feasting on the Dissension Standard metagame, he... Read more

By Chris Richter

Rules Tip of the Day: Some cards allow you to play cards in zones other than your hand, like the graveyard or top of your library, as though they were in your hand. Examples of cards like this are Future Sight, Crucible of Worlds...

By Stephen Menendian

Vintage is a format overflowing with powerful decks. While innovation is certainly possible, new decks invariably face a trial by fire as soon as they are suggested: after all, the established players are all adept at winning... Read more

By John F. Rizzo

Monday was the one-drop, Tuesday was the two-drop... can you guess what Wednesday brings? Another fine list of creature madness from the inestimable JFR. Read more

By Jesse Mason

Introductions to tournament reports suck. Nobody cares how long the drive was or how little sleep you got. So, I'm just going to start talking about the deck right off the bat.

Hi, this is an article about The End, the best deck in the format. Read more

By John Beety

Magic: the Gathering players have long been aware of the shifting metagame, or the change in popularity of certain decks with the passage of time and tournaments. This... Read more

By John F. Rizzo

John Friggin' Rizzo took his Black/Green aggro-discard deck, sporting inexplicable Breeding Pools, to his Regional championships. The inventor of Friggorid had a... Read more

By Rich Hoaen

As one of the greatest players of Limited Magic the world has seen, Rich Hoaen was a surefire favorite to make Top 8 at Pro Tour Prague... and few would've bet against him taking top honors. With practice drafts galore before... Read more

By Chris Richter

Rules Tip of the Day: Combat damage is the damage dealt by attacking and blocking creatures in the combat damage step that is equal to their power. Other spells and abilities may deal damage in the combat phase, but that does not...

By Chris Richter

Rules Tip of the Day: Playing a spell and putting a permanent into play are very different things. Playing a spell means announcing that spell, putting it on the stack, making all the necessary choices, and paying for it. Effects...

By Terry Soh

Terry came close. Very close. Going into his last pod, he needed a result of 1-1-1 or better to slide into the Top 8. Sadly, the wheels fell off his wagon...... Read more

By John F. Rizzo

This week, instead of trying to break things wide open, which I am, quite frankly, unable to do all by myself, ever, I figured I’d go and piss many of you off, which I am, quite franklier, willing and able to do. Not that I... Read more

By Mark Schmit

Have you ever finished a draft on Magic Online that leaves you completely mystified? Where you have no idea how you're going to assemble a “deck” out of the... Read more

By Jeroen Remie

Jeroen went into Pro Tour Prague with a clear head and definite plans. He knew the colors he wanted, and he hoped to make Top 8. Unfortunately, his plans... Read more

By Nick Eisel

With Regionals now behind us, it's time to turn to our Limited game. Qualifiers for Pro Tour Kobe are looming large, and the RGD Draft format is still a confusing miasma of ideas and themes. Today, Nick attempts to shine a torch... Read more

By Peter Jahn

Pete presents part two of the review slanted towards Multiplayer, plus some too-late-for-Regionals “tech,” and a fun multiplayer deck. You know when... Read more

By John F. Rizzo

Today, we continue our journey into nothingness with the two mana creatures, which are, of course, the second-worst cards in Magic when you first start playing, and just about the shizzou when you finally get tired of dying with... Read more

By Casey Brown

Ghost Husk has been a defining deck of the Team Standard season, and has received a fair amount of hype going into Regionals as a deck to beat. Having joyfully sacrificed... Read more

By Chris Richter

Rules Tip of the Day: At the beginning of the combat damage step, all creatures in combat will assign damage equal to their power to creatures blocked by or blocking them, or to the defending player. Barring First Strike damage,...