By Michael Jermyn

If you have enough sugar, you will win. I'm not talking about bringing a dozen Twinkies to a Magic tournament. Sugar is whatever your opponent sees. If you manipulate... Read more

By Pale Mage

It doesn't take a genius to guess the best of the Tier Two Rogues will be drawn to playing B/G this year. That's where you come in, Sol. Only you can help me. If you were to publicly declare B/G dead in Type Two, all of this could... Read more

By Sheldon Menery

Rules Tip of the Day: Regardless of who controls it, a permanent will always go to its owner's graveyard.

Q: If I attack with Pristine Angel, then before blockers are declared, I play Giant Growth targeting the Angel. Will it...

By Antonino De Rosa

No draft pick order is black and white. There are many circumstances when you pick different cards, depending on the context of your deck. I have seen Ben Stark take... Read more

By Chris Romeo

This was the first great weekend of Spring for us down here in Tennessee. I know that meteorologically Spring was still two weeks... Read more

By Ken Krouner

At the request of Mister Krouner, today's question cannot be posted to the front-page viewing public due to its violent content and sensitive nature. Enquiring minds need only check inside... Read more

By John Dice

It all began with a forum post about a deck that could beat everything. Always up for a good chuckle, I read the post and several not-so-nice replies. The deck itself... Read more

By Bruce Richard

I used to write with semi-regularity back when The Ferrett was editing this here site here. I used to write about what happened with my weekly multiplayer... Read more

By Sheldon Menery

Rules Tip of the Day: Currently, nothing can change either of the two supertypes (Legendary and Basic).

Q: I have Volrath's shapeshifter in play. I discard Death-Mask Duplicant to the top of my graveyard. Then I imprint Sol'kanar...

By Stephen Menendian

My purpose here is to present what I believe to be the gold standard for Tendrils-based combo at the moment. If you enjoy absolutely wrecking people as much as I do - instilling fear and intimidating based upon the strength of your... Read more

By Ted Knutson and Pugg Fuggly

Ah, writer's block, what a glorious thing. At the moment, I'm blaming the fact that Magic University articles are relatively boring to write for the reason why I haven't been producing. As a consequence, I've decided to switch gears and write about something that my brain is a... Read more

By Mike Flores

The great Rob Hahn once claimed that the entirety of the Magic universe, all the games played, all the packs sold, the Pro Tour, and everything else, hinged on one thing for their existence: the friendships that Magic creates and... Read more

By Iain Telfer

One day, an idea occurred to me. Why don't I write about the decks my friend Steve ends up playing? They are almost uniformly rogue or less-played ideas that many of StarCityGames' readers, in my mind, would probably love to comment... Read more

By Matt Walker

Perusing through the articles on some of my favorite Magic websites, I realized that all the articles that everyone writes these days are just rehashings of the same concepts and boring old tournament reports. Ergo, I decided to write an article myself on a couple of subjects that... Read more

By Matt Drake

This is the story of a misguided casual player, and how he turned away from the Dark Side. I even promise to spare you the boring crap and skip to the end. Read more

By Dan Wilson

Pro Tour: Kobe has come to a close and has left us with some promising ideas from the cunning minds of the Japanese. Even though Kobe was a Mirrodin Block Constructed... Read more

By Sheldon Menery

Rules Tip of the Day: Simultaneously during the Cleanup Step, all damage is removed from permanents and all "until end of turn" and "this turn" effects end; this game action doesn’t use the stack.

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By Peter Jahn

I am going to do something awful to my fellow writers. I am going to compare early metagame predictions with the actual metagame, as it is shaking out now in... Read more

By Philip Stanton

Have you ever wondered just how much things like Alternate Casting Cost, Madness, Flashback, and your favorite mechanic affects the Type One environment? Are you curious to see how much each set is represented in Type One top 8s? ... Read more

By Doug Linn

Steve Menendian sits down at the table and tells me that he has tested the Fish matchup a lot and is shaky about it, though he feels he can pull it out. I didn't... Read more