By Jeff Till

The solutions to yesterday's puzzle set. Read more

By Ted Knutson

StarCityGames.com has a unique editorial style in that editors are involved in more than just fixing spelling and grammar, adding comments to articles [Hundroog] and removing unrealistic matchup percentages. How did this come to be... Read more

By Mike Flores

You don't necessarily have to play some decks perfectly because they give you so much room for error. You can screw up by a card, or three cards - but since you drew ten more cards than your opponent did, you don't even notice.

But... Read more

By Steve O'Connell

This fall/winter season is a time that's typically more laid back. There is no Gencon or Origins on the horizon, Waterbury may happen all of once, and there's no... Read more

By Anthony Avitollo

In preparing for the State Championships, I decided to wipe the slate clean and start with a new attitude towards Magic. I would play a deck that I enjoyed playing, and... Read more

By Matt Walker

I am going to look at 353 of the Top 8 States decks, then give a breakdown of the success of each archetype, as well as a first-place finishing deck (if applicable) in... Read more

By The Ferrett

Jensen Bohren, famed casual freak also known as The Orgg, asks a very good question:
"Once Star City Games was much like The Dojo and other Magic sites online, and posted most of the 'decent' articles with a fair amount of speed;... Read more

By Uri Peleg

One of the first things I asked myself before Kamigawa came onto the scene was what lessons I could take with me from all my Mirrodin block drafting. My key to being successful in Mirrodin drafts (and I was - my rating moved between... Read more

By Peter Jahn

I could make a deck that could be quite competitive with the best in the format - but that would take including my power, all my duals and fetchlands, and... Read more

By Chris Richter

Rules Tip of the Day: Blocking creatures are declared at the very beginning of the Declare Blockers step. In order for a creature to be declared as a blocker, it must be in play when this step begins. This means that the last chance...

By Kevin Binswanger

Here's the plan. Let's jump right into the middle of things, giving the appropriate props out to http://mtgthesource.com/, and look at the archetypes of Type 1.5. This article is designed to give players new to the Type 1.5 format... Read more

By Stephen Menendian

There were good arguments for unrestricting Doomsday. Doomsday combo would seem to be no faster than Worldgorger Dragon, which everyone agrees is "fair combo." I... Read more

By Ted Knutson

My question pertains to something that Mike Flores wrote in his article concluding the U/W deck challenge. He mentioned that when he playtested his Mono Blue deck vs. your Tooth build he devised some tech that was able to win the... Read more

By Dave Meddish

Based upon the powerful Black cards present in Champions of Kamigawa, however, if there was going to be a breakout deck, conventional wisdom stated that it was... Read more

By Star Wars Kid

If you plan on going one-for-one with Affinity, you are doomed from the start. Their "normal draw" is often good enough to overcome several pieces of early hate.... Read more

By Chris Richter

Rules Tip of the Day: If an ability triggers in the untap step of a turn, the ability will wait around until the upkeep step before it goes on the stack and eventually resolves.

Q: I had a question about Charmed Pendant. It says...

By Tyler Kilgore

For everyone who hasn’t immediately skipped to the forums to yell at me, this deck took me to a 6-0-1 record in the Swiss rounds against two Tooth and Nail decks... Read more

By Ted Knutson

My first question is this: What the hell happened to Jon Finkel? The guy disappeared like Bobby Fischer or something, did he fall into Magic obscurity or just give up the game for career/family etc? Read more

By Jeff Till

Welcome back to the fifth iteration of this Magic puzzles series. With States just behind us, it’s time to test your knowledge of the Kamigawa cards and mechanics that you might encounter. How exactly does Splice work? What... Read more

By Piemaster

It is a sad fact that many Constructed tournaments are lost before the first round pairings are even up. If you turn up to a Block, Standard, or Extended tournament with a bad deck, all the tight play in the world will probably not... Read more