By Craig Stevenson

So what happens when you take an aging Englishman, the Sealed Revealed series, weeks of feedback from the StarCityGames.com forums and a PTQ? Is it possible that... Read more

By Noah Weil

For this final Daily, I'd like to give some coverage to the funnest format of all time. Pure enjoyment, thy name is Cube Draft. Read more

By Michael Clair

As one becomes better at this game, one gains confidence in its many aspects. I like to think of how far my understanding has come, how theory that once would dizzy my mind with its talk of curves and timings now seems rudimentary.... Read more

By Sheldon Menery

ASK THE JUDGE 04/08/2005: Feature Friday

The Sky Is Not Falling

Sheldon comments on the recent articles and forum topics which have caused a firestorm of...

By Mike Flores

There has been a lot of talk recently about White Weenie, but you haven't lived until you've seen Flores tackle the little beast. Today Mike pits both a slow and a fast version of White Weenie up against the staple decks from Paris... Read more

By Andy Clautice

Andy was going to write an article about Standard this week but while researching that he found his attention kept being drug back to the infectiously fun Singleton format on Magic Online. So the week wasn't a complete loss, he... Read more

By Chad Ellis

Many years ago, back when I was probably Weak Among the Weak, let alone Strong Among the Weak or Weak Among the Strong, Matt Rauseo said you should always maindeck... Read more

By Chris Richter

Rules Tip of the Day: Reminder text on cards is just that, a reminder. It is not rules text, it is only there to serve as a general description of how the ability works. Occasionally reminder text for a keyword ability does not...

By Mark Young

The forums keep swearing this deck is good. The testing results from our writers seems to indicate otherwise. So which side if right and what does Mark Young add... Read more

By John Matthew Upton

John Matthew Upton takes over the helm of SCG Daily this week and ventures into a realm few people have gone before on this here site here: fan fiction. Read more

By Nick Eisel

In this article, Nick covers all of the best archetypes in Betrayers Limited, detailing the cards that make the decks tick and then pointing out some over and underrated cards in each archetype that you might not be playing right... Read more

By Noah Weil

The views and opinions expressed herein are not necessarily those of the editorial staff and management of this website. As such, StarCityGames.com would like to begin by apologizing to any judges offended by the following article.... Read more

By Stephen Menendian

Since its introduction at the last StarCityGames Chicago Power 9, Doomsday has remained one of the more interesting combo decks in... Read more

By Roman Pazuniak

Some of you may know this card - and it really shouldn't be that bad a card. Come on, it's a 6/8 for five mana! Basically, it is a big fattie that I believe is somewhat underused, even in casual play... But I guess that there's a good reason for that. In order to break the beast, I... Read more

By Chris Romeo

Last week, I wrote about the Blue-Red Isochron Scepter deck that could be a monster of a problem if people lose their maindeck... Read more

By Luis Almeida

Create a deck with a crap rare? Luis couldn't confine himself to just one, so he created a deck stuffed with as many crap rares as he could possibly find without losing playability. And when you have a deck that kills with Bulwark and has Anvil of Bogardan and Parallel Thoughts... Read more

By Dave Meddish

Ah, springtime, when young men's fancies turn to the games of spring, wooing of young maidens, and, of course, Standard. And what a Standard! The death of Affinity has opened up the doors for numerous decks to claim the top spot.... Read more

By Abe Sargent

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... Read more

By Chris Millar

Turn 1: Land, go.
Turn 2: Land, Mox, Mana Flare, go.
Turn 3: Land, Patron of the Moon, go.
Turn 4: Land, go. At the end of your opponent's turn cast Sunder, then use the Patron's ability to return your lands to play.
Turn 5: Land, Eon Hub, Territorial Dispute, go.
This is the... Read more

By Eric Wright

Many years ago, back when Ice Age was still the latest thing and the whole Urza cycle was just a gleam in some game designer's eye, I came up with a deck that combined the seldom-seen rare Ritual of Subdual with the Urzatron and mana-producing elves. The goal of the deck was to... Read more