By Dave Meddish

Ever since I started playing this game and learned of the Pro Tour, it's been my lofty goal to play on that highest of stages. I've just wanted to qualify at least once for a Pro Tour event before I keel over (but by then,... Read more

By Sheldon Menery

My Hall of Fame Ballot

You've no doubt seen the press on the Magic: the Gathering Hall of Fame. I've been honored with being nominated to the Selection Committee. This is an outstanding idea recognizing the contributors to the Pro...

By Matthew Lubich

It is a little-known fact, but one that contest winners have been exploiting for years: the editors here can't resist a good Star Wars parody. And so Matthew Lubich gives his all in an attempt to win this week's $20 Casual Challenge as General Horobi and Manakin Skywalker take on... Read more

By Mike Flores

We're one week away from the biggest Standard tournament of the year - are you ready? Flores will be participating in his tenth Regionals, and today he shares some of the key lessons that he has learned over the years while... Read more

By Jamie Wakefield

What's that you say? Wakefield is playing a deck that actually wins? Now this I gotta see! Read more

By Chris Romeo

This is it, folks - the fully playtested, tweaked, and budget-conscious version of the deck Chris is taking to Regionals! Read more

By Carl Winter

The always entertaining former Vintage World Champion recaps his Star City P9: Rochester experience. Awesome sauce not included. Read more

By Chris Richter

Regionals Tip of the Day: Make sure you come prepared. Apart from your deck, make sure you bring a pen, some method to track your life total (preferably paper), your DCI number and any tokens or counters you may need. Please do...

By Ken Krouner

KK returns to take a look at five of the Hall of Fame nominees that deserve a little more press. Today he starts with the mad brit that makes your MODO run better, Alan Comer. Read more

By Abe Sargent

Hello, and welcome back to the Daily Deck-a-thon. For the week, we'll be injecting life into the arm of Magic with your daily dosage of deck. The theme is pretty... Read more

By Anton Jonsson

One thing that seems to come up all the time when discussing draft picks or just draft in general is when you should stick to your color and when you should branch out by either choosing a second color or even switching one color... Read more

By Dave Meddish

Let me crank up the Wayback Machine to about eight years ago. I had just been laid off from my job as a computer game designer after putting in about a year of crunch time on a failed project (this, sadly, would become a theme of my... Read more

By Chris Richter

Rules Tip of the Day: Prior to the release of the 6^th edition rules, it used to be that you could not use a damage prevention or redirection ability unless a appropriate creature was about to receive damage. That is no longer the...

By Abe Sargent

The month of June brings possibly the most eventful issues that Five-Color's ever seen: the restriction of Contract from Below, the legalization of Portal (or most... Read more

By Peter Jahn

Wildebeests now come in all flavors, and I'll look at all the tricks that can be done with them. I'll concentrate on Standard right now, since U.S. Regionals is... Read more

By Chris Richter

Rules Tip of the Day: Unless specified or the ability cannot work anywhere else, static abilities of a card are only applied when that card is in play.

Q: During a Shahrazad sub-game I play and resolve an Epic spell. Am I...

By Chad Ellis

Chad shares his thoughts on his experience last weekend in Rochester, the hurdles still left for Vintage as a whole, how he came up with his goofy-yet-techy Goblin Resistance deck, and wraps things up with his own thoughts on the... Read more

By Nick Eisel

Last time, I took an early look of some Saviors cards that I thought would prove to be influential in the new format. I want to pick up where I left off and also... Read more

By Andy Clautice

Mark Rosewater argues that the modern glut of keywords is generally positive, and that while Sweep was a dud, so many other worded abilities are still valid. As a vocal critic of this practice, I felt the need to make a few... Read more

By Dave Meddish

Dave Meddish isn't necessarily one of the most popular writers on our site, but his stint on the Daily this week has been second to none in terms of fun, readable content. If you haven't stopped in to see what Dave has to say,... Read more