By Scott Johns

For those competing this weekend at U.S. Regionals, at this point you're either putting on those last polishing touches, reviewing potential opponents' deck lists,... Read more

By Ken Krouner

I became somewhat enchanted with the Green/Blue deck I played at the M's Collectibles Invitational. It performed so well for me and gave me a nice feeling that I... Read more

By Peter Jahn

Here's the dirty little secret to casual and multiplayer games - people do not want to think long and hard. If you present them with a mess like a Spike Feeder, a... Read more

By Daniel Garfield

The decklist I posted in my original article was pretty good. It performed excellently against many decks in the field, but it also had some glaring weaknesses - given the choice, I'd take U/G over the old version of Cabal Cemetery any day of the week. But the new version has... Read more

By Rob Dougherty

It won the thirty-player Kings Games Tournament. It won the NEC tournament at the Dragon's Lair in West Hartford, Connecticut. Alex and Zvi both made the top 8... Read more

By Sheldon Menery

My opponent has a Mishra's Workshop in play, and I play Drain Power. The errata says that I add mana equal to the type and amount that is drawn from my opponent's land. So my question is, when the mana is in my pool, does it still... Read more

By Iain Telfer

"Hunting Sound" is the pet name for the Hunting Grounds deck I played six months ago, re-applied to the updated U/G/w aggro mold. The deck was extremely... Read more

By Ted Knutson

I was all prepared to do a big blowout article like I usually do, bringing your ass fully up on all the latest tech... Until I read Scott Johns' article yesterday... Read more

By Caleb Foth

So why play with this build as opposed to another Beasts build - or another deck entirely? First off, this deck has a favorable game 1 against every other deck except for... Read more

By Adam Prosak

I have a confession to make: I am Adam Prosak and I have an addiction to Wild Mongrel. I also have an unholy love for Quiet Speculation, which was so good to me... Read more

By David Johnson

The original idea was for an aggressive mono-black deck very similar to Daniel Garfield's Cabal Cemetery build. However, we soon found that while the deck was often very... Read more

By Oscar Tan

I wrote last week's Back to Basics column because I thought I had to clarify a concept discussed in the previous week's column. Now, it turns out that I have to... Read more

By Ted Knutson

Ted's contest has been screwed by random circumstance twice - once by getting it in just a little too late for a Friday posting, and once by the technical problems we were having yesterday morning. So let's try this again: HELP TED... Read more

By Abe Sargent

The Rogue in me is battling with the Johnny in me. I'm down to B/R Land Destruction and CounterRift, and I've decided I'm gonna test them both to see how they do -... Read more

By Michael Jay LaRue

Regardless of whether you chose to run U/G yourself, you are going to see a boatload of Wild Mongrels that first Saturday in May; many Wonders will be pitched and there will be numerous flying Wurms, of both the Arrogant and Roaring... Read more

By Adam Rubens

Osyp Lebedowicz is a better Magic player than I am. No arguments there. But - and there had to be a but - I keep reading that Osyp writes the best tournament reports around, and that just doesn't jive with me. I think part of the problem is that I think his tournament reports are... Read more

By Piemaster

Drafts containing lower-level players play by a different set of rules than those that take place at Pro Tours and Grand Prixs. I wanted to dissect an amateur... Read more

By Sheldon Menery

If you have two Essence Slivers and another sliver in play, do you get three times the life for the amount of damage each Sliver does? The answer may surprise you. Read more

By Nate Heiss

I had just finished writing about the Elfball deck for the Magic Online site, and liked some of the interactions of the other cards in it, so I decided to make a... Read more

By Rob Dougherty

Last time, I explained the deck's infinite combos in great detail. While the sheer ridiculous power of going infinite is fun - including a sideboarded-in infinite... Read more