By Pete Hoefling

Pro Tour New Orleans has come and gone, but not before giving us the NEW Extended gauntlet! StarCityGames.com proudly presents the Extended Decks To Beat! Read more

By Jay McCarron

"How did it come to this?" you ask."Weren't all of those bannings and gigantic double set rotating supposed to slow the environment down? Why were some of the decks tier 1.5 at best last year, and are now so amazing?" The answers are a bit complicated, and when examined by... Read more

By Cedric A. Phillips

The game ended in a draw which neither one of us could afford. We asked each other to concede, and neither of us could do it. We both wanted the spot, and I believe one... Read more

By Wayne Alward

While preparing for this year's tournament our playgroup followed pretty much the same formula we always do:

1) Build Decks.
2) Test Decks against each other.
3) Tweak...

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By Eric Schneider

It's pretty simple: Play mana acceleration, cast big guys, Plow Under when appropriate, and Cliffs away blockers. Molder Slug functions as a wrecking ball when your... Read more

By The Ferrett

The Ferrett covered New Orleans this weekend, and saw all of that broken Tinker action up close and personal... And in the process, he catalogued all of the common... Read more

By Aaron Muranaka

Even though I liked the idea of a land destruction deck, I gave up on the mono-red version and didn't really have a deck that I wanted to play for States. Then, the... Read more

By Sheldon Menery

Let's say I have an Icy Manipulator and March of the Machines in play. The Icy Manipulator is now a 4/4 creature and I attack with it. My opponent has a 4/4 creature and blocks my 4/4 Icy Manipulator. After the combat damage is on... Read more

By John Budler

Tired of waiting for Magic Online to introduce the latest set? Still haven't gotten out to the local card store to draft much? Jon Budler is here for you, as he discusses some basic rules to follow in drafting the new set, his favorite archetype, and contributes a few pick orders... Read more

By Daniel Crane

As I'm sure all or most of you are aware, www.MagicTheGathering.com is once again allowing we, the Magic players, to design a Magic card of our very own! What... Read more

By Pete Hoefling

We've just made another update, but the results and reports are STILL pouring in! As always, StarCityGames.com is the one place you can find it ALL!

By Anthony Avitollo

"I said," my wife informed me (with the look in her eyes that tells me I missed something important),"I really wanted you to be there on... Read more

By Lyndon Veale

I fiddled about with the gauntlet a bit and came to the conclusion that Aggro Black was probably what I would go with. While not necessarily being the strongest deck in the field it seemed solid and since I'd played Aggro Black at Nationals, Euros, and Worlds this year, I figured... Read more

By Nick Eisel

Nick wanted to follow one of his own drafts, but he couldn't keep up in real life... So he decided to follow Mike Turian, who's the man the pros turn to when trying to figure out how to break Limited formats. Walk with Mike Turian,... Read more

By Nathan Saunders

I knew my matchup with Affinity was horrible, and debated the Dark Banishings possibly coming into the main deck. After much deliberation, I decided to stick with my guns... Read more

By Oscar Tan

Hulk Smash was the big story of the Vintage Championships last GenCon, but a lot of people forget about the finalist's deck: Vengeur... Read more

By Pale Mage

"Dude, that B/R Control deck looks like crap."

"Of course it looks like crap. It is crap. When have I built a good deck?"

"Never, dude."

"This is no exception. But it was fun, let me tell you."

"So did it win any matches at... Read more

By Sheldon Menery

I understand that Blood Moon will change Artifact Lands to Mountains because they are non-basic lands, but does the sub-type Artifact remain? In other words, do Artifact Lands affected by a Blood Moon in play still count as... Read more

By Tim Aten

As usual, one of the internet's most entertaining writers would like to remind you how horrible he is... Yet somehow he has a 1900+... Read more

By Jamie Jensen

I hit my friend with my announcement:"I am not going to States today, Matt." He looks at me and cocks his head to the side a bit, then says,"You're kidding right? The... Read more