Magic: The Gathering Strategies

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Eric Jeffrey Seltzer - May 13, 2014

Scapeshift modern by Jun Young Park (1st at GP Minneapolis on May 11th...

Champion’s Deck Scapeshift Modern by Jun Young Park 1st place at GP Minneapolis Modern on May 11th 2014 Long has the tyranny of the awesome volcano Valakut reigned as a brutal strategy to incinerate opponents to ashes. This deck originally reared... Read More
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Eric Jeffrey Seltzer - May 12, 2014

Boros Burn standard by Tyler Winn (1st at SCG Knoxville Standard Open ...

Champion’s Deck   Boros Burn by Tyler Winn 1st Place at StarCityGames Standard Open on 5/10/2014 Here’s a spicy little Aggro number that while by no means any sort of new concept is quite a sight for sore eyes. It’s nice to... Read More
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Bruce Gray - May 11, 2014

So you want to play Standard on a budget MTG?

  So you want to play Standard on a budget? by Bruce Gray – Casual Encounters Spring is here! Thank goodness because winter felt VERY long.  The sun feels warmer, the snow is all gone and the excitement of... Read More
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Eric Jeffrey Seltzer - May 9, 2014

4 Color Loam by Niklas Kronberger (1st at Bazaar of Moxen 9 Legacy Mai...

Champion’s Deck 4COLOR LOAM by Niklas Kronberger 1ST Place  BOM9 Legacy Main Event Top 8 – May 2ND 2014 The Bazaar of Moxen is a four day Eternal Magic event in Europe featuring Vintage, Legacy and Modern tournaments. Every year a... Read More
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Eric Jeffrey Seltzer - May 8, 2014

GW Hatebears by Serafin Wellinger (1st at Bazaar of Moxen Modern Main ...

Champion’s Deck GW Hatebears by Serafin Wellinger Bazaar of Moxen – 1ST Place Main Event Modern It seems like the GW Hatebears motif was out in full effect this past weekend. In addition to the winner of the SCG Cincinnati we... Read More
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Eric Jeffrey Seltzer - May 7, 2014

Death and Taxes Legacy by Per Nystrom (1st at SCG Cincinnati on May 4t...

Champion’s Deck Death and Taxes Legacy by Per Nystrom 1st Place at StarCityGames Legacy Open on 5/4/2014 Here is another great victory for a deck which has been coming and going with success over the past year. It is a very strong package of... Read More
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Bruce Gray - May 6, 2014

Casual Encounters- Duel Decks Mash up #1: Jund Tibalt/Vraska

I had an interesting discussion with someone over the weekend about a previous article I wrote.  I have long maintained that getting into Modern doesn’t have to be overly expensive, as I have explained in a previous article right... Read More
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Eric Jeffrey Seltzer - May 5, 2014

Golgari Devotion by Andrew Tenjum (1st at SCG Cincinnati Standard Open...

Golgari Devotion by Andrew Tenjum 1st Place at StarCityGames Standard Open on 5/3/2014 Here comes the first of the post Journey Into Nyx Standard metagame and while there’s a little tweak to the Mono-Black Devotion it is basically the same old... Read More
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Bruce Gray - April 29, 2014

Casual Encounters- My favorite Cards from Journey Into Nyx

I hope everyone enjoyed their pre-release events this weekend.  I had a blast playing in a Two Headed Giant pre-release and got my first up close and personal look and feel for Journey into Nyx.  The consensus around the... Read More
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Eric Jeffrey Seltzer - April 24, 2014

Champion’s Deck – RUG Delver by Morgan McLaughlin (1st at ...

RUG Delver Morgan McLaughlin 1st Place at StarCityGames Legacy Open on 4/20/2014 Another old favorite once again proves it’s dominance by taking the top spot over the weekend. RUG Delver also known as Canadian Thresh is a Tempo-Control build that is... Read More
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Eric Jeffrey Seltzer - April 23, 2014

Champion’s Deck – UW Control by Simon Stahl (1st at SCG De...

U/W Control Simon Stahl 1st Place at StarCityGames Standard Open on 4/19/2014 While it’s not a newcomer to the top of the pile this weeks winner was able to wrestle dominance away from the big bad Mono-Black menace. One of the... Read More
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Bruce Gray - April 21, 2014

Casual Encounters- Kraken new deck ideals for Journey into Nyx –...

  I love spoiler season! The new cards start to open up so many crazy and neat new ideas to make decks, revisit old ones, and brew up some silly things that I can take with me to my... Read More