Mike Lanigan reviews Magic Origins for Constructed applications, selecting his picks for the 10 cards most likely to impact the Standard format.
Cranial Extraction
How hard do you have to push Cranial Extraction to make it playable?
Mike Lanigan pores over the results from Pro Tour Fate Reforged and discusses the state of the post-banning meta. Things are still pretty wide open, but that doesn’t mean certain strategies aren’t better positioned than others.
Today Mike Lanigan wraps up his review of M15 for Standard and Constructed playability, covering red, black, colorless and gold cards.
This week Corbin Hosler looks over Gatecrash for casual all-stars. Picking these cards up cheap in trades may benefit you a couple years down the road.
Mike examines the RtR spoiler to see which cards are likely to shake things up. Some powerful spells are slated to enter Standard soon, some of which may rival the pushed creatures of late.
Betrayers of Kamigawa is fortunate for us in some ways because there are very few cards that are actually worth memorizing. This set and its follow-on were nearly complete duds for tournament Magic; they left few memorable cards after Standard was over. In this article, we will discover the diamonds in the rough and pull the money cards from Betrayers!
Champions of Kamigawa drew upon Japanese mythology, with its shrines, kami and crazy dragon spirits. Though it doesn’t pack in the ridiculous combo cards like Mirrodin did, it is full of legends, which means that there are a bunch of cards that get their value from Commander. This week, we will look at the first half of the set and how you can get the most money from Champs. Let’s look!
Anthony Avitollo, our resident cube master, breaks down or completely blasts some of the best (and overhyped cards) for cubes from New Phyrexia!
Again this week Kellen Huber goes into the extended format with a darker side to the format with a new BR deck.