Mono Blue Control

This is an interesting deck I found on the forums. I tweaked it a little from the original list, and it's been playing fairly well for me.

GW Infect Revisited

It's been a while since I talked about an Infect deck, so today I'd like to bring back a deck that I think has some great promise, Green/White Infect.

Green Elves

This is a fun deck that I play when I have some spare time. It isn't super competitive but it is a lot of fun, and can do some crazy things once it ramps.

Post Ban Deck Lists

The ban of Jace and Stoneforge Mystic goes into effect this upcoming Friday. I'd like to go over a few decks that I feel have a strong chance of being contenders for the next few months until rotation.

June 20th and what it could mean to Standard

Tomorrow marks the day of the ban list update. Wizards will officially announce any changes to the banned list of cards that can't be used in Tournament level play.

5-1 with Mono Green Infect at FNM

Took my Mono Green Infect deck to FNM tonight and walked away with second place.

Red/Green Infect against Caw-Blade

Tonight I play against my friend playing a Caw-Blade deck.

Red/Green Infect against Machine Red

So I thought I would try something a little different today. Instead of typing up a whole series of games, instead I recorded them using CamStudio (Freeware). Take a look inside!

Bloodcrank combo

I'd like to take a quick look at today's Building on a Budget deck, based around the combo of Bloodchief Ascension and Mindcrank.

R/G Infect Aggro

Based around an older "Building on a Budget" deck called Rareless and Careless, I've made this new Infect deck. I noticed that the games that I was typically losing were games where my opponent got down an early blocker, and was able to prevent me for getting in for the last point or two of damage that I needed to win.

Pro Tour Nagoya and the new face of Standard

Pro Tour Nagoya has finished and the new face of Standard is beginning to take shape. Nagoya was a Block constructed tournament, meaning all cards needed to be from the Scars of Mirrodin block. The decks that we saw win today will be the shells that winning decks will adopt as soon as Zendikar rotates out of Standard in October.

StarCityGames.com Open Series: Denver

The Standard portion of SCG: Denver just finished a few minutes ago, and B/R Vampires has won it. This marks 2 SCG Opens in a row that Vampires has placed first. Of the Top 8, only 3 decks were U/W Vampires. Further breakdown after the break.

Mono Green Infect at FNM

I finally had a chance to take my Mono Green Infect deck to FNM yesterday. I won all of my matches except against a Caw-Blade deck and I finished in 3rd place overall.

Undefeated tonight with Mono Green Infect

I played 7 matches tonight on Magic Workstation and went undefeated. 3 matches against Caw-Blade decks (all U/W version, no Darkblades), one match against a Venser type deck,2 matches against Tempered Steel decks and one match against a Green Elves deck. Read more after the jump.

Machine Red and the Art of Aggro Proliferation

Maybe you've seen some people playing this deck, essentially it's a Mono Red deck, but runs a lot of Artifacts. It utilizes proliferation and Koth to beat your opponents.

Brian Kibler's U/B Artifact Aggro

A lot of you have probably heard of Brian Kibler already. If you haven't, he's a Hall of Fame player that has been playing Magic for over a decade, including several Grand Prix wins, and a Pro Tour win. He's famous for showing up to major tournaments with a deck that isn't anything like the top tier performers. Recently (last weekend) he went to Grand Prix Singapore with a U/B Tezzeret deck, we're going to take a look at it.

Green Infect in the Wild

So yesterday we brewed, today we set it out into the wild.

Mono Green Infect

I've spent the past week playing 3 different variations of Infect. G/W Infect (This list here), G/W/U Infect (Utilizing Stoneforge Mystic and Swords to give protection), and Mono Green Infect. Out of all of these lists, I feel that Mono Green is the best positioned. More inside!

Two Standard Tournaments This Weekend

Initial reports are starting to come in on both Grand Prix Singapore, and the Star City Invitational in Indianapolis. Initial reports are bleak, we're looking at another two tournaments that have the Top 8's dominated by Caw-Blade variants.

Green White Infect places 4th in a Pro Tour Qualifier

Last weekend a player placed 4th at a Pro Tour Qualifier for the Pro Tour Philadelphia tournament. It uses the same general Green Livewire shell as my Green/Blue deck, but forgoes Blue in favor of white.

Magic Workstation Part 2

Welcome back to part two of our two part series for Magic Workstation.

Setting up Magic Workstation for Magic: A Beginner's Guide

So you want to play some matches online, but you're tired of trying to do fancy things with Skype and trying to share parts of your desktop, or going oldschool and just pointing your webcam at a table. Well, allow me to introduce you to some free software you might find helpful, Magic Workstation.