With the 2009 States / Provincials tournaments this weekend Trick does a quick high-level survey of the top decks in Standard right now. WMV Version - For those wanting a higher resolution or non-mp4 video, here is our slightly larger wmv. Right Click and Save as. Deck Lists after the jump.

Tags: Standard, States

ROME, ITALY - As the dust settles around the Colosseum (that's where Worlds was held, right?) Magic players all around the planet frantically refresh their facebooks, twitters and dailymtgs hoping to be among the first to peruse the winning deck lists.  For most, the inevitable Jund vs. Anti-Jund clash was already written in stone.  The [...]

Due to a combination of the Thanksgiving day holiday, visiting family, and technical issues this Monday's episode will be delayed. We will have this episode up either late Monday or on Tuesday.

Back with 'This Week in Magic' #5, Trick looks at this short week and picks the best out there.

Tags: Coverage, links, metaverse, TWIM, Writing

The little known application 'MTG Forge' has existed for a few years, it is a Java application (meaning it can be run on Windows, Linux, or Mac) and it provides a Magic playing AI to play against. The AI is far from perfect, but it is further along than almost any other project (except Wizards' [...]

Kelly explains why Baneslayer is so expensive, and asks whether it is done rising in price.

Tags: card valuation, Casual, M10, Magic 2010, money

Thanksgiving has arrived and that means a few traditions have too.  Winter is almost here and it is time to see family and friends, enjoy some togetherness, and eat until you pass out.  Also, if the group you share the Holiday with is anything like just about every other, one of the elder members will [...]

We thought we'd share some humorous snippets from Facebook... Happy Thanksgiving!

StarCityGames.com has been running their $5k weekends for two years now and it was continuing to grow, well 2010 is the biggest, most potentially awesome. Today they announced 16 events, only 3 short of Wizards' Grand Prix schedule (though notably the prize pool for each weekend is 1/3rd the Grand Prix prizes.) However, along with [...]

Tags: Event, SCG

Dan explores synergy within limited decks.

Tags: Card Theory, Choices, EPT, Theory