Hey,

The new site is at Flipping the Table | Magic the Gathering Rogue Decks. Still keeping this site around, just going to be doing all the main posting on the new site.

Short reason is that wordpress is just more versatile.

See you there,
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Told you so.

Hey guys,

The Magic community is in a huge celebration over the new Modern format. Comprised of the cards using the new border introduced in 8th edition onward, Magic gives cards that disappeared prematurely another chance to shine. As you may recall, when Extended was dominated by the Dark Depths/Vampire Hexmage combo, rather than ban the cards vital to the combo, Wizards responded by making all blocks before Time Spiral illegal. Many strategies failed to flourish due to this decision.

Modern gives these decks another chance to shine. While many people have settled on a popular deck in the format such as 12post, Zoo, or Tooth and Nail, I've come up with my own idea as to how to demolish the format. Check out my thoughts on Wildfire.

Hey guys,

I was inspired to write this article after seeing someone tweet about Mental Misstep. In short, it was a post if   I realize that Mental Misstep is a powerful card, but banworthy?  I'd say it was an exaggeration on his part.

So I decided to think it out and have the results to share with you.  Does Mental Misstep degenerate Legacy into a play-with-it or learn-to-play-against-it format?

Hey guys,

With Smallpox's debut in M12, I am having flashbacks of how good Solar Pox was when Time Spiral and its surrounding sets were legal.  The deck, a control deck with combo elements, utilizes the "drawbacks" of Smallpox to put the caster at an advantage over the opponent.

I'm hoping to reproduce the success with this new card pool.  Check out a bit more in-depth history and the version I came with.

Hey guys,

The full set of Magic 2012 is fully spoiled, and with it there are new cards.  Of particular interest today are the remixed versions of three of the original planeswalkers.

While the original five have been landmarks of the previous two sets, the planeswalker roster gets shaken up in Magic 2012.  Black and white planeswalkers Sorin Markhov and Gideon Jura make a reappearance in this core set, retaining their original form and abilities.

However, Garruk, Chandra, and Jace are getting a makeover in this release.  Does Jace have the power to get banned again (which you can read about here)?  Does Chandra have a better reincarnation than her Ablaze?  Check it out...

Hey all,

Ding dong, the Mind Sculptor is dead.  At least in Standard.

On July 1 Mind Sculptor will no longer be Standard legal.  This marks the first Mythic and first planeswalker being banned from a format.

Also getting pounded by the banhammer is Stoneforge Mystic. While Stoneforge Mystic is more deck reliant due to its use of equipment, the card is powerful enough to justify its banning.

You may have read theories, Twitter posts, and the official press release concerning the decision to ban these cards. What do I have to say about it? Check it out.

Hey,

Mirrodin Besieged has been made public for around a week now so players can immerse themselves in the new set. I'm sure you're wondering what's good and what's not in the new set, so I'm doing this list.

Right now this is just going on my initial thoughts and experience, so don't be surprised if a not-named card appears to dominate.  Also note that I want to represent each color in this one.  That means there'll be one and only one card from each color plus artifacts.

Here we go, in no particular order: