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Deck Guide: Historic Dimir Control with Strixhaven

By Luis Scott-Vargas / April 13, 2021 April 19, 2021

Memory Lapse may even outperform Brainstorm in Historic, and LSV thinks that Dimir Control is ready for a resurgence with it!

By Brian DeMars / February 11, 2021 February 10, 2021

Magic has thousands of unique cards, but which ones are the most challenging to play with? Brian DeMars takes a look!

By Rich Cali / January 9, 2021 January 8, 2021

With the power level of Legacy rising, are you still casting Brainstorm correctly? Rich Cali is here to update some rules for casting it.

By Kaleb Woodward / November 24, 2020 November 24, 2020

Kaleb continues his guide to the Vintage format, diving into the deck archetypes that dominate the format.

By Bob Huang / February 20, 2019 October 10, 2019

Legacy is as wide open as it has ever been, and if you want to pack blue cards, you need a plan of attack starting on turn 1.

By Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa / January 4, 2018 October 10, 2019

You need to master all of them to succeed in Legacy.

By Caleb Durward / December 17, 2015 October 10, 2019

Caleb runs through the potential bannings in Legacy and weighs in on each one—from Top, to Show and Tell, to a pretty unexpected option.

By Bob Huang / May 26, 2015 October 11, 2019

Brainstorm has been the defining card of Legacy for so long that it’s hard to imagine the format without it. Would it be better off?

By Bob Huang / May 20, 2015 October 11, 2019

Bob Huang breaks down all the top decks in the Legacy metagame—some have remained on top, but a few new decks now challenge their position.

By David Ochoa / March 15, 2009 October 11, 2019

Turn one can be tricky in Legacy, so Webster goes over the pros and cons of all sixteen lines of play present in a sample opening hand.