Yearly Archives: 2017

What will happen to now? Will one of the most important Standard cards in recent history find a new place to be played?The recent Standard bannings have sent waves of controversy through the community. While for many, the banning of was quite welcome, the restriction wasn't exactly the same case. With Standard completely […]

Smuggler’s Copter: What Now? (Legacy, Frontier)

3 Feb, 2017 in Articles / Decks / Formats / Legacy / News / Standard tagged Decks / Discussion / Formats / Legacy / News / Speculation by zebotc

What if I told you that you could win the game on Turn One with only one land in your entire deck? Well, that deck is out there. And its name is Charbelcher. This particular Legacy deck focuses around the card (which, you may have noticed, was just reprinted in ). This […]

Legacy Charbelcher

1 Feb, 2017 in Articles / Decks / Legacy tagged Deck Tech / Decks / Legacy by LooseWire

With the recently released in full swing, many players have been wondering what Wizards’ announcement in September about the Masterpiece series means for the Magic community as a whole. How is such a print cycle going to affect the limited environment? How is it going to affect prices in Standard? And will it […]

Masterpieces in Every Set?

30 Jan, 2017 in Articles / Explanations / MTG Guides / News / The Game tagged Advice / Discussion / Formats / News / Speculation / The Game / Wizards of The Coast by zebotc

Eldrazi Stompy – much like the events of Zendikar – ravaged through almost every format during the early 2016 season. Much like their story-driven counterparts, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, EDH, and even Standard saw an insurgence in Eldrazi-based decks. With the EDH and Standard decks fairly balanced, all seemed to be going […]

Legacy: Eldrazi Aggro Losing Popularity?

28 Jan, 2017 in Articles / Decks / Formats / Legacy / News tagged Aggro / Competitive / Discussion / Formats / Legacy / News / Speculation by zebotc

EDH decks are a work of art; is it okay to use a list that’s not your own? There’s a lot of animosity around netdecking in EDH: many players say, yes, it’s alright, while many more cry blasphemy at the very notion. So today (regardless of whether you play competitively or casually), we’re going […]

Let’s Discuss EDH: Netdecking

28 Jan, 2017 in Articles / EDH/Commander / Formats tagged Advice / Casual / cEDH / Commander / Competitive / Discussion / EDH by zebotc

Throughout the history of Magic, some colors have been better than others at getting rid of things. In the Modern format, it can be tricky to think of all of the removal out there. We’re going to list all of the removal that we’ve seen played, just to get an idea of […]

Modern Removal

28 Jan, 2017 in Articles / Explanations / Formats / Modern / MTG Guides tagged Competitive / Discussion / Formats / Getting Started / Guides / Modern / MTG / Tips by LooseWire

With FNM attendance in an alarming downswing, Wizards has responded. Standard as a format rarely, if ever, sees bans, since sets are usually carefully designed to work together. Wizards of the Coast’s recent choice to ban not only , but and , as well, was incredibly controversial. A lot of people would agree […]

Post-Aether Revolt/Bannings: State of Standard

27 Jan, 2017 in Articles / Formats / News / Standard / Uncategorized tagged Competitive / Decks / Discussion / Formats / Speculation / Standard / The Game / Wizards of The Coast by zebotc

Do you want to play Pauper? Yes. Do you want to get super fast kills and make gigantic monsters way ahead of curve? Yes, I want to do that. I want to do that all the time. Then we have a decklist for you… Pauper Rage is a decklist we’ve found that […]

Mono-Red Pauper Rage

27 Jan, 2017 in Articles / Decks / Formats / MTGO / Pauper / Uncategorized tagged Aggro / Casual / Deck Tech / Decks / MTG / MTGO / Pauper / Red by LooseWire

With the grand opening of Sylvan Studies underway, we'd like to take a few brief moments to introduce you to our site.Sylvan Studies is dedicated to providing the Magic: the Gathering community with up-to-date, useful, and fun content - including, but not limited to, rule guides, deck techs, news, speculation, and […]

Welcome to Sylvan Studies!

26 Jan, 2017 in Articles / News / Stories tagged Discussion / News by zebotc

February’s card for our Card of the Month series takes us to the plane of Kaladesh, where we will be taking a look at a Planeswalker who has caused a lot of commotion in both Standard and Modern alike – a Planeswalker by the name of . You may be asking yourself, What’s the big […]

Card of the Month – Saheeli Rai

26 Jan, 2017 in Articles / Card of The Month / Uncategorized tagged Brews / Modern / Standard by Shakunjin

In the world of EDH there is much controversy regarding casual vs competitive playing. So today we are going to take a look at the merits of both sides of the discussion.

Let’s Discuss EDH: Competitive vs. Casual

26 Jan, 2017 in Articles / EDH/Commander / Formats / MTG Guides / The Game tagged Advice / Casual / cEDH / Competitive / Discussion / EDH / Guides by zebotc

The Legacy meta game is ever-changing; it continues to grow and develop in spite of its high power levels, while staying solidly rooted to its foundations. New cards and strategies do crop up (usually only in fringe decks), but in many cases, they don’t heavily alter the format. Every once in a […]

Legacy: Leovold, the New Kid on the Block?

25 Jan, 2017 in Articles / Decks / Formats / Legacy / News tagged Brews / Competitive / Deck Tech / Decks / Legacy / Speculation by zebotc