Wednesday, October 14th – Typically, the week after doing my set review, I write an article using the latest cards in decks. I see no need to break with tradition, so allow me to build some decks for you today!
Wednesday, October 7th – Today, I want to do my regular review of the latest set with an eye towards Five Color and other casual formats, like Peasant and Pauper-Prismatic-Singleton online, highlander, multiplayer and more. Instead of a typical set review, which lists every single card and then says whether they are good or not, I am just going to mention the hits. These are the cards I expect to see played regularly.
Wednesday, September 30th – I’ve spent a lot of time, and a lot of effort, and a lot of pages writing five articles where I place what I consider the most criminally underplayed cards in casual circles into an Underused Hall of Fame. Today, I’m going to take some of those cards, and I’m going to build decks that use them.
Thursday, September 24th – As you know, I love Prismatic online, and it uses all eternal cards, so why not go over the cards in ME3… er… Portal: Three Kingdoms (it really does seem like a P3K set), and list the cards that I think have enough value to consider for your Prismatic needs? Let’s go!
Wednesday, September 16th – I have 15 RAs on my staff, from ages 19-23. And not a single one – not one – knows of Jon Secada. This is my problem. I call this the Jon Secada Principle. Take someone who was popular while you were in high school. Just then, not before or since. Now, ask people if they know who that artist is…
Friday, September 11th – Today, I want to write a different sort of column. I’ll tell you about a piece of Magic software I’ve been enjoying, and then show you what I’ve been doing with it. The software is free to download, so this will give you an example of something you can download and enjoy at your leisure.
Wednesday, September 2nd – Today, I want to talk about Magic and your personality type. In Magic, we have created a variety of types of players, such as Johnny and Spike, or casual and tournament, and so forth. We have used a variety of ways to delineate between various players. What I want to do today is to take a standard personality test, have you take it, then talk about what it means, and how it might impact your gaming.
Thursday, August 27th – Hello all, and welcome back to the column that explores the casual side of things. I am your writer, bringing you decks and formats and analysis for the casual side of the game. Kick up your heels and get ready for some decks!
Monday, August 24th – For today’s anniversary special, I considered three articles. The first would be to do a remake and renovation to Equinaut, one of my iconic decks, and one of my favorites of all time. Another idea would be to celebrate the new Five Color format which now has 300 cards with a deck or two, each at 300 cards. And then there was this… [Editor’s Note: Congratulations on the milestone, Abe!]
Wednesday, August 12th – Last week I introduced the new and improved Five Color format, and today I want to talk about one of the issues that people bring up when they are confronted with Five Color. “I don’t have the cards!â€
Wednesday, August 5th – Hello readers, and welcome to an article offered as both an elegy and as a hope for a new day. It will simultaneously be the last article on Five Color I will ever write, and the first article on Five Color I will ever write…
Thursday, July 30th – Today is the 6th iteration of a series of articles that goes back to Shandalar decks, updates them once, then again, and gives various rules for each. These are some classic decks and ideas, made modern with a few new touches. With M10 a mixture of new and old, it felt like time to continue this series.
Wednesday, July 22nd – Abe Sargent builds some fun casual decks that contain the new offerings in M10!
Monday, July 13th – Today I want to write a quick article about the new M10 cards, and mention the ones that I think have some value, especially those for Five Color. As regular readers know, I have recently begun to discuss other casual formats in their card evaluations, so that you can all get something out of this, even if Five Color is not your favorite format.
Wednesday, July 8th – I love Alpha, and just last week, WotC reminded us that they have sheets of cards from the first set in their offices. They used the set as inspiration for the new M10, which sounds like the highway that goes through Ypsilanti, by the way (Michigan State Route 10). Let’s go drive the M10.
