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AuthorAnthony Alongi

Anthony Alongi has been playing Magic since 1998. He is one of the earliest thinkers and writers regarding multiplayer Magic and has written for Wizards of the Coast, the Dojo, and here at StarCityGames. He is a public servant, author, father, husband, and dog owner.

CASUAL FRIDAYS #137: Alpha Males

Lots of stuff I want to talk about this week – some new decks, how Magic players act, my dog, how writers write, my various neuroses – and it all comes back to the Alpha Kavu. Or maybe another card.

CASUAL FRIDAYS #136: Epitaphs

What do you want to be known for? And what does Magic have to do with it?

CASUAL FRIDAYS #135: Your Opponents Have Less Answers Than Bernard Ebbers

There are nuances in multiplayer, just like in duel. They lie in the questions you ask that don’t have answers.

CASUAL FRIDAYS #134: Making Myths

Nomad Mythmaker is officially BROKEN!… by Anthony’s readers, of course. So anyone wanna see the deck that one that did NOT include Femeref Enchantress or Crown of the Ages?

CASUAL FRIDAYS #133: Baby Decks

In answering reader mail, Anthony sets out the steps for making sure your first few decks are competitive. Just goes to show you that if you suggest an article, we’ll find a way to write it!

CASUAL FRIDAYS #132: Judging The Judgments On Judgment

Tormented by the odyssey of many players to put set titles in their set review articles, Anthony conducts an invasion in alliance with the legends who live in the stronghold in Urza’s homelands in hopes of averting an exodus, a planeshift, or worst of all, the apocalypse itself. Not your typical tempest in a teacup!

CASUAL FRIDAYS #131: Vision And Reality

What does your multiplayer deck have to do with hobbits? More than you’d think.

CASUAL FRIDAYS #130: Biweekly, Bipartisan, And Bifurcated

Now on a slower pace, Anthony has time to think about life’s great questions: What is the best way to play Emperor with eight people? And what is the Secretly Forbidden Topic of StarCity?

Mouth: The Next Great Talent?

I beg to differ. I think Mouth had much more talent than you think.

CASUAL FRIDAYS #129: When A Radiate Deck Doesn’t Radiate, Does Anyone Hear It In The Woods?

Anthony tries to break the synergy between Seize The Day and Radiate… And seizes an extra week himself with an announcement on new column pacing.

Rizzual Fridays #1: What John F. Rizzo Means To Me

Many readers write to me regularly to tell me that”other than Rizzo, you’re my favorite author, dood.” I’m on a silver medal dias, and if I take a quarter turn, I’ve got a startlingly correct view of Rizzo’s ass.

CASUAL FRIDAYS #128: Hall Of Fame Tour Guides: The Farmers And The Pallbearers

Black is back, all in, we’re gonna win – check it out! Here goes the Hall again.

CASUAL FRIDAYS #128: Hall Of Fame Tour Guides: The Farmers By Anthony Alongi

Anthony’s been called into one too many meetings lately, so he only does lands. With poetry. Isn’t that enough?

CASUAL FRIDAYS #127: Hall Of Fame Tour Guides: The Sailors, The Inventors, And The Farmers

Artifacts and blue get the look-see in the latest update of Anthony’s classic series!

CASUAL FRIDAYS #126: Hall Of Fame Tour Guides: The Lawyers

White may not be played in Type 2 anymore, but it still has some of the most amazing multiplayer cards.