AuthorAnthony Alongi

Alongi
Weirdo writer
Desperately writes poetry
The man is insane
Amusing

This Casual Fridays is packed

With limericks, both made up and fact

With a verse in each Hall

Can he finish ’em all

Before Alongi turns into a hack?

Thirty cards instead of twenty-five! Each card now comes with a haiku attached! Creeping Mold drops out of the top, and #1 is no surprise (again)! It’s the HALL OF FAME, FOLKS!

Many players bringing twenty-five cards. One deck. One graveyard. And only a couple of Avatars to share.

What opportunities does Torment provide for multiplayer? What opportunities does it miss? And what Card can we Break? Anthony examines the set broadly, color by color… And then channels rules-lovin’ Rizzo like it ain’t no thang.

Good lord, the man’s a judge now! Anthony discusses his prerelease judging and his post-release (unsanctioned) Odyssey/Torment Team Sealed match.

Alongi opens up the mailbag, and then closes it quickly again. Also, why Oath of Druids should be Standard legal. (Hint: it would save him from running a correction.)

The date: 01/18. The column: 0118. Coincidence that this is the exact time that Anthony simultaneously answers reader emails and holds a contest… FOR HIMSELF? You decide.

All right, it’s not as dramatic as it sounds. But with all the high-profile cheaters out there getting tagged, I felt left out – and so I’ll take what publicity I can get.

Discard, the Holy Grail of multiplayer Magic, have two new champions in Odyssey. But are they enough? Also, Anthony sells out but asks you to keep him honest. But are YOU enough?

If one piece of advice will get you on the Pro Tour, it’s this: Whenever there’s a Spreading Plague on the board, always Quash the early Illusion/Reality, rather than Misdirecting it to your own Beloved Chaplain.

Sack two Tinder Walls to two Devouring Strossi! Rule the board with Viashino Heretic! Find Death and Glory in white life gain! Force countless Psychic Battles! And watch SPORE FROG WIN, BABY!

What are the multiplayer decks that have made a real impact on Anthony’s group… And why are all of these ants running around?

If your group plays Emperor even occasionally, it may have happened: you are all settling down for a nice little game of three-on-three, when suddenly the seventh guy in the group shows up. What to do?

Returning to the Emperor format series, Anthony examines each color’s general strengths and weaknesses in the format. Plus – well, nothing. That ought to be enough.