Mirrodin Besieged Preview: Red Sun’s Zenith
Monday, January 17th – Behold, Mirrodin Besieged spoilers! Try to contain your excitement long enough to click to see Bennie Smith’s exclusive, red-hot spoiler!
AuthorBennie Smith
Bennie Smith began playing Magic in 1994 and started writing about it shortly after. A Virginia State Champion, he enjoys few things better than winning at tournaments with home brews. Commander is one of those things. He loved the format so much he literally wrote the book on it: The Complete Commander.
You Lika the Juice? The Best New Commander Cards from 2010
Friday, January 14th – I thought it would be fun to go back and look at all the great new cards printed in 2010 that are fantastic in Commander. At the end of this column, I’ll also include cards you all voted for in my poll from last week.
You Lika The Juice? Commander Savra and Her Incubi
Friday, January 7th – Lord of the Pit is one of Magic’s greatest villain cards, with as much history as Serra Angel and Akroma. So Bennie decided to honor the Lord with his own Commander deck filled with Demons!
You Lika The Juice? Dear Santa: A Standard Deck on Magic Online?
Friday, December 31st – Wizards has told us that there’s a Zendikar Block card that made Infect into a force to be reckoned with… at least in the Future Future League. So what could that card be?
You Lika The Juice? An EDH Reboot!
Friday, December 17th – Bennie is super excited about the new Commander announcements and has already begun to speculate on the new cards and what they will be! Check out why it’s a great time to be a Casual Magic player.
You Lika The Juice? Eye on the Little Things
Friday, December 10th – Bennie played U/W Clasp in the grinders at the SCG Open Weekend in Richmond featuring the Invitational. Failing there, he played Elves at the Standard Open. Read about all the moments in his weekend!
You Lika The Juice? Rockin’ Richmond for the Open Weekend!
Friday, December 3rd – The Biggest Magic Weekend Ever is almost here!!! Don’t miss the StarCityGames.com Open featuring the SCG Invitational in Richmond ’cause it’s going to be a blast. Bennie tells you all you need to know about his hometown.
You Lika The Juice? EDH Proliferation
Tuesday, November 30th – Bennie Smith laments the lack of midrange decks in Standard as he continues his quest to find the perfect deck for this weekend’s StarCityGames.com Open and Invitational in Richmond. At least he’s got a sweet new EDH.
You Lika The Juice? The Biggest Magic Weekend of All Time… of All Time!
Friday, November 19th – Bennie Smith needs your advice in finding a good Standard deck to run for the upcoming StarCityGames.com Open in Richmond! You best show up for some serious Magic goodness!
You Lika The Juice? Upping Your Clever Quotient in EDH
Friday, November 12th – What is a “Clever Card?” Bennie Smith gives his definition of what it means to be clever in Magic and lists ways to make your EDH decks more cleverer!
You Lika The Juice? Adjusting Expectations
Friday, November 5th – Bennie realized some important lessons in Magic and in life about setting himself for unrealistic expectations. Figure out how you can be happier, too, and take a look at these cool States lists!
You Lika The Juice? The EDH Evil Dead II
Friday, October 29th – Last week I wrote about Geth, Lord of the Vault as an EDH general. This week we take a look at the other Evil Dead legend from Scars of Mirrodin, Skithiryx, the Blight Dragon.
You Lika The Juice? The EDH Evil Dead
Friday, October 22nd – Since October is the month of Hallowe’en where we pay homage to the Dead, why not give each general his due? Next week we’ll do Skithiryx, but this week big, bad Geth is in the spotlight!
You Lika The Juice? Clone Wars & Spitfires
Friday, October 15th – Bennie realizes how good Clone is when everyone’s running Titans and Wurmcoil Engines! Which of these cool decks from States should you be running at StarCityGames.com Open: Nashville?
You Lika The Juice? Making The Stand At The 2010s!
Friday, October 8th – Infect… poison… necrotic ooze… sometimes in the wee hours of the night, waking from a fevered slumber, I don’t know if a nurse battling the Super Flu during the first third of The Stand, or brewing something deadly for States.