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!
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? 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.
You Lika The Juice? Plundering Scars of Mirrodin for Your EDH Hoard
Friday, October 1st – Artifacts are sweet, because they can go into nearly any EDH deck — and when you have a set with so many artifacts, you can’t help but start adding cards to your EDH hoard.
You Lika the Juice? No Time to BBQ Standard
Friday, September 24th – Bennie Smith starts brewing with Scars of Mirrodin – prepare for some Johnny-licious action!
You Lika The Juice? A Lost Interview With Thomas Ma!
Friday, September 17th – Who was Thomas Ma, and how would it feel to be forever linked to such a strong list of Pro players at Amsterdam? I had to know!
You Lika The Juice? Contemplating Scars!
Friday, September 10th – Sixth Sense was so good because the twist made you go back and look at things with a changed perspective. Proliferate is like that — every Magic card that uses counters needs to be thought about again.
You Lika The Juice? EDH Starter Kits, Part 2
Friday, September 3rd – The reception to last week’s allied-colored EDH Starter Kits last week was very positive – so this time, I’m presenting cheap starter kits for enemy-colored generals!
You Lika The Juice? – EDH Starter Kits
Friday, August 27th – Recently an old Magic friend got in touch. He hadn’t played Magic in a long while, but just like the Mafia, you can never walk away from Magic: The Gathering forever. You can set it aside for a while, but eventually it calls you back.
You Lika The Juice? – How I Love/Hate Fauna Shaman
Friday, August 20th – Last week I got to play Standard for the first time in a month or so, with my first stab at a Fauna Shaman deck. I played a little EDH too, which gives me a little bit to talk about for everyone… so come on in!
You Lika The Juice? – Answers for Your EDH Problems
Friday, August 13th – A quote attributed to (or made famous by) David Price regarding Magic was “there are no wrong threats, only wrong answers.”
You Lika The Juice? – Feedback Week
Friday, August 6th – In the spirit of “feedback week” over on the mothership, I thought today would be a good time to open up the mailbox and share what my readers have been sending me. Before I do that though, I did want to spend some time addressing some forum comments I got last week concerning card availability and mythic rares, and a “question of the day” I sent out over Twitter.