Friday, February 12th – With both Grand Prix and Pro Tour tournaments looming large, testing time has been split across multiple formats. Even so, Brian Kibler is doing his best to bring down strong results at both events. Today, he shares his thoughts on the Extended metagame going into the Grand Prix, and suggests some powerful builds of established archetypes.
Friday, February 5th – The Worldwake prerelease finally delivered the fresh new cardboard into our eager hands. In today’s edition of The Dragonmaster’s Lair, Brian Kibler shares his thoughts on a number of strong Worldwake uncommon and rares for Limited play. The set hits the shelves today… get a leg up on the drafting opposition!
Friday, January 29th – The Worldwake prerelease weekend kicks off tomorrow, and Brian Kibler is prepared! Today, he investigates every common in the new set, discussing their strengths and weaknesses for Limited play. If you’re looking to gain that important edge over your prerelease opponent, this is the article for you!
Friday, January 22nd – Worldwake is coming, and everyone is excited about the fresh potential it brings to Constructed! Brian Kibler looks at a slew of tantalizing Worldwake cards that have been spoiled thus far, and highlights those that are overhyped, and those that are poised for greatness…
Friday, January 15th – At the recent StarCityGames.com Standard Open, Vampires finished top of the food chain. Is this aggressive deck, traditionally the underdog against the format-gouging Jund, ready for a true spell in the sun? Brian Kibler investigates, before discussing a couple of the Worldwake cards spoiled thus far…
Friday, January 8th – Last weekend, Brian Kibler rocked up to the StarCityGames.com Los Angeles Open, ready to take on all comers in both Standard and Legacy. Today he shares his exploits in both events, and chronicles his Top 16 Legacy finish in fine style…
Friday, January 1st – In 2009, Brian Kibler returned to Magic with a vengeance! In his comeback Pro Tour, he rocked out to the final table. In the second leg of his PT return, he took home the trophy. Today, he recaps his personal journey, and shares those lessons learned along the way…
Friday, December 18th – The Standard portion of last weekend’s SCG $10K Open St. Louis is sure to inform the metagame going into the next event in Los Angeles, and Brian Kibler aims to be prepared! He looks at Red decks and Grixis Control, two archetypes that did well in St. Louis, and posits what this means for the format going forward.
Friday, December 11th – With the States results rolling in, and the SCG 10K Open St. Louis mere hours away, Brian Kibler examines some of the more innovative decks to see success last weekend. UW Control, GW Beatdown, and Mono-White Enchantment Control could be the fringe deck that takes home the big prize… Oh, and there’s also a little Jund talk too!
Thursday, December 3rd – With States this weekend, and the StarCityGames.com $5000 Standard Open in St. Louis the week after, Brian Kibler wades into the Standard metagame and investigates the state of Naya. He looks at Coimbra and Soh’s builds, and offers up one of his own…
Friday, November 27th – Last week, Brian Kibler shared his preparation process for the Standard portion of Worlds. Today, he examines his personal performance across all three days, and comes to some surprising conclusions. While 2009 has been good to Brian, he feels he could, and should, have done better…
Friday, November 20th – Brian Kibler brings us tales from the build-up to the World Championships in Rome, and shares his thought processes behind his Standard deck selection. With a healthy 4-2 performance on Day 1, will Sunday see Brian battling in the Top 8?
Friday, November 13th – Conventional wisdom dictates that your performance in sideboarded games is twice as important as your performance in the pre-sideboard variety. Even so, practicing with your sideboard is often overlooked. Today, Brian Kibler shows us why we should pay special attention to games 2 and 3, and presents some handy tips to make the most of our precious fifteen…
Thursday, November 5th – In the concluding part of his entertaining and uplifting report, Brian Kibler recounts each story of Days 2 and 3 play. From his 0-3 draft, to that game in the quarterfinals, it’s all here!
[Editor’s Note: Due to illness, there’s no Adrian Sullivan article this week. Get well soon, Adrian!]
Friday, October 30th – In the first part of his exciting report, Pro Tour: Austin winner Brian Kibler shares the highlights of his unstoppable run to 8-0 on Day 1. He shares his round-by-round analysis of the tournament, and shows us how it feels to attain the long-held goal…
