AuthorDaniel Crane

Daniel Crane's first Magic deck was about 120 cards, control-heavy, and had the amazing Unstable Shapeshifter/Phyrexian Dreadnought combo. Over the next five years, most of Daniel's decks have changed only in card count. One tournament-worthy deck, a binder, and loads of casual decks keep him in the game and provide the fuel for his writing at Star City that has endured for more than three years.

Literary Legends

What would characters from classy literature look like as Magic cards?

The Multi-Mini-Article

And in a vein very close to Anthony’s, Daniel also goes nuts with random topics! Yet he has only two.

All Your Fad Are Belong To Us

What if Britney Spears played Magic? Well, for one thing she’d probably get crushed to death at a Grand Prix, but she might write a song, too.

Take Another Look

Say, whatever happened to Utopia Tree? When did Rishadan Port get so big? Why is Charging Troll whipping people’s butts when Daniel plays it?

Taking A Step Back

I’ve realized over the past couple of weeks that I can take a step back from Magic and be all right.

The Apple Tree Of Magic

Comparing Chess to Magic is like comparing apples to oranges – or, to be more descriptive, like comparing an apple to an apple tree.

Muddying The Theory Of Options

The Theory of Options is valid, but impractical. My advice is to stick with the tried and true Theories of Magic.

The Real Story Behind Planeshift

What storyline hints lurk within the masses of flavor text within Planeshift? Daniel ferrets ’em out.

More Trading Tales

Real life examples of some trades, and why Daniel was happy to have ’em.

How Richard Garfield Made You Jewish

No one can definitively answer this question, and this isn’t the place to discuss my opinion (I think I’m stretching it as it is).

The Aforementioned Ow-Less Wow Revisited

Further thoughts on Chronicles II, and how to do it properly.

Taking The “Ow” Out Of “Wow”

Okay, everyone. Get your ESP working overtime. What am I going to suggest in this article?

Sith Mind Tricks

–Begin pre-article note– I apologize to the Ferrett for overlooking him in my last article. He did mention me (albeit for my attempts at trying to find a use for Carnival of Souls), but in my defense, I simply went by the Magic Search engine (and I hadn’t read his article yet). I hope my…

The Community And The Humanity

You hear the term all the time: the Magic Community. But what is it, exactly? I’m not going to treat you as children and pretend like you don’t know. However, I am going to give you something to think about. The following article was written by : "Andrew Cuneo is a credit to this great…

Duplicitatious Strategory

Welcome back, my readers! Last week, I gave a card-by-card analysis of my new favorite deck. It’s a G/W deck that took me to a second place finish in a big tournament. If the Ferrett could provide a handy link here, then we can move right along to my second analysis of the deck: Overall…