WHAT, MORE STANDARD? As if the overwhelming amount of Magic strategy over the last three weeks hasn’t been almost COMPLETELY about Invasion and the new Type 2, I still can’t seem to think of anything but. So that’s what is in this week’s column: only Standard decks. I’m becoming a one-trick pony, I know, and…
Hey gang, welcome to another installment of Weapons of Mass Distraction. This week: I’ll go over my PTNY experiences in a meandering sort of way, plus dish out more Type 2 ideas for the upcoming season. PTNY EXPERIENCES The long delay in this column comes from two things: I spent the last weekend of September…
TWO THUMBS DOWN I’m going to start this week off with a little horror story, in the hopes that I will save even one of you from having to endure the fate I did last weekend. My wife is a Highlander fan, and as such, she was very excited about the new movie, which opened…
EDISON, BIRTHPLACE OF ELECTRICITY I was reading report from this tournament here on Star City, and he said that he challenged anyone to get nine hours of sleep before a tournament, and then to see what the results are. I got close to nine hours of sleep – and after comparing our results, I think…
INVASION I have it on good authority that I am going to love this set. What little I’ve seen from MTGNews.com has certainly piqued my interest. Let’s start by looking at the new (rumored) mechanic, Kicker: Kicker (If you pay the Kicker cost when playing said card, said card gets xxx.) Right now all the…
PROVIDENCE, RI Had a great time in last week, thanks for asking. I never did get down to Your Move Games, but I did go to Newport and take a tour on a high-speed rum-smuggling boat, which was definitely a unique experience. This week (albeit a day late) I have for you: My take on…
Well, I claimed last week that I was going to talk about MBC combo decks, and I will … sort of. The reason I shifted the focus this week was because I just read article on NeutralGround.net, where he lambasted the PTQ-playing public for being little guppies and playing "Follow the Leader" when it came…
Welcome, fellow readers, to another installment of Weapons of Mass Distraction. I got jealous of everyone else having column names, so I’m going back to my old column name. In this episode: Where did the folks at Wizards learn to count?; If Wizards is making the -Men Movie TCG, can we call Magneto’s little toy…
Here’s what prompted this week’s column: A friend of my wife was heading down to Dragon*Con this past week, and they got around to discussing my Magic habits and the stereotype of the Magic player. He said: "Magic players deserve whatever stereotype they get." This coming from a comic book fan who was going to…
PTNY, AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIPS (and the face of post- T2) I had planned to take the weekend of PTNY and drive up to see what was going on, but after hearing that 95% of the people were playing either Rebels or , I’m glad I didn’t. Just reading the Feature Match reports here on StarCityCCG.com was…
So FINALLY Star City resurrects itself on my computer, and the first thing I ‘m greeted to is a nice new article from , arguably my favorite writer on this site after myself. I like to read Bennie because I think we have a lot in common – wife, house, enjoy playing Green, neither of…
So FINALLY Star City resurrects itself on my computer, and the first thing I ‘m greeted to is a nice new article from , arguably my favorite writer on this site after myself. I like to read Bennie because I think we have a lot in common – wife, house, enjoy playing Green, neither of…
Not sure where to begin this week. Playtesting for GP Philly is NOT going as expected. I’m playing that same Russian roulette I played getting ready for States. It’s absolutely insane. As soon as I’m settled on one deck, I go through and read the PTQ reports from over the weekend, and I totally change…
NLY A SMALL RANT IN THE GRAND SCOPE OF THINGS I wanted to start out this week’s column by sharing some feedback from you, my not-so-humble readers. Please note that I’m going to probably take these horribly out of context, just so I can feel justified ranting. "… It’s hard to put forth your ideas…
