Tribal Thriftiness #76 – More M10 Thoughts
Tuesday, July 21st – As we wait to see M10’s impact on the Standard format, Dave rolls around through the last weekend’s Prerelease and some more thoughts about our new core set.
Tribal Thriftiness #75 – Extracting Value From M10
Tuesday, July 14th – Last week in Ben Bleiweiss’s Financial Value, he called Magic 2010 “the best singles set printed in the modern age of Magic.†So what does this mean for a Magic player who is watching their wallet?
Tribal Thriftiness #74 – Magic 2010 And The New Uncommons and Commons
Tuesday, July 7th – Since Magic 2010 is printing new cards, that means it comes with a brand new set of commons and uncommons to evaluate for those of us with budgetary limitations. Dave checks out another ten cards that you should be striving to add to your collection.
Tribal Thriftiness #73 – Magic 2010 Reprints
Wednesday, July 1st – Dave knows we’re all looking forward to the first base set with new cards, but Magic 2010 is reprinting a lot of great commons and uncommons that you need to dig out of the depths of your collection.
Tribal Thriftiness #72 – The Future’s So Bright
Monday, June 22nd – With all the doom and anguish and woeful howls into the moonlit sky that have filled the Internetz for the last week, Dave began doubting the future of reality as we all know it. Is it really all that bad? Or are the Magic 2010 rules changes severely overhyped?
Tribal Thriftiness #71 – Lots of Magic, Lots of Thoughts
Tuesday, June 9th – The last two weeks were Magic-ful for Dave, who played in a Grand Prix, watched some Magic on TV (sorta), and had some 10th Edition thoughts thanks to Friday Night Magic. And so he presents another column filled with distractions, dissertations, and desserts. That’s right, there’s dessert in there.
Tribal Thriftiness #70 – Loose Ends
Wednesday, May 27th – Out on the road and headed for Seattle, Dave tackles a few small topics prompted (and inspired) by his road trip to the Grand Prix.
Tribal Thriftiness #69 – Regionals and the Golden Fatty
Tuesday, May 19th – The date: Thursday night. The setting: My dining room. Six Magic players are sitting around a large wooden table, testing out decks, playing Magic, trying to finalize their decisions before Saturday’s Regional Championships. Five of them have a very real idea of the deck they are playing. One does not.
Tribal Thriftiness #68 – Regionals Re-Thriftified
Tuesday, May 12th – Dave takes a look at some deck options for the upcoming Regionals that play nice with your pocketbook. If you have a pocketbook, that is.
Tribal Thriftiness #67 – Bituminous
Tuesday, May 5th – Dave purposefully skipped what he thinks is the most powerful of the Cascade spells in last week’s installment – with the intent of filling an entire column with coal-flavored Cascade goodness.
Tribal Thriftiness #66 – Double-Action Cascade
Tuesday, April 28th – Fresh off the Prerelease, Dave gives his opinion of Alara Reborn’s new Cascade mechanic, and looks at ways to minimize the inherent randomness of this cool new toy.
Tribal Thriftiness #65 – Unrare Previews
Tuesday, April 21st – With the Alara Reborn Prerelease less than a week away, it seems like so much has been said about the Mythic and Rare previews. Dave takes a look at the commons and uncommons that are flying under the radar.
Tribal Thriftiness #64 – The Relentless Pursuit of Excellence
Tuesday, April 14th– As Alara Reborn nears and new cards start sprouting up around the Internet, Dave takes a moment to dig back into 10th Edition to play with an uncommon that’s… relentless.
Tribal Thriftiness #63 – Blightning Strikes Twice
Monday, April 6th – With previews starting to sneak in, it looks an old aggro deck is set to pick up a few interesting weapons. Will Alara Reborn bring Blightning up to Tier 1 status? And can a budget version produce results?
Tribal Thriftiness #62 – The Gold Standard
Tuesday, March 31st – With the all-gold Alara Reborn on the horizon, Dave can’t talk about anything but multicolored cards. Enclosed inside: enough gold decks to pay for a week’s worth of Cash4Gold commercials!