Tribal Thriftiness #61 – The Star Attraction
Tuesday, March 24th – This week, Dave explores a budget variation on a popular tabletop multiplayer version that is picking up steam around his neck of the woods.
Tribal Thriftiness #60 – There’s Gold In Them Thar Conflux
Tuesday, March 17th – All this talk about Alara Reborn and its multicolor nature has Dave thinking about gold. It’s a word that has many meanings in Magic, and Dave hits them all while featuring some of Conflux’s inexpensive rares.
Tribal Thriftiness #59 – Exaltation
Tuesday, March 10th – When it comes to Shards mechanics, Exalted has seen plenty of mainstream coverage as both a Limited powerhouse and a backbone for Standard decks – and now the new Exalted cards from Conflux make it a viable strategy for budget decks as well.
Tribal Thriftiness #58 – The Stronghold Pauper Deck Challenge
Tuesday, March 3rd – This past week, Wizards announced a challenge for Stronghold precon decks to be released with the arrival of Stronghold to Magic Online. One of the challenges was for a pauper deck; what did Dave cook up?
Tribal Thriftiness #57 – Magic 2010… or Portal 4?
Tuesday, February 24th – The announcement of Magic 2010 on Monday probably surprised everyone. What does it mean for budget players? And is it Portal 4?
Tribal Thriftiness #56 – The Endless March
Tuesday, February 17th – Continuing a look at forgotten gems from Tenth Edition, Dave presses on and digs up a forgotten less-than-a-dollar rare that’s a perfect match for some of Esper’s artifacts – March of the Machines.
Tribal Thriftiness #56 – Conflux Uncommon Goodness
Tuesday, February 10th – With the Release Events out of the way and Conflux on sale everywhere, Dave is amazed by Conflux’s continuation of the power curve of the uncommons that started in Shards of Alara. Here are thirteen uncommons that Dave thinks are important to snap up sooner rather than later.
Tribal Thriftiness #57 – Worlds Leads to Stupidity
Tuesday, January 27th – Worlds was a month and a half ago, but the inspiration for this article still remained. Now that Extended season is in full swing and Conflux is here, and you’re looking for something a little different, here’s a lost gem from Tenth Edition.
Tribal Thriftiness #56 – Potpourri
Tuesday, January 20th – There’s a lot going on in Magic nowadays. New sets, Grand Prix results, and giant Dragon Planeswalkers all converge on Dave’s imagination. The resulting article is a little fractured, but Dave’s not exactly known for his segues… [Warning: Contains Spoilers.]
Tribal Thriftiness #55: Welcome… to Domain Event!
Tuesday, January 13th – Conflux spoilers are starting to appear online, and Dave can’t help himself – he just keeps looking at them. While none of the cards discussed inside are going to break the bank, they might just help you become Master of your Domain. [Warning: Contains Spoilers.]
Tribal Thriftiness #54 – New Year’s Resolutions Resolution
Tuesday, January 6th – Last year, Dave laid out five ways that budget players could stretch their dollar all year long. Did he follow those resolutions himself? Or did he break them as quickly as his 2009 resolution to avoid chocolate?
Tribal Thriftiness #53 – Cheap Combos for Extended
Tuesday, December 30th – Somebody went and decided that, rather than rely on thirty-dollar enchantments to win in Extended, they’d use a bunch of common and uncommon one-power guys. Can Extended combo decks be the cheap way to go in the new PTQ season?
Tribal Thriftiness #52 – Shards Has A Lot of Dollar Rares
Tuesday, December 23rd – While doing the research for last week’s article, Dave was stunned (stunned!) by the number of Shards rares that were just lingering around in the dollar bin. This week, he picks up a couple to run with.
Tribal Thriftiness #51 – Thrifty Shopping Ideas
Tuesday, December 16th – It’s the most wonderful time of the year, or so the song tells us. It’s also the most shoppingest time of the year. Dave has some low-cost ideas about what you might buy if you’re shopping for the Magic player in your life.
Tribal Thriftiness #50 – Intro Packs and Upgrades 2
Wednesday, December 10th – Two weeks ago, we looked at the Grixis and Jund Intro Packs and attempted to bring them up to scale to be playable in today’s Standard – or, at the very least, got them up to 60 cards (using only commons) while still maintaining the goal and plan of the deck and the associated Shard. Today, let’s go through the other three.