Back To The IBC Grind
Tanned, rested, and ready, ol’ Dave here is back on line and ready to regale his many fans (all six of you) with two IBC decks.
Thin Lines: Two Fairly Bad (Yet Interesting) IBC Decks
There’s a thin line between genius and insanity. There’s also a very thin line between what makes a very good deck and an utter pile.
Shades of Gray: Two B/W Constructed Decks
Building powerful decks based B/W hasn’t been that difficult… But, as always, the devil is in the details.
Bad Deckbuilder’s Corner: Suicide Black in Standard
Is this incarnation of Suicide Black a Tier 1 deck? Maybe not. Is it one that people are expecting? Definitely not.
An Apocalypse Overview: Opinions on Standard, Draft, and Sleeper Cards
Apocalypse is taking conventional thinking and turning it 180 degrees, in directions the game hasn’t ever gone.
Whatever You Call It, It Gets The Job Done: W/U/B Nether-Control
A descendant of the IBC”Go-Mar” decks, this runs the same color base but uses Nether Spirits in lieu of the Dragon.
Slash and Burn: Two Wildfire Decks For Standard
Okay, it was cutting edge three weeks ago before we went down. Since then, others have written articles. But I still have something to say.
One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, BOOM!
I got introduced to NetherHaips. I put together a copy and it just killed everything I was playing.
Out With The Old, In With The New: 7th Edition And Standard
Dave’s programming job is out, but 7th is in. The former means that he has the time to analyze the latter.
Doin’ it Walrus Style (And Get Your Mind Out of the Gutter)
A bouncy little deck that might mutate for the better after 7th rotates in… IF Duress is in there.
Bad Deckbuilder’s Workshop: Revisiting
With Planeshift out, I’m revisiting the”Dark Ponza” land destruction build to see if it might be viable.
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: Dave’s Adventures At PTQ Barcelona
..And Dave Meddish gets into the tourney fray with his own pictures! But no Top 8. Boo.
Worst Expansion Ever?: A Planescape Prerelease Report
I was very much looking forward to this tournament, being on a serious tournament jones lately… As those who have followed my Magic musings know, I am horribly overworked and underpaid and haven’t been able to attend many tournaments as I would like. In fact, it had been over a month since I’d played in…
How We Found A Way To Sell Those World Championship Decks
Before I launch into my report, let me give you a little history to bring you up to speed on the "history" of the Gambit Invitational. About five years ago, after I had been laid off from my job at the time, a friend of mine who had been managing the game part of a…
The Few, The Proud, The Underrated: Overlooked Gems In Invasion Sealed And Draft
Some people think these cards are utter dreck. Funny how I can win games with what some people call dreck.