AuthorEvan Erwin

Evan Erwin is a long-time cardboard slinger who lives and breathes collectable cards. Creator of The Magic Show and the Marketing Manager of StarCityGames.com. In the time of chimpanzees, he's a gorilla.

The Magic Show #143 – Scrubbing, Top 8ing, and You

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Friday, May 22nd – Hello everybody, and welcome to another edition of the Magic Show. This week we’re going to take a look back at Regionals 2009 — How I scrubbed right out, the awesome new decks revealed from all across the country, and how I redeemed myself by Top 8ing the PTQ the next day. Let’s go!

The Magic Show #142a – Your 2009 Regionals Metagame

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Friday, May 15th – Hello everybody, and welcome to another edition of the Magic Show. This week we’re back, and we’re just twenty-four hours from one of the biggest tournaments of the year: Regionals. This week we’re going to look at what everyone else is playing, what you should be playing, and what I’m wielding in this wacky, wild and token-filled metagame. Let’s go!

The Magic Show #142 – Alara Reborn Standard Incoming!

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Friday, May 8th – Hello everybody, and welcome to another edition of the Magic Show. This week we’re going to be delving into Alara Reborn Standard. The pundits have spoken, our first PTQ results are here, and it’s time to delve into Alara Reborn’s hidden gems. Let’s go! [ Due to unforeseen circumstances, there’s no video content this week. Instead, Evan has written a normal text-only article. Normal business will be resumed next time out. – Craig]

The Magic Show #141 – Alara Reborn Prerelease

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Friday, May 1st – Hello everybody and welcome to another edition of the Magic Show. This week we’re live in Los Angeles for the Alara Reborn Prerelease hosted by SunMesa Events! With some help from Glenn Godard I was able to make my way to the West Coast, chat and gunsling with players there, and feature a great interview with Magic artist and flavor text guru Matt Cavotta. Let’s go!

The Magic Show #140 – Alara Reborn Arrives!

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Friday, April 24th – Hello everybody, and welcome to another edition of the Magic Show. This week we’re going to be delving into Alara Reborn spoilers, and what can I say? This looks to be the best set in years to play and purchase. Future Sight-level goodness all around, we’ll look into just how good Cascade really is, and my favorite cards from the set. Let’s go!

The Magic Show #139 – Reborn Spoiler Time!

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Friday, April 17th – Hello everybody, and welcome to another edition of the Magic Show. This week we’re going headfirst into Alara Reborn spoilers. Not only do I have an incredible spoiler all to myself, how about the fact that Meddling Mage is returning to Standard? Oh yeah, that’s right. Want to know what it looks like? Ready to get a glimpse of the incredible Todd Lockwood artwork and a raft of new spoiler goodness to boot? Let’s go!

The Magic Show #138 – Skills That Pay The Bills

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Friday, April 10th – Hello everybody, and welcome to another edition of the Magic Show. This week is a bit of a quiet one, so I wanted to reflect a little bit on some recent articles seen here at StarCityGames.com. This week we’ll delve into how you play better magic, the skill levels argument, and what I think are the five pillars of Magic success. Let’s go!

The Magic Show #137 – Standard Reborn

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Friday, April 3rd – Hello everybody, and welcome to another edition of the Magic Show. This week we’re taking a look at Standard via the results from the recent StarCityGames.com $5000 Standard Open in Indianapolis, where a whopping 432 players duked it out, and still Five-Color Control comes out on top there and in the Cruise Qualifier. We’ll also take a look at the latest Alara Reborn spoilers beginning to trickle out amongst us and what Wizards has in store for us in just a few weeks. Let’s go!

The Magic Show #136 – A Tale of Two PTQs

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Friday, March 27th – Hello everybody, and welcome to another edition of the Magic Show. This week we’re going to talk about Extended, what was winning and what was not, this weekend’s StarCityGames.com $5000 Standard Open in Indianapolis, and live coverage of a PTQ finals featuring StarCityGames.com’s own Sean McKeown. Let’s go!

The Magic Show #135 – From The Vault: Hype

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Friday, March 20th – Hello everybody, and welcome to another edition of the Magic Show. This week we’re looking at the final confirmation on the cards that make up Alara Reborn, cash tournaments being added to Magic Online, and debut another From The Vault set that features our new favorite Removed From Game term and the potential for some incredible cards to see print all over again. Let’s go!

The Magic Show #134 – All That Glitters (VIDEO ADDED!)

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Friday, March 13th – Hello everybody, and welcome to another edition of the Magic Show. This week we’re going to be taking a look at the upcoming Alara Reborn and how its groundbreaking design could mean Legions 2.0 or a whole new world of fun. We also cover more Magic 2010 rumors, including the removal of mana burn and what it may mean for the game. Let’s go!

The Magic Show #133 – Post-Kyoto Pre-Chicago

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Friday, March 6th – Hello everybody, and welcome to another edition of the Magic Show. This week we’re going to be taking a look at the results from Pro Tour: Kyoto where Gabriel Nassif took home the top prize courtesy of Patrick Chapin and crew’s Five-Color Control list, and I snagged an exclusive interview. We got big news on next year’s Magic Cruise, what Legacy looks like for Grand Prix: Chicago, and more. Let’s go!

The Magic Cruise Talk – Patrick Chapin on Standard

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Friday, February 27th – Hello everybody, and welcome to the last of three hour-long talks recorded on the Carnival Ecstasy a few weeks ago. Yes, even though most didn’t get the chance to go that doesn’t mean you can’t take in the discussions had while at sea. In this hour-long discussion, we hear Pro Player mega-personality Patrick Chapin and his thoughts on Conflux, Standard, and the power of the Fae. Enjoy!

The Magic Show #132 – Magic 2010: The Next Generation

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Friday, February 27th – Hello everybody, and welcome to another edition of the Magic Show. This week we’re going to take a good, hard look at the upcoming core set changes that is Magic 2010 Hyper Fighting Edition, one of the most significant play shifts in this game we love since the release of Planeswalkers in Lorwyn. You ready to learn about the new core set, the new cards found within it and how your zones are getting renamed? Let’s go!

The Magic Cruise Talk – Evan Erwin on Cube Drafting

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Thursday, February 26th – Hello everybody, and welcome to the second of three hour-long talks recorded on the Carnival Ecstasy a few weeks ago. Yes, even though most didn’t get the chance to go that doesn’t mean you can’t take in the discussions had while at sea. In this almost hour-long discussion, I talk about Cube Drafting. What it is, how to do it correctly, what archetypes to look for and what traps to avoid. Enjoy!