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 #11: Winning With Rakdos!

Evan continues his excellent series of video articles. This edition sees Mr Erwin wax lyrical over his pet Rakdos deck, and provide a list for the ever-popular Zoo archetype.

SCG Daily – The Magic Show #10 – My Favorite Things

Evan completes his entertaining week of video articles with a look back at set reviews past… and some of the hideous evaluations made therein. Warning – This video may cause milk to squirt from your nose. (If you’re drinking milk, of course. If you’re not drinking milk, that’d just be wierd.)

SCG Daily – The Magic Show #9 – Testing Rakdos

Evan continues his popular series of video articles. Today’s piece sees our Magical Max Headroom take his Rakdos 2.0 deck to the killing floor, facing Izzetron, U/G and Dragonstorm…

SCG Daily – The Magic Show #8 – Rakdos Control 2.0

Evan continues his series of video articles. Today’s offering sees him leave the comborific Dragonstorm behind him, opting for a more honest deck: Rakdos Control 2.0. He chronicles his choices for all to see, and runs through a sample game.

SCG Daily – The Magic Show #7 – Building Dragonstorm #2

Evan continues his popular series of video articles. Today he outlines the tweaks and improvememtns made to his Standard Dragonstorm Combo deck…

SCG Daily – The Magic Show #6 – Building Dragonstorm #1

This week’s SCG Daily series is something a little different… five video articles from Evan Erwin! Today’s episode of The Magic Show looks at the discovery and first build of a Standard Dragonstorm deck, the development of which continues tomorrow…

The Magic Show #5 – Prerelease

Evan takes the Magic Show on the road, and interviews some of the local players at his prerelease. Want some from-the-floor opinions of the new set? Then check out the video!

The Magic Show #4 – Laying Plans

This week’s edition of the Magic Show – Magic’s only video-based article series – looks at the noble art of warfare. Just how can the writings of Sun Tzu be applied to the cardboard craft of spellslinging?

The Magic Show #3 — Culture, Community, Reaction

This week’s edition of The Magic Show – Magic’s only regular video-based article – takes a look at some of the less tangible aspects of our great game: Culture, Community, and Reaction. What makes up the Magic Culture? What importance should we place on the Community? All this, plus a discussion on some of the coming cards from TIme Spiral. There be spoilers here… you have been warned.

Battle Royale Round 7: The Magic Show #2 – Spiraled

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So, Evan’s Red burn versus Billy’s maindeck Story Circle… no contest, surely? Today’s article deals with the Battle, plus some interesting thoughts on Time Spiral… all supplied in both text and video format. For those that care about such things: beware the spoilers.

Battle Royale Round 7 – Cheap

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Evan beat me last week, so badly that I couldn’t muster the energy to write my follow-up article. I mean, he even recorded my humiliation… this week, he leaps into the fray with a cheap Red burn deck that plays eighteen land. An excellent deck and article, accompanied by an entertaining video…

Battle Royale Round 6: Live Nude Girls

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Evan’s budget Reanimator deck took down my budget Summer Bloom deck with embarrassing ease. Not content with simply writing about my defeat, Evan went and recorded the whole thing on video! This article sees us debut some Magic Online video content, concentrating on my profound failure… I hope you enjoy it more than I did.

Battle Royale Round Six – The Second Coming

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Battle Royale! When this series was announced I was quick to jump onboard. As the fateful email finally arrived, I was extremely excited and thrilled to take part. But I had a problem: I had never played Constructed MTGO. What’s a guy to do?

Learning How To Draft

Today I want to tell you what I think about Limited formats and how to size them up and be a better drafter. This is for the person picking up their first draft set to those who are proficient but want to improve.

Coldsnapped — Coldsnap Limited Dissected

Evan shares some of his preliminary thoughts on the Coldsnap Draft format, bringing some fresh ideas and unusual theories to the table. Travelling to St Louis or Malmo? Maybe Evan has the tips and tricks for you…