Wednesday, October 29th – States is coming, and Kyle Sanchez is here to get your States Locked Down. Today’s Down And Dirty sees Kyle bring us three interesting decklists… the first is his version of Five-Color Control, the second another greedy control strategy, and the third a funky fresh Elemental build. He also brings us perhaps the oddest Sanchez Gallery to date…
Friday, October 24th – Kyle Sanchez, perhaps the only Kyle at Grand Prix: Kansas City not to get hit by a car on his trip, brings us his personal highs and lows from the GP weekend. Unfortunately, he didn’t quite make Day 2 play, but he has stories aplenty nonetheless…
Wednesday, October 15th – The Limited PTQ season is now in full swing, and we’ve a couple of high-profile Grand Prix tournaments on the horizon. Today’s Down And Dirty sees Kyle crack and stack four Shards of Alara Sealed Cardpools, offering his own special insights into the deckbuilding process…
Wednesday, October 8th – Kyle brings us a two-pronged article today… first, he takes us through some of the more powerful cards in the adolescent Standard metagame, both from sets past and sets present. Next, he takes a look at the latest iteration of the Stokin’ Tokens deck, and examines a number of interesting builds…
Wednesday, October 1st – With Shards of Alara set to shatter the Standard metagame, and Magic Online not set to bring us the electronic cards for a fair few weeks, Kyle Sanchez turns to alternate online Magical offerings in order to test his confusingly-named White-Red Kithkin deck. Today’s Down And Dirty sees Kyle sharing his varied test results, warts and all…
Wednesday, September 24th – Shards of Alara is shaping up to be one of the strongest Constructed sets in recent history. Today’s Down And Dirty has Kyle Sanchez trawling through the spoilers to find a selection of cool cards ready to smash through the Standard metagame. He also looks at those Shards cards he believes to be overrated… including an eleven-for-one sorcery that promises to “change everything.” Warning: contains spoilers.
Thursday, September 18th – Kyle reflects on some of the more powerful cards that are rotating out of Standard come the release of Shards of Alara. While some of the cards will fade without a whimper, others will not go quietly into the long Extended night. Kyle also looks at some of the more hyped cards from Time Spiral, cards that promised to shake up Standard but failed to live up to the hype.
Wednesday, September 3rd – Kyle makes the transition to Wednesdays from this week, and kicks off proceedings by answering a few emails he’s received from eager readers in the past few weeks. He shares his views on the State of Magic, the banning of Sensei’s Divining Top, and more!
Thursday, August 28th – In the forums of last week’s article, Kyle shared a Billy Moreno deck for Block Constructed, claiming it to be the “best that Block Constructed had to offer.†Of course, he was roundly mocked for his cheek. This week, he puts his money where his mouth is and throws the deck at a local PTQ, with excellent results…
Thursday, August 21st – Hold on to your hats, folks… Kyle’s kicking it old school. Today’s Down And Dirty is certainly not for the faint-hearted… deck lists and tech given in freestyle rap format. Kyle rocks out with Relic and Teachings lists while busting out fresh lyrics and flow, and calls in some favors from the Magic Elite to hook up some rhymes and tech: Gerard Fabiano, Ben Lundquist, and Patrick Chapin all grab the mic. [Editor’s Note: I must apologise for this intro… I’m a 34-year old middle-class Englishman, and hip-hop scares me.]
Thursday, August 14th – After the disappointment of posting 3-5 on Day 1 of U.S. Nationals, Kyle Sanchez refused to let the results get him down. Happily, the rest of his trip to Chicago was more productive, and his unstoppable team draft record is chronicled today, alongside many a Sanchez tale of decadence and idiocy. Enjoy!
Thursday, August 7th – Kyle’s Nationals tale begins at the airport, and takes us through the highs and lows of his tournament from a Magical and non-Magical perspective. While he didn’t exactly rock the house – he posted a Scarwood Treefolk, after all – he did learn a few things about his deck and the formats, and have a bucketful of fun…
Thursday, July 31st – In the second of our Pre-Nationals Metagame articles, Kyle Sanchez looks at a selection of the wacky and wonderful builds out there that hope to put a crimp in the style of those packing more conventional fare. Some of the builds are updates on the old Sanchez favorites, while some are fresh off the block. Looking for something off the beaten path? Look no further!
Thursday, July 24th – Lorwyn / Shadowmoor Block Constructed PTQs continue apace, and the Faerie menace rumbles on. While the smart money is on the Fae, there are those players who refuse to run with the strongest deck in any particular format… and Kyle, with Kithkin, is one of them today. Kithkin took down the whole PTQ, and Kyle relives his tournament in typical Sanchez fashion. Of course, the day isn’t all plain sailing, and there’s the obligatory twist at the end…
Thursday, July 10th – While most of the premier Constructed minds in the game are concentrating on Block Constructed, Kyle Sanchez is sticking to his Standard guns. Today’s Down And Dirty sees Kyle build upon the interesting Zur The Enchanter decks that put up decent numbers at recent Regionals events…
