Peace of Mind: The Questions
Zvi Mowshowitz once asked ten questions that every deck had to answer. Mike revamps those questions for Invasion Block, and goes Zvi one better.
Peace of Mind: Losing Time
Too many things in life are left undone. Do them. Untried. Try them. Unsaid. Say them. You will complete the walk across the room.
Peace of Mind: Reconstructing God
So the exit of Cursed Totem killed Mike’s up-and-coming”God” deck. Now, hot off the heels of Leeloo and Indian Summer comes… Demi-God!
Peace of Mind: Indian Summer
Necropotence created the Black Summer; this deck is a Necro-like deck, coming after the real Necro has gone away. Arena and Spiritmonger’ll do that, all right.
Peace of Mind: Audible Differences In Playtesting
Is playtesting useful? Can you just audible your way to a final finish? Mike asks StarCity writers what they think.
Peace of Mind: Crash And Burn
Foregoing my Crimson Tide deck, I settled on Dueling Grounds and Questing Phelddagrif, and overnight developed Leeloo.
Peace of Mind: Happy New Year
Farewell, 6th Edition. Good riddance. But what does 7th have to offer in the way of”Damn!”s,”Whoo-hoo!”s,”Hmmm…”s and”Shrug”s?
Peace of Mind: Integrity
What is honor? Whatever it is, it isn’t qualifying for Tokyo and then telling everyone to Bock themselves.
Peace of Mind – Paranoia
I create”God deck,” which has amazing success. Then Wizards comes along and rotates all of it out. Was Fires THAT weak, Wizards?
Peace of Mind: Moment Of Silence
I have fourteen different Survival of the Fittest builds in my Extended folder. And I was just getting started.
Peace of Mind: Distortion
The fog creeps in on little cat feet. The world feels gray. I’ve just discovered some IBC tech, and now I’m not sure if I wanna talk about it…
Peace of Mind – The Content Of Our Character
Partly a reaction to Rizzo’s”Bringing Out The Dead,” partly a tirade on culpability, this article deals with how you make yourself better.
Building God, Part 4: Playtesting, Tweaking, Conclusion
Glittering Lions and Cursed Totems, oh my! What did Mike learn from actually playtesting his”ideal on paper” deck?
Peace of Mind: Any Given Sunday, Part 3 – Building God
A long and involved deconstruction of how to design decks and how to choose cards for them. Can you build a deck around Cats and Totems?
Peace of Mind: Any Given Sunday, Part II
A definition of the three elements of strategy – Resources,Components, and Methodology – and how to use them for optimum effect.