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AuthorNate Heiss

Nate Heiss is a longstanding member of Team CMU, and although he may not be the most accomplished member of the group, he has an uncanny ability to somehow always spread his words over the entire Magic community.

The Foily Five – A Tribute To That Bald Guy

So you’ve all heard of Rizzo’s Foily Five – but do you really know what it is? Well, Nate Heiss has hold of Rizzo’s Foily Five for a scant few months before he has to send it back… And he wants all the signed foils he can get to lure Rizzo back into the game! Send ’em in and maybe he’ll start writing again, folks!

Onslaught – I Bet You Never Saw This Coming!

Even though the Sealed format is sometimes dragged down by ridiculous rares, the draft format may be the most interesting draft format ever. In drafting strategy, the power of Tribes outweighs many of the broken rares in the set.

Onslaught On Your Wallet: The Top Cards To Trade For At The Prerelease

One of the best ways to pad your wallet is by being smart in the beginning. I have often given dealers advice on what to trade and buy when a new set comes out – and now I bestow some of this knowledge to you!

Breaking the Metagame: Marathon Man

This deck has a 90%-95% winning percentage in game one versus every deck in the field besides Wake. Do not adjust your screen: Let me repeat those figures. 90%-95%. The only way you lose game one is to mana screw or being caught off guard by something you just never expected, causing misplay.

Block Rock

“Always choose rock – good ol’ Rock”

-Bart Simpson, shortly before getting wrecked.

What, one Rock isn’t enough for you? How about this amazing variety – the elusive triple Rock, Rock, Rock metagame! Nate offers some advice on how to deal with a format where the two big decks are, um, equal.

Priority One

What is your priority? What do you want? What do you strive for? Whatever it is, you may be wrong. Because people do not really strive for money, fame, or recognition… They strive for the things that come from them.

Enter The Weenie – OBC, Judgment, And Your Weenie

“Suntail Hawk is amazing – I always play it in Limited.”

-Mike Turian


Suntail Hawk. Amazing – somehow amazing. As much as I am trying to sound sarcastic here, I agree. I would always play the Hawk, too.

Another Day, Another Set, Another Site

What else can we say? NATE HEISS IS WRITIN’ FOR US! And he starts off with his take on Judgment – if you are looking for something to base a deck around or just want to know the good cards to trade for, let Nate fill ya in.