AuthorOscar Tan

Winner of the 2002 Writer War, Oscar lives in the Phillipines and is an aspiring law student.

You CAN Play Type I #8: Did Zvi Ruin The Game For Us?

Type I Acc Blue seems to be the deck to hate of the moment, because more people are trying to hose it than play it.

You CAN Play Type I #7: Making Goofy Cards (Like Quirion Dryad) Come Alive

Type I can accommodate your junk rares more easily than other formats… But you knew that, right?

You CAN Play Type I #6: Simple Mistakes In A Simple (?) Stompy

You thought mono-green was simple? Think again.

You CAN Play Type I #5: Rating New Cards Part II

Oscar looks at judging Apocalypse instants and sorceries for Type I play in the third part of this series.

You CAN Play Type I #4: Rating New Cards Part II

Oscar checks the artifacts and enchantments in Apocalypse to see whether they can beat the current cards available!

You CAN Play Type I #3: Rating New Cards From, Say, Apocalypse

In Type I, despite the much larger card pool, the rule is very simple: Is this card better than everything else?

You CAN Play Type I #2: Why You Shouldn’t Force Of Will A Channeled Fireball

StarCity’s latest Featured Writer discusses some of the subtleties of Type One Play. Wow, aren’t we high on T1 now?

You CAN Play Type 1 #1: Lessons From History – A Commentary On Deck Parfait

Deck Parfait is the hot new deck of Beyond Dominia’s Type I Mill, developed by Raphaël Caron aka K-Run. It is an interesting, yet relatively inexpensive, Type I deck that placed second in the first Beyond Dominia Type I Tournament of Champions. Raphaël’s comments were featured by Darren di Battista, also known as Azhrei, in…

You CAN Play Type I #108: The State Of The Metagame Address – The Charts

Table 1: Which cards would this Paragon restrict?   Tan Wilkinson Reynolds Stoots Di Battista Allen Meyer Devos Menendian Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No Yes No No No No Watch No No No No No Yes No No No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes…