Friday, July 2nd – M11 is on the way, and everyone is excited about the new cards! However, Hall of Famer Raphael Levy has a few words of caution today, particularly in regards to M11 Limited. He also discusses a selection of card and their possible Constructed applications.
Friday, June 25th – Antoine Ruel has spilled the beans on the NLB side of this matchup. It’s now Hall of Famer Raphael Levy’s turn to tell his story, with Mythic Conscription. If you’re planning on running either deck at this weekend’s StarCityGames.com Standard Open in St. Louis, this is the article series for you!
Friday, June 11th – If you’ve played in a Magic tournament, you’ve heard a bad beat story. Players love to tell them, and (it seems) hate to hear them. Today, Hall of Famer Raphael Levy, a man who’s heard his fair share of Magic tales, brings us a handful of excellent stories that are guaranteed to raise a smile. Enjoy!
Monday, June 7th – For Raphael Levy, Pro Tour: San Juan capped of a rather uninspiring six months of Magic. Today, he shares his thoughts on the format, and outlines his deck choice and team inputs. He also has a few kind words to say for an overlooked Black rare in Limited play…
Friday, May 28th – While a collection of top pros opted for Next Level Bant, courtesy of Patrick Chapin, at the recent Grand Prix in Washington, Raphael Levy teamed up with Kazuya Mitamura to create a solid non-Conscription Mythic Bant build. Raph supplies strategy, advice, an sideboarding options today!
Friday, May 21st – Raphael Levy has not made money at his last three high-profile tournaments. Of course, you can’t keep a good Hall of Famer down, and Grand Prix: Lyon saw him back to winning ways with a solid Top 32 result. He shares his insight on the Rise of the Eldrazi Limited formats, both Sealed and Draft!
Thursday, May 13th – Today’s edition of Pro Perspective sees Raphael Levy offer a selection of playtips for sharpening your skills. He suggests that while practice is important, imperfect practice merely reinforces imperfect play, and he presents a number of ideas to help us break from such a downward spiral.
Thursday, May 6th – In preparation for Grand Prix: Lyon, Raphael Levy has been on a Rise of the Eldrazi drafting spree. Today, he takes us through three drafts in which he tried out definite archetypes, with mixed results. If you’re looking for a forty-card edge on the competition, let Raph lead the way!
Friday, April 30th – With Rise of the Eldrazi proving to be an insanely fun Limited format for everyone without a beard, Pro Tour Hall of Famer Raphael Levy provides us his first impressions of Draft after a selection of successful – and not so successful – forays into the forty-card format.
Friday, April 23rd – Hall of Fame stalwart Raphael Levy returns today with an intriguing examination of what makes an engaging Limited format. He analyzes a number of recent forty-card formats in regards to their fun factor, and has high hopes for Rise of the Eldrazi in the weeks and months to come!
Raph is back with a brand new column idea… Challenge Raph! Card analysis and format understanding are two facets of our mental game that could always use a polish, and this exciting new column idea will help us hone those skills. Challenge Raph will also give our readers the opportunity to do just that — play a best-of-three match against the Hall of Famer himself! Intrigued? Then read on!
Sadly for Player-of-the-Year-chasing Raph, Grand Prix: Strasbourg was nothing to write home about. A few wins, a few losses, and no Day 2 action. In a change of pace, Today’s Pro Perspective sees Raph asking some pertinent questions regarding cheaters and cheating. To answer these questions, we have a Level 4 and a Level 5 judge ready and eager to help! So, if you’ve ever wondered about infractions at the top level of sanctioned play, this is the article for you!
Raphael Levy, Hall of Famer, current leader in the Player of the Year race, has undoubtedly tasted his fair share of lucky breaks. However, there’s an old saying out there… one that states “you make your own luck.” Is this indeed the case? Is it possible to influence such random events with a little tenacious guile? In today’s Pro Perspective, Raph talks about the nature of Luck itself, and reveals that those lucky topdecks may not be so lucky after all…
With apologies to Mike Hron and Guillaume Wafo-Tapa, thus far it’s been Raphael Levy’s season. Multiple Grand Prix wins and a Pro Tour Top 8 see him sat on top of the pile in the ongoing Player of the Year race. So it’s safe to say that, going into Grand Prix: Stockholm, he had high hopes for a strong performance. Today’s Pro Perspective takes a look at the reasons the wheels fell off his wagon.
Fresh of his fantastic performance at Pro Tour: Yokohama, Raphael Levy brings us the final instalment of his popular Pimp My Draft series! Today, he drafts with two lucky punters of differing skill-levels, and walks us through each draft pick by pick. The second draft in particular is rather juicy… first, second, and third pick Errant Ephemerons! If you want to draft with Raph, be sure to check the forums for instructions… and when Future Sight arrives, this could be you!
