Mixed kNuts: Skeleton Bones of Standard, Part 1
Gifts Ungiven is more dominant than Affinity. There, I’ve said it. Now if you want to know what the hell I’m talking about, you have to actually click on the article.
The Fall 2005 State of the Union Address
StarCityGames.com has undergone a great deal of change in the last year. Today Teddy Card Game addresses those changes, highlights many of the new features you might not be aware of for both Free and Premium users, and discusses your suggestions for improvements to the site. Do you want to know where Star City is headed? Check inside, my friends, check inside.
Book Review: Jonny Magic and the Card Shark Kids
Teddy Card Game steps out from under whatever rock he’s been hiding under to present a review of Jonny Magic and the Card Shark Kids, a biographical look at Jon Finkel and some of his closest friends. Yes, it’s about one of the crowned kings of Magic, but does that mean you should spend your hard-earned money on it? Take a peek inside for the answer.
Contest Winners, Get Your Contest Winners!
Kanoot finally updates the weekly contest winners. If you’ve submitted an article in the last six weeks, check inside to see if you have won.
Tech Baby, Tech Baby 1, 2, 3, 4
Knutson covers the final shifts in the metagame, tells you what deck he’d be playing this weekend, produces his well-tested Rats decklist, gives you attack plans for all the major decks in the format, and delivers a final Hall of Fame ballot that may surprise you. What more could you ask for?
The Rising Sun Regionals Roundup
The Japanese are widely regarded as some of the best and most innovative deckbuilders in the world. Japanese Regionals have been going on for weeks, but news about what decks are doing well there has been pretty quiet so far. Kanoot decided that nonsense had gone on long enough, and today he puts five popular Japanese archetypes on display for the masses including decklists that have been very successful thus far in the land of the Rising Sun.
The Top 5 Things You Absolutely Must Know About 2005 Regionals
Kanoot delivers his 2005 Regionals Preview, complete with the usual snarky commentary, cheesecake, and predicted metagame percentages. As if that weren’t enough, there’s also discussion of the Hall of Fame ballot and a request for advice on who deserves the fifth slot on the list, The Kitchen Sink, Quotable Quotes, and Yawgatog highlights from the entire month of March. It’s not just an article, it’s an extravaganza!
Mixed kNuts: Teddy Card Game Goes Premium
So today was the day – I was all set to go Premium with a stunning amount of data and make a big splash in our amazing writers pool. Then I broke the part of the site that makes Premium “Premium” and now all you freeloaders loyal readers get to read the hotness for free. Enjoy it while it lasts…
God, I Hate These Guys! My Invitational Ballot
When Scott Johns sent me the list of names on the Magic Writers Invitational, I winced. Never before had I seen such a wretched hive of scum and villainy. After much deliberation and more than a few shots of tequila, I finally settled on the five least repugnant invitees. Which five did I choose and what dirt do I dish on them? Find out inside!
From the Editor’s Desk – Clearing the Air About StarCityGames.com Premium
Something happened on Monday that you might have heard about. Lend me your ear for a few minutes today and I’ll discuss all of this, as openly and frankly as I can. There is a lot of misinformation out there perpetrated by people who are understandably hurt and frustrated, and I want to clear up as much as I can right now.
The Huge Ask the Editor Blowout Special!
For one day and one day only, Teddy Card Game answers all the questions that he never got to during the normal run of the series (all 24 pages of them). If you’ve ever wondered about Kanoot’s thoughts on… well, just about anything, there’s probably an answer contained within – he even remembered the cheesecake. For those who’ve been clamoring for a little more Ask the Editor, this is your last chance to get in on the action before it disappears… FOREVER!
Ask the Editor, 12/21/2004
What exactly do you tell people when they ask you what you do for a living? I think its pretty cool that you get paid to edit Starcity and fly around the world covering Magic events, but I would imagine its not easy to explain to non-Magic playing people. Also, what do your close friends and family think of your job? Do they approve of it, or do they think it’s just some “weird card thing?”
The Magic University – Cheaters Always Prosper
Yesterday Michael Clair published an article that sent a portion of the community up in arms about whether he was damaging the game. Today Kanoot takes a look back at some of the best articles ever written on cheating in Magic and makes a clear case why enforcing the rules as Clair advocated is actually important for the game. If you’ve ever cheated, been cheated, saw someone cheat, heard about a cheater, or (God forbid) felt that StarCityGames.com published an article advocating cheating, you must read this article.
Ask the Editor, 12/16/2004
Can we, your loyal readers, hear the tale of your greatest Magic-related drinking session and the antics that ensued?
Ask the Editor, 12/15/2004
If you could pick the ultimate Top 8 – what format would it be and who would be there?