Wednesday, August 11th – In the first of a new financial column, Jonathan Medina discusses the fundamentals of trading. He explores how to think with a trader’s mindset, how to go about maximizing your binder real estate, and presents the three main outlets for making money via cardboard. All this, and some Magic stock tips too!
Wednesday, August 11th – On this week’s edition of MTGCast, the guys discuss GenCon tournaments, wagering in Magic, FNM promos, and much more!
Wednesday, August 11th – Hall of Famer Olivier Ruel takes us through an 8-4 draft queue on Magic Online. He shares some comprehensive thoughts about both the picks and the games, and talks us through each step of the way! If you’re looking to improve your Limited game, this is the article series for you!
Wednesday, August 11th – Welcome to my new series, called ‘Conversations.’ The idea is to check back in with some of the authors of Magic’s great articles, discuss some of their most notable works, and pick their brains for whatever else is on their minds. Simple in concept, simple in execution, and hopefully educating and entertaining along the way.
Wednesday, August 11th – Fauna Shaman will define Standard for the next year. Take my word for it; the guy is insane. My initial impressions of him led me to believe that he was mediocre, since he has to untap to get any value, but with such a powerful ability lies a hidden value that is much harder to decipher: giving your deck the ability to produce threat after threat that the opponent must immediately handle.
Tuesday, August 10th – In this week’s edition of Duel With Ruel, Hall of Famer Antoine Ruel takes the role of Guillaume Wafo-Tapa, recreating the French Nationals semifinal non-event with his brother Oli taking the role of Guillaume Matignon. Blue/White versus Pyromancer’s Ascension. Control versus Combo. Both decks will likely feature at U.S. Nationals and the StarCityGames.com Standard Open in Denver… Who will be victorious?
Tuesday, August 10th – If you wanted my opinion on the best deck to be playing for the remainder of this Standard format, I’d happily direct you to my article from last week for the answer. The bottom line is that Destructive Force is just absurd, but I’d accept “Primeval Titan decks†as a viable answer to the “best deck in Standard†question as well.
Tuesday, August 10th – In this week’s insightful edition of Wesconomics, Craig discusses the difference between hoarding and liquidating your card collection at any given time. When is the best time to hide your cards away in a binder, and when is the best time to trade away your hot mythics? Craig reveals all…
Tuesday, August 10th – With U.S. Nationals and the StarCityGames.com Standard Open in Denver approaching fast, Kyle Boggemes returns to the deck he loves: Blue/White Control. Controversially, he is not enamored with the current popular Magic Online builds of the strategy… He presents his reasoning – and decklist – here today.
Tuesday, August 10th – GenCon is always a hard weekend to evaluate. It isn’t just a tournament, like a Grand Prix or a PTQ. Admittedly, most tournaments are about the experience and the tournament both, for all but the most hardcore of pros. In that regard, GenCon offers an experience that’s rather difficult to match.
Tuesday, August 10th – It’s the time of the year that I get to exercise a Level 5 privilege: voting for the Hall of Fame. I’ll tell you who I voted for (and not) and why (and not), then give you a recap of my GenCon weekend.
Monday, August 9th – Hello friends! Welcome back to the column dedicated to the casual side of Magic. Today is my 350th weekly article for StarCityGames.com. In celebration, I was trying to brainstorm a good idea. I realized that I like big decks. Why not build a deck of 350 cards?
Monday, August 9th – Cedric Phillips felt well prepared for Grand Prix: Columbus. Armed with a transformational Aluren combo deck, wth which he’d posted some success online, Ced hoped to go one better than his ninth-place finish in Oakland. Sadly, things didn’t go to plan…
Monday, August 9th – This week, Doug reports on taking Legacy’s hottest new deck on a test-drive at GenCon. The deck uses Survival of the Fittest to power out free Vengevines on the back of Basking Rootwallas or sends flying Wild Mongrels over to smack around the opponent. Check out the changes he made to the GP: Columbus list and get a round-by-round report on how the event shook out for him. Get the inside scoop on the newest Legacy deck in this week’s Legacy’s Allure!
Monday, August 9th – After a few weeks of cracking hard into Extended for no good reason other than, well, Extended is just fun to play, the past week has been a swan dive back into Standard. Now that the baseline decks are in line and constantly being reshaped week to week by various National Championships, with less than two weeks left before the opening of U.S. Nationals I have turned my sights toward trying out new ideas.
