Friday, June 11th – Magic can be a very taxing hobby. We hear stories of players blazing bright, and then burning out just as fast. Money can be a difficult hurdle for players to overcome. Family issues, whether existing or new, also cause players to scale back or quit altogether. How can Magic players combat these issues?
Friday, June 11th – Manuel Bucher believes that all Magic players fall prey to a self-serving bias that blinds them to the strength and weakness of their individual performance. By highlighting some of the mistakes he made at Pro Tour: San Juan, he hopes that we won’t make similar mistakes, and that we’ll come to recognize this bias within us all…
Friday, June 11th – In San Juan, Olivier Ruel felt the euphoria of victory and the stab of defeat. While he made Day 2, he failed to set the tournament alight, but he did reach a huge personal milestone along the way. He recounts his tale today…
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!
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Thursday, June 10th – Adrian Sullivan returns to writing after a scholastic break, and takes a long and hard look at the current Standard metagame. He suggests a number of intriguing approaches to the format – including a Red deck – and provides some excellent food for thought for those playing the StarCityGames.com Open Series events in Seattle this weekend!
Thursday, June 10th – At the end of last week’s article, I was in Madison, WI at the home of Brian Kowal and we had just begun to crack the draft format, and had Mono-Red and Summoning Trap as archetypes we thought were viable in the Block Constructed format.
Thursday, June 10th – Magic: the Gathering is a complex game, full of complex situations. It has captured the hearts and minds of many players over the years. It seems that one tremendous draw to the game is the uniqueness of each card. Whether or not you like a card for its effect, artwork or for any other reason, I have found that most everyone has a favorite.
Thursday, June 10th – In last week’s companion article, Cedric Phillips described the highs of dodging Mono Red at Pro Tour: San Juan. Today, he shares the lows of facing Mono Red at Pro Tour: San Juan, alongside an upsetting pair of drafts that did little to lift his spirits.
Thursday, June 10th – Craig Wescoe partook in both tournaments at the StarCityGames.com Open in Philadelphia, and he learned a lot about the respective formats in the process. Today, he imparts his multi-format wisdom in time for the StarCityGames.com Open in Seattle this coming weekend!
Thursday, June 10th – Today, there is a Standard PTQ! I thought about what I was going to play last night, and I was flopping between Jund, U/W, and Michael Pozsgay’s Naya Planeswalkers. Right now I’m leaning toward the latter…
Thursday, June 10th – The Standard PTQ season in full swing! Nationals Qualifiers and a 1900 player GP are in the rearview! Standard has never been a more important format! The StarCityGames.com Standard Open in Philadelphia gives us over 3000 results to breakdown and analyze. Get your information here and get an edge for the Open Weekend in Seattle!
Thursday, June 10th – You are the head judge of 200+ player event. You have a staff of a dozen other judges and a scorekeeper working under you. Here’s a round by round description of the event, and the decisions you would need to make. I’ll describe the issues first, to let you decide how you would handle them, then give my solution.
Wednesday, June 9th – This is not an article of strategy or theory. This is the story of man defeated. What is the point of this story, you may ask. The truth is, I’m not sure. I just like stories. What you take out of it is up to you, and there are definitely lessons to be taken from it. The fact that it is entertaining doesn’t hurt either.
Wednesday, June 9th – It’s been a busy weekend for a lot of Magic players, hasn’t it? Brian Kibler was over in Japan smashing face to net his third Grand Prix win, and over in Philadelphia the StarCityGames.com Open Weekend attracted over 800 players for some Standard and Legacy action. We have two tournaments’ worth of Standard data as well as a small taste of what the Legacy metagame is moving towards with Grand Prix: Columbus right around the corner.
