Wednesday, November 11th – Once upon a time, I did a set review for Shards of Alara, and in that review I foolishly bashed on Elspeth, Knight-Errant, asserting that she was just a “four-mana Angelic Blessing.†So, as one might guess, I know what crow tastes like. A month or so back, I said that “I was wrong about Elspeth, but I just don’t see it with Nissa.†… Oops.
Wednesday, November 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, November 11th – With Jund looking to dominate the format, the StarCityGames.com $5000 Nashville Standard Open produced a selection of decks that looked to topple the current metagame heavyweight. Kyle examines the funkiest decks to come out of the Top 8 of last weekend’s $5K, including the winning deck from Kali Anderson!
Wednesday, November 11th – With the StarCityGames.com $5000 Nashville Standard Open in the books, and a selection of other op Standard Open tournaments recently completed, Sam Black takes a detailed look at the current state of the metagame. He collates all the recent results and presents a comprehensive thirteen-deck Gauntlet, along with thoughts on each deck.
Tuesday, November 10th – Domain cards in Conflux. Harrow and basic land fetching in Zendikar. Dave digs through the card pool and puts the chocolate into the peanut butter, creating a new Domain Control deck for Standard.
Tuesday, November 10th – The Eternal City of Rome hosts the Magic World Championships in just nine days time, and I’m here to mark your card. Next week, I’ll be exclusively revealing the identity of the 2009 Individual World Champion, and the Player of the Year, while this week I’m going to take you inside the team competition.
Tuesday, November 10th – This week, Doug considers the possibilities of Thopter Foundry, especially in conjunction with Sword of the Meek, its combo partner. How does this two-card combo that summons more flying dorks than the Wicked Witch stack up in Legacy? Is it worth making a dedicated combination deck with them, or can they be added into existing decks? See suggestions for its use alongside one of the best Planeswalkers printed and one of the worst cards of all time. Get lists, play tips and tech for Thopter Foundry in this week’s Legacy’s Allure!
Tuesday, November 10th – Have you heard the news? “Legacy defeats Counterbalance!†is the headline of the day. After winning Grand Prix: Chicago and the Boston $5K, Counterbalance seemed poised to dominate the Legacy metagame… until, suddenly, it didn’t.
Tuesday, November 10th – In their final edition of Discussing Zendikar, Manuel Bucher and Olivier Ruel take a lingering look at the whipping-boy of the format: Green! They share their personal Top 15 lists, and discuss some of the hits and misses in the selection of artifacts and lands…
Monday, November 9th – 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!
Monday, November 9th – I’m still in my new set card accumulation phase, so I thought I’d indulge my spikier (okay, semi-spikier) side and go through a couple of draft games that threw up some interesting choices. It’s a slight gear change from the usual goofy decks side of things, so bear with me.
Monday, November 9th – For weeks, there has been one deck stuck in my head. At every turn, I try to beat it, but fall just short of my goal. Wall of Denial and Sphinx of Jwar Isle combined with the power of Baneslayer Angel and Ajani Vengeant aren’t enough to combat the powerful combinations that Jund brings to the table. Even with maindeck Celestial Purge, I find myself losing about 50% of the time to my own worst enemy. What can I do?
Monday, November 9th – A few weeks ago, Stephen Menendian brought us the Complete Vintage Checklist, a document containing every card you’ll need to play the decks of Competitive Vintage. Today, he does the same for Legacy, and requests the format’s fans to help out in the forums…
Monday, November 9th – Patrick Chapin reflects on his victory in the Michigan State Championship some eleven years ago, before turning his gaze to the current Standard metagame. He suggests an intriguing Gauntlet as Worlds looms large, and it seems he’s finally put down the Ultimatums and picked up the two-mana beatsticks. Or has he…?
Friday, November 6th – After Ascending Pyromaniacally for several weeks, our hero (me) finally felt like it might be time to put the deck that I talked about the other week on the shelf. While certainly powerful and capable of completely degenerate draws – triple Ponder, Pyromancer’s Ascension comes to mind – the long and short of the matter is that the deck is just a little bit of a dog to Jund.
