“[Expletive]! I got another crappy Hideaway land!”
How many times have you either heard or uttered this phrase whenever a pack was opened in the time leading up to Worlds? I’m
willing to bet it was at least a fair amount; those Hideaway lands seemed to be the very opposite of hidden when you were
desperately hoping to crack open a big money Garruk Wildspeaker or Thoughtseize.
Tiago Chan, Portugal’s Level 6 Magic dynamo, takes us by the hand and leads us through the choppy waters of a triple-Lorwyn draft on Magic Online. He shares each and every pick, from one to forty-five, and supplies expert commentary on the draft and the games. For more detailed information, visit the forums!
Extended PTQ season is right around the corner, and today’s Peebles Primers takes a look at some of the decks that could be strong going in. Using a Zoo deck as a litmus test, Benjamin Peebles-Mundy puts Zac Hill’s Rock and Nail and Brian Kelly’s Mono-Blue Control decks through their paces against the five-color beatdown menace. How do they fare against the fire?
In this fascinating article, Vintage World Champion Stephen Menendian examines a fundamental flaw in human intelligence: the inability to make optimal strategic decisions in a worlds of dynamic complexity. We all know that Magic is a complex game. We all agree that the player who makes the fewest mistakes is the player most likely to win. But why, exactly, are those mistakes being made? Stephen reveals all…
We’re up to part 4… and that means Legacy preparation! Going into Worlds, Hall of Famer Zvi Mowshowitz, aided admirably by Legacy Grand Prix winner Steve Sadin, looked to crack the format wide open. Zvi reveals all about his Legacy thought process going into the event, and shares the list that he proclaims as the Best Deck in Legacy bar none!
[Part 1 – Standard Preparation] – [Part 2 – Draft Preparation]
[Part 3 – Drafting With Zvi]
With the Worlds results in, we now have a brand new Standard metagame to look at featuring a legitimate combo deck. Unfortunately, it’s far smaller than the diversity we saw at Grand Prix: Krakow, to the point where MTGO has become a cesspool with everyone selling their grannies to the local glue factory just to come up with the tix for Pyromancer’s Swath and Dragonstorm. All the B/G and B/G/W players rejoiced, as not only could they copy a better version of the decks they were running, but a bunch of mediocre to even matches left the metagame because they all packed up their ball and went home in the face of “The Gassy Knoll.”
The results are in, the data has been collated, and Rich Hagon is here to tell you what it all means. In Part 1, he focuses on the Level 2s trying to reach Pro status, and the Level 3s. Some are on the way up, some are just trying to survive as a Pro, but all had goals going into Worlds. Find out who reached them and how in the company of the man who talks for England.
Tiago Chan, Portugal’s Level 6 Magic dynamo, takes us by the hand and leads us through the choppy waters of a triple-Lorwyn draft on Magic Online. He shares each and every pick, from one to forty-five, and supplies expert commentary on the draft and the games. For more detailed information, visit the forums!
With Worlds firmly behind us, all eyes now turn to Extended. The qualifier season for Pro Tour: Hollywood is gearing up, and tournament players across the land are looking for those edges that could bring home the Blue Envelope. Adrian takes a look at the metagame and makes some suggestions, before bringing us an interesting and powerful rogue deck that could make quite a splash at your next PTQ…
In a change from the advertized tribal drafting program, Nick branches out this week into a more experimental and irreverent archetype. Instead of basing your picks on tribal lines, grab the bustiest and best piece of cardboard and hang the consequences! Of course, there’s much more to it than that… let Nick show you how it’s done!
Yesterday, Hall of Famer Zvi Mowshowitz shared his preliminary thoughts on the triple Lorwyn draft format. Today he puts his money where his mouth is, and talks us through his two drafts from Worlds 2007. With an open and flexible view to the format, did he manage to ride the early signals to draft success? Read on to find out!
[Part 1 – Standard Preparation.] – [Part 2 – Draft Preparation.]
Angel Stax returns to Legacy! New cards and changes in the metagame have created an opportunity for this Control strategy to succeed. Christopher Coppola discusses some recent performances and provides an up to date decklist.
Tom is back from Worlds, where he played in the first PTQ for Pro Tour: Hollywood. He didn’t come home with the invite, but he did learn about the format and he shares his opinions with you. Also inside is an autobiographical account from the Gifts Rock deck that Tom played.
Tiago Chan, Portugal’s Level 6 Magic dynamo, takes us by the hand and leads us through the choppy waters of a triple-Lorwyn draft on Magic Online. He shares each and every pick, from one to forty-five, and supplies expert commentary on the draft and the games. For more detailed information, visit the forums!
Last week, World Championship runner-up Patrick “The Innovator” Chapin talked us through his first day of play at the 2007 tournament. He ended proceedings at 7-1, which is a fine place to be. Today’s article continues where that left off, brining his thoughts on Legacy, the Top 8 showdown, and the story behind one of the greatest matches in Pro Tour history. Read on!
