The World Championships. The pinnacle of the Magic year. This year’s tournament kicked off with five rounds of Standard, and those with an eye on the post-Krakow metagame may be surprised by the makeup of the 5-0 decks at the end of Standard play. Today, I take you though the 5-0 decklists from Worlds, so those of us not qualified can do more than sit crying at our desks in an impotent display of Emo excess.
Tom LaPille and Evan Erwin invite you for Saturday Night Cube Drafting at the Magic: The Gathering World Championships in New York this coming weekend. Details inside!
When it comes to having things to complain about, few things can awake the interest of a Green mage like creature lists. Embarking once more unto the breach, Talen Lee guides us through speckled places in Magic’s recent-ish history, and opens that colossal can of worms that comes from trying to name names.
As this goes to electronic print we’ll have seen Standard play out at Worlds. Half of the drafting will be completed as well, leaving only one draft and five rounds of Legacy standing between us and the cut to Top 8. Legacy is an interesting beast, and one left unrecognized in the public spotlight since Flash decks did in fact break the metagame. The question has been asked repeatedly just what the differences will be when you let the “Pros” at the metagame, and we’re about to find out.
Hello everybody, and welcome to another edition of the Magic Show. This week we’re going to take a look around at a little Magic culture before we talk about the latest rumors and truths on Morningtide, discuss the huge new set legality change that goes into effect next February, and share with you a few new pieces of equipment that your kick ass donations have brought to the show.
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!
Everyone makes mistakes. Even at the top level of play, people tap the wrong mana, make bad attacks, play too aggressively, or too timidly. Today’s Flores Friday sees Mike share his top eight tips to clean up our play. While playing the perfect game of Magic may be a pipe dream, producing a polished performance is of paramount importance to players that plan to place highly in the PTQs. Let Mike show you how!
It’s a sad day for us here at StarCityGames.com. This will be the last Chris Romeo article for a while. I’ll let the man himself tell you the details, but we all wish him the best of luck, and hope he returns to our front page soon. Good luck Chris, and thanks for the good times!
In this week’s Scouse of Cards, I bring you a fresh approach to drafting. We all know that the best drafters draft decks rather than cards… but is there a way we can formulize the process to ensure that our picks are truly working towards a successful deck? Can we blueprint exactly what we need to win? I believe we can… read on to share my theories.
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!
Kyle has been a busy beaver… today’s Down And Dirty sees Mr. Sanchez power through 2two 8-4 drafts on Magic Online. As you can possibly guess from the title, Kyle was passed a pack 1 pick 2 Mirror Entity… must be nice, I guess. If you’re looking to take your drafting to the next level, and are bored by traditional tribal decks, then let Kyle be your guiding light!
Richard has done it. He’s programmed a computer that solves Magic. That’s right, you heard it here first, folks! Okay, so that may be a little overstatement… but we’re friends, so it’s cool. Today’s Deep Analysis sees Mr. Feldman share his thoughts on looking ahead in Magic. Planning one or two turns ahead is a vital skill… how do we go about acquiring it?
In a change from the advertized schedule, Abe Sargent brings us his own brand of Casual Magic a day early this week! He looks at the Top 4 decks from the recent Paris Peasant Magic tournament, and shares a few ideas of his own…
I was playing Magic Online the other day, and trying to decide if I should do a 4-3-2-2 draft or an 8-4. I ended up picking a 4-3-2-2, just because it looked like the 8-4 would be a while before starting, but it got me thinking about the sort of conventional wisdom that people deliver about picking between the two…
This column will be comprised of two parts. First, I’ll be recounting my FNM run with my latest Galepowder Mage deck, sharing some thoughts on where to go from here; and second, I’ll going over my new Elder Dragon Highlander deck for the big EDH game up at Richmond Comix this Sunday.
