Rounding out today’s triple-whammy of Coldsnap Draft goodness, we have the latest installment of the fantastic Drafting With Rich series! As usual, the Canadian pro shares a complete draft, from pick one to pick forty-five, sharing some thoughts on the deck and his performance. For a more detailed breakdown, visit the forums!
It seems that Coldsnap has caught the imagination of the Pros! With Billy (above) toiling away in the MTGO queues, Benjamin Peebles-Mundy – author of the excellent Definitive Coldsnap Draft Primer, gives us a step-by-step walkthrough of a successful U/R Snow draft. The format is proving to be more complex than it first appeared… is U/R Snow the best way to bring down the mighty Green Machine?
Billy Moreno has a problem – Triple Coldsnap Draft. Today’s excellent installment of Billy’s weekly column sees the self-confessed Constructed addict power through a number of triple Coldsnap drafts on MTGO, sharing each and evey pick along the way. In this one article, we have not one, not two, but eight complete drafts… one disected fully, the other seven offered as a lengthy bonus. Enjoy this one – it may take you some time…
Welcome to the final installment of the random creature challenge, the game where I choose a random creature type and then have to build a deck around it. From Carriages to Crocodiles, I’ve had to build some wild decks. I use the Mistform Ultimus Watch on the Wizards homepage to randomly choose this creature type. Carriages, Volvers, Nomads, and Crocodiles have all been chosen. What will be next?
There’s a pervading sense of ennui on Magic Online when it comes to problems. Adepts range from nice, well-mannered types with senses of humor and an ability to enforce rules and inform people politely, to hair-trigger pissants to whom a typo’d f in a word is clearly an attempt to mask profanity, and will merit the full punishment that they can deal.
After a week’s quick foray into the world of “issues and opinions,” exploring the nebulous “right and wrong” behind voting for Mike Long for the Hall of Fame, we’re back to the grindstone of tournament Magic just in time for the addition of Coldsnap to Standard.
Rich moves from the mean streets of Ravnica to the icy tundra of Coldsnap! Today’s installment of Drafting With Rich sees the Canadian maestro share a full triple-Coldsnap draft, from pick one to pick forty-five, with brief commentary on strong cards and deck performance. For a more detailed analysis, come join the forums! And, for another take on this draft, check out Josh Ravitz above!
Today, Josh takes us through a mock PTQ for Pro Tour: Kobe. He shares an RGD Sealed cardpool, explaining his personal methods of card choice and deck construction. Then he moves onto a triple-Coldsnap draft, and shares his picks from one to forty-five. Indeed, the draft he presents is an alternate look at today’s Drafting With Rich! This is an excellent article with some interesting Limited tips…
Mike takes a break from high strategy to discuss the intricacies of the Hall of Fame. He shares his voting thoughts for this year’s ballot, drawing comparisons from a number of surprising places. The writing is evocative, giving us a fine example of the thrill and excitement that dwells within our hobby of choice…
Wow, it’s been a while since I’ve filled you all in on the latest StarCityGames.com news! What’s been going on lately? We’ve redone our entire pricing structure on singles (did you know that Standard commons now start at $.10 each?), and our new E-bay division has put hundreds of Foreign cards up for auction! Read all the details, our $6 buy price on Troll Ascetic, plus an exciting announcement about next week’s Deal of the Day, only at Ben’s Corner!
Welcome to Tribal Bible #3 of the Impossibly Long Title. I’m going to hope the trend of these article names doesn’t continue, or by the time we get to #7 or so, the title will be longer than the actual article itself. That aside, we’ve got three Coldsnap-enabled tribes to do this week, so let’s get busy.
As you may know, I’ve been taking a random creature type and then forcing myself to create a deck around said type. On Monday, I pulled everybody’s favorite creature type — the carriage! On Tuesday, it was the Volvers’ turn. On Wednesday, nomads were in the spotlight. Who will get picked on today?
Hello and welcome again to the newest installment of our weekly trek through the five corners of casual Magic. I am examining each Archetype in an article, and then looking more closely at the Subtypes within that Archetype. I’ll also build a quick deck for each Subtype in order to demonstrate what I am discussing with a solid example.
Battle Royale! When this series was announced I was quick to jump onboard. As the fateful email finally arrived, I was extremely excited and thrilled to take part. But I had a problem: I had never played Constructed MTGO. What’s a guy to do?
In the last round of the Battle Royale, I beat Talen Lee and his mana-heavy Rome deck. My cheap Glare deck drew everything it needed, while Talen drew land after land, game after game. For this round, against Evan Erwin, I wanted to play the same deck… but I couldn’t.
