CategoryMagic The Gathering

Priority One

What is your priority? What do you want? What do you strive for? Whatever it is, you may be wrong. Because people do not really strive for money, fame, or recognition… They strive for the things that come from them.

Joshua X Presents: A Week Long Adventure

Joshua X is back, and he’s here to tell you about his OBC adventures! Want to know how he did? Well, not as well as he would have liked, but he does have some new OBC decklists for ya, straight from the tourney.

CASUAL FRIDAYS #135: Your Opponents Have Less Answers Than Bernard Ebbers

There are nuances in multiplayer, just like in duel. They lie in the questions you ask that don’t have answers.

News Flash! Mark Rosewater’s Monday Column Leaked!

On July 15, 2002, Mark Rosewater is expected to post an article about Type I. Yes, a full article – not just another off-the-cuff, foot-in-mouth answer to a letter. Fortunately, a Wizards mole spilled the beans.

The Daily Shot: New Jersey Team Names And The Call Of The Nerd

For the love of all things holy, what self-respecting guy lets the girl name his team”Klever Kitties”? Either Benafel’s girlfriend has got EDT and Wolpert whipped, or there’s an inside joke there that I don’t get. Either way, it’s scary.

Cult of Personality: An Interview With Andystok

Andy Stokinger. Part-time writer, full-time student – and lately, a full time Magic Pro. And possibly the most controversial man in Magic today.

Yawgmoth’s Whimsy # 39: The Ultimate Multiplayer Deck

They gave us an Emperor tourney… And we built a deck that broke the format. OI would recommend that every casual play group ban the deck we came up with immediately; consistent turn 2 kills on an infinite number of opponents are not what makes multiplayer fun.

Double or Nothing: Back in the Saddle

Jim’s back after his annual post-Nationals break from Magic – and he’s got a new Type 2 deck he’s running through the local tourney! How did he do and what did he play?

The Daily Shot: Canadian Nats, Part 3 – Welcome To Davisville

The problem was Deep Analysis. Ever Persecute a control deck guy and look over next turn, only to find out that he’s got five cards in his hand again? That happened to me a lot.

Wacky Wednesdays #27: What Was That Masked Exchange?

Sengir Autocrat, Mask of the Mimic, and Cultural Exchange combine to create a frenzy of exchange – and a token-nabbing error in play that only StarCity’s own”Ask The Judge” could catch. Why not tell YOUR craziest multiplayer error and win $5 in StarCity credit?

The Daily Shot: Canadian Nats, Part 2 – 2-2

The madness begins to break as his blazing start meets two killer decks, who pound this prolific writer into a break-even record….

The Daily Shot: Canadian Nats Part I – 2-0

Well, I can’t put this off any longer: Eventually I knew I would have to buckle down and hammer out the match-by-match details of my Davis-esque performance on Day 1 of Canadian Nationals, and the time seems to have come.

On Trial: Pale Mage versus the Odyssey Block

Ladies and Gentlemen, we interrupt this broadcast to inform you that Pale Mage will be leaving a Constructed tournament without a losing record on the day! Remain calm.

Exspec The Unexspected

The first round of OBC tourneys are over – and as expected, Quiet Speculation decks were everywhere. But there were two decks that absolutely smashed Quiet Spec decks…. And don’t you want to know what they are?

You CAN Play Type I #47: A Memoriam To Beyond Dominia

June 25th: Beyond Dominia finally dies – not with a bang, but with a whimper.
July 8th: Oscar Tan goes bang.