CategoryMagic The Gathering

The Avatar Of Woe Plays White Cards: PTQ – San Diego

John Rizzo cheating at a PTQ? The Friggin’ One comes clean.

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You CAN Play Type I #17: The Control Player’s Bible, Part I

There’s a deck in Type One, a deck that even Kai Budde is afraid to master.. And Rakso is happy to open its secrets up for you. Are you ready?

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Apprentice Is King, And I Won’t Hear Otherwise

Jack Yates may have started the fires burning here on StarCity, but Crazy Pierre takes a shot at explaining why Apprentice will always rule.

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CASUAL FRIDAYS #112: Empire, The East: Roads To Newer And Stranger Empires

If your group plays Emperor even occasionally, it may have happened: you are all settling down for a nice little game of three-on-three, when suddenly the seventh guy in the group shows up. What to do?

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No One Plays Land Destruction in Extended, And I Wasn’t Either!, or: Seattle Sligh

I chose to name my deck Seattle Sligh after christening it a few other names that were, surprisingly even worse. I don’t know if hardcore analysts would catalogue it as Sligh or just plain burn, because it does run creatures; it just doesn’t run very many. It has loads of burn, so I suppose that…

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See? They Were Wrong: Odyssey Does NOT Suck

Hey, wasn’t Odyssey the bane of Constructed? The new Homelands? Suck-o-riffic? Then what happened? All that, and gratuitous quotes from a Coen brothers movie starring Nick Cage (hint hint).

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1800 or Bust!: Nearly A Year

It’s been a year since Jim started on his quest to hit an 1800 rating. So did he make it?

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A Tournament Report I Wrote

Event 1: Rizzo leaves CMU.
Event 2: Turian wins GP: Montreal.
Event 3: Eubroken wins GP: Atlanta.
Coincidence?

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Force Of Will: The Not-Quite Metagame Clock

How do Pernicious Deed and Call Of The Herd change the metagame for the worse?

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The Last Word On Tiered Tournaments: Why I Quit Magic, And What Tiered Tourneys Could Have Done To Stop Me

The arguments given on the tiered tournament system ring a special interest for me. First, because I am – or really was – a scrub. I do not take pain at the fact that I was never as good a Magic player as I could have been; I enjoyed my time playing Magic, even if…

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Spell My Name Right, Dammit: Virginia States *Top 4*

Thanks for taking the time to read this tournament report. As always, the obligatory deck list is first: “The Goods” 2 2 1 4 3 2 3 5 3 3 3 4 2 4 2 4 4 4 3 2 Void Sideboard: 3 1 2 1 2 2 4 I’m not going to bore everyone…

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Why I Won’t Be Canning Extended for Block Party

Eliminating Extended would simply punish those people who have made the investment necessary to play at that level. Among other things.

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You CAN Play Type I #16: Sucking With The Power Nine

Technically, this is on Type One, and how it’s possible to throw the most powerful cards created into a deck and have it not win. But the lessons learned are of interest to all.

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Scrub/Not a Scrub: Dave’s Oregon State Championship Report

Maybe I’ve lost it. I’ve come here on three hours sleep and prove what a scrub I am, and I’m finally going to have to write my”dropping out” article….

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CASUAL FRIDAYS #111: Empire, The West

Returning to the Emperor format series, Anthony examines each color’s general strengths and weaknesses in the format. Plus – well, nothing. That ought to be enough.

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