Following up his introductory article, Rich plunges headlong into a typical Five Color draft scenario, bringing a full walkthrough and match analysis. Just how powerful is the multicolored archetype? Rich explains all…
Ravnica is a city of Guilds, each defined by a strong color pairing. Drafting along strict Guild-based themes can bear wonderful fruit. Rich Hoaen, however, says “screw that!” Today, he shares his succesful Five Color strategy, with tips and tricks for the aspiring Rainbow Mage.
Not only does today’s Premium article feature Knutson discussing an updated list of Worlds 6-0 deck Critical Mass and what direction it might go post-Guildpact, but you also get Tim Aten doing his thing in The Guest Spot. How can you resist?
The first half of 2005 was a period of successive metagame adjustments interrupted by a format-convulsing restriction. To recap, Control Slaver dominated the first major tournament of the year yet was demolished at the following StarCityGames.com Power Nine (SCG P9) pit stop in Syracuse, New York. Control Slaver was the deck to beat, and Vintage players knew it. The second half of the year brought some major changes to the format…
Take one Limited PTQ and combine with three parts well-lubed Rizzo. Add one Sealed Deck pool, two drafts, and a whole lotta love and you get the recipe for the other Jonny Magic’s latest concoction.
Now that Limited PTQ season has finally begun, Mark takes a look at some of the specific traits Ravnica (and Guildpact) Sealed has to offer.
Master Red Mage Dan Paskins tackles the topic of the Japanese Red Decks and tells you why it’s possible you are playing too many lands in your beatdown decks.
Adam Prosak returns from the wilds of the Vs. System to produce one of the very best draft articles of the season. If you care about Limited, Limited Theory, or Magic in general, you should be reading this article.
As far as rogue archetypes in this format, Ken Krouner did an interesting piece on the Cloudstone Curio and Savra archetypes, and there has been some other writing out there as well. Triple Ravnica just doesn’t have the room for innovation that other stand-alone sets have had in the past. Yet there are still a few underdrafted archetype out there if you know where to look. Today I’ll discuss one such archetype that is probably a lot better than you think.
There are an awful lot of articles out there that deal with Constructed decklists. They explain what a deck does, why certain card choices were made, and how to sideboard against the top decks. If I were to write such an article about a Psychatog deck right now, no one would care. Extended season is over!
But this is a different kind of Constructed article. This is the story of a decklist: how my team started with one Psychatog list at the beginning of the season, tuned and updated it as the season progressed, and what we learned about innovation and deckbuilding strategy along the way.
Mike recently came back to the game from a long hiatus and today he unveils a few things he wishes Wizards would deliver in 2006.
Star Wars Kid checks in with tales of his most recent adventures, including money finishes at two recent Grand Prix and detailed analysis of some of his more subtle mistakes at recent premier events.
2005 was another bumper crop for Vintage. 2004 was arguably the strongest year since the format’s inception. 2005 was a suitable postscript to the banner 2004. If there is one thing that can be said about 2005, an over arching theme, it is that it was the year of Stax. Only, we didn’t know it when the year began.
If you’ve competed in a couple of drafts in this format, you’ll certainly have recognized moments when Selesnya is at its best. I’ve drafted Selesnya many times and I agree that it is among the better archetypes of the format, but I’ve also experienced a few problems with drafting this deck…
William Spaniel recently wrote about all things rogue, which is a subject both near and dear to my heart, not to mention a controversial lightning rod-type-thing in the community. Rarely can a subject so seemingly benign arouse either ardent support or complete fury. Today I’ll take a hard look at some of the benefits of being rogue and see where Spaniel and I disagree.
