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I hung around on IRC, and caught the holiest of”Holy Pikula” moments. I actually saved the log – and though it might seem lighthearted now, I think we were still too shocked to notice.

It’s been almost two months since I wrote an article now, and frankly, I wish this didn’t have to be it.

I have submitted what I now call,”Chicken deck of the People.” I have no doubt that Rosewater will pluck this deck from the many selected: “Chicken deck of the People” (“Choking the Chicken” was so much better, but I bowed to commercialism) Creatures 4x Chicken a-la-King 4x 4x 4x 3x 1x 1x Shu Soldier-Farmer 1x…

I hoped to carry my hot playing streak forward and to break into the coveted top eight for the first time ever in my playing career. Momentum was my friend.

Adrian Sullivan, sitting next to me, said”Pete, you’ve GOT to lose. This other deck should be in the top eight.” But I was hoping to smash a dream or two.

John reveals the secret to his obscurely obscene deck, creates a few theme decks off the cuff, and tells you why he’s glad David Williams is out of the game.

A poem, bidding farewell to the block we know so well.

I feel like I’m getting better, and I’d attribute that to several things that go together… Mainly, Team Binary.

A fresh look at some old group theory, and what cards may be rising in importance now that Threshold is rearing its ugly head. Yay ferrets!

Rogue deck designer Adrian Sullivan and classic strategy writer hand Rizzo a deck to help him try and qualify. We’d leave the suspense up, but frankly, the title says it all.

Stijn finally answers the question all of us are waiting for: Is it possible to create a fun multiplayer format? The answer is yes… But only if it’s TRIBES, which Tom van de Logt and Kamiel Cornelissen play…

Wow – you say the word”contest” and everyone goes crazy. I had an overwhelming* response to what I thought was a pretty silly idea. I can’t imagine how manages to deal with all of the Break This Card Contest Entries. It is truly overwhelming. My thanks to everyone who responded – and congratulations to Taylor…

It picks up after I start talking about the U-Haul, I swear.

Zvi Mowshowitz once asked ten questions that every deck had to answer. Mike revamps those questions for Invasion Block, and goes Zvi one better.

If you cheat and get caught, you pay a thousand bucks to the DCI before you ever get to play again. Fantasy? Not if Sheldon has his way.