Price of Progress: Worlds, PTQs, And Other Stuff
David discusses his experience at Worlds and the state of internet articles today. Oh, and although he won’t say it, we will: VOTE FOR THE KING OF BEATDOWN IN THE INVITATIONAL!

David discusses his experience at Worlds and the state of internet articles today. Oh, and although he won’t say it, we will: VOTE FOR THE KING OF BEATDOWN IN THE INVITATIONAL!
Two hundred and fifty cards. Thirty-five creatures. How the heck do you expect to win with this sort of ratio? Well, mostly you use blue.
The last time Rizzo’s wife and eggs went on vaca, we got”Searching For Wakefield.” Now we get this. It’s a tad randomer, don’tcha think?
All right, all right; U/G/R has ONE good deck. But I’ll eat my hat and coat if I see any U/G/R decks in the Top 8 at Denver.
Peter redesigns David Zadok Stroud’s”Carpe Noctum” deck, defends net decks, and talks about how it did at the tourney. Wow, he can play for real and not just casual?
…and then things get awfully weird on the blue side, as Propaganda falls to #6.
An Earthquake ripples through the Top 25 as the best multiplayer red cards shift and change…
The word of the day is Collusion. Say it with me, now – Collusion. What does it mean and what do you do?
Good god, perhaps one of the best multiplayer articles ever written! So what if the deck costs a couple hundred dollars? Just read this!
It’s sort of strategy, sort of not; discussions on bathroom breaks and game losses, and Cooked Goose – the new”fun” IBC blue-beater.
Colorscrew defines this format. Wizards has tried to lead us to multicolor decks with potent cards, but make no mistake – you will pay the price.
I miss netdecks. Boy, would they make testing IBC easier.
I have reached number three. I honestly thought I would have given up on this idea by now, but it just keeps rolling along. Just a note for those of you considering an article for StarCity: I strongly recommend sending it in. The first”Casual Report” managed to win the”Article Of The Week” contest. If you…
Israel wrote his tales of how to play control… Now I’ll show you the tricks I used to beat Israel when he plays control.