MTGCast #219 – Slobad Bonebad
Wednesday, August 11th – On this week’s edition of MTGCast, the guys discuss GenCon tournaments, wagering in Magic, FNM promos, and much more!
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Conversations – Stuck in the Middle with Rizzo
Wednesday, August 11th – Welcome to my new series, called ‘Conversations.’ The idea is to check back in with some of the authors of Magic’s great articles, discuss some of their most notable works, and pick their brains for whatever else is on their minds. Simple in concept, simple in execution, and hopefully educating and entertaining along the way.
Constructed Criticism – Figuring Out Fauna Shaman
Wednesday, August 11th – Fauna Shaman will define Standard for the next year. Take my word for it; the guy is insane. My initial impressions of him led me to believe that he was mediocre, since he has to untap to get any value, but with such a powerful ability lies a hidden value that is much harder to decipher: giving your deck the ability to produce threat after threat that the opponent must immediately handle.
Thirst for Knowledge – The Rest of Standard
Tuesday, August 10th – If you wanted my opinion on the best deck to be playing for the remainder of this Standard format, I’d happily direct you to my article from last week for the answer. The bottom line is that Destructive Force is just absurd, but I’d accept “Primeval Titan decks†as a viable answer to the “best deck in Standard†question as well.
The Long and Winding Road – My GenCon 2010
Tuesday, August 10th – GenCon is always a hard weekend to evaluate. It isn’t just a tournament, like a Grand Prix or a PTQ. Admittedly, most tournaments are about the experience and the tournament both, for all but the most hardcore of pros. In that regard, GenCon offers an experience that’s rather difficult to match.
Embracing The Chaos – Hall of Fame Ballot and GenCon Report
Tuesday, August 10th – It’s the time of the year that I get to exercise a Level 5 privilege: voting for the Hall of Fame. I’ll tell you who I voted for (and not) and why (and not), then give you a recap of my GenCon weekend.
The Kitchen Table #350 – The Big Three-Five-Oh
Monday, August 9th – Hello friends! Welcome back to the column dedicated to the casual side of Magic. Today is my 350th weekly article for StarCityGames.com. In celebration, I was trying to brainstorm a good idea. I realized that I like big decks. Why not build a deck of 350 cards?
Legacy’s Allure – Survival Madness at GenCon
Monday, August 9th – This week, Doug reports on taking Legacy’s hottest new deck on a test-drive at GenCon. The deck uses Survival of the Fittest to power out free Vengevines on the back of Basking Rootwallas or sends flying Wild Mongrels over to smack around the opponent. Check out the changes he made to the GP: Columbus list and get a round-by-round report on how the event shook out for him. Get the inside scoop on the newest Legacy deck in this week’s Legacy’s Allure!
Flow of Ideas – Embracing Innovation
Monday, August 9th – After a few weeks of cracking hard into Extended for no good reason other than, well, Extended is just fun to play, the past week has been a swan dive back into Standard. Now that the baseline decks are in line and constantly being reshaped week to week by various National Championships, with less than two weeks left before the opening of U.S. Nationals I have turned my sights toward trying out new ideas.
You Lika The Juice? – Feedback Week
Friday, August 6th – In the spirit of “feedback week” over on the mothership, I thought today would be a good time to open up the mailbox and share what my readers have been sending me. Before I do that though, I did want to spend some time addressing some forum comments I got last week concerning card availability and mythic rares, and a “question of the day” I sent out over Twitter.
Tribal Thriftiness #122 – Mono-Black Reanimator
Friday, August 6th – This week, Dave explores some options for the upcoming StarCityGames.com Legacy Open in Denver, including a Mono-Black Reanimator list.
The Magic Show #200 – Grand Prix: Columbus
Friday, August 6th – Hello everybody, and welcome to another edition of the Magic Show. In this, our 200th(!) episode, we go to GP Columbus and talk Legacy with the biggest names in the game. Join me, won’t you?
Feature Article – Hall of Fame Thoughts 2010
Friday, August 6th – Two years ago I appeared on this here site here (that’s how we referred to StarCityGames.com back in the day) to argue the case against putting Olivier Ruel in the Hall of Fame. I was overruled.
Time to flip the script.
Episode 32 – Everybody Hates Purple
Friday, August 6th – Joey & BHJ talk about Grand-Prix Columbus and the latest community controversy, Drew Levin’s DQ from the event. We also discuss some Scars of Mirrodin news, rumors & theories; put forth some constructive criticism of the MTG novels; and debate the merits of reprinting mythics as rares.
An Open Letter to Drew Levin and to the Magic Community
Thursday, August 5th – This past weekend at Grand Prix Columbus in the final round of Swiss I was paired against Drew Levin and we were playing for Top 8. He won the match, and then afterwards made a comment…