Monday, July 26th – Results, results, results. Follow them. Try to understand them – when certain decks disappear, ask yourself if you know why. If you’re not sure, ask other people and see if you can determine a common theme. A lot of what happens in Magic metagames is cyclical. The exact cards change, but the shifts and the underlying metagame adjustments are often quite predictable, should you care enough to look for them.
Friday, July 23rd – I’m sure I’m not the first person to think about throwing a Thornbite Staff into an EDH deck, but I can also say with certainty that I haven’t seen it across from me in any EDH game I’ve played. At the very least, the card is flying under the radar, so I thought it would be a perfect sneaky, innocuous card to build around and, if things come together, I’d do something spectacular and surprising.
Friday, July 23rd – Sure, there’s a hot new base set that has everyone talking, but let’s not forget about M10! The set that changed base sets forever will be rotating out in October. What are you going to miss?
Friday, July 23rd – Hello everybody, and welcome to another edition of the Magic Show. This week we’re diving into some shiny new decklists featuring M11, some crazy rumors for Scars of Mirrodin and its follow-ups, check out Emblems and what they mean for Magic, and the full list coming in From the Vault: Relics. You ready? Let’s go!
Friday, July 23rd – The StarCityGames.com Open Series has become Magic’s premier independent tournament series, but we aren’t just sitting on our laurels. Check out what we are doing to make future StarCityGames.com Open Weekends even better!
Friday, July 23rd – Over 2,000 deck lists, over 12,000 results. This one is the big daddy of number crunching. Jared breaks down the match-ups for the eight most popular deck archetypes over the last three months. How do the major archetypes stand up, and which dominant archetype isn€™t quite as good as you think it is when it reaches the top tables?
Friday, July 23rd – Joey & BHJ go over the M11 prerelease & launch parties, BHJ interviews Adam Styborski, and more! Other topics include the pros & cons of rare drafting, the price of playing Constructed Magic, and Patrick Chapin’s recent take on deckbuilding & the “hivemind.” Also: Our first CONTEST is announced!
Thursday, July 22nd – Warning: this article may insult and offend you. Ready? You are not good at Magic. Stop looking for decklists and sideboarding guides. They will not help you become better at Magic.
Thursday, July 22nd – So you’ve certified for L1, you’ve judged a few PTQs, you are gaining experience… and you want to aim higher. A Grand Pix or a StarCityGames.com Open Series weekend is a big event, but the Pro Tour is the real thing. The tour is a dream come true for players seeking glory… but what about judges?
Thursday, July 22nd – We have the brackets. Play has begun, both online and off. This week, Cuneo Blue battles with Next Level Bant and Stompy goes up against Sabre Bargain. Plus, another request for help with this tournament.
Wednesday, July 21st – New sets always mean new decks, and new ways to play old decks. Until just last year, though, Core Sets never really affected the game in such a way. I mean, sure, when Dragonstorm lost Seething Song back in Ravnica block the format was radically altered, but now that Core Sets rotate in the fall that wouldn’t make a huge difference these days.
Wednesday, July 21st – With Grand Prix: Columbus on the horizon, I imagine that a lot of people turning to pick up a Legacy deck will gravitate towards Zoo decks and Counterbalance decks somewhat reminiscent of Extended decks of old. I want to look deeper into the matchup between Zoo and various incarnations of Counterbalance decks.
Wednesday, July 21st – In this week’s edition of MTGCast, the guys discuss From the Vault: Relics, Emblems, M11 Game Day, Destructive Force, and much more!
Wednesday, July 21st – While there are a lot of tournaments and pickup games at all points of the day or night, Magic Online can become addictive, and very unhealthy. I’ve found myself playing Magic Online at almost every point in which I’m not at work or out eating dinner or drinking, which means I really need a change in direction, since all this time hasn’t amounted to very much over the years.
Tuesday, July 20th – Today, I want to talk about decks. Recently, everybody has been all a quiver over the newest set to come out of the woodwork. As a follow-up to my set review, I like to write an article wherein I build some cool decks with the latest cards. Let’s give these things a chance to see some actual play!
