Friday, July 2nd – The St. Louis StarCityGames.com Open brings a hectic June to a close and gives us an opportunity to reflect on a Standard Metagame that has evolved a lot since we started the month in Philadelphia. Jund came back out in force, and Red Deck Wins had its second strong event in a row, even taking home the title. Let€™s crunch some numbers!
Friday, July 2nd – There is a common misconception I see all too often, crossing from format to format and player to player. That misconception is the ignominy of the Red deck: that it is ‘not a real deck,’ ‘not Tier One,’ that nobody with two brain cells to rub together or any realistic budget to acquire cards with would play the Mono-Red deck.
Friday, July 2nd – On Yo! MTG Taps this week, there’s discussion of the StarCityGames.com St. Louis Open, and (of course) M11 spoilers!
Thursday, July 1st – Legacy veteran Christopher Coppola questions the recent banning of Mystical Tutor and refutes the arguments given in the official explanation.
Thursday, July 1st – One of the tricky issues for the greater judge community is the subject of compensation and rewarding judges for their efforts. I think most people are aware that judges get boosters from the latest set when judging a prerelease or local PTQ. Slightly less well known is the fact that judges get special foil cards each year – judge foils.
Thursday, July 1st – I played in two Standard tournaments last weekend. I played Turboland. I split in the top four of the Cascade Games Challenge (a $2.5K tournament) and lost playing for Top 8 in the PTQ the next day. My combined record on the weekend was 12-3-1. I highly recommend the deck for the PTQs this weekend as well as any PTQs coming up on Magic Online.
Thursday, July 1st – After reading all the comments and examining my choices, I have cut the field to 32 best Standard decks of all time. The brackets are up. I have also figured out how to avoid making some of the stupid plays I made last week. Yes, I know what Skullclamp is supposed to do…
Wednesday, June 30th – Lands like Rupture Spire, the tri-color taps from Shards, the Refuges, and Evolving Wilds have all done a lot for your multicolor manabase. We have tap lands that become creatures, and older cards like lairs and the Karoo lands from Ravnica block. There are tons of these cheap options available when it comes time to make sure you have your colors. However, what do you do when you don’t need to add special lands in order to have the right colors?
Wednesday, June 30th – This week, Doug looks at the results of the StarCityGames.com Legacy Open Series on its stop in St. Louis, Missouri. Check out why Doug was wrong about Thopter Foundry Control, get a sense on why Aether Vial decks are performing well, and learn about how old hits like Aluren are still playable. As a bonus, see what M11 card has got Doug excited to use with Grim Monolith and get the newest sideboard tech card, all in this week’s Legacy’s Allure!
Wednesday, June 30th – On this week’s edition of MTGCast, the guys discuss the StarCityGames.com Open Series in St. Louis, MTG Tactics, M11, and much more!
Wednesday, June 30th – After last week’s article, I was on a rampage to find the optimal list for GR Tokens. I would play match after match of Magic Online, looking for slight edges in each matchup, figuring out how to sideboard in each, as well as trying out different sideboard options in order to best utilize the 15 spots in such a diverse metagame.
Tuesday, June 29th – M10 was a fantastic set in terms of power level for Standard as well as being an enjoyable in the Limited environment, but I was skeptical as to whether or not M11 would be able to stack up. After all, some of the novelty of M10 would surely have to wear off by now for M11, but Wizards is doing enough new things with these revamped Core Sets to keep things interesting.
Tuesday, June 29th – How do you accept failure? How do you improve on your own mistakes? How do you manage frustration? These are difficult issues to address, and ultimately my inability to accept failure was the reason I lost interest in playing the game some years ago. If I go to an event and my chances on having fun depend on the result, then it’s likely I’ll return home feeling miserable far too often.
Tuesday, June 29th – Not one, but two articles this week from Rich. One is about the Deck Builder’s Toolkit. The other… well, a bit less about Magic, and a bit more about life and death.
Tuesday, June 29th – We see an EDH game as a group effort, and this is a mindset that I understand might be completely alien to otherwise competitive players. Our intention is to make things so that the primary goal isn’t ‘winning,’ as it’s traditionally defined, it’s ‘having a great time together.’ Again, I get the idea that “I came to win” is deeply engrained in the way we compete.
