Friday, March 26th – Hello folks, and welcome back to the column for all your casual needs. Today I want to write a full article about one deck, Pox. During the past ten years, I’ve been playing various versions of Pox in a variety of formats, including tournaments and such. I’ve clocked in hundreds of tournament games with Pox, as well as countless casual games.
Friday, March 26th – For a while now, I’ve been focused pretty heavily on playing G/W Knightfall. After finally giving up on Summoning Trap, I turned to G/W Knightfall and it carried me to the finals of States last year. It’s a good deck, chock full of powerful cards… and yet when I’m checking out the Top 8s of the recent big Standard events, it seems to keep falling short.
Friday, March 26th – With Wizards’ change in the Reserved List last week, nearly all discussion on the Reserved List’s legitimacy was quashed and it looks like it’s set to forever effect Eternal formats. This week, Doug looks at the impact this will have on Legacy and what can be done to soften its blow. Due to the matter of bannings and unbannings has come up in discussion through official channels, Doug also considers the opportune times to change and examine the list so as to have the best impact on the format while not hampering pre-scheduled tournaments. Get this and more in this week’s policy-oriented Legacy’s Allure!
Friday, March 26th – Hello everybody, and welcome to another edition of the Magic Show. This week I’ve got a piping hot new spoiler ready to go, the never-before-seen Boar Umbra, and it looks ready to kick some serious ass. Plus we’ve got a huge helping of new spoilers, a common Eldrazi monster and the mind-blowing Level Up mechanic. Let’s go!
Friday, March 26th – At its core, Vintage isn’t really different than other formats. You can exploit the metagame using deck choice and deck design; proper deck choice and design, and minimizing play mistakes, will lead to tournament results. If you build your deck to attack certain elements of the metagame, and face those elements, you’ll do well.
Friday, March 26th – I was watching a match last year that has stuck with me for quite a while. It was game 1 the Five-Color Control mirror, and “Rich” was in the tank in the midgame. Rich had been on the draw; his opponent had evoked Mulldrifter on turn 3, and Rich had done the same. Rich’s hand was Broodmate Dragon, Cruel Ultimatum, Cruel Ultimatum, Cryptic Command, and lands. I forget how many cards the other guy had, but it was quite the grip. Both players had six lands in play. Rich thought. And thought.
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Thursday, March 25th – We begin this step of the adventure in Kuala Lumpur, fresh off not making the second day at the Grand Prix there. Brian Kowal and I were both a bit in the dumps about coming so far only to scrub out. We made this up to ourselves seeing monkeys, eating delicious curries, and receiving massages, but those are all stories for another day.
Thursday, March 25th – Welcome to Legacy, the most diverse and balanced format in Magic. Legacy is by far the most exciting format to play, and if that was not enough… There are no Jund decks in Legacy!
Thursday, March 25th – Hello everyone! I thought I’d walk you through some of the fun and logic behind events that went on at the SCG Legacy Open in Indianapolis almost two weeks ago. I’m sure you’ve read or heard a lot already, but there’s one view I guarantee you haven’t heard: me, the head judge.
Thursday, March 25th – I will be travelling to Orlando for the StarCityGames Open this weekend. In preparation, I have been looking at the Standard and Legacy metagames. We have a lot of data this time around – the SCG events, the GPs, the Pro Tour and more, so let’s start cranking some numbers.
Wednesday, March 24th – Every competitive player is in search of a deck that has an edge over all other decks in a given format. If such a deck exists, it gives any player playing it a clear and present advantage over any player not playing the same deck. There has rarely been any such deck in Legacy’s short history.
Wednesday, March 24th – As a college student, one eventually gets used to the ebb and flow of things, and thinks nothing of the day-to-day class sessions. Chemistry classes are about chemical reactions, writing courses are about writing, and physiology is about the human body. It’s pretty standard fare stuff on the surface. However, sometimes they are more than that, and they stay with you.
Wednesday, March 24th – With almost two tons of results (3,984!), Jared breaks down the largest StarCityGames.com Open ever. With the Jund menace making up over a quarter of the field and taking 10 of the Top 16 places, do the rest of the numbers back up that level of domination? In a word: yes.
Wednesday, March 24th – On this week’s edition of MTGCast, the guys discuss the recent Reserve List shenanigans, the introduction of Legacy on MTGO, Rise of the Eldrazi spoilers, Scars of Mirrodin, and much more.
