Monday, September 7th – This week, I’m going to expand upon some comments I made last week regarding the health of tournament Magic, and look at the dealer / player dynamic. I’ll also discuss some updates on Oath and Ichorid in Vintage, leading into a full Vintage article next week.
Monday, September 7th – This will probably be the last Limited article I write for a while, since Zendikar spoilers are starting to fall through the cracks. Hopefully next week I’ll have some sick idea for a deck based on Warren Instigator and Fire Whip, but that is a bit premature… On to the draft!
Monday, September 7th – I am writing a special segment of Innovations today to unveil my first ever exclusive preview card, Archmage Ascension. I have been writing for years, but have been writing my reviews of upcoming new cards primarily based on reading information over at MTGSalvation. This time around, I am psyched to be trying something new, a preview card of my own.
Friday, September 4th – I’ve been addicted to EDH for about 7 weeks now. I used to be a pretty hard-core spike. I’d play the best deck, and spend an entire week contemplating one card in the deck versus other options. I enjoyed winning above all else. I spent hours upon hours at work trying to break what are supposed to be casual formats (Like Emperor Peasant Vintage) because there were prizes involved.
Friday, September 4th – Today, I wrap up the EDH primer and do a walk through in how I go about building an EDH deck. This three-part series was written with people new to the format in mind, but with the hope that even veteran players will find parts interesting and thought-provoking.
Friday, September 4th – Craig “Lightning Helix†Jones, currently exiled on Knutson Island, returns to a weekly column with fun stories and casual decklists galore! Today he talks about the ups and downs of Magic change, and shares a fun-looking Green deck. Welcome back, Prof!
Friday, September 4th – Hello everybody, and welcome to another edition of
the Magic Show. This week we’ve got a ton of Zendikar spoilers to go over, including my
exclusive preview Electropotence, my jaw-dropping unveiling of Warren Instigator, and many more. We
will also take another look at Planechase as it’s going to be released this weekend. Let’s go!
Thursday, September 3rd – I spent some time on the drive in thinking about why I’m nowhere near as good at Magic as I used to be. The short answer is time – time I haven’t got. However, I still remember what you need to do to qualify and make the tour. That hasn’t changed. What’s changed is my ability to work at it hard enough.
Thursday, September 3rd – There’s a fine balance that must be maintained between theory and practice. If you spend too much time doing, then there are many missed opportunities to better understand what you’re doing and why you’re doing it. If you spend too much time thinking, too much time theorizing about your potential actions, then it’s easy to overthink yourself into the trap of doing absolutely nothing and letting all that theory rot from disuse. So it goes with Magic – both in playing, and in judging.
Thursday, September 3rd – The PTQ in Vancouver this weekend was my last chance. It was go big, or go home. I wanted that victory, that qualification for Austin, more than anything. I decided that I was going to do whatever it took to win that slot. I not only decided to do something, I “docided†to do it: I put action in to match my words.
Wednesday, September 2nd – Today’s edition of MTGCast sees the guys chat about Zendikar spoilers, Planechase, recent StarCityGames.com articles, and much more!
Wednesday, September 2nd – Today, I want to talk about Magic and your personality type. In Magic, we have created a variety of types of players, such as Johnny and Spike, or casual and tournament, and so forth. We have used a variety of ways to delineate between various players. What I want to do today is to take a standard personality test, have you take it, then talk about what it means, and how it might impact your gaming.
Wednesday, September 2nd – After my finish at last weekend’s PTQ playing Reveillark, I obviously felt well-poised to take down the next one. I moved back to Grand Rapids to go to school this week, and so the trip down to Cincinnati was ever further than it would have been from the east side. Nevertheless, I made the six-plus hour trek to Kentucky with immense optimism.
Tuesday, September 1st – This week in the Academy, we get the rest of the Red cards out of the way. We discover the difference between two and three, the difference between Lightning and Lightning, we Shatter some illusions, and preach the virtues of patience. Let’s get started.
Tuesday, September 1st – Lots of little morsels means something for everyone in this week’s column, including Planechase, Exiled things, and new Zendikar vampire goodness. Yes, the “Bites†is another pun.
