Thursday, July 23rd – There are two universal truths about combo decks: people love playing combo decks, and people absolutely hate losing to combo decks. There are few things more wretched than being removed from the realm of interactivity while you sit and watch the opponent go off. With so little time to react from last weekend people are going to overcorrect rather than undercorrect, especially at the level of Nationals grinders.
Thursday, July 23rd – With the first week of M10 in Standard, we can already see a pretty radical change. Some pundits felt it would be only a cosmetic change, just a few decks with worse manabases, no more Swans combo and that’s it. I for one had been watching and expecting a more extensive change to Standard, and to see a Standard that looks familiar in some ways and very different in others.
Wednesday, July 22nd – This week’s edition of MTGCast discusses Planechase, the recent crop of high-profile Standard events, Richard Garfield’s latest podcast, and more!
Wednesday, July 22nd – Abe Sargent builds some fun casual decks that contain the new offerings in M10!
Wednesday, July 22nd – On Friday night, I ran my quarterly Launch Party, so that the store owner would have a chance to do a little playing of his own. We had a fairly decent turnout, considering the draft was only $10 to play in, and we were giving away various foil promos like we were Mother Freakin’ Teresa.
Tuesday, July 21st – As we wait to see M10’s impact on the Standard format, Dave rolls around through the last weekend’s Prerelease and some more thoughts about our new core set.
Tuesday, July 21st – As the M10 Academy gets into full session, we look at the remaining White cards. For newer players with an enquiring mind, this is your chance to get a foothold on the daunting slopes of Magic strategy.
Tuesday, July 21st – In the past seven days, The Starkington Post (Bill Stark’s daily Magic blog) has brought us discussions on the place of White Knight in Kithkin, the M10 print runs, and extensive Standard talk from the one and only Frank Karsten!
Tuesday, July 21st – With GenCon less than a month away, serious Legacy players should be preparing for what they will be playing in the Legacy World Championships next month. Doug looks at new strategies on the rise, highlighting cards like Vendilion Clique and Natural Order that are becoming much more popular. Get several proven decklists and some new and experimental ones that are worth a look, all in this week’s Legacy’s Allure!
Monday, July 20th – Last week, I provided some tournament-winning Vintage lists to assist in making a testing gauntlet. This weekend, the ICBM Open was held in Chicago, which will undoubtedly give us some updated lists to add to such a gauntlet. While we wait to see what information we can glean from the results of this tournament, I thought it would be interesting to show some detailed testing between Double Dragon Oath and a potential Tezzeret update.
Monday, July 20th – Welcome to the first ever Drafting with Balefire Liege! No seriously, I’m doing an article that isn’t about Standard! I’ll be your host today, giving you in-depth reasoning behind each pick (that matters), and hopefully a bit of insight as to what I’m thinking while I take particular cards at each turn of the pack. In the famous words of Super Mario (N64), “Here we gooooo!”
Monday, July 20th – So now that I have a couple more M10 drafts under my belt, lemme give you some updates on cards I have reevaluated, and a report of the prerelease and a later draft!
Friday, July 17th – In our society, you are innocent until proven guilty. But just how much proof do you need? I know that to be found guilty, there needs to be some very solid, concrete evidence that can prove for sure that the accused did it. A judge or jury can’t punish you without being sure you deserve the punishment. That’s not the way it works in the world of Magic.
Friday, July 17th – “Declare Attackers,†Kurt announced, proceeding to turn his Stampeding Rhino sideways into my board of Gravedigger and Rod of Ruin. I glanced at his land, noticing a single Forest and 2 Mountains untapped. Kurt knew I had Bogardan Hellkite in hand…
Friday, July 17th – In a major new series, we go right back to basics in the company of Pro Tour Commentator Rich Hagon. This is your jumping-off point for finding out about many of the dazzling complexities the game of Magic has to offer. For the newer player looking to begin an exploration of the worlds of Magic strategy, this is the place to start. So enrol in the M10 Academy, and get a helping hand on your way to a better understanding of the best game in the world.
