Wednesday, May 6th – I’m excited by Thought Hemorrhage. It seems like a strong sideboard card for more than a few matchups, taking away a card that’s a central theme for them before they can deploy it. I know that a lot of people are dismissing it as a narrow card, and I agree that it’s probably not maindeckable, but it still seems relevant in some matchups. Besides, isn’t that what sideboard slots are for?
Wednesday, May 6th – Today, we’re talking about the mechanics of how people are affected by space. This article is about how we can most effectively manipulate the tournament environment – or, more commonly, how we can best accommodate the realities of that tournament environment by changing some of our own habits – to be most conducive to our success.
Tuesday, May 5th – It’s always Random Week in the brain of Rich Hagon, but this week random musings are taken to a new level, as he invites you to participate in the latest wacky way to fry your tiny little mind whilst playing MTG, and it’s all thanks to a lovely little button. Now where have you heard that before?
Tuesday, May 5th – Dave purposefully skipped what he thinks is the most powerful of the Cascade spells in last week’s installment – with the intent of filling an entire column with coal-flavored Cascade goodness.
Tuesday, May 5th – In the past seven days, The Starkington Post (Bill Stark’s daily Magic blog) has brought us a draft with Alara Reborn, some Quick Hit discussions on some of the hyped cards from the new set, talk of changes at Pro Tour: Honolulu, and much more!
Tuesday, May 5th – Now that my wife’s birthday celebration of last weekend was over, I got to go to an Alara Reborn draft this Friday. (I wanted to attend the Sunday draft as well, but I stayed up too late partying with bellydancers. Yes, it was as fun as it sounds. No, you can’t have the videos.) I played six matches and went 5-1, so here are my initial impressions of the cards as I played ’em!
Monday, May 4th – Before almost every set’s release, we see a predictable pattern of extreme hype (wow, this is the best set ever!) followed by over-stated backlash (man, worst set ever!), when the reality tends to fall somewhere in the middle. Personally, I think this is a solid set with plenty of role-players for all the formats of Constructed Magic.
Monday, May 4th – Today’s article is going to be a tournament report for the Magic Online Championship Series: Season 1. There are 354 people signed up so far, so it looks like this is going to be a 9-Round doozy. The format is Standard Pre-Alara Reborn, because Magic Online is about 20+ days behind paper Magic when new sets are released, but I have had a lot of experience with this format and am comfortable with the deck I am playing.
Monday, May 4th – While it’s near-impossible to test against every deck in Legacy, deckbuilders can still stress-test their lists against several decks to see how they handle the common opposing strategies they’ll run into. See the six decks Doug thinks you need to test against and what your testing results will reveal. Can your new list hang with decks that grind you out in the lategame or slam you from the first turn forward? Is it better suited for the top tables of a big event or the kitchen table with friends? Read this article and then put your newest list through the wringer!
Friday, May 1st – For years, I have reviewed sets from the perspective of Five Color. I have also recently begun to use my set review for more generic casual formats as well, such as multiplayer and Peasant. However, Five Color still dominates my thoughts when I look at a new card.
Friday, May 1st – Back in 2006 my hometown of Richmond, Virginia was privileged to host a Grand Prix, and TO, StarCityGames.com’s fearless leader Pete Hoefling, asked if I would be willing to “gunsling” the event. Flash forward three years, and StarCityGames.com asks again if I’d be willing to “gunsling” for them, this time at the Alara Reborn “big” prerelease…
Friday, May 1st – We’ve seen the Prerelease come and go, and excitement was had by all. At least one faithful reader noted that my advice from last week’s column (play first!) was a big help in his going 4-0 in his Prerelease flight, much to my delight, as I also saw more established players who were coasting in to rely on their overall experience to carry the day then choose to draw first and then lose some matches.
Friday, May 1st – Hello everybody and welcome to another edition of the Magic Show. This week we’re live in Los Angeles for the Alara Reborn Prerelease hosted by SunMesa Events! With some help from Glenn Godard I was able to make my way to the West Coast, chat and gunsling with players there, and feature a great interview with Magic artist and flavor text guru Matt Cavotta. Let’s go!
Thursday, April 30th – Recently, a lot of the premium writers have been writing articles full of advice on how to win. They have covered skills, attitude, sideboarding, etc. I’m not premium – so I’ll talk about how to throw games. Of course, the secret of advice on how not to lose is to listen to the advice – and then not take it.
Thursday, April 30th – Active player has Tendrils of Agony on the stack with a storm count of 10. The opponent plays Angel’s Grace in response and wants to know what will happen if he lets everything resolve and then plays Lightning Helix. First, a match at a PTQ is between two players and it’s not my job to advise people what to do or when to do it!
