Friday, March 20th – With the previous two events of note covering Legacy, Standard, and Shards/Conflux Limited, it seems we finally return to focusing on Extended this past weekend with a Grand Prix in Hanover, Germany. The more things change, the more they stay the same…
Friday, March 20th – Hello everybody, and welcome to another edition of the Magic Show. This week we’re looking at the final confirmation on the cards that make up Alara Reborn, cash tournaments being added to Magic Online, and debut another From The Vault set that features our new favorite Removed From Game term and the potential for some incredible cards to see print all over again. Let’s go!
Thursday, March 19th – For this week, I want to start by reviewing my poll from last month’s article, then move on to a topic broadly on improvement and feedback for judges.
Thursday, March 19th – It occurred to me there are some parallels you can draw between Girl Scout Cookies and the Standard Metagame. For the most part it seems the top deck and cookie archetypes never change. Like Faerie decks, you always have Samoas, which people can’t quit because they’re so damn good.
Thursday, March 19th – Emphasis is always put on winning. People who win are revered, their strategies are studied, and the intricacies of their very being are examined. With the bustle circulating around the study of winning, it is easy to miss that there is just as much value in the study of losing. There are reasons why people lose, and seldom do the reasons have extreme variation at their core
Wednesday, March 18th – Alara Reborn is confirmed to be the first all Gold Magic set. Magic Online 2009 Championship Series has been announced and seems to be a form of a pro tour for online players. Nationals locations and dates have been announced.
Wednesday, March 18th – A few months ago, I wrote and published an article in which I created some decks built around cards I randomly selected. That, in and of itself, is nothing new. I’ve been building decks around random elements for years, going all the way back to a lot of my daily articles. The catch with this article was that each deck had to be built using the previously selected card…
Wednesday, March 18th – This might not have been the best weekend to play Magic Online, even if I had had the time. The program has problems, again. Since I can’t talk about the decks, looks like I’ll have to talk about that. Lots to talk about – Wizards has made a number of announcements recently. Sets are leaving, sets are coming, and MTGO will have its own big buck championships at Worlds.
Wednesday, March 18th – Magic is a constantly evolving game, and the players continuously cycle through the game. Think back to the players you knew when you first started. Do you still play with those guys? Are they still playing? Probably not. I’ve spent the last 3+ years teaching people how to play games, typically Magic, and I’m going to tell you how to do it too.
Tuesday, March 17th – All this talk about Alara Reborn and its multicolor nature has Dave thinking about gold. It’s a word that has many meanings in Magic, and Dave hits them all while featuring some of Conflux’s inexpensive rares.
Tuesday, March 17th – With hundreds of thousands of airmiles under his belt, join Rich Hagon as he gently takes you by the hand, and helps you to avoid the first 94 mistakes that can befall the unwary traveler. And yes, this article really does talk about underpants. Frequently. And thongs. Seriously? Seriously.
Tuesday, March 17th – Burn, long the ignored and maligned stepchild of Legacy, gets its day in the sun (or in the fire) in this week’s Legacy’s Allure. How is a Lightning Bolt like a Tendrils of Agony? Both burn and combo rely on getting a critical mass of spells through to win the game. How can we get our lightning storm to work in Legacy? Learn more about the surprising connections between card counts in a Legacy burn deck and why Barbarian Ring might not be strictly better than Mountain. Also, find strategies for beating Counterbalance, the ubiquitous blue enchantment. Are you ready to burn?
Tuesday, March 17th – I think it’s time to start seriously considering the card Remand again, even if out of the board. Right now there’s very little danger to simply running mid-sized threats out there in the Faerie mirror, because there are only so many Mana Leaks to go around.
Monday, March 16th – Before beginning this week, I want to make it clear that this isn’t meant to be an attack on Jeff Phillips or even a full rebuttal of his thesis, but rather a discussion and clarification of what I consider to be an oversimplification of what it means to be, or to strive to become, a superior Magic player…
Monday, March 16th – With results pouring in regularly for Extended PTQ Top 8’s around the globe, one deck that is constantly rising in popularity and doing consistently well is Bant Aggro. While this isn’t the most original name for a deck, nor the most original deck idea, it does do the thing we all strive to do: win.
