Friday, January 30th – While many of the premium crew sift through new sets with the flinty cool eye of a gold prospector, I tend to bubble over and gush about all the brand new creative space being opened up for us, whether it be a Friday Night Magic special, something fun to throw into your EDH deck, or maybe (just maybe) something hot to take to an upcoming Star City $5K Standard Open.
Friday, January 30th – The Conflux prerelease is tomorrow, and with it comes our first taste of Shards-Conflux Limited. But before that first taste tomorrow, we can take advantage of the fact that this set has been quite effectively spoiled well ahead of the game, with the complete set known about a week or so before the pre-release and the names of all the cards “common knowledge” for practically months.
Friday, January 30th – Hello everybody, and welcome to another edition of the Magic Show. This week we’re delving into the new set, looking at what gets us all excited and what secret chase rares may be lurking under the surface. I’ll also detail the Large Prereleases heading to a big city near you this weekend, and how you can play against me this Saturday in Nashville. Let’s go!
Thursday, January 29th – Looking ahead to GP: Chicago, Christopher Coppola puts the current diversity of Legacy in context, analyzes current metagame trends, and makes some predictions about the major archetypes at the tournament.
Thursday, January 29th – What I propose, and hope to outline in this article, is a theory called Interaction Advantage. It aims to reconcile the competing existing concepts of Card Advantage and Card Quality with one another in a coherent fashion.
Wednesday, January 28th – On this week’s edition of MTGCast, there’s talk of an upcoming iPhone app tentatively called “MtgToGo,†a look at the Conflux spoiler, plus Extended and Legacy Grand Prix chat!
Wednesday, January 28th – Over the years, I have written on all sorts of topics, from the grand to the tiny. I’ve written on decks and strategies; cards and opinions. I’ve created my own base sets. I’ve spent article after article on Five Color, Peasant, and other formats. From rare drafting to MagicShop and Shandalar to the Magic RPG, I’ve tried to come up with new ways of looking at the game. However, I have never, not once, written an article like today’s offering.
Wednesday, January 28th – I actually got to play in an Extended PTQ last weekend. Not judging, not working – playing. Sweet. My record – not quite so sweet. I had the choice of the best deck in the format, the best deck I had played, and the deck I knew best. I played the latter – and I’ll talk about the deck, its evolution and how to win the impossible mirror.
Tuesday, January 27th – Worlds was a month and a half ago, but the inspiration for this article still remained. Now that Extended season is in full swing and Conflux is here, and you’re looking for something a little different, here’s a lost gem from Tenth Edition.
Tuesday, January 27th – In the epic final part of this series, we bring you the remainder of the outstanding career to date of the reigning POY, including the complete match history of his path to the ultimate accolade.
Tuesday, January 27th – Taking a break from Extended for the week while the results from Grand Prix: LA settle and the metagame adjusts, I’ll be looking at the exciting follow-up to Shards of Alara, Conflux, and its potential applications for the Standard metagame. Personally, I think this set is a big bust for any non-Standard format, but it absolutely reshapes the landscape of the current Standard metagame with a variety of hosers, unique playables, and niche cards that could power up unutilized archetypes. Warning: Contains Spoilers.
Monday, January 26th – In this week’s edition of The Magic Sock podcast, there’s talk on the spoiled Conflux cards, more talk on the spoiled Conflux cards, and yet more talk on the spoiled Conflux cards! And yes, you’ve guessed it… Warning: Contains Spoilers.
Monday, January 26th – A Disqualification is the worst possible way for a player’s tournament to end. Check that. Getting dragged out of the tournament site in handcuffs by the police is worse, which I have seen happen, so a DQ is at the very least second worst.
Monday, January 26th – Smell that? Ah, it’s the sweet jasmine scent of a new set release coming soon! And as always, Wizards is cracking open the window just enough that we can nose out the beautiful rares. But which ones carry that hidden stink of “Not as good as you’d thought?” Ah, let’s breathe deep and see which cards have both the promise and the power. Warning: Contains Spoilers.
Friday, December 23rd – In this exclusive Conflix preview episode of The Magic Soc podcast, there’s full information of the upcoming Knight of the Reliquary!
