Friday, July 11th – With the Eventide prerelease this weekend, the time is ripe to have a good look at the set so far and try to figure out how Shadowmoor-Eventide Sealed Deck is going to work. Having played through the release of Apocalypse to complicate the otherwise allied-color Invasion/Planeshift Limited format, I think that is much more relevant example than the more recent Ravnica-Guildpact-Dissension. Warning: Contains Spoilers.
Friday, July 11th – In this episode we speak about Eventide with Patrick Chapin, and I assure you this is some must-listen stuff. Inside we speak on the Top 5 most impacting Eventide cards, the sleeper hits and the near-misses, as well as digging in to his possible upcoming television ventures, plans for Nationals and more. Let’s go!
Friday, July 11th – Hello everybody, and welcome to another edition of the Magic Show. This week, with our longest show ever (almost 28 minutes!), we’re going to be taking a look at the extensive Shadowmoor Cube Update, my Top 8 performance in the Nashville PTQ over the weekend, and take a final look at the Eventide spoiler and all its goodies to prepare ourselves for this weekend’s Prerelease. Let’s go!
Thursday, July 10th – The Compendium of Alternate Formats is designed to be a collection of interesting formats for you to share and to which you might introduce your playgroup. In today’s article, I am going to introduce the format, then talk about some of the details. Once that is out of the way, I intend to build some decks to demonstrate the format. Simple, eh?
Thursday, July 10th – My love of pre-releases comes from the Invasion block. (In fact, most of my love of Magic comes from Invasion block.) I had become involved in Magic in a bunch of ways by the time Invasion came around, had played in some PTQs, gone to a Pro Tour (albeit as a coverage person), and had started writing for Star City. But up until Planeshift, I hadn’t attended a pre-release…
Thursday, July 10th – The Prerelease is coming. It should be less than two days away as you read this. Go. Prereleases are a blast, and the set looks like fun. Here’s some random advice on what to do, and how to win…
Wednesday, July 9th – In Part 1 last week, I talked about settling on the deck I wanted to play for Richie Proffitt’s Memorial Tournament on June 29th, and I was incredibly happy with my choice both leading up to the tournament, during the tournament, and afterwards. My choice? Aggro Zur…
Wednesday, July 9th – As long as Faeries is reacting to you, you’re winning. If they don’t get an opportunity to use their Blossom as more than Forcefield, or deploy a Scion, or stick a Mistbind, they are going to be backpedaling. Cryptic Command is insane, but it’s only going to stabilize them if they’ve already got a relevant board presence.
Tuesday, July 8th – Regionals has always been somewhat of a hurdle in the Magic season. And by hurdle, I mean that it is a flat out Great Wall of China, at least for me. The weather is hot and muggy, and the tournament always brings out tons of people, making for logistical and rulings hell. Things have actually gotten better recently, but let’s take a look back through the past few years of Regionals…
Tuesday, July 8th – As we enter July and the Summer Series plus turbo-charged Nationals kick into high gear, Rich takes a long hard look at the contenders, the pretenders, and the return to senders. Which is as close as you’re getting to an Elvis joke this week.
Tuesday, July 8th – No other deck is even close to Faeries in terms or performance or numbers making Top 8s every week. I know, you’ve been hearing this for the last few weeks, but it really needs to be understood. If you aren’t playing Faeries, you need a damn good reason why.
Monday, July 7th – Decks you get from the Internet are built and tweaked already. When you try to metagame them you may be doing more harm than good. Read on, and get some tips on making the deck better, not worse.
Monday, July 7th – A lot of things go into the creation of a successful Magic player. For example, countless hours of preparation and effort, mental toughness, and pure mathematical skill all take part. But no one thing has been nailed down as the singular most important deciding factor when it comes to what makes a person a ‘success’ at Magic…
Friday, July 4th – This one’s going to be a little bit… odd. At the moment, I have laryngitis, and so days and days worth of sarcasm are bottling up inside because I cannot actually croak the jokes that are on my mind. I was thinking about Block Constructed and some of the problems I have seen play out, and a certain deck title of John F. Rizzo’s struck me as an apt description of where it was my mind was thinking.
Friday, July 4th – Hello everybody, and welcome to another edition of the Magic Show. This week we’re going to recount the uplifting and saddening tale of the Richie Proffitt Memorial Tournament, take a look at my Exclusive Eventide Preview card, and check out the rest of the latest Eventide spoilers. Let’s go! Warning: Contains Spoilers.
