Thursday, July 3rd – Merfolk! One of the all-time classic tribes in Magic: The Gathering. The little fish are currently extremely popular in both Standard and Block Constructed. Eventide promises to bring fresh fish to the table… and there’s none as fresh as the Wake Thrasher!
Thursday, July 3rd – Hello everybody, and welcome to a very special Eventide preview. This week I get the pleasure of debuting Creakwood Liege for you. Watch the special spoiler video inside, and stay tuned for my reaction in tomorrow’s show!
Thursday, July 3rd – Today I will be producing what I consider to be a general casual B&R list. If you use this list, then your decks will no longer need to be any particular format at your casual table. It has the potential to create consistency in the casual world, as long as everyone uses one list. So, why should I be the arbiter of the list, as opposed to anyone else? Great question!
Thursday, July 3rd – It’s the hot new fad. Everyone’s doing it. You know you want to. A little taste can’t hurt you. That’s what they say, and the next thing you know, you’re trying to figure out how to build your own giant stack of hundreds of Magic cards with which to draft.
Thursday, July 3rd – We are moving into Nationals season, and Grand Prix: Buenos Aires was last weekend. So was the Richie Proffitt Memorial Tournament. Standard is – will be, shortly – a widely played format online and at FNM (except around Madison, unfortunately), so people care about it. I do, too.
Wednesday, July 2nd – The times, they are a-changin’. With fall’s release of Shards of Alara, Wizards is taking major actions in both the way Magic is released and collected. The game’s really going to get shaken up…
Wednesday, July 2nd – You know, the Pro Tour tournaments are a great contribution to Magic’s identity. However, while it dominates much of the Magic dialogue, the Pro Tour is only a narrow sliver of the Magic Community; for the vast majority of Magic players, the game is all about friends and fun, playing Magic when life’s commitments allow you the time. This “silent majority” got to grab the spotlight a little bit this weekend, in a fantastic tribute to Richie Proffitt, PolarBearGod.
Wednesday, July 2nd – Given that all I’ve been doing since GP: Indy is helping Sam Black break formats and slaving away at language school, I’ve had no choice but to ruminate on the parallels between the two. Well, between learning a language and Magic generally, at least. I want to present, then, some of the similarities I’ve discovered, in the hopes of spelling out some global parallels for anyone trying to acclimate themselves to a way of thinking. Along the way, you just might become a wee little bit better at Magic.
Tuesday, July 1st – I’ve been asked by a few people, in person and online, to write about some of the recent changes in Magic. First up is Shards of Alara, which brings us two related changes, mythic rares and smaller sets. I think a lot of the focus of the community – too much in fact – has been on the potential negative effects of mythic rares.
Tuesday, July 1st – Three formats, three continents, three cities beginning with B – Birmingham, Buenos Aires and Bindianapolis. Time for a roundup of all things Pro, tech, and cardboardy with the ginger one.
Tuesday, July 1st – There’s no easy way to say this… Magic Online is currently unplayable tripe. The majority of the current development team should be fired, and outside consultants with a clue should be brought it. No, I don’t care that they got a horrible task to start with; I’m just going to pretend to be Ranty Mc Drinks A Lot for this section of the article.
Monday, June 30th – Christopher Coppola analyzes where Legacy is today, looks back at the path it took to get here, and predicts what the future has in store for Threshold and the rest of the format.
Monday, June 30th – Today’s Main Phase sees Reuben deliver his first video show for StarCityGames.com. He talks of his reception thus far, his own Fearless Magical Inventory, and a few of the spoiled cards from the fast-approaching Eventide…
Friday, June 27th – In a departure from his usual programming, Rich Hagon turns critic as he examines the bizarre and delightful information pouring forth from one of Magic’s best-loved columns. So join him for teasers aplenty, as he separates the wheat from the chaff, and runs the whole gamut of the wonderful world of MTG.
Friday, June 27th – It’s been rather a while since we’ve discussed Limited, and with a Grand Prix in the format this past weekend it seems now would be an excellent time to recap what we’ve learned about Shadowmoor.
