Unlocking Legacy – Emerging Decks
Monday, June 2nd – Christopher Coppola takes a look at some less-commonly played decks and explores their strengths.
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The Main Phase – Everything You Need to Know (Give or Take) About Regionals ’08
Monday, June 2nd – This article goes up at midnight on Monday. Your registration sheets and deck lists for Regionals are due at 10 a.m. this coming Saturday morning. That give you 130 hours from the time this article is posted to learn everything you possibly can about the current Standard metagame before the player meeting, so we’d better get to steppin’.
Insert Column Name Here – The Memorial Day Mill
Monday, June 2nd – To celebrate the bold sacrifices our soldiers made for this country, I drafted a cowardly deck that refused to enter the combat phase. That’s right – I tried the triple-Shadowmoor Millstone deck in a team draft. So how’d it do? Well, read on!
Magical Hack – Hollywood Squares
Friday, May 30th – I would like to discuss what I got from the “Hollywood Experience,” from my chair at home a few days after the fact. For the most part this is a look at single cards and their impact in the context of a greater whole, when their implication had somehow been missed prior to that event.
The Magic Show #98 – Pro Tour: Hollywood Part 1
Friday, May 30th – Hello everybody, and welcome to another edition of the Magic Show. This week is one of those weeks that make all of the hard work worth it. I’m live and in Hollywood during the Pro Tour, bringing you the opinions, stories, blowouts and triumphs of the biggest stars of Magic…
Tribal Thriftiness #25 – Anti-Aggro Options for Regionals
Thursday, May 29th – With single prices on some cards approaching orbits previously only known to the International Space Station, Dave takes a look at some of the new, proven decks from Hollywood that can be adjusted to meet the more down-to-earth budget. Plus, dragons! Who doesn’t like dragons?
Yawgmoth’s Whimsy # 228 – Pro Tour: Hollywood
Thursday, May 29th – I spent the weekend at Pro Tour: Hollywood. I was working – and playing – and had a great time. I watched the Top 8 coverage. I watched a Block Constructed PTQ. I stayed up until the very wee hours playing EDH. I watched eight high level judges – including myself – try to draft, and mess it up so badly we abandoned it.
Deconstructing Constructed – Block Overview
Thursday, May 29th – At the moment, there seem to be a few decks that are humiliating the rest of the field in various Top 8s in Grand Prix Trials and other Block Constructed tournaments, including the most recent double Pro Tour Qualifier in Hollywood. From what I hear, Mirrorweave Kithkin took Friday’s PTQ, and Saturday’s was likely won by Faeries but I haven’t seen confirmation anywhere.
Chatter of the Squirrel – An Ode to the Magic Pro Tour
Wednesday, May 28th – I arrived in Hollywood laden with hopes and expectations; I left disappointed but eerily satisfied, defeated but irrevocably changed. As a player and as a person I learned a great deal about myself as a result of this trip, and in this article I will attempt to chronicle some of those changes…
Scouse of Cards – Testing the Water in Block Constructed
Wednesday, May 28th – In three days, I’ll be slinging spells at Grand Prix: Birmingham. I’ve been testing for weeks. Two days ago, I won three byes. Today, I start intensive testing with a gaggle of established pros. On Sunday, I intend to be in the Top 8. I’m taking this one seriously. Wanna join me?
The Riki Rules – Foiled: Mythbusting Marked Cards
Tuesday, May 27th – Self-improvement is at the heart of the modern Magic article. You want it. We, the writers promise it. And you complain when you don’t think you’re getting your money’s worth, whether it’s free or Premium. My goal in my articles is to make you a better Magic player. I have a sure-fire tip that is guaranteed to help you improve…
The Kitchen Table #235: The Casual Toolkit – Countermagic
Tuesday, May 27th – Is Akroma scaring you? Do you fear that your combo deck will be stopped just as you are ready to go off? Perhaps you fear someone else playing the combo, and defeating your creature deck? That’s why you need… countermagic!
You Lika The Juice? – EDH with Kamahl, Fist of Krosa
Tuesday, May 27th – The last time I went to battle at an Elder Dragon Highlander game, I got horribly color-screwed nearly the entire game and vowed to play Mono-Green the next time around in the hopes that mana troubles wouldn’t be nearly as bad. Green isn’t exactly known for its powerful multiplayer cards, so I wanted to use that notion as camouflage to lull people into not really regarding me as a threat.
Unlocking Legacy – More Than Mere Survival
Monday, May 26th – Do these decks have what it takes to survive? Doug pores over four new Survival of the Fittest builds, evaluating their potential for current play and seeing if they solve the problems that have typically plagued Survival decks. Should you play the straightforward Survival Advantage deck, planning for a consistent stream of Green men? Is the classic Full English Breakfast kill worth revisiting? What would it take to make Slivers playable in Legacy? All this, plus the hottest Survival tech cards in this week’s Unlocking Legacy!
The Main Phase – Everything Old is New Again
Monday, May 26th – In this installment of The Main Phase I want to explore what has worked in the past in the hopes that perhaps it will lead us in the right direction for the future. I admit that it is entirely possible that there may be nothing here… but we’ll never know if we don’t dig around every once and a while. There may be a diamond in the rough.