Tuesday, April 8th – We’ve reached the 2nd part of 3 in Rich Hagon’s psycho-babble-loaded attempt to get our mental game into gear and use our deeper understanding of ourselves and others to Win before we even sit down to play. Free wins… who wouldn’t want that?
Monday, April 7th – Christopher Coppola looks at recent developments in Threshold design and discusses playing with multiple splashes.
Monday, April 7th – In just a few weeks time I’ll be headed across the Atlantic to join a legion of fellow Magic players competing for prizes at Grand Prix: Brussels. The format will be Shadowmoor sealed followed by booster drafts on Day 2, but studying how to prepare for a brand new Limited format can help all of us prepare to get the most bang for our buck at our upcoming Shadowmoor prerelease.
Monday, April 7th – It’s been eight years since I held this first “crap rare†contest, and looking back I think it’s high time that I did it again! I think that you, my intelligent and cunning readers, can come up with a crap rare to beat all crap rares! And if you do it, I will send you not one, not two, but three crap rares of your choosing! And we have to do this, because frankly? Wizards has forgotten how to print bad cards.
Friday, April 4th – With Shadowmoor just a few weeks away, it seemed apropos to put together a final look at drafting Lorwyn before it disappeared from view entirely. Originally I had shied away from looking at Lorwyn-Lorwyn-Morningtide (LLM) draft too heavily, because I did an awful lot of losing early on by trying to force things I didn’t understand off the preconceived notion that the new cards worked a certain way.
Friday, April 4th – Hello everybody, and welcome to another edition of the Magic Show. This week we’re going to be talking about Shadowmoor, the new mechanics, the cool new cards, and what we can expect to shake up Pro Tour Hollywood. We’ll also be discussing Shards of Alara, the follow-up block to Lorwyn coming this fall. Warning: Spoilers
Thursday, April 3rd – Hello all, and welcome to the first of a series of five articles that will explore a hypothetical basic set that I created and balanced with some playtesting. This set is designed to do several things. First of all, it’s a lot of fun to put together, but very labor intensive, so it’s not a project I can do very often. Second, it’s tons of fun to actually read.
Thursday, April 3rd – Hybrid mana? Untapping as a cost? Color-dependent creatures? Shadowmoor is kicking off its previews this week, and Dave can’t think of anything else but digging in and seeing what’s already been spoiled.
Wednesday, April 2nd – For the last EDH, I played a rather ridiculously tricky and powerful Experiment Kraj deck, so this time around I wanted to be more or less straightforward. Yes, I had some powerful cards, but I didn’t work in any infinite combo engines. The sickest thing I had going was Kiki-Jiki and either Reveillark or Karmic Guide…
Wednesday, April 2nd – Over a week ago now, I decided to quit worrying about my online rating and how badly I was doing in PEs and leagues and just play Magic. I had played in a number of Morningtide PEs, a league or two and done some drafting. It was time to build something around those cards. I just didn’t want to build the same thing as everyone else.
Wednesday, April 2nd – It appears that this week has been a week for reflection. We’ve had BDM’s game-store apologia, Noah Weil’s swan song, and enough Creature-Merfolk to make you never want to eat seafood again. For me, that reflection has been poignant, and not merely in a Magic sense…
Tuesday, April 1st – For this week we’ll be taking a break from Standard and looking at the current Block Constructed format. Currently, this is played mostly on Magic Online, but also in the Grand Prix Trials for Grand Prix: Birmingham. At the moment I tend to enjoy playing a format with a bit of rigidity to it, so I figured I’d give a general overview for anyone else interested in joining in.
Tuesday, April 1st – It doesn’t matter how long you’ve been playing. It doesn’t matter what Format. Constructed, Limited, Kitchen Table, Pro Tour… This week, Rich Hagon has A Very Big Secret to share. It’s a way of looking at Magic, and the wider world beyond, that absolutely guarantees improved Success, if you have the courage to embrace it.
Monday, March 31st – This month, Doug highlights a combo deck that’s been flying mostly under the radar for a few months. It uses that broken classic engine, Food Chain, with some oddball creatures from Lorwyn and beyond. See how to integrate the Future Sight Pacts into a consistent and powerful combination. Additionally, get an update on the Enchantress deck profiled last month in Unlocking Legacy.
Monday, March 31st – Did you know that Coat of Arms actually protects ELVES! from losing to the Reveillark combo? Forum user bretblair recently started this helpful thread to point out that cards like Elvish Champion, Goblin King, and Coat of Arms all stop Mirror Entity from wiping out the Reveillark player’s team.
