Tribal Thriftiness #8 – Morningtide Has Broken
Morningtide is not even on sale yet, and already the singles are running the gamut in terms of price. Dave breaks down what a player with a tight wallet should be focusing on obtaining.
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Unlocking Legacy – The EPIC Control Part 2
Last month, I unveiled the latest deck I’ve been working on, and my submission to mtgTheSource’s “Create a New Good Deck†contest, The EPIC Control (TEC). The response to the decklist was about what I had expected, which was a few people, mostly those who had seen the deck in action, praising the work we’ve done on it, and a whole lot more people calling every card choice into question. As this isn’t the first time I’ve written an article on a deck that throws convention out the window, I’m used to it at this point.
Yawgmoth’s Whimsy # 211 – PTQs and PEs
Extended season is upon us. We are seeing results from two different sources: PTQ Top 8 lists and the Top 8 of online Premier Events. Both of these use the same card pools, and none of the critical cards are bugged online. Nonetheless, the results of PTQs and those of online PEs vary significantly. I’ll examine – or at least speculate on – why, and include a compilation of the results from a couple weeks of play in both formats.
Chatter of the Squirrel – Dredge
Normally, when I talk about a deck I immediately go into the different matchups, how to play versus each opponent, what particular strategies to worry about, but the unique thing about Dredge is that against any given opponent there are, between maindeck and sideboard, only twelve to fifteen cards that you care about whatsoever.
You Lika The Juice? – Growing a Treefolk Deck from the Roots Up
I’ve loved Treefolk since I first read about Treebeard as a teenager entranced with Lord of the Rings. I’m thrilled to see them given lots of attention in Magic finally. There seems to be a critical mass of really good Treefolk cards to warrant investigating whether a competitive tribal deck can be made with them.
Removed From Game – Here Comes Mister Jordan: Five Lor-Lor-Mor Drafts
While not featuring quite as many pie charts, dataflow analysis grids, and quantum mana differentiator pylons as Paul Jordan’s epic articles – actually, there are no pie charts – Rich Hagon brings you analysis of 39 LorLorMor Draft decks and a full 10 decklists of variable quality and sanity. These are brought to you at a cost of $0.000000001 each, allowing for standard deviation, taxation, and Gribble’s Third Law of Mechanics.
Deconstructing Constructed – The NorCal PTQ Top 8
The reason I picked Dredge was because the field just isn’t prepared enough for it. You have 80-85% against the field game 1, according to pretty much all my testing and everyone else I talked to. There was a single match that wasn’t that big a blow-out, and that was game 1 against Affinity with Fatal Frenzy and Tormod’s Crypt maindeck.
Morningtide Sealed Dissected, Episode I
Once again, Eli takes a stab at the newest Sealed format to come down the pike. Morningtide gets cut up and put under the lens. The Japan vet also shoots his mouth about how Lorwyn’s tribes are wrecking casual Constructed Standard. There’s something in this article for everyone.
Arcane Teachings – Project Hollywood Week 4: Checkpoint One
Tom’s journey came to an end when he won the PTQ in Butler, Pennsylvania this past Saturday… or did it? Tom shares his take on the Patrick Chapin / Gerry Thompson created Counterbalance deck, talks about the tournament, and muses about the mindset necessary to succeed at Magic.
YouTubes Are Go #2: Magic, Tom LaPille, And Tiddlywinks
The Ferrett’s second sojourn into Magic Video Technology (TM) leads to a look at legality, morality, and of course the fine game of Tiddlywinks. What are PTQs for? When should one invoke the Dark Side of the Jedi Mind Trick? The Ferrett weighs in on a touchy topic.
Magic Show On Location – Top 8 and Top 4 Charlotte $5K Matches
Hello everybody, and welcome a special edition of the Magic Show. In these videos you’ll watch StarCityGames.com’s own Chris Woltereck take home the title through two thrilling matches (the last match was so thrilling they split before it happened). Ready to see a man start round 1 of Top 8 without playing a permanent? Let’s go!
Magical Hack – Extended, The Morning After
Extended is a lively and interesting format, by all appearances… though some would add the caveat “if you like playing The Rock mirror match†to that, after the first two weeks of PTQs. The truly broken stuff you can do is held in check by the ease with which it can be attacked and by its overall inconsistency in the face of the excessive mulligans, and for the most part everyone is “playing fair†and interacting with their opponent in the first few turns.
The Magic Show #80 – Morningtide Prerelease
Hello, everybody. In this week’s episode we visit the Nashville, TN prerelease. I get real player’s opinions on the new set, include a few surprises, show you how one soldier took Magic to Iraq, and we meet an unforgettable naysayer, Mister Burns. As a special bonus I include a few new decklists to chew on!
The Kitchen Table #217 – The Complete Casual Morningtide Set Review: White and Green
Ever since Legions, I have, without fail, provided you a set review of each new set from a Five Color perspective. This time, however, I’ll not limit myself to Five Color thoughts. Instead, I’ll review each card on several levels, and provide you a score for every single card in the set for each casual type.
Tribal Thriftiness #7 – Cheesesteaks, Superhero Masks, and Morningtide
It’s not necessary to fly to the City of Brotherly Love to play in a Morningtide prerelease, but it wouldn’t be an interesting story if all Dave did was drive up to Denver and come home empty-handed.