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The Beautiful Struggle – A Chilling Look Into the Future

I am (wisely) not the official set reviewer for StarCityGames.com. However, in one possible future, I might be. In another possible future, the MTGSalvation.com spoiler for Future Sight would be 100% accurate (I didn’t say it was a likely future, just a possible one). So, I think that my random observations about selected cards on the MTGSalvation.com spoiler can substitute for a Future Sight review, at least for those of you who do not have Premium accounts. WARNING! Contains spoilers!

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From Right Field – Born Again Again! The Ritual of Rebirth Precon-Decon, Part 2 (of 2)

When you last left me – you cold, heartless, fickle person, you — I was working on smooshing together two copies of the Ritual of Rebirth precon deck into something that might win you a few matches at your local Saturday Standard tourney. Today, I continue that journey… and what a journey it was!

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Budget Legacy – G/W Aggro Loam

Grand Prix Columbus - May 19-20, 2007!

Countdown to GP: Columbus! Christopher Coppola analyzes a successful Legacy deck that is also very easy to build, and discusses how to play the deck properly in a competitive environment.

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Magic Puzzles – Mistakes

A quarter of a year has passed since I started this weekly column. Over the last thirteen weeks I’ve presented you with all kinds of Magic puzzles, from the obvious to the obscure. I have only stumped you a couple times, while you have gotten the better of me at least three times! How, you ask? By submitting an answer to a puzzle that I did not at all expect. This week I will take the opportunity to revisit those three wayward puzzles, and attempt to set things straight.

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You Lika the Juice? – Mr. Hand, Venser, and Player Rewards Cards

I’d like to start things off by touching on last week’s official Future Sight previews, namely the latest ridiculous Blue wizard Venser, Shaper Savant. The online response seemed mixed, with a majority of people seeming to fall somewhere between “meh” and “ugh.” All I have to say is…

What are you, people? On dope?

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Insert Column Name Here – Taking You At Your Word

Read The Ferrett... every Monday at StarCityGames.com!Last week, some of you said that Ferrett should have gone with a Green/White-based build for his card pool… So he decided, in this last gasp before Planar Chaos strategy becomes extinct, to take your build for a spin around the block! How did he do with the deck suggested by the folks in the forum? Click the link and see!

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The Real Deal – Spoilers

There have been discussions about the relationship between spoilers and the health of Magic in the past, but never before from so many angles! Ben examines the pros and cons of having sets spoiled early from the perspectives of a player, a General Manager, and a writer set to official spoil cards!

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The Magic Show #39 – Futureshifted

Hello everybody and welcome to another edition of the Magic Show. This week we’re taking a long, hard look at all of the numerous Future Sight Spoilers. With only two weeks to go a plethora of new, interesting cards are coming, so let’s get started.

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Magical Hack — Eating My Veggies

Sean’s previous attempt to take a sledgehammer to Time Spiral Block Constructed involved pairing that perennial nuisance Teferi with the shambling behemoth Spectral Force. Today’s offering brings a little more finesse… actually, that’s a lie. This Block deck is Big, Green/White, and has a face that only Flores could love. However, is it strong enough to kick seven bells out of the prospective Yokohama metagame?

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Unlocking Legacy – Be Aggressive

Grand Prix Columbus - May 19-20, 2007!
Countdown to Grand Prix: Columbus! Previously, Kevin claimed that “aggro-board control is the new aggro-control.” This week he steps up to try to prove it with aggressive strategies built around very powerful cards. As a bonus he talks about how to choose a deck for the Grand Prix and Grand Prix trials.

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The Kitchen Table #176 – Abedraft Revisited, Volume the Second

Do you like playing Limited but want a chance to play different formats? Are you tired of the same old Limited matches? Welcome to Casual Limited! Feel free to have a seat and relax, because we’ve been here all day and we’ve just got started.

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Tact or Friction — Drought Project

I looked at the cards I have in my MTGO collection and realized that my simple goal of acquiring four of each common of a set for a bargain price — usually 3-4 tickets — was a good policy, but actually not very doable in real life. Real life players do not necessarily have draft tables to chase, don’t have bots that will spit out cards at a 32/1 rate. These are the players who buy a few boosters, crack them, and gleefully build a collection in the exact opposite way in which you eat a gobstopper.

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Chatter of the Squirrel – Dumb Mistakes

After a weekend failure at a Two-Headed Giant PTQ, Zac Hill is in a remarkably reflective mood. By analysing the form of two distinct mistakes – one in the PTQ, the other in a Legacy Grand Prix Trial – he examines the nature of decision-making itself. How do the puzzle pieces fit together, and where in the grand scheme do you place yourself? All this, plus a B/U/R Control decklist for Time Spiral Block Constructed!

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The Online Outlook #7 — Raising the Standard

After last week’s foray into Time Spiral Block Constructed, it’s time for me to wend my weary way back to the Standard streets. As usual, Magic Online has been awash with Premier Events, and I’ve trawled the Top 8 replays in order to bring you what’s winning and what’s losing. As we’ve nine Top 8s to work through today, I won’t waste your time with any more pointless introduction.

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Magic Grab Bag #13 – Bugging Out

I had an impulse, an urge, an inspiration. I wanted to build around a card, and the first thing in my head was “Well, may as well take land out of the deck editor filter, since I couldn’t really build a deck around a land.”

Or could I?

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