With the Extended PTQ season grinding towards completion, Peter breaks down the January and February PTQ results, identifying the Tier 1 and Tier 2 strategies that feed into the post-Planar Chaos metagame. He also tackles the myth of the “Local Metagame,” and presents a G/W/r Beatdown deck for folks looking for something a little different.
Chris Romeo, casual deckbuilder and all-round nice guy, takes the opportunity to get a few things off his chest this week. In this remarkable return to his caustic roots, Mr Romeo unleashes both barrels at the population at large. No one is safe from his vitriol and spite. Remember — you have been warned.
Standard is a wide-open field right now, but many if not most of the Tier 1 decks are powered by the trifecta of the Power Plant, Mine and Tower; the mighty Urzatron. With the release of Planar Chaos, every deck gets a few new trinkets to toy with. The Tron-based decks are no exception. But who gets the best toys? You could make an argument for my personal favorite of the Trons, TriscuitTron.
Here in the States, the 2008 Presidential campaign is already in full gear, with all sorts of figures jumping in the race – Barak Obama, John McCain, Rudy Giuliani, Hillary Clinton; even Britney Spears is shaving her head and getting tattoos in an effort to play to a more liberal base. In honor of President’s Day today, StarCityGames.com is pleased to interview a few of the less mainstream candidates who have either declared or are mulling over a run for President.
With RidiculousHat taking the first Magic Puzzles crown, can YOU be the next winner of this prestigious award? The next competition starts here, with a tricky puzzle set in a Time Spiral / Planar Chaos draft…
Back from the kitchen, seasoned wanderer Eli (standing in for The Ferrett) offers up a fresh, complex blend of convoluted tastes in Time Spiral/Planar Chaos Sealed. See how your cardboard cookery stands up in this stadium showdown!
Typically, the first part of a set review gets the most hits, and then subsequent parts get incrementally fewer hits. So, let’s just pretend like this is Part 1 of my Totally Complete Planar Chaos Set Review! That’s right, click on this article to get my wit, vigor, and other bodily fluids that contribute to everything you need or don’t need to know about Planar Chaos.
In This Week’s Ben’s Corner: Little Jack Horner! (And/or news about Extended Cards)
Hello everybody and welcome to another show. Today we have footage of the Top 8, Top 4, and Top 2 rounds in the StarCityGames New Planar Chaos-legal Extended tournament that occurred last weekend. You ready for live footage, decklists and more? Let’s take a look!
Magic, when played between two people, is probably the best game in the World. When played between four consenting adults, is it a case of double your pleasure, double your fun? With the Two-Headed Giant Champs mere weeks away, Sean takes a timely look at a sample cardpool, and builds a pair of strong decks with the sweetmeats therein.
In this article, Dan surveys 4-color Landstill and the Ill-Gotten Gains-based storm combo deck “IGGy Pop” in Legacy, concluding with an interview with the inventor of Angel Stompy, Patrick Maeder, better known around the Internet as GodzillA.
Whenever a new set comes out, a crop of idiots — generally speaking — will come out and claim that several cards in the set need to be banned. Without Fail. I kid you not, we had people saying this about Coldsnap and Guildpact. This is working on the John Edwards model: You can guess wrong as many times as you like, provided you really make a noise about when you guess right.
After failing to make Day 2 at Pro Tour: Geneva, Zac returns to the Constructed game, with an eye on qualification for Yokohama. Today’s Chatter of the Squirrel concludes the Razormane Masticore / Triskelavus debate, and takes a fresh look at a couple of powerful Extended decks that have posted Top 8 results.
Abe takes us through the personalities that appear in Portal Three Kingdoms, and highlights a host of fine casual all-stars for your next multiplayer melee. Having trouble distinguishing your Zhang Liao from your Zhang Jiao, or your Lu Bei from your Lu Bu? Abe can help!
Rivien has a crack at creating a precon deck, and comes up with a spicy mono-Green number capable of creating an army of unstoppable monsters! He also touches upon the cost of older cards on Magic Online, what it means to the online metagame, and urges everyone to make their voices of dissension heard!
Josh under-performed at his Extended PTQ this past weekend… even so, the insight he gained from a 150-person tournament is invaluable for those with PTQs still to attend. Today’s Deconstructing Constructed takes a look at the most popular decks that appeared that day, and brings us an interesting look at the undervalued Locket Combo deck…
