SCG Daily – A Deck a Day: Culling the Past
In today’s installment of “A Deck a Day,” Abe concentrates on Guildpact’s Orzhovian Wrath of God – Culling Sun.
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From Right Field: In The Olden Days
Chris returns to his recent One Dozen Glazed decklist, a mono-Blue build with surprisingly strong results. He supplies match walkthoughs, as well as letting us into some Romeo Sideboard Secrets. Plus, a re-touch on the Thran Golem deck…
Vote Nuijten, Jonsson, Nassif for the Invitational!
Julien Nuijten, Anton Jonsson, and Gabriel Nassif are all eligible for your votes in the latest round of Invitational voting at MagicTheGathering.com. Choose your European All-Star, and vote!
SCG Daily – A Deck A Day: Righteousness, For Their Sake
For today’s deck building fiesta, I am going to go back to an old feature — the bad rare deck. I am going to reach into my box of, um… low-value rares and grab one, building the first deck that comes to mind in seconds. Ready?
Not Quite Black and White: Two Takes on Orzhov for Standard
I’ve been rather surprised with the flexibility and diversity of the Ravnica guilds in Standard. Each with their own individual mechanic, you would think that would pigeonhole them into specific roles, e.g. beatdown, control, etc. Not so. Case in point: the Orzhov. You would think putting together an Orzhov deck would be as simple as black and white, but in reality, there’s several shades of gray.
The Weekly Guild Build: Why Aren’t I At The Invitational?
There was a time when I had hoped to wrangle an invite to the Magic Invitational on the basis of my popularity, but that was way back in 2001. Back then, I was the best Magic writer on the Internet… Depending on where you put the italics.
Today, years after I’ve peaked, I’ll discuss not only my failed Invitational gambit, but discuss a Ravnica deck that is so all over the map, you’d think it was McNally’s.
Magical Hack: Ravnica, City of Drafting
With the release of Guildpact on Magic Online, there will now be more drafting than ever before, all available with just a click of the mouse any hour of the day (or night). So check your catheters and secure your IV drip, and put a fresh pot of coffee in the drip bag… because it’s time to lose ourselves in Ravnica, the City of Drafting.
The Raging Goblin Rule
The Raging Goblin Rule states that there is always a better one-mana Goblin that you could put in your deck instead of Raging Goblin, and that if there isn’t, you need to find another deck. The reason for this is that a 1/1 haste creature with no other abilities is never the right threat, and as Mike told you recently, there are such things as wrong threats as well as wrong answers. The Raging Goblin knows this, which is one of the main causes of his general rage.
SCG Daily – Interviewing… Chris Romeo
In his final SCG Daily column, Chris takes narcissism to strange new heights. He interveiws the self-proclaimed Best Lookin’ Magic Writer on the Internet…
I Want My All-Star Game Back!
Ken Krouner has deep-held issues regarding the current format of the Magic Invitational. At its very core, he believes it is deeply flawed. Like Jeff Cunningham above, he raises some pertinent questions regarding candidates and eligibility. Do you agree with his views?
The Brave, The Bold, This Year’s Invitational Ballot
Jeff brings us his choices for the Magic Invitational 2006 Writer’s Ballot. Like Mr Krouner below, he has a few things to say on the legitimacy of certain candidates… I sense the forums will be busy today.
Food For Thought: RUG Control
“Izzet seems to have a plethora of win conditions, but it’s slow. Green seems to have a lot of mana acceleration, but not enough ways to win. It saddens me how long it took to figure this combination out.”
Bernie brings us an intriguing deck, working with a long-forgotten Standard tool that was much hyped on release… Thoughts of Ruin. Has it finally found a home?
Life After Kamigawa
While we’re currently still enthralled with 5/5 Legendary Dragon Spirits and The Kind of Legendary Artifacts That Make You Open Packs Like Wonka Bars, there is life beyond Kamigawa and its underpowered and overpowered scattering of cards. This article will focus on the gems that will only truly shine once that block has left us, and the cards that may still be flying under the radar.
The 2006 Magic Invitational Ballot: Julien Nuijten’s Votes
Julien Nuijten, one of the hottest young pros in the game today, casts his votes for the 2006 Magic Invitational Writer’s Ballot. In this, we learn Frank Karsten loves Hilary Duff, and that Neil Reeves is a bully.
SCG Daily – Interviewing Craig Stevenson
In the fourth of this entertaining series, Chris interviews the Managing Editor of StarCityGames.com, Craig Stevenson. That’s right… me.
I like this article a lot. Then again, I’m bound to: I feature in it quite heavily.