Today’s Battle Royale Announcement!
Tuesday, November 2nd – This is happening today, my friends. I know! Your day did just get so much better. Don’t miss epic MTGO battles between Gavin Verhey, Max McCall, Todd Anderson, and Matt Sperling.
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SCG Talent Search – Lapse of Certainty: Challenging Conventional Wisdom
Tuesday, November 2nd – Limited is full of conventional wisdom and guidelines that are universally accepted. Well, Kaloyan Kirilov feels there’s more to it than that. Enjoy his second article for the SCG Talent Search!
SCG Talent Search – A Limited Article: My Catapult to Stardom
Tuesday, November 2nd – So I opened a pretty nutty Sealed pool. Being an attention whore, I announced all my rares to my neighbors. This may not be the best strategy ever conceived, but it’s what I did.
SCG Talent Search – Hot-Boxing Sealed
Tuesday, November 2nd – For this article I’m going to return to the Sealed deck I showed you last week, give you an overview of the format as I see it, and leave you with a story about the inner chaos of my mind.
SCG Talent Search – Unlimited Punishment: Doing What’s Necessary
Tuesday, November 2nd – Another pun-filled article by Barry Diwell – this time he analyzes a Scars MTGO Sealed Pool where he learns an important lesson or two. Check it out, vote, talk about it in the forums!
Overview of Scars Limited
Tuesday, November 2nd – Anton goes through the huge variety of archetypes in Scars Limited, and we get a look into how the Limited master sees the format. Maybe you’ll finally win some drafts!
City of Brass – Overseas Innovations
Tuesday, November 2nd – Though American tournaments recently have been small, Gush-free affairs, things have been brewing overseas. A 150-person tournament was held in Madrid, and the same two Gush lists made the finals.
Drafting with Tim – Scars of Mirrodin #2!
Monday, November 1st – Join Tim Aten for another Scars of Mirrodin draft as he explains his individual picks. Discuss your opinions on the draft in the forums!
Darksteele Cube – Sealed of Doom
Monday, November 1st – Occasionally, even the most avid cube drafter will look for a change from the bread & butter draft, whether it’s 8-man or Winston. When the mood strikes, I like to build decks from Sealed pools rather than drafting.
Untold Legends… The Return
Monday, November 1st – This week Ted re-introduces the world to Jeff Cunningham’s Untold Legends of the Million Dollar Pro Tour… The best storytellers in Magic come back for a look at Magic’s storied past!
Innovations – Magic Mailbag: Best Deck in Standard, Legacy, Geordie Tait, and More
Monday, November 1st – With a nod to Ken Krouner, Tom Martell, Billy Moreno, Mark Rosewater, Michael Flores, Anne Landers, and everyone else that invented the reader mailbag format, let’s see what we have in the mailbag!
The Long & Winding Road – You, But Better
Monday, November 1st – Matt Elias takes on an ambitious project: making you a better Magic player AND making you a better writer, all at once.
Going Infinite – Selling on MOTL
Monday, November 1st – I don’t remember exactly how I found Magic Online Trading League, but it’s been instrumental in developing my business and developing me as a trader.
The Combat Phase – Evil Jamie and Wendy’s Bane
Monday, November 1st – My play skill sucks these days. I’ve lost more matches to stupid mistakes than I can count. I’m determined to play with actual skill and not just throw cards at my opponent and hope they land on his face.
Live Coverage of StarCityGames.com Open Series: Charlotte
The StarCityGames.com Legacy Open in Charlotte has come to a close! The question headed into the weekend was whether the dominance of Survival of the Fittest would continue, or whether the metagame would adjust to take it into consideration and hate it accordingly. Early in the day a poll of some big name players and the head judge of the event revealed few felt the card deserved serious enough attention to merit a banning (a sentiment echoed on Twitter). Then again, the Top 8 became yet another tale of Survival’s dominance.
It was there that Adam Cai and Nick Spagnolo would meet in the Finals, both playing decks reliant on the enchantment. In addition to playing similar decks, both players also can claim the title of being back-to-back StarCityGames.com Open Top 8’ers after Adam managed the feat in Nashville and Nick pulled it off this weekend in Charlotte. All that remained in the event as they sat down to battle were three games to answer the question of whether Nick’s slightly more traditional blue and green version of Survival Madness would be superior to his opponent’s more Zooish green and white version. |
