Monday, August 9th – After a few weeks of cracking hard into Extended for no good reason other than, well, Extended is just fun to play, the past week has been a swan dive back into Standard. Now that the baseline decks are in line and constantly being reshaped week to week by various National Championships, with less than two weeks left before the opening of U.S. Nationals I have turned my sights toward trying out new ideas.
Monday, August 9th – This week, Doug reports on taking Legacy’s hottest new deck on a test-drive at GenCon. The deck uses Survival of the Fittest to power out free Vengevines on the back of Basking Rootwallas or sends flying Wild Mongrels over to smack around the opponent. Check out the changes he made to the GP: Columbus list and get a round-by-round report on how the event shook out for him. Get the inside scoop on the newest Legacy deck in this week’s Legacy’s Allure!
Monday, August 9th – Cedric Phillips felt well prepared for Grand Prix: Columbus. Armed with a transformational Aluren combo deck, wth which he’d posted some success online, Ced hoped to go one better than his ninth-place finish in Oakland. Sadly, things didn’t go to plan…
Monday, August 9th – Hello friends! Welcome back to the column dedicated to the casual side of Magic. Today is my 350th weekly article for StarCityGames.com. In celebration, I was trying to brainstorm a good idea. I realized that I like big decks. Why not build a deck of 350 cards?
Friday, August 6th – Joey & BHJ talk about Grand-Prix Columbus and the latest community controversy, Drew Levin’s DQ from the event. We also discuss some Scars of Mirrodin news, rumors & theories; put forth some constructive criticism of the MTG novels; and debate the merits of reprinting mythics as rares.
Friday, August 6th – Two years ago I appeared on this here site here (that’s how we referred to StarCityGames.com back in the day) to argue the case against putting Olivier Ruel in the Hall of Fame. I was overruled.
Time to flip the script.
Friday, August 6th – In this week’s edition of Black Magic, Sam Black discusses his preparation for GenCon. He also shares his thoughts on this year’s Hall of Fame ballot, and asks for our input in the forums!
Friday, August 6th – In the first Innovations in his new Friday slot, Patrick Chapin discusses his deck choice and matches from the trenches of Grand Prix: Columbus. Piloting an unusual Survival build deep into the second day, he shares the highs and lows from the tournament floor, and some excellent tips on playing the deck.
Friday, August 6th – Hello everybody, and welcome to another edition of the Magic Show. In this, our 200th(!) episode, we go to GP Columbus and talk Legacy with the biggest names in the game. Join me, won’t you?
Friday, August 6th – This week, Dave explores some options for the upcoming StarCityGames.com Legacy Open in Denver, including a Mono-Black Reanimator list.
Friday, August 6th – Brian Kibler rocked into Grand Prix: Columbus with a strong Legacy list and high hopes. Unfortunately, his performance didn’t quite match his expectations, but that didn’t dampen his enjoyment of the tournament. He shares tales from the tournament floor today, and brings us the lowdown on his plans for GenCon.
Friday, August 6th – In the spirit of “feedback week” over on the mothership, I thought today would be a good time to open up the mailbox and share what my readers have been sending me. Before I do that though, I did want to spend some time addressing some forum comments I got last week concerning card availability and mythic rares, and a “question of the day” I sent out over Twitter.
Thursday, August 5th – Merfolk won Grand Prix: Columbus. Let that sit for just a second. Bask in the comfortable, warm feeling surrounding your body. If you care about Legacy at all, then this should be good news for you. Merfolk has been fairly popular lately, and now that should increase with the results from Columbus, allowing you to adequately prepare for it, as well as giving you a great sideboard plan when playing it. So, what does that mean for us regular Joes?
Thursday, August 5th – This article contains more reports on the Ultimate Standard Tournament, as I could fit them in around preparation for GenCon and wrapping up stuff at work. This week, Astral Slide tries to slip by Napster, Doran tries to extinguish My Fires, and Psychatog tries to out-broken Tinker.
Thursday, August 5th – It is advisable you know how your cards work. It is difficult to know how every single card works in Magic, but it will be to your advantage if you learn what your own cards do. To help you with that, let’s take a look to some common card interactions and rulings in Standard.
