Wednesday, July 14th – Chapin said it best when he talked about set reviews a short while ago, in that if you are going to do a set review, bring something original to the table. Comedy, insight, fresh decks, and even an unpopular opinion here and there are great starts. “Great Sable Stag hoses Faeries” is not a good review of the card. Awesome. We already knew that.
Wednesday, July 14th – On this week’s edition of MTGCast, the guys discuss the M11 Prerelease, The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, dirty card art, and much more!
Wednesday, July 14th – Kyle Boggemes recaps two tournaments – Legacy and M11 Sealed – in order to impart some words of wisdom on our wonderful game. He espouses the benefits of hard work and practice, and suggests a Landstill deck for your next Legacy tournament, such as the upcoming Grand Prix: Columbus!
Wednesday, July 14th – For the past few months, Jund has loomed over Standard like a perpetual cloud, being the most popular and perhaps strongest strategy in the format. Today, Gerry Thompson presents what he believes to be the Perfect Jund deck for the current format, before sharing a selection of interesting Legacy brews in fine time for Grand Prix: Columbus.
Wednesday, July 14th – Although it’s true that Fauna Shaman has been getting the most coverage of all the M11 cards, I think that it would be a much better idea for us to take a look at the best card in M11, Primeval Titan.
Wednesday, July 14th – Hello folks, and welcome to the column dedicated to all things casual. Today’s offering is an article that we do every few months here on the Kitchen Table. Today is my casual review of the new cards in M11, concentrating on those that I think will have an impact on casual land.
Tuesday, July 13th – I will confess a weakness for Jund colors. I’ve been playing Mythic Bant in Standard recently, and although I love the idea of attacking with 17/17 Baneslayers, I really love the savagery of BRG, so I hope you’ll understand why I keep going back to the Kresh and Karrthus wells. This week, it was Karrthus.
Tuesday, July 13th – Magic is a complex game with a myriad of deck possibilities. Why, then, is it relatively easy to predict the archetypes you’re likely to face at any given tournament? Patrick Chapin discusses the art of deckbuilding and metagaming, and examines how the decline of the expert deck builder may be something we can exploit…
Tuesday, July 13th – Hall of Famer Olivier Ruel takes us through an 8-4 draft queue on Magic Online. He shares some comprehensive thoughts about both the picks and the games, and talks us through each step of the way! If you’re looking to improve your Limited game, this is the article series for you!
Tuesday, July 13th – Rise of the Eldrazi draft continues to excite players around the world, and Olivier Ruel is no exception. Today, he breaks down his favorite archetype in the format: UBR (Grixis) Control. He provides archetype analysis, strategic advice, and comprehensive common and uncommon pick orders. And he forces the archetype in the next edition of Drafting With Oli!
Tuesday, July 13th – Last November, when I was discussing the merits and weaknesses of Iona Oath compared to Dragon Oath, I was excited to find a Vintage top 8 in Manila, where Dragon Oath won a 46-player Vintage tournament; just as eye-catching, however, were three very similar Dredge decks that made the Top 8…
Tuesday, July 13th – If you are ahead on board, in order to survive, your opponents have to make unfavorable plays and non-beneficial trades. Which then gets you further ahead on board, making them have to take more unfavorable plays. Then you get even further ahead on board, and they have to take even more non-beneficial trades. And so on. Get it?
Monday, July 12th – While M10 sold in record Core Set numbers, it added very little to Vintage. M11, however, is a different story. Today, Stephen Menendian scours the set for the cards that’ll have an impact on Magic’s most powerful format. He also brings us his latest Complete Vintage Checklist![Editor’s Note: Patrick Chapin will be here later in the week!]
Monday, July 12th – Magic is an ever-changing game. Every three months, we get a new set of mostly new cards with which to tinker and play. Each set is meticulously examined by hundreds of thousands of players for potential in every format imaginable, be it Standard, Draft, Vintage, or EDH. Each format is similarly analyzed to try to find new trends, powerful new (or renewed) archetypes and other synergies.
Monday, July 12th – The thing about tilt is it seldom just grabs you and throttles you. That’d be easy to prepare for. You could tell when it was coming and try to cut it off. Occasionally tilt will surprise you when your opponent does something entirely inane and it works out, but even then, players with enough experience should be able to shrug off a single blow.
