Tuesday, June 15th – This past weekend saw a host of high-level tournaments for both Standard and Vintage. Today, Kyle Boggemes examines the results from Grand Prix: Manilla, and both days of the StarCityGames.com Open Series weekend in Seattle. If you’re looking for an edge in Standard or Legacy, look no further!
Tuesday, June 15th – I’ve been running Bant since Lorwyn rotated, and had made the decision to switch to Mythic Conscription quite early. After running hot in another recent tournament, I grew a newfound confidence for Bant’s position in the current metagame. I really like the deck’s position in the Jund and U/W match-up.
Monday, June 14th – Last week, Hall of Famer and Constructed legend Zvi Mowshowitz shared the creation process of his format-defining Beastmaster deck in Zendikar / Rise Block Constructed. Today, he moves away from the creation of the deck, and instead focuses on playing the thing, including comprehensive sideboard notes for all the top matchups!
Monday, June 14th – In a refreshingly joke-free edition, it’s time to look at the eye-poppingly large rewards on offer to potential thieves at large-scale Magic events. It may be illegal, but the economics make such nefariousness inevitable, and it’s up to us to make sure a fool and his money are not soon parted. Featuring such awesome words as purloin, rifle, and squinticate, this is a guide to keeping what’s yours, yours.
Monday, June 14th – M111 is fast approaching, and Patrick Chapin is prepared! Today, he takes a look at a selection of common and uncommon cards spoiled thus far, both new stock and reprint, and suggests how the various formats may look when the new Core Set arrives! [Warning: M11 Spoilers!]
Monday, June 14th – At the SCG Standard Open on Saturday, I engaged all of my opponents in honest, pleasant, human interaction, to the extent they allowed me to do so. I’m happy to report that they all seemed willing to banter back and forth, and that made my rounds enjoyable, even though the actual games were grueling and my results were poor. In fact, I considered skipping Sunday…
Monday, June 14th – In today’s edition of The Combat Phase, King of Fatties Jamie Wakefield ventures out from behind the neon MTGO glow and participates in some honest-to-goodness FNM spell-slinging! He also continues updating his Green deck du jour, with an eventual eye on the PTQ prize…
Monday, June 14th – I have been to a lot of tournaments, and I’m used to the lifestyle. This is nothing like any other tournament. You are playing weird formats, against WoTC employees, in WoTC’s headquarters. You are working together every round, focusing not only on your game but your teammates’ as well. You are pooling as many resources as possible to be successful. Simply put, you are eating, living, and breathing Magic.
The fifth round feature match was a behemoth between two of the game’s titans: Jeff Cunningham representing the old school and Brad Nelson representing the new school.
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Friday, June 11th – If you’ve played in a Magic tournament, you’ve heard a bad beat story. Players love to tell them, and (it seems) hate to hear them. Today, Hall of Famer Raphael Levy, a man who’s heard his fair share of Magic tales, brings us a handful of excellent stories that are guaranteed to raise a smile. Enjoy!
Friday, June 11th – In San Juan, Olivier Ruel felt the euphoria of victory and the stab of defeat. While he made Day 2, he failed to set the tournament alight, but he did reach a huge personal milestone along the way. He recounts his tale today…
Friday, June 11th – Manuel Bucher believes that all Magic players fall prey to a self-serving bias that blinds them to the strength and weakness of their individual performance. By highlighting some of the mistakes he made at Pro Tour: San Juan, he hopes that we won’t make similar mistakes, and that we’ll come to recognize this bias within us all…
Friday, June 11th – Magic can be a very taxing hobby. We hear stories of players blazing bright, and then burning out just as fast. Money can be a difficult hurdle for players to overcome. Family issues, whether existing or new, also cause players to scale back or quit altogether. How can Magic players combat these issues?
Friday, June 11th – The StarCityGames.com Legacy Opens are routinely breaking 200 players and going 9 rounds, so the largest Legacy Series ever is only getting bigger. With one of the StarCityGames.com Open Series€™ only West Coast stops this weekend in Seattle, Jared breaks down the Legacy Open in Philadelphia and gives you the stats to make the best metagame choice!
