Tuesday, February 16th – At last weekend’s Grand Prix: Oakland, Sam Black piloted Faeries into Day 2 play before a slew of Zoo decks brought him down. Today, he recaps the highlights of his tournament, and discusses some of the stronger decks to succeed at the tournament. He also makes a few suggestions regarding the metagame going forward.
Tuesday, February 16th – Grand Prix: Oakland proved that the Extended format is versatile, intriguing, and fun. A massive seven distinct archetypes rocked the Top 8, including two decks that truly define innovation. Patrick Chapin discusses the strategies, and suggests how the format may evolve…
Tuesday, February 16th – I tried to decide between two topics for this week: A look at the increasing value of Legacy staples, and a tournament report from the Vintage event in Harrisburg, PA on 1/31. Since I couldn’t decide, I thought I’d just cover both…
Tuesday, February 16th – With the first results from the post Worldwake Extended events starting to trickle in, we put the TMI microscope over the PTQ in Roanoke. Many of the Online trends have filtered into the real world with a Thopter Depths mirror in the finals, but did Worldwake make an impact?
Tuesday, February 16th – Hello everybody, and welcome to our first video from the Magic Cruise 2010! This first vid focuses on my live interview with Patrick Chapin in front of a studio audience. This half-hour discussion ranges from Treasure Hunt, Tectonic Edge, Jace the Mind Sculptor, misconceptions of Pros, the announcement of his e-book in an upcoming revised paperback form, and more!
Monday, February 15th – In this comprehensive article, Vintage maestro Stephen Menendian brings us detailed game descriptions from his excellent performance in a recent Vintage tournament. He explains his choice of deck (Tezzeret), and provides thorough sideboarding analysis. [Editor’s Note: Patrick Chapin’s article will be here tomorrow!]
Monday, February 15th – Kyle turned his back on Extended in Oakland this past weekend, choosing instead to update his Ranger of Crabs Standard deck and rock out a local $1000 Standard tournament. He rattled through the competition to a high finish, and he shares his thoughts on the deck today!
Monday, February 15th – Ever since you qualified for your first Pro Tour a few months ago, you’ve been trembling with anticipation. This is it. Finally. Your first foray into the Pro Tour. You’ve been trying to make it to the big show for years, losing heartbreaking matches in Top 8 after Top 8. But that’s all behind you now.
Monday, February 15th – I just got off the Magic Cruise boat a few hours ago, and I feel I have a lot to talk about in regards to Worldwake, the upcoming PT, and how the new Standard environment is going to change forever. And considering the next few weeks will be filled with Magic Cruise and Pro Tour video content, how’s about a few thousand words to tide you over? Let’s go!
Monday, February 15th – Zoo is one of the most statistically common decks in Legacy, but it takes on many forms. In this week’s column, Doug looks at five different variations and suggests that Zoo is most powerful when it is focused on one of these builds. He considers the core of the deck alongside different interchangeable additions with an eye toward crafting Zoo to beat a certain metagame. Find out the standard and experimental types of Zoo in this week’s Legacy’s Allure!
Friday, February 12th – MTGSalvation’s rumor mill is talking about the new Phyrexia vs. the Coalition duel decks. They have found a photo of the product, and the foils visible through the packaging seem to be Urza’s Rage and Phyrexian Negator. Reprinting Negator seems to violate the Official Reprint Policy. Must mean Magic is dying, right? That’s what I’ve always said, right?
Friday, February 12th – Worldwake is here, and the pros are drafting with a passion in preparation for Pro Tour: San Diego! Olivier Ruel is one such pro, and today he shares a Zendikar / Zendikar / Worldwake draft in all its glory. Enjoy!
Friday, February 12th – Dave takes a look at the new set, and makes some recommendations for what’s necessary for those of us who want to play competitively but still watch our wallets.
Friday, February 12th – With both Grand Prix and Pro Tour tournaments looming large, testing time has been split across multiple formats. Even so, Brian Kibler is doing his best to bring down strong results at both events. Today, he shares his thoughts on the Extended metagame going into the Grand Prix, and suggests some powerful builds of established archetypes.
Friday, February 12th – Despite the ridiculous winter weather she’s been dishing out against the Mid-Atlantic States, Mother Nature can’t keep a Magic man down. Even as the chance of me making the 30 minute drive to Richmond Comix for FNM and EDH dwindled to an icy and snowy zero last week, I still received my boxes of Worldwake shipped from StarCityGames.com, and eagerly started cracking the packs…
