Friday, February 19th – Earlier this week, Antoine Ruel locked metaphorical horns with his brother in an Extended battle of Bant versus Zoo. Antoine piloted the menacing menagerie, while Oli picked up Manuel Bucher’s Bant build. Today, Oli shares his opinions on the matchup from the Bant perspective, and suggests ways in which to make the results turn in Bant’s favor…
Friday, February 19th – Grand Prix: Oakland was a monumental failure, in almost every aspect of the word. I went to the event with what I felt was a nicely tuned, semi-rogue deck that I felt had the ability and power to breakout. Unfortunately, things went differently. However, I am getting ahead of myself. Let’s start where all things start; at the beginning…
Friday, February 19th – It had to wait a day, but it’s here and it’s worth it – Patrick Chapin delves deep into Worldwake, how it could be the best Spike set since Future Sight, its impact on Standard and what his all-star testing group found in San Diego. You don’t wanna miss it!
Friday, February 19th – Hello everybody, and welcome to another edition of the Magic Show. This week we’re going on the high seas to Key West, Grand Cayman Islands, and Jamaica to bring you one of the best times of the year for a Magic player… the Magic Cruise! Join me as I take you to all the sights, sounds, and wild times on the Carnival Freedom cruise ship.
Friday, February 19th – Worldwake’s Join The Ranks gives Ally decks what it was missing: flexibility. Dave covers the new Allies in Worldwake and builds two decks around the power of Join The Ranks.
Friday, February 19th – The recent Extended Grand Prix in Oakland showcased that the format is incredibly healthy. Brian Kibler, winner of the Extended Pro Tour in Austin, picked the Zoo strategy once more, but found that the format had evolved in response to the menacing menagerie. Today, he shares his thoughts on the strategy going forward, along with a report on his performance…
Friday, February 19th – In an EDH game, players aren’t locked in to playing against the griefer at the table. They are free to respond in a couple different ways. First, they can gang up on the player to eliminate the griefer before he can get his misery engine going; it’s pretty difficult to stand against a table united against you, especially early on.
Friday, February 19th – On January 18th of this year, Wizards of the Coast brought Ben to their headquarters for an important meeting regarding the Reserved List. In today’s edition of Insider Trading, find out what was discussed at that meeting, Ben’s thoughts about the recent clarification of the Reserved List policy, and how this all relates to the cost of Magic cards!
Thursday, February 18th – Hello everyone, and welcome back to Constructed Criticism. I’m a bit late this week due to the fact that I was in attendance at Grand Prix: Oakland. It was a great time, with awesome new friends and old friends alike…
Thursday, February 18th – When the format becomes dominated by combo decks, control decks trend towards the forefront as it’s often better to try and interact with a combo deck by means of control spells than by the “brute force” method of the attack phase. Even Tomoharu Saito benched his Wild Nacatls for Grand Prix: Oakland, following the old adage of “if you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em.”
Thursday, February 18th – 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!
Thursday, February 18th – As I write this, I’m currently killing time in the airport lounge of Phoenix, AZ, as I wait for my connecting flight back home to St Louis. I’ve just had three days of fun at GP: Oakland with the usual minimum sleep, so I thought jotting a few things down would help me stay awake to catch my flight and prevent me having another near cardiac arrest as another article deadline looms.
Thursday, February 18th – Cedric Phillips practiced hard for Grand Prix: Oakland, and it paid off for him in fine style. While he didn’t quite crack the final table, he came as close as he could, and started his season off with a strong performance. Today, he shares his story…
Thursday, February 18th – Antoine Ruel returns to play out an important Extended matchup once more, this time piloting Tribal Zoo against his brother’s Bant. With the PTQ season continuing apace, articles such as this (and Oli’s companion article coming tomorrow) are invaluable to everyone looking to pick up a blue envelope…
Wednesday, February 17th – I started commentating on card games in 1979. Yes, really. Find out how the ginger Brit got from birth to booth, as we stand less than a week away from Pro Tour: San Diego.
