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.
Wednesday, February 17th – On this week’s edition of MTGCast, the guys discuss Grand Prix: Oakland, news from The Starkington Post, Rise of the Eldrazi rumors, and more!
Wednesday, February 17th – Extended is proving to be a fresh hunting ground for innovative deck design. It seems there’s space for people with a plan, and the Hurterator deck, designed by Tobias Henke, certainly has that. Manuel Bucher throws the new deck through a collection of queues on Magic Online, recording the play-by-play results.
Wednesday, February 17th – Hello again, everybody. We’re shuffling content around a bit this week, and instead of bringing you more Chapin we’ve got Worldwake lead designer Ken Nagle at the helm talking about his experiences, trials, and tribulations in getting the set you now play with in your hands. Join me for this almost 45-minute discussion!
Wednesday, February 17th – Yes, there was a Grand Prix last weekend, but with Pro Tour: San Diego this coming weekend, and the StarCityGames.com Open the weekend after, I think it’s slightly more fitting this week that I focus on Standard. I’ve spent the last two weeks gushing over the Jace decks in the post-Worldwake format, and so this week I’d like to discuss the other decks a little more thoroughly.
Wednesday, February 17th – With Worldwake making a splash in many a Constructed format, it seems that Extended has its fair share of new card goodness. OR does it? Adrian examines the results from the recent Oakland Grand Prix and Roanoke PTQ, with an eye to the impact made by the fresh set…
Wednesday, February 17th – Today, I want to do my typical follow up to the Worldwake review article, where I take some of the cards from the new set and build some decks based around what inspires me.
Tuesday, February 16th – I had so much fun last week playing the Lord of Tresserhorn/Zombie deck that I decided to play it again. My strategy with this deck is pretty basic. Get Zombies, swing with Zombies, do Zombie tricks if need be.
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.
