Tribal Thriftiness #103 – Joining The Ranks
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.
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The Dragonmaster’s Lair – My Grand Prix: Oakland Report
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…
You Lika The Juice? – EDH Griefer Anonymous
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.
Insider Trading – The Cost of Cards: Mr. Bleiweiss goes to Washington (Part 2 of 3)
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!
Constructed Criticism – A Grand Prix: Oakland Report
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…
Feature Article – The Age of Aquarium
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.”
Drafting With Olivier – Zendikar #35
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!
The Justice League – Grand Prix: Oakland From The Far Side
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.
Insider Information – Nearly There: A Grand Prix Oakland Report *9th*
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…
Duel With Ruel – Tribal Zoo Versus Bant: The Tribal Zoo Perspective
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…
Removed From Game – From Birth to Booth
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.
MTGCast #194 – Van-Size Ticks and Buff Guys Holding Puppies!
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!
Positive EV – Extended Hurterator
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.
The Magic Cruise 2010 – Nagle’s Worldwake Design Seminar
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!
Thirst For Knowledge – More Standard for San Diego
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.