Wednesday, November 18th – Think back, if you will, to Standard a year ago. Shards of Alara had just come out, and the format was still largely dominated by Lorwyn Block. Faeries was the undisputed champion if the format, and even more so before Time Spiral ripped Ancestral Visions from its despicable hands. Now I want you to think about what happened whenever someone pitched an idea for a new deck.
Wednesday, November 18th – This past weekend, I played in my second Pro Tour Qualifier for San Diego. I played more Limited this time than I did for the last PTQ, but still failed to walk away with the Blue Envelope. While I’m pretty sure my rating went up overall, more importantly were a few of the lessons learned over the course of the weekend, which I’m going to share with you.
Wednesday, November 18th – In a review of Portal cards in article #168, I spend some time talking about the Three Kingdoms set, and some of the stories behind the cards. Later, in article #190, I spend the entire time describing stories behind the cards of Three Kingdoms. It’s been a while, but I feel another entry in this vein would be timely…
Wednesday, November 18th – On this week’s edition of MTGCast, the guys discuss Grand Prix: Minneapolis, EDH, Richard Garfield, and more!
Tuesday, November 17th – Aggressive strategies abound in the current Standard format, on the broad back of Jund. With no Reflecting Pools around, it seems that multicolored Control is not an option… or is it? And if multicolored Control has indeed fallen, does Control have any other tricks up its ample sleeves? Manu investigates…
Tuesday, November 17th – In this week’s article, Doug considers two applications of Entomb in Legacy, the traditional Reanimator style and innovative Protean Hulk lists. How can Entomb power up a Reanimator list beyond getting a fatty to bring back? Get a history lesson about Benzo in old Extended, find out the different possible Hulk combination kills and get suggestions on how to play around graveyard hate in this week’s Legacy’s Allure!
Tuesday, November 17th – On 11/7, Alternate Universe – Blue Bell ran their first Legacy tournament; to my knowledge, this was the first non-weekly Legacy tournament in the area since the Grand Prix Trial for Columbus in 2007. I’d been pushing the store to run a Legacy tournament since early in the year, when I caught the Legacy bug while testing for GP: Chicago…
Tuesday, November 17th – As the hours tick down to the ultimate gaming challenge, Rich takes us through the Player of the Year Race, and exclusively reveals that a certain entertaining American will be lifting the individual title come Sunday. Or he could be completely wrong…
Monday, November 16th – Patrick Chapin takes a break from making Day 2 at Grand Prix: Minneapolis to bring us a mid-tournament status report. He shares his cardpool from the event before showing us his final build, and then turns his eye to Magic Online, with some interesting statistics from triple Zendikar draft…
Monday, November 16th – In today’s double header edition of So Many Insane Plays, Stephen Menendian examines the current Legacy metagame before turning his eye to the Vintage scene. With graphs, stats, and theories aplenty, Stephen brings us the Eternal lowdown as only he can!
Monday, November 16th – Last weekend, the Andersons – Magic’s latest Golden Couple – rocked the Standard world and the StarCityGames.com $5000 Open with a fine double Top 8 performance, playing Mono-Green. Today, we have articles from quarterfinalist Todd, and from the winner herself, Kali Anderson!
Monday, November 16th – Last weekend, my wife won the StarCityGames.com $5000 Standard Open. I didn’t do so bad myself, and feel I owe you guys an explanation about why I chose the deck we played, and why I didn’t play Jund or Team America. Here is the story.
Monday, November 16th – 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!
Friday, November 13th – Sealed Deck in Zendikar play is proving to be a tricky beast to crack. In today’s Reflecting Ruel, Olivier offers some sage advice on Sealed Deck in general, paying close attention to the current format. Will his words of wisdom be enough to speed you to the top of the PTQ pile? Read on to find out!
Friday, November 13th – Conventional wisdom dictates that your performance in sideboarded games is twice as important as your performance in the pre-sideboard variety. Even so, practicing with your sideboard is often overlooked. Today, Brian Kibler shows us why we should pay special attention to games 2 and 3, and presents some handy tips to make the most of our precious fifteen…
