Wednesday, August 19th – Have you ever had a day where you felt an unnatural surge of enlightenment? The kind of day where you rise in the morning knowing the decisions you make are going to significantly alter the rest of your life, and fall in the night knowing that your future has been set in motion. I have those days whenever an important decision is to be made. And because of them, I had the fire…
Wednesday, August 19th – With only three weeks left in the Austin qualifying season, choosing a deck is becoming increasingly difficult. Last week I talked about Five-Color Control and its position as the “best deck,” and I still stand by that. You’d need a very good reason not to play Five Color over something else, although I think the leading excuse would be because playing against the mirror all day is not an ideal thing.
Wednesday, August 19th – Masters Edition 3 spoiler is now out, and it’s interesting to see a large number of Portal: Three Kingdom cards with the ability of Horsemanship. Bill Stark has an interesting call to the grass roots MTG community to get Booster Draft as a PTQ format…
Tuesday, August 18th – Down the years, GenCon has been very good to Sam Black. He wins high-profile tournaments, and cash prizes, year on year. This year was no exception. Today, he shares his love for the convention, and a few tips to improving your Magic game without playing Magic at all. He rounds out with his thoughts on Standard, and Faeries in particular.
Tuesday, August 18th – One question we all face when preparing for a given tournament is this: why not play the best deck? Today’s Sullivan Library attempts to answer this eternal conundrum, and offers advice on the times when playing the best deck is not necessarily the correct thing to do…
Tuesday, August 18th – This week, Doug looks at some reader-submitted lists and offers cheap suggestions on building a more consistent and powerful Legacy deck. While these decks won’t win tournaments, they can hang with the top performers and can yield promising results for interested players. See how Doug improves a Pox list, a Mono-Black Aggro deck, a burn stack and more in this week’s Legacy’s Allure!
Tuesday, August 18th – A bumper selection of entries from the dark side take us from Duress to Zombie Goliath, via a mammothly disappointing Mythic Rare, a curiously disappointing Planeswalker, and an understandably disappointing joke about cheese slices.
Tuesday, August 18th – Even though M10 is the talk of the town, Dave still remembers that we just had an awesome all-gold set a couple of months back. Now that the prices have settled, what’s sitting in the Alara Reborn Dollar Rare Bin?
Monday, August 17th – At the Vintage World Championships GenCon last weekend, Patrick Chapin played The Deck, updated for the 2009 metagame. However, instead of bringing us a Menendian-style play-by-play, he turns the discussion to the decline of Vintage. The format is diminishing in popularity, and Patrick believes he has the answer…
Monday, August 17th – Since I received so many positive responses to last week’s article about my first online M10 draft, and also because I’m pretty bored with the current Standard environment (the only relevant environment at the moment), I thought I might do a few more drafts for your viewing pleasure.
Monday, August 17th – One of the things I’ve learned about myself is that I have extreme difficulty managing my expectations. I know that I am not alone in this respect. For whatever reason, during certain tournaments I feel a considerable amount of pressure to succeed, and come in with an expectation of success (whether or not it is warranted).
Monday, August 17th – In the quiet time before the release of Zendikar, Stephen Menendian has been on a mission: to uncover the best deck in Vintage History. Today, he throws a selection of the strongest decks in the formats history against each other, and records the results in the usual Menendian fashion.
Monday, August 17th – 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, August 14th – Olivier Ruel arrived at Grand Prix: Brighton with little fire in his belly for the tournament. M10 Sealed is not popular, and Oli knew it. However, with a modicum of luck, he powered through both days of competition and won the whole thing! This is his story…
Friday, August 14th – M10 Limited play is polarizing opinion. While most people enjoy the drafting side of things, you’d be hard pressed to find an advocate for the Sealed format. Today, Brian Kibler looks at the theory behind making the most of your underpowered cards, and shares his underwhelming cardpool from Grand Prix: Boston for analysis.
