Tuesday, June 23rd – For seventeen days, Rich got to live the dream of the Magic travelling junkie, taking in Manchester, Chicago, Seattle, Tacoma, Honolulu, Los Angeles, and more as the global travelling circus continued apace. In this first part of his adventures, he examines the more esoteric parts of the trip, featuring some very strange experiences involving basketball, guns, baseball, and having no legs…
Tuesday, June 23rd – As most of you have heard by now, Wizards of the Coast has instituted a large number of rules and terminology changes as of M10. These changes were supposedly made with the casual fan in mind. As one of the few columnists with a dedicated casual column, this seemed like the perfect chance to chime in on recent changes, and give you my thoughts.
Monday, June 22nd – M10 is coming with well over 100 fresh cards looking to shake up Standard. Of particular interest is the rumored inclusion of a certain one-mana red instant. Patrick Chapin discusses some of the cards showcased thus far, before tackling the future of Vintage Magic…
Monday, June 22nd – Last week, the regular update to the Banned and Restricted list threw a couple of irons into the Vintage fire. While Thirst For Knowledge was restricted, a host of cards came off the list to reenter competitive play. Stephen shares his thoughts on the changes, and wades in to the popular M10 debate.
Monday, June 22nd – Alara Block Constructed is a relevant format for Magic Online, and I’ve been playing a lot of it since Pro Tour: Cascade… erm, Honolulu. After last month’s debacle playing a “solid” looking Jund deck, I really needed a good idea to lift my spirits. Two people made Top 8 bashing with robots, and I really liked the look of the deck.
Monday, June 22nd – With all the doom and anguish and woeful howls into the moonlit sky that have filled the Internetz for the last week, Dave began doubting the future of reality as we all know it. Is it really all that bad? Or are the Magic 2010 rules changes severely overhyped?
Monday, June 22nd – 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, June 19th – After a spate of less-than-successful performances at high-level events, Olivier Ruel is going through a crisis of confidence. Not one to shirk responsibility, he has vowed to pull himself up by the bootstraps and succeed! Today’s Reflecting Ruel sees Oli share a bevy of interesting tips on how to regain that critical self-belief…
Friday, June 19th – Brian Kibler returned to the Pro Tour for Honolulu, determined to do well… and he did! After an awesome start on Day 1, the wheels threatened to fall off early on Day 2, but he held his nerve and rocked out to a Top 8 finish. He tells his story today, in an article full of Constructed and Limited advice, fun stories, and fashion tips…
Friday, June 19th – Last weekend, Kyle Sanchez rocked a Jund Cascade deck at his local PTQ. Things didn’t go to well for our hero, but, as usual, he has tales aplenty. Aside from battling with venomous critters, he also breaks down his cascade strategy in preparation for PTQs to come…
Friday, June 19th – 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, June 19th – We’ve reached about the middle of the season for the Pro Tour: Austin qualifier season, and I thought I would take a look at the trend in recent events to see where things are going and have a gander at figuring out the twists and turns of this particular metagame.
Friday, June 19th – My plan was to find an archetype I was resonating with a week or two before the event, then spend the remaining time tuning it. I discovered pretty quickly that the archetype had to involve Putrid Leech who, it turned out, was one of the more insane creatures to be printed in a long time. Char with buyback much?
Friday, June 19th – We had a lively M10 rules debate in the forum of last week’s column, and Patrick Chapin even dropped in with a lengthy defense of the rules changes. One tangent was fired off by my comment about how awesome I thought the new M10 dual lands were…
Friday, June 19th – The Atlanta StarCityGames.com $5000 Standard Open was a fairly disappointing tournament for me. I decided to battle with my trusty BW Tokens deck into a mediocre finish. I started off strong at 4-1, but lost a crucial game 3 against my friend Chris Greene in Round 6, and he went on to dominate the rest of the tournament with his ridiculous aggressive Jund deck.
