Friday, September 11th – Sideboarding: the forgotten art of Magic. With sixty percent of your tournament games played with the sideboard, a lot of writers are turning to the strategy of formulating the perfect fifteen. Today, Olivier Ruel shares his personal sideboarding techniques.
Friday, September 11th – 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, September 10th – Brazil’s finest, Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa, completes his personal journey from novice player to Pro Tour superstar, chronicling the tournaments from Charleston to Worlds in Paris. As usual with PV, there are many tips and tricks to learn if you read between the lines…
Thursday, September 10th – With Baneslayer Angel ruling the Standard roost, it seems like it’s a bad time to be a dedicated Red mage. However, Adrian Sullivan is not ready to put down those Mountains yet. He takes a look at a collection of the Red cards coming in Zendikar, as well as examining the new Extended.
Thursday, September 10th – Standard season is over. The PTQ circuit is closed until Zendikar sealed springs forth in a month’s time, and very shortly the Lorwyn-Shadowmoor block will no longer be part of the Standard environment. Yet, I would feel remiss if I did not provide one more article on Reveillark.
Thursday, September 10th – Yes, Zendikar, the whole set, will end the Fae menace in Standard. Rotations solve any problem. Beyond that, though, we really cannot do more than speculate about the new Standard. A week or two, another couple hundred spoiled cards and we can talk. Until then, I am thinking about Ultimate Standard and introductory Pauper.
Thursday, September 10th – My favorite time to judge is at prereleases, because all of the cards are shiny and new, and nobody knows exactly how they work yet. Players come to you with genuine questions because they don’t understand how something works on a card that you haven’t even seen yet, and that seat-of-the-pants judging is my kind of judging!
Wednesday, September 9th – With M10 Sealed still the Limited format of Grand Prix competition, Manuel Bucher crossed his fingers and hoped for a bomb-filled card pool. He managed to squeak into Day 2 play, where the wheels fell of his wagon. This is his story, plus his thoughts on the Zendikar cards on everyone’s mind…
Wednesday, September 9th – Zendikar is coming, and all eyes are turning to the New Standard. For Lorwyn’s Final Fling, Kyle Sanchez looks back at his personal Top 20 cards that’ll disappear with Lorwyn and Shadowmoor.
Wednesday, September 9th – Here I am again, in the lull between expansions. It’s times like these that I loathe being a Magic writer, as often it is difficult to find relevant topics to write about. As luck would have it, however, this week I’ve got a decent amount of content to cover. Zendikar spoilers are in full swing, and there are quite a few choice bits to sink our teeth into.
Wednesday, September 9th – Dave’s wife keeps promising she’ll come back to Magic. With all these new vampires, could her fascination with fangs win out over her reluctance to come back to Magic?
Wednesday, September 9th – Join Tom, Conley, Steve, Eric as we talk a whole lot about the current Zendikar previews, including a passionate discussion of the awesomeness of Plated Geopede for Extended Zoo from Conley.
Wednesday, September 9th – 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!
Tuesday, September 8th – I was eager to get out there and tussle it up with the new Chaos — er, I mean Plane cards. I wanted to see whether this new twist would resound with multiplayers around the world, or whether it’d just be some barely-played variant like Vanguard. So what’s the verdict?
Tuesday, September 8th – With travel and Grand Prix play taking Olivier’s time, today’s belated Reflecting Ruel sees the French master definitively answer the Play or Draw question for Limited play. He also discusses his personally disappointing performance at Grand Prix: Niigita.
