Wednesday, July 1st – Dave knows we’re all looking forward to the first base set with new cards, but Magic 2010 is reprinting a lot of great commons and uncommons that you need to dig out of the depths of your collection.
Wednesday, July 1st – A few times in the past, I’ve highlighted various cards with a detailed look at each. I have spent articles on cards like Portcullis, Cloudstone Curio and Mages’ Contest. Today I want to spend some time investigating just a small number of cards, and then discussing deck building strategies for my choices.
Wednesday, July 1st – Tom, Conley and Jack go through the slew of new cards on the M10 unofficial spoiler, and Conley gives a great breakdown on the new card ratio being potentially misleading and some missed design facets.
Tuesday, June 30th – In a continuation from their previous series on Shards of Alara Limited, Manuel Bucher and Olivier Ruel team up to discuss the Ups and Downs in card evaluations now the format is well established. Today, they discuss each of the five Shards, sharing their highs and lows in their familiar candid conversational style!
Tuesday, June 30th – With the M10 prerelease almost upon us, Sam Black takes a look at the stronger cards from the new Core Set. Unlike a number of pro players, Sam is a fan of flavor, and this set definitely doesn’t disappoint! He shares his excitement over the new cards, and highlights some of the gains and losses for each color. Of course, this article contains spoilers.
Tuesday, June 30th – Last weekend’s incredibly successful Legacy $5k in Boston produced an excellent Top 16, with many old favorites and some new builds coming out to play. This week, Doug takes a look at every list in the T16, comparing similar builds and discussing the advantages of the newest tech across the board. Find out about Planeswalker Landstill and the newest sideboards in from that over-the-border favorite, Canadian Threshold!
Tuesday, June 30th – All you really need to know about this article is that it contains a paragraph featuring the words ‘Matej Zatlkaj,’ ‘Viagra,’ and ‘naked Joel Calafell.’ Now who could ask for anything more?
Tuesday, June 30th – In the past seven days, The Starkington Post (Bill Stark’s daily Magic blog) has shared the top decks from the recent Belgian Nationals, brought us an interview with the artist Tom Gartin, provided updates on the GP: Chicago theft scandal, and much more!
Monday, June 29th – M10, the new Core Set, is right around the corner, and it looks amazing! The first Core Set to contain new content since Beta, it is guaranteed to shake up Standard. Today’s Innovations sees Patrick Chapin examine some of the more potent cards spoiled so far. Be warned… This article contains spoilers (obviously).
Monday, June 29th – With Vintage under the spotlight thanks to some interesting restrictions, Stephen Menendian examines the fallout. He also takes a long look at the results from the recent StarCityGames.com $5000 Legacy Open.
Monday, June 29th – 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!
Monday, June 29th – There are going to be a lot of changes coming to Standard in the next few weeks. M10 is going to cycle a lot of cards out of Standard from 10th Edition, while bringing a few new weapons to the table. As far as the world is concerned, current Standard is fairly meaningless, so I’ll try to present you with a few deck ideas to start bouncing around your skull.
Monday, June 29th – I’ve got something of a grab bag of items to discuss this week, including the StarCityGames.com $10000 Open weekend in Boston, the changes to the Vintage restricted list, and the M10 rules changes. Let’s get right to it!
Monday, June 29th – Wizards of the Coast did a survey to find out what players thought of the DCI, and they discovered that about 80% of tournament players like judges, and feel that judges are an integral part of a successful tournament. 80%, eh? So why isn’t that number at 100?
Friday, June 26th – When building decks, in both Constructed and Limited, there is always the temptation to stray from the perceived wisdom of either 60 or 40 cards. While it is likely right to stick to these minimums, there are cases in which adding the extra card is a good call. Oli shares his opinion on those corner cases…
