Thursday, July 9th – On The Mana Drain forums last December, Rich Shay wrote the following, which is one of my favorite statements of all-time from a tournament report: “I have a first turn Llanowar Elf. He casts Ancestral
Wednesday, July 8th – Manuel Bucher and Olivier Ruel continue their excellent examination of Shards of Alara draft. Today’s conversations revolve around the classic Shards three-color archetypes: Esper, Grixis, Naya, and Jund. And Bant, although the archetype receives little love…
Wednesday, July 8th – M10 is almost upon us, and Kyle Sanchez is looking at Standard options for the upcoming U.S. Nationals. Today’s Down And Dirty sees Kyle packing a selection of interesting lists, largely informed by those decks seeing powerful play and success in the present metagame.
Wednesday, July 8th – 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!
Wednesday, July 8th – For his final article for StarCityGames.com, Zac Hill waxes lyrical over his self-made transformation from student to Wizards of the Coast employee. He also shares his Top 4 Standard list from Malaysian Nationals. Thanks for all the great articles, Zac!
Wednesday, July 8th – Prereleases for the new core set, Magic 2010, are happening around the world this weekend. After that, Launch parties on the 16-18th will be where most of the FNM crowd will be spending their dough. That weekend also marks the end of 10th Edition as the core set in Standard, with M10 functioning for the next 15 months, until it rotates in October-ish of 2011. With that in mind, today we’re going to examine M10 from a variety of different angles…
Wednesday, July 8th – I love Alpha, and just last week, WotC reminded us that they have sheets of cards from the first set in their offices. They used the set as inspiration for the new M10, which sounds like the highway that goes through Ypsilanti, by the way (Michigan State Route 10). Let’s go drive the M10.
Wednesday, July 8th – Join Tom and Conley this week, as M10 pre-release tournaments are this weekend (July 11-12) with the Vampire Nocturnus as the pre-release promo along with some interesting alternate play options and Two-Headed Giant!
Tuesday, July 7th – In a recent Magic Online Constructed match, Sam Black and his Faeries pitted their wits against Cedric Phillips and his Little White Men. Today’s Black Magic sees Sam examine their first game from multiple angles, hoping to discover why it is that Ced is so strong against the Fae menace while other Kithkin players appear to struggle…
Tuesday, July 7th – With the Standard metagame due to shift under the weight of M10, Adrian Sullivan examines exactly what the current strong contenders are set to lose. He also suggests how some of the more impacted decks are likely to adapt… Invaluable advice as the Nationals season continues apace.
Tuesday, July 7th – In less than two weeks, M10 will debut, bringing many new cards into the Legacy cardpool and opening up a lot of room for enterprising deck designers. This week, Doug reviews the set, which has many solid roleplayers in it, and presents new directions for existing and potential Legacy decks with M10. Check out how Doom Blade stacks up to existing removal, and whether Merfolk can ditch its plebes and run only Lords in this week’s Legacy’s Allure!
Tuesday, July 7th – In the past seven days, The Starkington Post (Bill Stark’s daily Magic blog) has brought us nationals coverage from a variety of sources, coverage from the MTGO Championship series, and much more!
Tuesday, July 7th – Rich brings you the rundown on the latest Big Show, the Pro Tour in Paradise that saw Kazuya Mitamura crowned champion as one of the fastest to cross the 100 Pro Point threshold. Thoughts on individuals aplenty, plus an unsparing look at why The Best Deck is mostly a hideous choice if you want to actually win.
Tuesday, July 7th – Since Magic 2010 is printing new cards, that means it comes with a brand new set of commons and uncommons to evaluate for those of us with budgetary limitations. Dave checks out another ten cards that you should be striving to add to your collection.
Monday, July 6th – Today’s Innovations sees Patrick Chapin share a collection of decklists that utilize the strong cards available in M10. He updates some old favorites, and brings us an interesting work-in-progress deck too. All that, plus inspiring tales of bus stop encounters…
