Wednesday, June 10th – Pro Tour: Honolulu was this past weekend, with Kazuya Mitamura crowned champion, but representing us all was Conley Woods, who made the Top 4 and brought home $13,000! We are also proud to hear that Duels of the Planeswalkers will be coming out the XBLA on June 17th.
Tuesday, June 9th – Manuel Bucher’s performance at Pro Tour: Honolulu wasn’t quite enough to see him into Day 2. Nevertheless, he believes he’s made some profound discoveries regarding both Shards Block Constructed and Shards Block Draft. He dislikes the first format, but has recently reached an epiphany regarding the forty-card format. If you’re struggling to win in Shards/Conflux/Reborn, Manu has the advice you need!
Tuesday, June 9th – Adrian Sullivan believes he’s uncovered the solution to drafting Shards/Conflux/Reborn: The Two-Color/Five-Color archetype! Today’s Sullivan Library sees Adrian examine the strategy in depth, with a full walkthrough and some interesting choices. Enjoy!
Tuesday, June 9th – The Legacy Banned list includes over sixty cards, the longest banned list of any format in Magic. Doug proposes nearly a dozen cards that could and should come off of the Legacy Banned list. Read why Doug considers unbanning cards that few people will play is a worthwhile endeavor and why some cards that used to have a lot of bite are tame by today’s standards. Get the evaluations before the June Banning announcements and weigh in with your opinion as well!
Tuesday, June 9th – In the past seven days, The Starkington Post (Bill Stark’s daily Magic blog) has brought us extensive coverage from the Mustache Invitational, a look at the Magic Online Championship Series Block Constructed decks, and more!
Tuesday, June 9th – The last two weeks were Magic-ful for Dave, who played in a Grand Prix, watched some Magic on TV (sorta), and had some 10th Edition thoughts thanks to Friday Night Magic. And so he presents another column filled with distractions, dissertations, and desserts. That’s right, there’s dessert in there.
Monday, June 8th – Last week, I discussed Patrick Chapin’s Three Stages of Game Development and how they apply to multiplayer Magic. And today, we’ll discuss how those stages apply to everyone’s favorite topic in multiplayer Magic: politics.
Monday, June 8th – At Pro Tour: Honolulu, Patrick “The Innovator†Chapin helped design and perfect the powerful Five-Color Cascade deck that powered Zac Hill to the Top 8. Today, he shares some fun from Day 1 of the PT, and talks about the Block Constructed metagame in general.
Monday, June 8th – In today’s article, Stephen takes a look at a fun Rotisserie draft format that is of interest to Eternal players, speculates on the implications of a potential major rules change, tries to break a Hidden Gem, and shares personal insights into what it means to play Magic…
Monday, June 8th – The StarCityGames.com $5000 Standard Open is coming to Atlanta on June 13th (as well as a PTQ on the 14th), and I am here to provide you with some of my thoughts about the current format. I’ve been battling on Magic Online for plenty of hours, bashed a few PTQs, read coverage of the recent Grand Prix tournaments, and feel like the format is shaping up to be awesome
Monday, June 8th – Last week, I discussed the potential advantages you can gain by playing a deck that, despite being a solid performer, is off the “radar†of the majority of players. This advantage can be magnified when you take the core of an existing deck and move it in a different direction, or create a new deck that other players haven’t seen before.
Friday, June 5th – Last week, Paulo took us through his triumphant Day 1 performance at Grand Prix: Barcelona. Today he continues his story, piloting his innovative Swans deck, through many a turn 4 win, onto the final table. PV is certainly on a hot streak right now, with back-to-back Grand Prix Top 8s… Can he translate this mastery to a high finish in Hawaii?
Friday, June 5th – The Standard metagame is teeming with decks dwelling on the fringe of Tier 1. One such strategy is Blue/White Reveillark. Today, Brian Kibler discusses his personal build of the deck, which he played in Grand Prix: Seattle. He updates it with the developing metagame in mind, and shares his sideboarding strategies against the format’s major players.
Friday, June 5th – 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 5th – Watching the metagame change around Grand Prix: Barcelona, it seemed to me that the biggest shifts were perception rather than reality. We stopped kidding ourselves that Faeries wasn€™t good, for example, now that the metagame had grown more mature and we could prove that the things we were being afraid of just weren€™t as terrifying as we thought.
