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.
Friday, June 19th – Last Wednesday, Mark Gottlieb and Aaron Forsythe brought to fruition their plan to destroy Magic. Years of planning and plotting were finally announced to the world. In other news, they have also acquired a secret base on the moon, had lunch with Kim Jong-Il, and were behind Tarmogoyf the whole time.
Friday, June 19th – Hello everybody, and welcome to another edition of the Magic Show. This week we’ve got a double-header: First you have over 23 minutes of Pro Tour: Honolulu goodness where we speak of combo, catch up with Joe K, and answer The Question in a variety of ways. On the text-only side, I’ll talk about how our game is changing and will not be the same after July and how I feel about it. Let’s go!
Thursday, June 18th – So we played Magic with M10 rules last night. I was reminded of the first and only time I played Yu-Gi-Oh.
Thursday, June 18th – Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa and Faeries go together like Peanut Butter and Jelly, and Grand Prix: Seattle confirmed that he is one of the premier Fae pilots in the game. Today, he recaps Day 2 of his Top 8 performance, with the usual intense level of play-by-play self-reflection…
Thursday, June 18th – With White Weenie rocking out some excellent performances of late, Cedric Phillips feels rather vindicated in his perennial deck of choice. Today, he explains why the winning list from GP: Sao Paulo is weak, shares his latest Kithkin goodness, and takes us through his excellent 12th-place finish in Atlanta!
Thursday, June 18th – Life is a sequence of decisions. Each decision we make will influence our life and lead to a string of new decisions, which in turn leads to more decisions, and so on. You made a decision to click on this very article and are letting these very words run loose in your mind. You make decisions all of the time without even thinking about it.
Thursday, June 18th – Wizards has announced some rule changes which will go into effect with M10 this summer. Things are changing. Change happens. Some of the changes will impact how the game is played. It’s not the end of the world. It isn’t the end of strategic play. Some cards will be better, some worse, but, overall, things will be fine. Seriously – I’ve been through a lot of rules changes, and this one is, comparatively, pretty insignificant.
Wednesday, June 17th – Earlier this week, Patrick Chapin shared his thoughts on the coming M10 changes to our wonderful game. To celebrate the release of his Next Level Magic eBook, we’ve opened his article for all to see… Enjoy!
Wednesday, June 17th – Olivier Ruel teams up with Manuel Bucher and Shuhei Nakamura to discuss the much-maligned changes to Magic coming with M10. They also offer a few handy strategic tips for playing under the new system…
