Wednesday, March 4th – I played a PTQ this past weekend. I showed up with Naya Burn, went 5-1-1, and missed Top 8 on breakers. Virtual Top 8s are the worst kind. Today’s article will be in two sections. The first will be a quick tournament report and some thoughts on the deck I played. The second will the details of the deck and boarding plans in various matches.
Wednesday, March 4th – In every game of Magic you play, there are two options. The correct play, and everything else. There exists in a Perfect Game-state, a game state which you are striving for. Every decision you make while playing is your attempt to achieve that perfect game state. Meanwhile, your opponent is not only trying to get to their perfect game state, but to also prevent you from getting to yours.
Wednesday, March 4th – Hello all, and welcome back to the article that whets your appetite for the casual. I am your chef, and today I want to build some decks. Twice during this past week, I brainstormed ideas that involved changelings, so I thought, why not write an article where every deck is built around changelings?
Wednesday, March 4th – We have had a week to mull over the big announcement of “Magic 2010” or “M10” that is the major changes to core set with Tom, Gavin and Eric weighing in on the changes. Tom was also able to grab Aaron Forsythe for a 30 minute interview about M10! PT: Kyoto was this weekend with Gabriel Nassif declared champion. And Tom and Gavin are both attending GP: Chicago and flexing their Legacy muscles.
Tuesday, March 3rd – With the recent changes to the Pro Tour structure, deducing the best decks and strategies in Standard post-Kyoto is trickier than usual. In today’s Sullivan Library, Adrian takes us through his data-mined Top 8, factoring in a number of previously-unconsidered tangibles…
Tuesday, March 3rd – I talked a little bit last week about a Tezzeret deck I had been working on for Standard, and enough people asked for a primer that I thought I would oblige. Besides, it’s been a little while since I’ve done one of these, and I wouldn’t want y’all to think I had gotten rusty, now, would I?
Tuesday, March 3rd – This week, Doug covers four areas of sideboard construction that will elevate your deckbuilding skills and tournament success. Learn about effective sideboard cards, avoiding problems of boarding more cards than you can play, and how to utilize Legacy’s deep cardpool to pack the most effective answers to potential problems. Look at examples of proven decks with sideboard improvement suggestions and see some hot new techy lists along the way!
Tuesday, March 3rd – When any small set comes out, the nature of Sealed play changes. With Sealed now redefined as a 3+3 booster format, the nature of Sealed play changes a ton. See what more than fifty Pros made of the Sealed conundrum in this number-crunching guide from Grand Prix: Rotterdam. Obelisks, land counts, tri-lands, cyclers, 5 color and more, explored. By the numbers.
Tuesday, March 3rd – This past week, Wizards announced a challenge for Stronghold precon decks to be released with the arrival of Stronghold to Magic Online. One of the challenges was for a pauper deck; what did Dave cook up?
Monday, March 2nd – As we venture into the wilds of Mirrodin and Kamigawa block in search of cheap, effective cards for casual multiplayer games, we run straight into some of the best Legends ever printed for multiplayer. Some of them are even affordable!
Monday, March 2nd – After months of testing for Pro Tour: Kyoto, Patrick Chapin hit a travel setback and was unable to attend. Nevertheless, his testing paid off in spades, with the deck he co-created going all the way to the top at the hands of Yellow Hat Gabriel Nassif. Today, we have the inside scoop on the PT-winning deck… enjoy!
Monday, March 2nd – Stephen takes a break from his preparations for the Legacy Grand Prix in Chicago this coming weekend, turning his eye toward the next Waterbury Vintage tournament, or “Mana Drain Open.” Today’s article sees Stephen developing the GroAtog archetype in face of the bannings and recent inclusions. Will the deck be good enough to take home the prize?
Monday, March 2nd – With Faeries clearly coming to the forefront of Extended, I feel it necessary to give it a little spotlight. It seems like every week at least one Faerie deck wins a PTQ, and rarely are two copies the same…
Monday, March 2nd – From a practical standpoint, playing TEPS is a relatively questionable proposition right now. The “dumb aggro†decks that TEPS could feed on have mostly died out or adapted by running Pyrostatic Pillar and sideboarding Ethersworn Canonist, and the Death Cloud decks are on the decline. Right or wrong, TEPS is in a position of prominence as far as its influence in deck and sideboard choice.
Monday, March 2nd – Magic players everywhere were stunned by the announcement of the major core set changes coming with the next core set “Magic 2010” or “M10.” Aaron Forsythe was nice enough to take some time and talk about the core set changes, why we should be excited, and how this set is going to rock.
