Thursday, June 4th – Grand Prix: Seattle Tacoma was a blast. I had the chance to catch up with a lot of old friends, meet a few new ones, and overall just have a fantastic time. Because I’m a sheep, I’ll be writing a tournament report, just like everyone else. Hopefully, it’s entertaining. If not, there’s some bonus stuff at the end. And here we go.
Thursday, June 4th – Do you ever dream that you have woken up? I had one such dream at Worlds last year. It was Sunday morning, after three 12-hour work days (plus a few hours of drafts and EDH), and I was really beat. I dreamt I woke up, fumbled for my glasses, then staggered into the bathroom. I pulled aside the shower curtain, and… A judge leaped out, shouting “Battlewand Oak with Lignify, Runed Stalactite, and a +1/+1 counter on it – quick, what’s its power and toughness?â€
Wednesday, June 3rd – With two back-to-back Standard Grand Prix tournaments, Manuel Bucher looked forward to the Constructed challenge. Today, he shares his preparation and final decklists for both GPs, alongside an interesting base Green/Blue multicolored control deck that packs Planeswalkers aplenty.
Wednesday, June 3rd – Kyle rocked up to Grand Prix: Seattle with his fresh and funky Jund Cascade deck. Unfortunately, he couldn’t quite make it over the Day 2 hurdle. His report today is another Sanchez classic, full of tall tales and eye-popping stories. As usual with Kyle, those of a nervous disposition should handle with care…
Wednesday, June 3rd – 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, June 3rd – When Riki Hayashi introduced me (and the rest of the Justice League) to all you fine StarCityGames.com readers, he mentioned that I am an asker of questions. Now, to be truthful, I ask lots of questions. I like poking and prodding at the assumptions we hold in the DCI as judges. Now that I have an audience, allow me to poke and prod at the assumptions that we – yes, we, even though I don’t think I’ve played FNM in a year – hold as players. So let me ask you this…
Wednesday, June 3rd – Way back in April of 2005, I wrote Entry Six for the Compendium of Alternate Formats. This was a newly updated version of the Chess Magic format that debuted way back in Duelist #4. The great thing about Chess Magic is that is simply is not like a lot of other formats, so it feels really different…
Wednesday, June 3rd – Grand Prix Seattle was this past weekend, and the winner was Yann Massicard playing Doran. Faeries was popular, and we have a ton of MTGCast hosts in the running, including Stan Bessey of Deck Builders placing 14th, Gavin in 73rd, and Conley 187th.
Tuesday, June 2nd – In today’s edition of Sullivan Library, Adrian looks at some of the fundamental truths of deckbuilding, and how to avoid The Fear. By revisiting some great articles from our game’s history, he shows us that in order to excel, we must be prepared to do the work… and trust our results.
[Editor’s Note: The Grand Prix and Pro Tour scheduling means that Sam Black’s article will appear later in the week. Stay tuned!]
Tuesday, June 2nd – This week, Doug looks at how you can organize your own Legacy event and create a grassroots Legacy community in your area. He takes you from the reasons why you should host an event to the advertising, organizing, and hosting the actual tournament. What kinds of prizes should you give out? What makes for a good tournament venue? How can you create tourney-goers who eagerly await your next event? Get general tips as well as Legacy-specific advice in this week’s Legacy’s Allure!
Tuesday, June 2nd – In the past seven days, The Starkington Post (Bill Stark’s daily Magic blog) has brought us extensive coverage from Grand Prix: Seattle, a look at some cool Magic tattoos, and more!
Tuesday, June 2nd – No time to waste, it’s the preview show for the biggest event of the year so far! While Pro Tour: Kyoto saw Standard action, this time around it’s Block Constructed, so only Shards of Alara, Conflux, and Alara Reborn are legal for play. As to the specifics of the format, they remain deliciously unclear…
Tuesday, June 2nd – Online, the Alara Reborn release events are allowing us to draft Shards / Conflux / Reborn, or triple Reborn. Since we have pros looking at the more normal formats, I decided to take a look at drafting pure gold. What works, what doesn’t, and what happens when you draft a whole lot of a small set (besides seeing visions of Reborn cards as you are falling asleep).
Monday, June 1st – I recently had the pleasure of volunteering to edit Patrick Chapin’s new book, and reading Next Level Magic really illuminated some of the fundamentals of the game for me. I’ve been mulling over about how some of those principles they affect multiplayer Magic, and how the Stages of Magic explain why some of my decks win and others languish in the “loss” pile.
Monday, June 1st – At Grand Prix: Barcelona, the story was Swans. At Grand Prix: Seattle, aside from the resurgence of the Fae, everyone was talking about Five-Color Blood. Patrick shares his development tales on the deck that took Michael Jacob to the Top 8, talks about his personal record, and explains how the deck got over that final hurdle with the help of the dark half of Sygg…
