Monday, April 13th – We’re entering a very exciting period that puts Standard front and center, with Regionals leading into a PTQ Season featuring the most popular Constructed format on the planet. The month of March featured several large Standard events in the United States and Europe, and analyzing that data should give us an idea how the pre-Alara Reborn Standard format is shaping up.
Friday, April 10th – In today’s enlightening edition of Reflecting Ruel, Hall of Famer Olivier Ruel shares his personal tips on building a killer draft deck. Starting with the basic rules and working toward more complex issues, Oli talks about the relevance of creatures, removal, curve, counter-drafting, and more! Whether you’re fresh to the forty-card format or a grizzled Limited veteran, this is the article for you!
Friday, April 10th – Insider Trading is back, and just in time for the release of the Divine vs. Demonic Duel Decks! Are Duel Decks worth the money? Do their reprints devalue other Magic cards? Could the Divine or Demonic decks have been better made? Find out the answer to these questions in today’s article!
Friday, April 10th – In this entertaining PTQ report, Kyle Sanchez waxes lyrical about tacos, Kiki-Jiki, and the one true love of his life: Billy Moreno. Billy and Kyle rocked up to a local PTQ, and blasted their way into the Top 8. The deck, the stories, the plays, all told in the unmistakable Sanchez style…
Friday, April 10th – 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, April 10th – Hello everybody, and welcome to another edition of the Magic Show. This week is a bit of a quiet one, so I wanted to reflect a little bit on some recent articles seen here at StarCityGames.com. This week we’ll delve into how you play better magic, the skill levels argument, and what I think are the five pillars of Magic success. Let’s go!
Friday, April 10th – In Extended so far, I have found I have a very high variance in my results: either I am very much on the ball and am pushing up around the top of the leaderboards, or I am not quite able to wrap my head around the game and make a ‘trivial’ mistake which costs me a match.
Friday, April 10th – Last Friday night I was hanging outside Richmond Comix with Jay Delazier between rounds, and he mentioned he didn’t like last week’s column very much. When I asked him why, he said he thought I was contradicting myself…
Thursday, April 9th – For the second article chronicling Paulo’s extensive Magic travel, we have ruminations on Legacy and Extended. Paulo shares the testing, the stories, and the plays involved in all three tournaments. Enjoy!
Thursday, April 9th – Earlier this week, Sam Black brought us a thoughtful article on the topic of sideboarding. Today, it’s the turn of Richard Feldman. He outlines the method of sideboarding used by Brian Davis, and shows how, in the right circumstances, it can reap substantial rewards.
Thursday, April 9th – You’ve been locked in a tight game three, but the match is edging towards an unfavorable closure. The last few turns have been an attrition war, and the life totals are close, but you look across the table and the sinking feeling that your opponent firmly has the upper hand sets in. As is, you’re dead on his next attack step… Or are you?
Thursday, April 9th – A few weeks ago, we held a pair of PTQs at the Star City Game Center in Roanoke. Happily enough, I was able to judge both of them – head judge on Day 1, and then floor judge on Day 2 – and I would like to make particular note of the zero disqualifications issued over the weekend. Of course, there were warnings, and game losses, but no disqualifications.
Thursday, April 9th – Singleton 100 is a Magic Online-only format. It is singleton, meaning that, with the exception of basic land cards, a player’s deck may not contain more than one of any individual card. The 100 means that decks must contain a minimum of one hundred cards. The format used to forbid sideboards, but that has changed…
Thursday, April 9th – it’s the third entrant in the Shandalar Deck Series. If you have missed them so far, allow me to get you caught up to speed. I have been taking the decks played by the foes in the 1997 Microprose game Magic: The Gathering, with a campaign called Shandalar, and then modifying and updating the lists.
Wednesday, April 8th – Extended season draws to a close this weekend, and players are still looking for hot new options. Today, legendary Magic writer Jeff Cunningham returns with a no-nonsense primer for Extended Bant Aggro. If you’re looking for a deck packed with aggression and a good matchup against the format’s main contenders, this is the article for you!
