Wednesday, March 18th – Magic is a constantly evolving game, and the players continuously cycle through the game. Think back to the players you knew when you first started. Do you still play with those guys? Are they still playing? Probably not. I’ve spent the last 3+ years teaching people how to play games, typically Magic, and I’m going to tell you how to do it too.
Wednesday, March 18th – This might not have been the best weekend to play Magic Online, even if I had had the time. The program has problems, again. Since I can’t talk about the decks, looks like I’ll have to talk about that. Lots to talk about – Wizards has made a number of announcements recently. Sets are leaving, sets are coming, and MTGO will have its own big buck championships at Worlds.
Wednesday, March 18th – A few months ago, I wrote and published an article in which I created some decks built around cards I randomly selected. That, in and of itself, is nothing new. I’ve been building decks around random elements for years, going all the way back to a lot of my daily articles. The catch with this article was that each deck had to be built using the previously selected card…
Wednesday, March 18th – Alara Reborn is confirmed to be the first all Gold Magic set. Magic Online 2009 Championship Series has been announced and seems to be a form of a pro tour for online players. Nationals locations and dates have been announced.
Tuesday, March 17th – Extended Grand Prix and PTQ tournaments continue apace, and GP: Hanover this past weekend will surely inform the metagame in the days and weeks to come. Sam Black shares his preparation for Hanover, his thoughts on this weekend’s Grand Prix, and the Extended format in general…
Tuesday, March 17th – Grand Prix: Hanover saw Elves pick up another Extended win. What does this mean to the current Extended metagame? Adrian examines the recent history of the archetype, and suggests how it may develop as people once again pick up their Nettle Sentinels and enter the fray…
Tuesday, March 17th – I think it’s time to start seriously considering the card Remand again, even if out of the board. Right now there’s very little danger to simply running mid-sized threats out there in the Faerie mirror, because there are only so many Mana Leaks to go around.
Tuesday, March 17th – Burn, long the ignored and maligned stepchild of Legacy, gets its day in the sun (or in the fire) in this week’s Legacy’s Allure. How is a Lightning Bolt like a Tendrils of Agony? Both burn and combo rely on getting a critical mass of spells through to win the game. How can we get our lightning storm to work in Legacy? Learn more about the surprising connections between card counts in a Legacy burn deck and why Barbarian Ring might not be strictly better than Mountain. Also, find strategies for beating Counterbalance, the ubiquitous blue enchantment. Are you ready to burn?
Tuesday, March 17th – With hundreds of thousands of airmiles under his belt, join Rich Hagon as he gently takes you by the hand, and helps you to avoid the first 94 mistakes that can befall the unwary traveler. And yes, this article really does talk about underpants. Frequently. And thongs. Seriously? Seriously.
Tuesday, March 17th – All this talk about Alara Reborn and its multicolor nature has Dave thinking about gold. It’s a word that has many meanings in Magic, and Dave hits them all while featuring some of Conflux’s inexpensive rares.
Monday, March 16th – Joshhg asks:
I have a question. Will you go back and go over cards which readers have suggested, and ones you skipped over, in one big article at the end of the series?
Indeed! I will.
Monday, March 16th – Patrick Chapin is currently between formats. However, instead of disappearing into his shell, he’s decided to take a look at (almost) everything! This article contains Extended, Standard, Vintage, Limited, and Alara Block Constructed talk and tech. Legacy players need not apply…
Monday, March 16th – Stephen Menendian entered Grand Prix: Chicago with high hopes. He’d tweaked his deck of choice to attack the more powerful archetypes in the format, but his technical play let him down. Today, he shares the design process behind his choices, and discusses the format in general, before bringing us his timely Vintage Metagame Report…
Monday, March 16th – With results pouring in regularly for Extended PTQ Top 8’s around the globe, one deck that is constantly rising in popularity and doing consistently well is Bant Aggro. While this isn’t the most original name for a deck, nor the most original deck idea, it does do the thing we all strive to do: win.
Monday, March 16th – Before beginning this week, I want to make it clear that this isn’t meant to be an attack on Jeff Phillips or even a full rebuttal of his thesis, but rather a discussion and clarification of what I consider to be an oversimplification of what it means to be, or to strive to become, a superior Magic player…
