Monday, December 29th – In the final Magic Sock of 2008, there’s a look back at major points in Magic’s history for 2008, and a special interview with Mark Rosewater and Mark Purvis from earlier in the year.
Friday, December 26th – Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa is proving himself to be the most potent force in Brazilian Magic. At this year’s World Championships in Memphis, he piloted his Standard Faeries, Extended Zoo, and Limited knowledge to a Top 8 berth. Today, he shares part 1 of his exhaustive tournament report… enjoy!
Friday, December 26th – Magic is littered with powerful keywords. First Strike, Flying, Regeneration, Trample… each of these are classic. However, today Adrian Sullivan suggests that one of the most powerful keywords in the game is currently unnamed. Intrigued? Then read on!
Friday, December 26th – Canadian maestro Rich Hoaen has downed tools for good, as work and real life intrudes apace. As a replacement, we have Luis Scott-Vargas, who shares each pick from a Magic Online 8-4 queue. He talks us through the difficult decisions in the forums… do you agree with his choices?
Friday, December 26th – With Worlds behind us, and an official confirmation that there are no bannings to the format that will be appearing before the start of the PTQ season, we now know everything there is to see about the format and can start working with the underpinnings of Extended in order to work out decks for the PTQ season.
Friday, December 26th – Doug tackles two matches between Ad Nauseam and UGB Threshold this week with a thorough play-by-play article. Are you curious about how Legacy’s premiere combo deck stacks up against its toughest matchup in the format? Can Mystical Tutor and Lion’s Eye Diamond defeat Daze and Thoughtseize? How do you successfully sideboard against the opposing deck? Find out all this and more in this week’s article.
Thursday, December 25th – In the final part of his Making 11th Edition series, Ben explores his choices for the 53 Rares and 15 Epic cards he thinks should be in 11th Edition. Did your favorite rares make the list? The only way to find out is to read the article!
Thursday, December 25th – We’ve had articles on Faeries, Elves, Zoo, Tron… now it’s time to take a peek at All-In Red. Richard asks the pertinent questions today, putting the balls-to-the-wall deck through its paces. Is this one-trick pony good enough to sling mud with the Big Boys? Richard reveals all…
Thursday, December 25th – Canadian maestro Rich Hoaen has downed tools for good, as work and real life intrudes apace. As a replacement, we have Luis Scott-Vargas, who shares each pick from a Magic Online 8-4 queue. He talks us through the difficult decisions in the forums… do you agree with his choices?
Thursday, December 25th – I play (and follow) five Constructed formats on MTGO: Standard, Extended, Classic, Singleton, and Pauper. I have been toying with the idea of paying to play – in other words, entering tournaments in the formats. That got me wondering whether my decks were competitive, and whether – even if my deck was competitive – whether I could play with the masters of these formats. Are there really Masters of the formats? Time to do some digging.
Thursday, December 25th – I like theory as much as the next person. I think there’s a lot of important theory, especially in casual land. Where most players and writers investigate the theory of duels and metagames and sideboarding and tournaments, very few explore the theory of multiplayer. That’s a shame, because casual and multiplayer is more complex than duels so, frankly, it needs even more theorists.
Thursday, December 25th – I know some of my readers get amused at how often I get up on my soapbox about various issues I have with the current state of Magic. A lot of it seems to boil down to 1) Blue is too powerful and 2) Green gets the shaft. Yeah, yeah, we’ve certainly heard that before, ho-hum, next please…
Wednesday, December 24th – Luis Scott-Vargas has a well-documented love of the tricky Blue deck archetype. With Sensei’s Divining Top banned from Extended, and Next Level Blue neutered, LSV has turned to the next best thing: Gabriel Nassif’s Mono Blue Faeries deck. He brings us his take on the archetype and sideboarding, in prime time for the approaching PTQ season…
Wednesday, December 24th – When Gerry Thompson decides to attack for two at a Pro Tour event, it’s a sure sign of the coming Apocalypse. Nevertheless, in the Extended portion of Worlds 2008, GerryT sleeved up the Zoo deck in order to take him to Level 6 status. Today, he shares his decklist and sideboarding strategies for the coming PTQ season…
Wednesday, December 24th – Canadian maestro Rich Hoaen has downed tools for good, as work and real life intrudes apace. As a replacement, we have Luis Scott-Vargas, who shares each pick from a Magic Online 8-4 queue. He talks us through the difficult decisions in the forums… do you agree with his choices?
