Tuesday, February 3rd – With Conflux hitting both the shelves and the tournament floor at the end of the week, Adrian Sullivan examines the PTQ metagame as it stands, and suggests a few pertinent directions the format may take when the new spells become legal. He also updates the Red Burn strategy with some fresh spices from the upcoming set…
Tuesday, February 3rd – With the Prerelease weekend now under our belts, it’s time to study all those juicy new cards very carefully. Rich won’t tell you which cards are good – he’ll leave that to the experts – but he will tell you how to go about separating the wheat from the chaff, using a wide variety of techniques that will help all of you aspiring to get to the Pro Tour.
Tuesday, February 3rd – Hello friends, and welcome back to the column dedicated to the casual. Today I am continuing a series of articles that begun years ago and has continued through this one. Once the official spoiler for a set has been released, I can take a look through the cards, and tell you which ones I believe will have an impact for Five Color.
Monday, February 2nd – Today’s Innovations is a mixed bag of fun and interesting topics. Patrick details his prerelease weekend gunslinging efforts with Manuel Bucher, shares some funky Elder Dragon Highlander lists, and brings us an exciting post-Conflux Standard list which he believes is close to Tier 1 play…
Monday, February 2nd – Vintage maestro Stephen Menendian is determined to make a splash at the upcoming Legacy Grand Prix in Chicago. He believes it is essential to have a good grounding in the format fundamentals in order to achieve success, and his comprehensive Legacy tournament report today is the second step on his journey to Legacy understanding…
Monday, February 2nd – When you judge seven large multiday tournaments in one year, you tend to make friends quickly. These connections come in handy when you’re in need of some highly talented and motivated individuals to assist you on a special project…
Monday, February 2nd – In today’s edition of The Magic Sock podcast, there’s talk of Conflux, a trip down Memory Lane with a look at Saviors of Kamigawa, and much much more!
Friday, January 30th – Need to know which Conflux cards are currently undervalued, and which are currently overvalued? Want to make sure that you’re getting fair trades at the Conflux Prerelease this weekend? Then you must read this edition of Insider Trading, brought to you by the guy who sets the prices for StarCityGames.com!
Friday, January 30th – The Conflux prerelease activities begin tomorrow, and the new cards are in everyone’s minds. David Irvine examines some cool strategies that spring up through the addition of the new cardboard, and brings us some spicy first-pass decks for Standard, Extended, and Legacy!
Friday, January 30th – Luis Scott-Vargas concludes his daily Draft series for now, sharing each pick from a draft in the Magic Online 8-4 queue. He talks us through the difficult decisions in the forums… do you agree with his choices?
Friday, January 30th – Hello everybody, and welcome to another edition of the Magic Show. This week we’re delving into the new set, looking at what gets us all excited and what secret chase rares may be lurking under the surface. I’ll also detail the Large Prereleases heading to a big city near you this weekend, and how you can play against me this Saturday in Nashville. Let’s go!
Friday, January 30th – The Conflux prerelease is tomorrow, and with it comes our first taste of Shards-Conflux Limited. But before that first taste tomorrow, we can take advantage of the fact that this set has been quite effectively spoiled well ahead of the game, with the complete set known about a week or so before the pre-release and the names of all the cards “common knowledge” for practically months.
Friday, January 30th – While many of the premium crew sift through new sets with the flinty cool eye of a gold prospector, I tend to bubble over and gush about all the brand new creative space being opened up for us, whether it be a Friday Night Magic special, something fun to throw into your EDH deck, or maybe (just maybe) something hot to take to an upcoming Star City $5K Standard Open.
Thursday, January 29th – Another day, another format… and another strong Black/White Midrange deck from Richard Feldman! Borrowing heavily from the successful Aggro Loam strategy, Richard tackles the current Extended format and mixes up a little Conflux into the brew…
Thursday, January 29th – Luis Scott-Vargas continues his daily Draft series, sharing each pick from a draft in the Magic Online 8-4 queue. He talks us through the difficult decisions in the forums… do you agree with his choices?
