Monday, November 10th – Nick continues his Drafting With series, bringing us a triple Shards of Alara draft from the 8-4 queue on Magic Online. Along with Rich, he shares his pick process and draft thoughts with each one, and supplies more detailed analysis in the forums.
Monday, November 10th – The Planeswalker deck tries to overwhelm the opponent in an avalanche of card advantage until you can land a couple of Planeswalkers and take it home from there. Wrath of God, Plumeveil, and Runed Halo are the maindeck ways to answer the aggro threat, in addition to Garruk, Chandra, and Ajani holding down the fort.
Monday, November 10th – In today’s episode of The Magic Sock Podcast, there’s talk on the Jace versus Chandra decks, Pro Tour: Berlin discussion and much much more!
Friday, November 7th – Faeries. Kithkin. Five-Color Control. The so-called Big Three. However, the biggest of the terrible trio could well be the one powered by Vivid lands and Reflecting Pool. Today’s belated Innovations sees Patrick deliver the perfect primer on the archetype going into States this weekend. If you’re looking to play this deck, or merely looking to defeat it, this article is unmissable.
Friday, November 7th – As we all know, you can’t spell “Elves†without LSV! In a tournament dominated by combo-tastic elven hilarity, LSV took his potent build all the way to the top of the pile. While the smart money is on a swathe of imminent bannings, LSV takes to the page in order to document his excellent tournament win. Congratulations LSV!
Friday, November 7th – States is upon us… are you ready? No matter if you picked your deck three weeks ago or if you’ll pick it in the car tomorrow morning, there are some things you can’t escape. The first? Faeries will be there, and in numbers. Adrian Sullivan investigates the Blue/Black Fae in light of recent metagame leanings…
Friday, November 7th – Hello everybody, and welcome to another edition of the Magic Show. This week we’re looking at the meltdown of the Extended metagame and the return of States to the national stage. From Faeries and Five-Color to Reveillark and the rogue decks, we take a look at what you’ll be sitting across from tomorrow and what you can do to finish the event a champion.
Friday, November 7th – We currently face an unusual paradox, one that we reach every so often: with the mana of the Gods at our disposal if we want it, we can cast anything in the format at all… and when we are given the ability to cast anything at all in the format, we always end up wanting to cast the same damned cards over and over again.
Friday, November 7th – That’s right, folks… it’s back! While Canadian draft maestro Rich Hoaen battles it out at Pro Tour: Berlin, we have Nick Eisel bringing us a Shards of Alara 8-4 draft walkthrough each day, from pick 1 to pick 45. Nick supplies draft analysis in the forums! Rich Hoaen returns soon, to battle Nick head to head… watch this space!
Thursday, November 6th – States is coming, and Richard Feldman is prepared! Over the last few weeks, his work on the U/W Merfolk archetype has reaped substantial benefits, and he’s locked in to his weapon of choice. Today he throws his build against a number of the metagame’s finest before revealing his final tweaks and sideboard plans.
Thursday, November 6th – That’s right, folks… it’s back! While Canadian draft maestro Rich Hoaen battles it out at Pro Tour: Berlin, we have Nick Eisel bringing us a Shards of Alara 8-4 draft walkthrough each day, from pick 1 to pick 45. Nick supplies draft analysis in the forums! Rich Hoaen returns soon, to battle Nick head to head… watch this space!
Thursday, November 6th – When last we talked, I spent a good portion of my column ranting about the stale state of Standard. Some readers found the pessimism off-putting, but I hope you’ll forgive me. I am usually a flaming optimist, but even my sunny disposition can get worn down sometimes. I’m not sure if you made it to the bottom of the column, but I did offer a glimmer of hope…
Thursday, November 6th – Out in my workshop, I have a wall of bookshelves. About half the bookshelves are full of old role-playing games, and most of those are defunct. I also have cards from a lot of dead TCGs – and I have Magic cards. Magic is anything but dead. That got me wondering – is Magic’s longevity something special?
Thursday, November 6th – Today I want to talk about some clever, older, largely unknown cards that you can unveil on your playgroup to a great surprise. No one will claim these cards are amazingly powerful, or brokenly good… they are just unexpected or subtly strong.
Thursday, November 6th – Pro Tour: Berlin just came and went, and Elf Combo decks stomp(ied) all over the format. What does this mean for the upcoming PTQ season, and the value of cards in Extended? PLUS: Jace vs. Chandra releases this week, and it is chock full of goodies… but did WOTC miss the marketing boat on this fabulous product?
