The Magic Sock Podcast
Monday, October 27th – In yet another first for StarCityGames.com, we present The Magic Sock podcast! Today, talk centers on Grixis, the Planeswalker’s Guide, and the new Intro Packs. Enjoy!
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Feature Article – Working the Angles: The Geography of a Problem
Friday, October 24th – Billy Moreno, a player used to the Sunday spotlight, brings us some exciting theories on the process behind achieving our goals. If you’re looking to excel at your next big even, his ideas may hold the key… He also shares a saucy Extended Zoo deck, and updates his Standard Anti-Toast decks just in time for the StarCityGames.com $5K Standard Open this weekend!
Down And Dirty – Kansas City: Not So Pretty
Friday, October 24th – Kyle Sanchez, perhaps the only Kyle at Grand Prix: Kansas City not to get hit by a car on his trip, brings us his personal highs and lows from the GP weekend. Unfortunately, he didn’t quite make Day 2 play, but he has stories aplenty nonetheless…
The Magic Show #119 – GP: Kansas City
Friday, October 24th – Hello everybody, and welcome to another edition of the Magic Show. This week we’re live in Kansas City and bringing you the biggest and brightest stars in Magic as they discuss Shards Limited, stopping the Fae & Five-Color in Standard, the importance of Grand Prixs, and more. Let’s go!
Magical Hack – The Road To States, Part II
Friday, October 24th – The Star City Games $5K Standard Open is this weekend in Richmond, and it is bound to be the most influential Standard tournament of them all when it comes to reshaping the States metagame. But what shapes its metagame?
Unlocking Legacy – Templar Goblins
Friday, October 24th – Christopher Coppola reports on his performance at the Source Tournament and discusses some major changes to the Goblin archetype.
Insider Trading – How Wizards is Tanking the Value of Promo Cards
Thursday, October 23rd – In lieu of giving out money as prizes, Wizards hands out Promotional Cards for any number of occasions. Attend the Shards of Alara Prerelease, get a foil Ajani Vengeant! Judge a high level event and Wizards will compensate you with shiny Yawgmoth’s Wills and Decree of Justices! Heck, just by playing in enough matches you get a textless foil Cryptic Command! If Wizards is picking all of the right cards, why are the values of these cards going all wrong? Find out in today’s Insider Trading!
Deep Analysis – 40 Games with Blue-White Merfolk in Standard
Thursday, October 23rd – With the StarCityGames.com $5K Standard Open only days away, Richard Feldman brings us the results from an extensive testing session with Blue/White Merfolk. He throws it against some of the more popular strategies from the fledgling metagame, including Five-Color Control, Faeries, and Mono-Red.
You Lika The Juice? – EDH With Teysa, and the StarCityGames.com $5K Standard Open
Thursday, October 23rd – This past Saturday I got to play in another Elder Dragon Highlander game. This time we only had seven people muster out. Last time I didn’t get to play, and they tried something different – letting everyone choose an old Vanguard card from Arena seasons past to go with their general, and from what I hear things got a little degenerate due to the combo engines you could set up. This time around they decided to cull the “broken” Vanguard cards and hand out the rest to people at random…
Yawgmoth’s Whimsy #247 – Strange Vehicles
Thursday, October 23rd – I just got back from Grand Prix: Kansas City, and am packing for Pro Tour: Berlin. Since I’m judging, and not playing, my prep work has a zero tech factor. I can’t tell you about the new Extended, or whether using Obelisks to power out fatties beats speed rush decks in Shards Sealed. The best I can do is pull back the curtain a touch on how the big shows operate.
The Kitchen Table #256 – Re-Arting Your Cards
Thursday, October 23rd – In Five Color, there has been a long and respected history of re-arting your cards. When you re-art your card, you are adding or deducting from the published art in one of many ways. You might be adding a new spin on the art, or you might be enhancing the color in a picture. What my playgroup began to do was to re-art by deduction instead of adding more.
Innovations – Grand Prix: Kansas City Tournament Report
Wednesday, October 22nd – Patrick Chapin had high hopes for Grand Prix: Kansas City… sadly, fickle fate decreed that he wouldn’t be rocking out the draft tables on Day 2. Nevertheless, fun times were had by all, if you ignore the hideous journey that began their adventure. Patrick regales us with humorous tales of Grand Prix excess…
Limited Lessons – Aggro Black/Red in Shards of Alara Draft
Wednesday, October 22nd – With Shards of Alara Draft going live online this coming Friday, Nick Eisel brings us a breakdown of one of the fastest archetypes in the format: Aggro Black/Red. Drafting With Nick, and Drafting With Rich, returns this coming Monday, when Nick will be putting all this theory into practice!
Chatter of the Squirrel – The Issues Issue
Wednesday, October 22nd – Bucking tradition, I have actually been writing about Magical strategy the last few weeks, and because of that there are a few things I wanted to talk about that have been kicked, at least momentarily, to the curb. I’m about to embark on what amounts to 4 weeks of travel over six weeks, so this is one of the last times to like collect my thoughts and cover a broad variety of topics. I’ll end with a brief discussion of Extended, and as a minor bonus, some Standard “technology†that will hopefully improve your matchups across the board.
Removed From Game – Shards Sealed with The Pros
Wednesday, October 22nd – In a follow-up to last week’s number-crunching festival of stats, Rich ups the ante with another 53 Sealed Pools to analyse. But these don’t come from a PTQ. Oh no. Ruel, Ruel, Levy, Fortier, Mueller, Thaler, Joens, Lybaert, Gregoir, Meulders and 43 others make up the largest detailed Pro analysis of this Limited format.