Monday, January 5th – Today’s Innovations sees Patrick answering a handful of reader correspondence, on topics including Extended Elves, Black/White Prison in Legacy, the demise of Tron, and how to battle against unknown strategies…
Monday, January 5th – With a Legacy Grand Prix on the horizon, Vintage maestro Stephen Menendian is looking to establish a solid foundation of knowledge about the format before committing to a strategy. Today, he details his exploits in a local Legacy tournament, outlining the lessons learnt along the way…
Monday, January 5th – 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?
Monday, January 5th – The Judge seminars were all informative, with some good clean fun mixed in. The high point for me was during John Carter’s “Q&A with the New Judge Coordinator†seminar when Paul Smith from the UK asked Carter what he thought of my column. The response was pure gold: “As it turns out, Riki does in fact rule.â€
Monday, January 5th – On today’s episode of The Magic Sock podcast, there’s talk about a slew of Conflux rumors and a walkthrough of everybody’s favorite Extended robots, Affinity!
Friday, January 2nd – Never a stranger to the unconventional, Patrick serves up a variety of Legacy decklists while detailing wild adventures preparing for Worlds with Manuel Bucher. Although the article appears to be typical crazy Chapin mixing technology with entertainment, there is another article backmasked on top of it! That’s right, another article is hidden on top of the first in reverse, but have no fear, the article is presented two ways for easy reading…
Friday, January 2nd – Last week, we had a look at a new spin on an old favorite, looking to update the Rock for modern Extended. While everyone is looking at Faeries or Zoo or Elves as their deck of choice, I was curious to see how Extended looked from the perspective of the fair-to-a-fault Black/Green deck.
Friday, January 2nd – Christopher Coppola comments on the Worlds Legacy deck choices, and examines the trends they reflect in current Legacy tournaments.
Friday, January 2nd – While Pro Tour: Berlin taught us to fear the tricksy Elves, Worlds served to blind us from their powerful siren song. Berlin saw Elves everywhere… Memphis saw them replaced by Faeries. Today, Manuel Bucher brings us the lowdown on his own brand of the Elvish menace, with strategic debates and sideboarding plans. Enjoy!
Friday, January 2nd – 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, January 2nd – When you opened your Christmas stocking, did you find packs of Magic waiting for you? Did you crack those packs right open? STOP! Don’t just crack that pack! Ben encourages you to use those packs to draft! In today’s article, Ben discusses the rules for four different draft formats, and explains why drafting your Booster Packs makes them worth that much more.
Thursday, January 1st – The Extended PTQ season starts this coming weekend, and the two of the more promising contenders are Swans Combo and good ol’ Zoo. Today’s Deep Analysis sees Richard Feldman take us through a plethora of intricate games and decisions from the Swans perspective. If you’re looking to run the funky two-card combo deck, this is the article for you!
Thursday, January 1st – Adrian brings in the New Year with a thoughtful article on the benefits and takeaways from losing. While we all want to win each game we play, especially when glory is on the line, can losing be the hidden key to unlocking our potential success? Adrian reveals all…
Thursday, January 1st – 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, January 1st – Green needs some help in terms of engaging in Magic outside of just summoning great creatures and hoping that they’re enough to get there. This is not to say that I think Green is the worst color in terms of power, because I don’t – there are plenty of great, tournament-caliber Green cards being made in every Magic set.
