Friday, November 21st – Zac Hill makes a temporary move to Premium for this intensely detailed examination of his preparation for Pro Tour: Berlin. Using every email sent between himself, Marijn Lybaert, Frank Karsten, and the rest of his testing team, he recreates the exact conditions they found when preparing for the tournament. Incredible stuff, and not for the faint of heart…
Friday, November 21st – In today’s thought-provoking installment of Deep Analysis, Richard focuses on What Matters. He discusses the true role of logic, chaos theory, and the effect of miniscule changes on any given game, match, or tournament. This excellent article is sure to elicit healthy debate in the forums.
Friday, November 21st – 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.
Friday, November 21st – Hello everybody, and welcome to another edition of the Magic Show. This week we’re live in Atlanta, discussing Magic with the biggest and brightest in the game. Hear about the Magic Pro lifestyle, their thoughts on Extended Elves, the importance of luck, sizing up unknown opponents, a judge chat with Riki Hayashi, and more. Let’s go!
Friday, November 21st – With results beginning to trickle in, a solid idea of what happened at States is beginning to form our impressions of what we can expect at Worlds in a few weeks. While there is little enough on the PTQ-level front for Standard, there are events like the upcoming StarCityGames.com $5000 Standard Open in Philadelphia at the start of December, and there’s always Friday Night Magic.
Friday, November 21st – This is part 2 of the above article, in which Zac and his testing team continue their forays into Extended… enjoy!
Thursday, November 20th – The Reserved List is a list of 572(!) cards that Wizards of the Coast has promised to never reprint in tournament-legal form. But is the Reserved List serving as intended in its current incarnation? Could Wizards of the Coast amend the Reserved List without causing major backlash? And just why is there a Reserved List, anyhow? The answers to all these questions and more can be found in this week’s Insider Trading!
Thursday, November 20th – With the StarCityGames.com $5000 Standard Open fast approaching, Adrian Sullivan investigates the role of the Midrange deck in the current Standard metagame. He deconstructs Brian Kowal’s successful Red/White Midrange Aggro deck, and looks into ways in which we can combat the all-conquering Faerie menace.
Thursday, November 20th – Canadian Draft maestro Rich Hoaen returns to the pages of StarCityGames.com. Each day, he brings us a triple Shards of Alara draft from Magic Online, from pick 1 to pick 45, sharing his insight on the more difficult picks along the way. For more in-depth analysis, visit the forums!
Thursday, November 20th – 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.
Thursday, November 20th – Now is the time to try something off the beaten path in Standard. Except for those of you within striking distance of the StarCityGames.com $5000 Standard Open in Philadelphia, the rest of us who might want to shuffle up a Standard deck to play will be going down to the local store for Friday Night Magic.
Thursday, November 20th – I just finished reading Patrick Chapin’s 100th article – his retrospective. I’m also at a numeric milestone, and I wanted to look back at notable articles I’ve written. I’ll do it a bit differently – I’ll recap all the things I really wish I hadn’t written. I’ll follow that up with a recap of the Cruise qualifier I ran last weekend, and rave about the cruise itself.
Thursday, November 20th – Back in 2003, I brought the New York Format out of obscurity and into my Compendium as a legitimate alternative to the normal formats out there. However, after a bunch of intervening years adding significantly more cards to the format, I realized that I needed to edit the format for today’s audiences…
Wednesday, November 19th – Grand Prix: Atlanta finalist Gerry Thompson lays down the law in today’s One Step Ahead… he tears through a selection of the more successful States decklists and strategies, offering sage advice and expert tips with an acerbic “take it or leave it†wit. With the StarCityGames.com $5000 Standard Open on the horizon, let Gerry guide the way!
Wednesday, November 19th – The StarCityGames.com $5000 Standard Open is approaching fast, and we all need a head-start on the Standard metagame. The current format has been shaped by States, and today’s Down And Dirty sees Kyle investigate some of the stronger and more interesting archetypes on offer…
