Friday, November 14th – Hello everybody, and welcome to another edition of the Magic Show. This week we’re going to take a look back at States – a video montage of the event, what I played, how I did, and the impact of the excellent turnout nationwide. We also have a special visit from Patrick Chapin and more. Let’s go!
Friday, November 14th – With States out of the way, there is little reason for the interested tournament mage not to focus entirely on Shards of Alara Limited. While Standard is certainly of interest for anyone looking at Worlds, there is nothing demanding our attention in quite the way that Shards Limited ought to. My personal States story is a heartbreaker, and not in the way that gets people laughing on the forums about how I’m terrible-with-illusions-of-grandeur.
Friday, November 14th – A Legacy tournament was held on October 18, 2008 in Binghamton, New York to celebrate the 5 year anniversary of The Source, a forum dedicated to the discussion of the Legacy format. It turned out to be largest (at least on record) Legacy tournament on the East Coast so far this year.
Friday, November 14th – 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 13th – In the follow-up to his last article about Promotional cards, Ben looks at the ugly end of Promo cards. Does Wizards have the right strategy for distributing Promotional cards? Are there too many or too few promo cards out there? And what happens when a Promotional Card is more common than the regular version of that card? All these topics and more are in this week’s Insider Trading!
Thursday, November 13th – Richard Feldman stuck to his guns last weekend, and threw his powerful U/W Merfolk build against all comers at States. His faith was not misplaced, and he picked up an impressive Top 8 berth in style! Today, he shares his tournament performance match by match, and provides valuable insight into the intricacies of the archetype.
Thursday, November 13th – 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 13th – 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 13th – Man, after round 2 of Champs this past weekend, I was feeling about as low about Magic as I ever have, basically building on the bad feelings from the $5K and diving through the floor to sub-basement levels. It helped a bit that my second round opponent was a friend of mine, so I took a little consolation that the 2-0 drubbing he gave me might help propel him to a Swiss come-back after losing the first round.
Thursday, November 13th – How significant is learning a format – and learning what to expect – in Limited? Specifically, if I have years of drafting experience, can I simply walk into any draft format cold and do well? I tried just that. I’ll show my first, fourth, and eight draft – and we can look for improvement.
Thursday, November 13th – Hello all, and welcome back to the format that explores and discovers the realm of the casual. Today, I want to dial the clock back to one of my earlier entries in the Compendium and revamp it for the modern day. I want to talk about the New York Format.
Wednesday, November 12th – With Extended apparently overrun with Elves Combo, Gerry T brings us a guiding light. At Pro Tour: Berlin, Gerry played Faeries… and he believes that the sky is not falling just yet. Today, he brings us his definitive guide to Faeries in Extended, with sideboarding plans for a variety of important matchups.
Wednesday, November 12th – While Kyle never managed to scale the heights of his own States tournament with his potent Elemental deck, he still managed to bring a swathe of interesting decklists from the more successful participants in his region. Today, he takes us through two Top 8s (Texas and Oklahoma) and offers advice on the respective lists…
Wednesday, November 12th – 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!
Wednesday, November 12th – Of all the changes that have occurred within Magic over the last couple of years, few caused me more trepidation than the conversion of Theme Decks into the new Intro Packs. Having taught many new players the game through the use of the excellent Theme Decks, and with a constant supply of new ready-to-play sets of four or five decks at a time, they were a core component of my Magic experience. So why change a winning formula?
