Tuesday, November 11th – As you know, States was this weekend. I did pretty badly, posting a 2-2 record. What can I say? I won the bad match-ups and lost the good ones on one of those ‘why did I get out of bed this morning’ kind of days. To be fair, part of it was entirely me making bad decisions where I had the statistical right to make the play, but it was overly risky in the grand scheme of things.
Tuesday, November 11th – This is the story of my Pro Tour in Berlin. As I come close to finishing this article, I can tell that it will be the first of two or three on the tournament. This one will follow the tournament in a mostly linear fashion, hitting on some of the fun short storylines of that weekend.
Monday, November 10th – “I’m not interested in attacking you.” “Point that angel at me and you’ll lose it.” “Oh, God, he’s playing Slivers.” Table talk is a tried-and-true method of getting other people to play differently – and with his new Unifying Theory of Multiplayer Politics under his belt, The Ferrett explains how you can talk your table into changing your potential threatitude!
Monday, November 10th – Patrick Chapin, one of the innovative minds behind LSV’s Pro-Tour Winning Elves deck, played an interesting control deck dubbed Next Level Gifts, taking it to a Top 50 finish. Today he shares the sights, sounds, and smells from glorious Berlin…
Monday, November 10th – The months roll by, and metagames shift beneath our feet. Today’s So Many Insane Plays sees Stephen Menendian on familiar ground, as he brings us his perennial Vintage Metagame report. He highlights the movers and shakers from tournaments across the globe…
Monday, November 10th – 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!
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!
