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Thursday, July 17th – Today’s article is the third installment of The Magic Role-Playing Game. The last article was published back in January, so I felt it was time for another supplement. The Magic RPG is my most popular work. I suspect that it will endure for a long time, and it’s my favorite contribution to the game. I have had people tell me that playing The Magic RPG has changed their Magic gaming experience forever, and I am humbled by this.

Thursday, July 17th – What do a stairway taller than the Empire State Building, a too-long lunch at Long John Silver’s, and a fourth Tarmogoyf have in common? If you, somehow, guessed “Eventide Prerelease,” you’re right!

Wednesday, July 16th – The Eventide spoiler is out, and ‘tis the season for set reviews. While you’ll be getting the Spike-side view from the Premium gang, and the casual review from some of the free side regulars, I figure I’d go ahead and give my takes on it too.

Wednesday, July 16th – A key element of the “acquisition process” that, it appears, has been one of WoTC’s many buzzwords for 2008, is making the process of playing in a tournament as fun as possible for the people that choose to do so. A well-run event provides an air of professionalism to Magic that suggests the people behind the game really do know what they are doing.

Tuesday, July 15th – Today I’ll be going over some thoughts on Eventide, and its impact on Block and possibly Standard. I’ll also recap some of my thoughts on the impact of cards I saw in Limited play at the prerelease this past weekend.

Tuesday, July 15th – This past weekend, in my continuing effort to qualify for Pro Tour: Berlin, I traveled to Detroit for a PTQ. I decided that for the rest of the season, as I said a few weeks ago, I would be battling with Kithkin.

Tuesday, July 15th – Many believe that everyone has a Purpose in life, a true Reason they are called upon to walk the Earth. Many of us have pondered what possible Purpose Rich Hagon has, and what degenerative logic could have led to his existence. Now, at last, he believes he knows, for he is a man on a mission, a man in search… of Miserable.

Monday, July 14th – A full 189 players showed up to do battle for a slot to Berlin on the Fifth of July. After just a few rounds we discovered that Mirrorweave is hands down the most rules intensive card in this Block format. Let’s just hand it the Humility Award now.