Thursday, September 25th – Hello my friends, and welcome back to the column dedicated to the casual. My name is Abe and I am your DJ, spinning you decks from around the Casualverse. Today I want to hit up one of my favorite formats, Peasant Magic. Lorwyn and Shadowmoor blocks gave us a lot of fun cards for our decks, and in Peasant Magic, they gave us some great tools…
Wednesday, September 24th – With Pro Tour: Berlin just around the corner, and with Shards of Alara heralding a New Age of Extended, Gerry Thompson takes us through a few of the existing archetypes and examines how they’re affected by the rotation. With Zoo looking strong, and Affinity promising much, is there room for control or combo offerings? Gerry T reveals all… Warning: contains spoilers.
Wednesday, September 24th – Shards of Alara is shaping up to be one of the strongest Constructed sets in recent history. Today’s Down And Dirty has Kyle Sanchez trawling through the spoilers to find a selection of cool cards ready to smash through the Standard metagame. He also looks at those Shards cards he believes to be overrated… including an eleven-for-one sorcery that promises to “change everything.” Warning: contains spoilers.
Wednesday, September 24th – Canadian draft maestro Rich Hoaen takes us for a stroll through an 8-4 Shadowmoor / Eventide draft on Magic Online, from pick 1 to pick 45, and shares his special insights after the draft and in the forums.
Wednesday, September 24th – Nick Eisel goes head-to-head with Canada’s finest drafter in his very own Drafting With Nick series! Like Rich, Nick takes us through an 8-4 Shadowmoor / Eventide Draft on Magic Online, and shares his thoughts in the article and the forums!
Wednesday, September 24th – If you haven’t worked out by now what this mammoth series has been about, there’s very little hope for you. But if you have correctly surmised the premise of this latest offering from the podcast ponderer, jump right in and rediscover all the hits and misses of Planar Chaos, and what you should be setting aside for your collection.
Wednesday, September 24th – There is, and will always be, a market for the possibility of professional – and I mean “pay the bills†professional – Magic-related gaming. It’s what got me started and why I continue to do loony things like ship $1400 for a ticket to Berlin. But honestly, so long as several times a year there exists an opportunity to make an amount comparable to a twentysomething’s annual income, that market is going to be sated to an extent.
Wednesday, September 24th – Big October sets don’t just mean a flurry of new cards and new ideas – it also means we need to say goodbye to the cards that are rotating off to Extendedland.
Tuesday, September 23rd – In this entertaining tournament report, Paul Cheon takes us through his recent jaunt to Italy for Eurovino 3 and Grand Prix: Rimini. He placed well at both events, and brings us a thrilling play-by-play for the GP. There’s also a handful of road-trip stories, tales that draw back the veil to reveal secrets of top-level tournament preparation. [Editor’s Note – Ben Bleiweiss appears on Friday with his customary “Financial Value” article for Shards of Alara… watch this space!]
Tuesday, September 23rd – Shards of Alara promises to have a great impact the Standard metagame. With Magic Online now capable of tracking Premier Event Top 8 information, Benjamin Peebles-Mundy looks at some of the format’s great performers and examines how they will be affected by the coming rotation.
Tuesday, September 23rd – Canadian draft maestro Rich Hoaen takes us for a stroll through an 8-4 Shadowmoor / Eventide draft on Magic Online, from pick 1 to pick 45, and shares his special insights after the draft and in the forums.
Tuesday, September 23rd – Nick Eisel goes head-to-head with Canada’s finest drafter in his very own Drafting With Nick series! Like Rich, Nick takes us through an 8-4 Shadowmoor / Eventide Draft on Magic Online, and shares his thoughts in the article and the forums!
Tuesday, September 23rd – Although we have some time before Shards becomes relevant for a Standard tournament bigger than an FNM, enough cards have been spoiled that we can take a look at it and get some initial impressions from some of the major abilities and cycles – and a few of the potential impact cards – heading our way.
Tuesday, September 23rd – I now dread spoiler season. It comes around three (or four) times per year, and all the people rejoice in the journey of discovery, joy, and confusion. What does a judge look for in spoilers? As of Eventide, I am looking out for the next Snakeform, the card that will lead to the most questions at the Prerelease and thereafter.
Monday, September 22nd – When I’d get the cards I was previewing for Wizards, I’d have mixed reactions. Some of the cards, like Twilight Shepherd, I’d go, “Oh, wow! That’s amazing! I can’t wait!†Other cards, like Hamletback Goliath, I’d get and go, “Umm…. I’m gonna have to work on this one.†So I’m going to look at the cards that Wizards has spoiled thus far, and rank them based on how enthusiastic I’d be if I’d been assigned to preview them.
