Tuesday, September 16th – Today’s Peebles Primers tackles two subjects. The first sees Ben rail against a common Magic malady: the misplaced sense of entitlement, or “justice.†The second sees Ben state the respective cases for both combo Reveillark and its non-combo variant. [Editor’s Note: Ben Bleiweiss will be running later in the week!]
Tuesday, September 16th – 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 16th – 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 16th – I think it’s a touch too soon to talk about Extended, so this week we’ll be discussing some Vintage ramifications from the Time Vault errata and the upcoming Blue Planeswalker. Time Vault by itself was already a big deal, but with Tezzeret on the horizon, the win conditions of Vintage may be completely supplanted, much like Tendrils of Agony’s impact on the format over time.
Tuesday, September 16th – Today, I’m going to take a little time to tell you a little bit about myself, because one of my messages is that judges are human. Playing in that PTQ three weeks ago got me thinking about my Magic career and the constant seesaw battle for my soul. Play or Judge? Clearly I’ve chosen a path, but it wasn’t always so easy. My story began, like so many others, with a botched Judge call…
Tuesday, September 16th – Dave breaks out the college words this week in the title, but the article is all kindergarten words, as he digs into the first week of Shards of Alara previews to see what’s available for the thrifty player. Except “Thoctar†– that’s another college word, presumably. Warning: Contains Spoilers.
Monday, September 15th – “What was it like, being locked in with some of the finest writers in science fiction for six weeks?†you may ask. And the answer is, “It was like missing out on Magic for several months.†In fact, it was so like missing out on Magic that by the time I got around to making my Top Five Best Multiplayer Cards From Eventide, several months had passed! You might even think that this list would be slightly antiquated… But no! Now it’s playtested!
Monday, September 15th – With Patrick Chapin nursing his wounds over in Rimini, today we have the exciting conclusion of Marijn Lybaert’s Belgian Nationals report. Last week, we shared the Belgian preparations before the big event. Today, Marijn takes us through his final decklist and shares the pertinent details of his matchups as Top 8 loomed large. Patrick returns later in the week!
Monday, September 15th – Shards of Alara is just around the corner, and one officially spoiled card in particular is kicking up a Vintage stink: Tezzeret the Seeker. Today’s So Many Insane Plays sees Stephen Menendian shake things up with a plethora of Tezzeret decklists, incorporating the Blue planeswalker in a number of tried and tested Vintage strategies…
Monday, September 15th – 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.
Monday, September 15th – 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!
Monday, September 15th – School is starting, the leaves are changing colors, and Notre Dame almost loses its home opener to a team that lost to Cal Poly the week before. That can only mean one thing: that it’s fall and the Extended season is on the horizon.
Friday, September 12th – Shards of Alara is almost here, and this will herald a two-block and one base set rotation out of Extended. Gone will be seven full sets – 7th Edition, Invasion, Planeshift, Apocalypse, Odyssey, Torment, and Judgment. Which cards will drop in value from these sets, and which will hold their price? How will the losses of individual cards affect the value of the remaining cards in the Extended card pool? Find out the answers to these questions in this two-part Insider Trading series! Special Bonus: Which cards are rising up in price even as we speak? Ben talks about a few cards that have (or are about to see) significant price jumps! Plus: What is Ben’s pick for the hottest card spoiled out of Shards of Alara so far?
Friday, September 12th – In his debut article for StarCityGames.com, Grand Prix: Columbus Top 8 competitor Owen Turtenwald takes us through Blue-White Reveillark in Standard. While a lot of players favor the combo variants offered by multiple colors and Body Double, Owen turns his back on the combo finish for more stability. He shares his sideboarding strategies for the major players in the metagame, and throws in some in-game tips and tricks for good measure.
Friday, September 12th – Mike Flores, in his famous “Who’s The Beatdown?” article, told us that “Misassignment of Role = Game Loss.” However, words such as “Role” can be notoriously nebulous… Role is not Archetype. Today, Adrian Sullivan talks us through the principle of the Strategic Moment, and shows us that even the most counter-heavy decks can have their day in the aggro sun…
