Wednesday, September 10th – I notice that, in general, not much strategy-article attention is given to local tournaments. We all want the hottest lists for PTQs, sure, but it’s unreal how high your EV is at a local level, even with the smallest edge. If you want to win your local drafts, this is the article for you.
Wednesday, September 10th – Weighing in at a feed-a-family-of-four-all-you-can-eat 7000 words or so, Rich leaves very few rocks unturned as he examines the legacy of Time Spiral, and marks your card for all the bits you want to stick in the cupboard, and everything that wants a good bonfire. Mmm, the smell of rotting Detainment Spell…
Wednesday, September 10th – In Part 1, we left off with the basics of how to play Eva Green. In this part, we begin by applying those basics against the more successful decks in Legacy. We end the article with some changes that we’ve been testing, and discuss if any of these represent the next evolution of the deck. This article was a joint effort by Dan Signorini and Anwar Ahmad.
Tuesday, September 9th – With Nick Eisel constantly forcing the archetype over in Drafting With Nick, it seems the Red spells are pretty popular right now. Nick himself brought us a Mono-Red primer pre-Eventide, and now BPM brings his take on the strategy with Eventide in the mix. [Editor’s Note – Ben Bleiweiss, currently in Italy, will be appearing later in the week!]
Tuesday, September 9th – 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 9th – 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 9th – One of the big questions I always hear at tournaments is “how much did you test?†This is followed with the inevitable “was it was worth it?†Typically the answer is yes, but other times you’ll hear some long-winded admission of general failure, or just general disinterest that resulted from the process
Tuesday, September 9th – There’s no doubt that Sensei’s Divining Top is a very powerful card. In conjunction with fetch lands, it provides repeated top of the library manipulation, resulting in free “virtual card drawing.†The ability to keep good spells floating near the top of the library until needed has also led to a slight depowering of discard spells, with former standouts like Duress and Cabal Therapy seeing a decreasing amount of play.
Monday, September 8th – Patrick “The Innovator” Chapin is currently in Italy, for both yesterday’s Eurovino Vintage tournament and next weekend’s Grand Prix: Rimini. Today, he brings us a touch of Block talk, a smattering of Vintage, and a Next Level Blue deck for Magic’s most broken format…
Monday, September 8th – Last week, Wizards of the Coast did something unusual… they made a few Vintage announcements that pleased the community! In the spirit of thanks, Stephen Menendian takes us through the unrestrictions in a positive light, suggests some decklists, and talks about the restoration of Time Vault…
Monday, September 8th – 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 8th – 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 8th – It’s never nice being a bully, but occasionally you have to kick someone when they’re down. If you don’t beat one of the other players up with this temporary advantage you possess, they’re all going to gang up and take your army away from you. So who do you beat the crap out of?
Monday, September 8th – You kids today have it so easy… You and your fancy ‘stack.’ Back in the day, we didn’t even have a stack. We had batches, and we liked it! If only we had these fancy shmancy post-Sixth Edition rules at our disposal, we could show you what for. Then we’d really see who’s boss.
Friday, September 5th – Grand Prix: Copenhagen saw a resurgence of the popular Mystical Teaching control decks, with two players placing in the Top 8 (including Guillaume Wafo-Tapa). Today, Luis Scott-Vargas, in tandem with Gerry Thompson, thrashes out a workable Teachings Control Standard framework. Does it have the tools to compete in a modern metagame?
