Thursday, September 18th – With Shards of Alara approaching fast, a Constructed specialist’s mind turns to new cards and challenges. Today, Richard looks at the basic foundation of deck design: the production of mana. He takes us through our options in both two-color and three-color design, setting the stage for more development when Shards finally arrives.
Wednesday, September 17th – In part one of Ben’s two-part Extended rotation critique, Ben discussed the changes in value of cards from Invasion, Planeshift, and Apocalypse. In the second part of this series, see which cards will be affected in value from Odyssey, Torment, Judgment, and 7th Edition!
Wednesday, September 17th – Last weekend saw what is possibly the Last Hurrah of Time Spiral Standard…. the Minnesota $5k event. While Gerry Thompson didn’t manage to set the field afire, he was there to document some of the more interesting plays and stories from the tournament floor…
Wednesday, September 17th – 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 17th – 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 17th – I know that, in Vintage, you’ve got a two-mana combo that can win you the game at instant speed. I’ve got another two-mana combo for you. It may not win you the game… but it does add 15 to your mana pool, allow you to exchange life for mana on a one-to-one basis, and draw you seven cards. It can’t be that hard to win from there, can it?
Wednesday, September 17th – Let’s be honest, you only had to be at the Time Spiral Pre-Release without knowing the big surprise to see the Timeshifted set as a home run. Jaws dropped, arms flailed wildly, dealer tables went potty, and one of the hardest demographics on planet Earth to actually flat-out impress were gobsmacked. But what impact did the Timeshifted 121 have over the following two years? Rich is here to tell you, and give you his list of cards that are more keep than keepsake.
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!
