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…
Friday, September 12th – 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.
Friday, September 12th – 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!
Friday, September 12th – Hello everybody, and welcome to another edition of the Magic Show. This week we’re featuring the Magic Show exclusive new Magic Player Rewards card, talk about the return of States with the man responsible for doing so, discuss the recent Banned & Restricted Announcement, and go over a raft of spoilers from Shards of Alara. Let’s go!
Friday, September 12th – With most of Extended a ‘known quantity,’ the potential impact of Shards of Alara remains generally small. We have been told already that all of the creatures from the shard of Esper will be artifact creatures, regardless of colored mana cost, and thus we can expect that there will be a reasonable number of cards that deserve consideration for the ‘best deck in Extended’ (so-called), Affinity.
Thursday, September 11th – In the first part of a two-part feature, Marijn Lybaert shares his in-depth preparation for the recent Belgian National Championships. Written before the tournament by some of Belgium’s biggest names, it brings us invaluable insight into play-testing, preparation, and fun at the highest level. Next week, Marijn takes us through the Nationals tournament itself…
Thursday, September 11th – With a Limited PTQ season looming large, it’s time for those players with a purely Constructed bent to retreat into their shells and cook up some sixty-card excitement. Continuing his promise to pilot the tricky and interactive, Richard dissects the more troublesome strategies in Standard in the first of what should prove to be an entertaining series.
Thursday, September 11th – 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.
Thursday, September 11th – 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!
Thursday, September 11th – States has always been my favorite tournament. It was a “big” tournament that didn’t feed anything else, so it drew many more casual players than the PTQs and Regionals tournaments, and it had a nice, laid-back flavor even as people tried hard to win the bragging rights of State Champion.
Thursday, September 11th – For some time, I have been trying to play in an online Constructed tournament so I can write about the experience. The forums, and other writers, have complained about the state of Constructed online, so I wanted to see for myself. I set aside the time, found a deck and… well, the good news is that I am undefeated. The bad news is that I still haven’t played in a Constructed PE. Therein lies the story.
Thursday, September 11th – I have built hundreds of decks during my time as a writer here at StarCityGames.com. What I intend to do today is very simple. I am going to take some of the cards off my top 10 favorite cards list, and build a deck around them. Do you know that despite my regularly professed love for Scarwood Bandits in this column, that I have never built a deck around them? That ends today.
