Wednesday, September 3rd – Kyle makes the transition to Wednesdays from this week, and kicks off proceedings by answering a few emails he’s received from eager readers in the past few weeks. He shares his views on the State of Magic, the banning of Sensei’s Divining Top, and more!
Wednesday, September 3rd – 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 3rd – 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 3rd – Your typical gaggle of random American Magic players is… well, how can we put this? I’m not even talking terms of the usual gamer-awkwardness, gamer-hygiene, what-have-you. That’s standard, and you move past it, and then they’re awesome. But in your average Pro Tour six-man team-draft, there are maybe two guys with jobs, and that’s ambitious in the extreme.
Wednesday, September 3rd – While our attention builds towards the arrival of Alara, savvy deckbuilders know the importance of learning the lessons of Yesterday before looking to build the future of Tomorrow. Combining historical perspective, anecdote, and trading advice, Rich Hagon brings us a long hard look at the 907 cards that are going to leave Standard in just a few short weeks. What should you hold onto and why? Coldsnap launches the series.
Wednesday, September 3rd – Moving to this new Wednesday time slot was very exciting because it meant I got to check out the new Banned list update on Monday. I expected no changes in Legacy, and I was not disappointed…
Tuesday, September 2nd – From the Vault: Dragons was initially released at Gen Con, and immediately began selling for well above MSRP. Why did this happen, and will the price increase last? PLUS: How will the September 1st B&R changes affect card prices?
Tuesday, September 2nd – Not long ago, most folk felt that Standard comprised of Faeries and decks to beat Faeries. Nowadays, the Standard metagame is much healthier. Today’s Peebles Primers takes a look at three strong contenders from recent global Nationals competitions. While each of the strategies presented is familiar, it’s safe to say that, on face value, they’re off the radar of most players…
Tuesday, September 2nd – 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 2nd – 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 2nd – This week will be a bit different to the average week, as there’s no Constructed on the horizon. We don’t flex our muscles for Extended season until January. This column will be temporarily focusing on general issues, Vintage stuff, and maybe even a blurb on Limited now and again.
Tuesday, September 2nd – Nothing horrible was threatened towards Dave’s personage after last week’s horrible pun title, so he’s giving another one a shot! And this article concludes a look at the Chroma rares, all of which are interesting to build around, and all of which are reasonably costed.
Tuesday, September 2nd – In a few days, the new members of the Hall of Fame will be announced. I doubt that, at this point, what I am going to say will influence the results in any way, but after so many voters shared their thoughts on my situation, I could not stay silent…
Monday, September 1st – The Block Constructed season is slowly winding down… it’s time to turn our Constructed eyes to pastures new! Today’s Innovations sees Patrick Chapin investigating the state of play in the forthcoming Extended format. He updates a number of old favorites, and brings us a fresh deck that promises much…
Monday, September 1st – The Perfect Storm, or TPS, is perhaps the most powerful deck in the current Vintage format. Stephen Menendian concludes his three-part primer series on the deck, taking us through the important matchups and sharing sideboarding strategies. With the most important matchup in the metagame being the TPS mirror, no serious Vintage player can afford to miss this!
