Friday, July 4th – This one’s going to be a little bit… odd. At the moment, I have laryngitis, and so days and days worth of sarcasm are bottling up inside because I cannot actually croak the jokes that are on my mind. I was thinking about Block Constructed and some of the problems I have seen play out, and a certain deck title of John F. Rizzo’s struck me as an apt description of where it was my mind was thinking.
Thursday, July 3rd – Block Constructed appears to be blighted with that most dangerous of Magical animal – the 800lb Elephant in the Room. This Elephant, as we know, is Blue, and Black, and has wings. Yes. The Faeries matchup is the first port of call for anyone looking to navigate the choppy seas of Block Constructed. Can Richard’s Triple Tribe deck be tweaked to take down the Fae? Read on to find out!
Thursday, July 3rd – We are moving into Nationals season, and Grand Prix: Buenos Aires was last weekend. So was the Richie Proffitt Memorial Tournament. Standard is – will be, shortly – a widely played format online and at FNM (except around Madison, unfortunately), so people care about it. I do, too.
Thursday, July 3rd – It’s the hot new fad. Everyone’s doing it. You know you want to. A little taste can’t hurt you. That’s what they say, and the next thing you know, you’re trying to figure out how to build your own giant stack of hundreds of Magic cards with which to draft.
Thursday, July 3rd – Today I will be producing what I consider to be a general casual B&R list. If you use this list, then your decks will no longer need to be any particular format at your casual table. It has the potential to create consistency in the casual world, as long as everyone uses one list. So, why should I be the arbiter of the list, as opposed to anyone else? Great question!
Thursday, July 3rd – As you may have noticed last week, Kyle Sanchez was absent from the article roster. Today’s Down And Dirty brings us the reason for that, a tale of Grand Prix: Indianapolis that will frankly boggle the mind. While this one is low on Magic content, and while you should always take Kyle with a pinch of salt, this one has to be read to be believed…
Thursday, July 3rd – Hello everybody, and welcome to a very special Eventide preview. This week I get the pleasure of debuting Creakwood Liege for you. Watch the special spoiler video inside, and stay tuned for my reaction in tomorrow’s show!
Thursday, July 3rd – Merfolk! One of the all-time classic tribes in Magic: The Gathering. The little fish are currently extremely popular in both Standard and Block Constructed. Eventide promises to bring fresh fish to the table… and there’s none as fresh as the Wake Thrasher!
Wednesday, July 2nd – With Eventide just around the corner, it seems an opportune time to examine the lessons taught by triple Shadowmoor drafting. Today, Stuart Wright brings us his thoughts on the format as a whole, and in particular the powerful and synergistic allied color pairings that are the key to success in this entertaining format.
Wednesday, July 2nd – There are a number of ways to build your Five-Color Control deck in Lorwyn / Shadowmoor Block Constructed. While they all seem to slap the Kithkin silly, they all appear to flounder when facing the Fae. Benjamin Peebles-Mundy presents a proven Five-Color Control deck with much more than a mediocre game against the winged menace, gained without losing ground against White or the mirror. Intrigued? Then read on…
Wednesday, July 2nd – Given that all I’ve been doing since GP: Indy is helping Sam Black break formats and slaving away at language school, I’ve had no choice but to ruminate on the parallels between the two. Well, between learning a language and Magic generally, at least. I want to present, then, some of the similarities I’ve discovered, in the hopes of spelling out some global parallels for anyone trying to acclimate themselves to a way of thinking. Along the way, you just might become a wee little bit better at Magic.
Wednesday, July 2nd – You know, the Pro Tour tournaments are a great contribution to Magic’s identity. However, while it dominates much of the Magic dialogue, the Pro Tour is only a narrow sliver of the Magic Community; for the vast majority of Magic players, the game is all about friends and fun, playing Magic when life’s commitments allow you the time. This “silent majority” got to grab the spotlight a little bit this weekend, in a fantastic tribute to Richie Proffitt, PolarBearGod.
Wednesday, July 2nd – The times, they are a-changin’. With fall’s release of Shards of Alara, Wizards is taking major actions in both the way Magic is released and collected. The game’s really going to get shaken up…
Tuesday, July 1st – With Magic Online throwing up server and lag issues, Nick has been working hard to bring us a tricky Shadowmoor Draft walkthrough, and today’s offering doesn’t disappoint. While it seems that Mono-Red is the current deck of choice for the discerning drafter, sometimes it’s best to stick with the devil you know…
Tuesday, July 1st – There’s no easy way to say this… Magic Online is currently unplayable tripe. The majority of the current development team should be fired, and outside consultants with a clue should be brought it. No, I don’t care that they got a horrible task to start with; I’m just going to pretend to be Ranty Mc Drinks A Lot for this section of the article.
