Thursday, June 5th – Today’s Down And Dirty sees Kyle Sanchez in a playful mood. He kicks things off in style with an entertaining story, and then lets us into the minds of the DCI come restriction time. The bulk of the article, however, sees Mr Sanchez poring over an intriguing Shadowmoor Sealed cardpool in preparation for Grand Prix: Indianapolis, before he rounds out the day with his own take on the Dragonstorm archetype for Regionals!
Thursday, June 5th – I don’t have any useful Regionals tech. Sorry. Instead, I want to hit a couple of topics. Many of these will be controversial – but Green versus Blue will not be among them. Promise. Instead, I will talk about conclusions from Pro Tour: Hollywood, MTGO’s drafts, chess clocks and lack of intentional draws, and the new Mythic Rarity.
Thursday, June 5th – Big news was announced on June 1st – the creation of the mythic rare. Will mythic rares bring in new players? Or is Wizards hoping to sell more packs as people search for the elusive Secret Ghost Mirror Rares?
Thursday, June 5th – Today, I am writing a sequel to my previous casual toolkit article that talked about countermagic. In this article, I intend to give you kind folks a chance to see different sorts of creature removal.
Wednesday, June 4th – In preparation for Regionals this coming weekend, what better way to gain an insight on the Faerie menace that from a Pro Tour report from the highest-placed Faeries player at the tournament! Paulo Vitor Damo Da Rosa took his tweaked Faeries build and piloted it all the way to Sunday play. Today, he shares his matchup strategies and sideboarding plans, alongside some detailed game analysis. Enjoy!
Wednesday, June 4th – Magic Legend Zvi Mowshowitz brings us the deck that he believes is the current Best Deck in Standard. Designed by Pro Tour winner Jacob Van Lunen, the deck posted fantastic results in Hollywood across the board. This exceptional article reveals the genesis of the deck, and presents us with comprehensive strategic advice and sideboard plans, all in perfect time for Regionals this coming weekend…
Wednesday, June 4th – With Regionals just around the corner, everyone is looking for that sick new tech that’ll ravage the metagame. Well, how about this for an off-the-radar strategy: Zur The Enchanter! Gerry Thompson takes us through his Pro Tour preparation, a huge chunk of which was taken up with innovative Zur decks. He brings us five fresh lists that could make waves at Regionals… and if that’s not all, he shares his Faeries and Reveillark lists too!
Wednesday, June 4th – With Regionals this weekend, and Pro Tour: Hollywood fresh in the books, it’s safe to say that the metagame come Saturday will be heavily influenced by the successful pro decklists from two weeks ago. Benjamin Peebles-Mundy casts his analytical eye over some of the numbers in the more successful archetypes, and crunches the data to help prepare us for a multitude of differing opposition…
Wednesday, June 4th – I’m not known for my Regionals technology, since I’m notorious for hating Standard. Nevertheless, I can guarantee you that your chances for qualifying for Nats will demonstrably improve as a result of reading this article. Why? Because for the last week, the internet has been awash with a deluge of disinformation, leading to a series of terribly-misinformed but oft-repeated quote enlightened unquote conclusions about the “true†state of Standard in the Pro Tour’s wide-cast wake.
Wednesday, June 4th – When I was asking various friends what I should play for the Star City $5K, Adrian Sullivan and Ben Bleiweiss both told me I should play Green/Black Elves. Green/Black Elves?! How boring!! That archetype has been out there kicking around since Lorwyn was released, and I’m always drawn to the shiny and new.
Tuesday, June 3rd – Yesterday saw the most sweeping changes to the Vintage Banned and Restricted list for a number of years, with a swathe of Blue tournament staples becoming mere one-ofs in future decklists. Today’s renamed So Many Insane Plays sees Vintage World Champion Stephen Menendian analyze the changes, and evaluate the disappearance of Brainstorm and pals…
Tuesday, June 3rd – We’re in a busy period of Magic right now. We’ve just had a Standard Pro Tour, and Regionals are fast approaching. Last weekend saw a Block Constructed GP, and the upcoming Pro Tour season is the same format. And Vintage… we all know what’s happening there. Today, Tom LaPille looks at all three disciplines, and suggests the deck he’d play at Regionals if he weren’t leaving to work for Wizards of the Coast…
Tuesday, June 3rd – Grand Prix: Birmingham is now done. Shock of shocks, Kithkin and Faeries took the top two slots, and both featured three copies respectively in the Top 8, joined only by Raphael Levy’s Elemental control and Manuel Bucher’s Command control deck. These results are basically in-line with what a number of people thought might happen at this Grand Prix considering the short break from Pro Tour: Hollywood for this new format.
Tuesday, June 3rd – How dare Rich Hagon not submit an article last week? Who does he think he is? And where does he think he is? Turns out he answers that last one quite extensively, taking us on a guided tour of Seattle en route for the latest Pro Tour. Scatalogical humor abounds in this latest down and dirty piece from the man with more words per minute than anyone on the PT.
Tuesday, June 3rd – Statistically speaking, it’s safe to say that most of you have never played in a Pro Tour. Even more likely, very few of you have judged in a PT. I’ve never done the former, but now that I’ve joined the ranks of the latter, boy do I have stories to tell. I’ve been telling people that judging Pro Tour: Hollywood was the best weekend of my life. That’s a tall claim, and for it to be true it either means I’ve led a boring life or the PT was that damn awesome
