Wednesday, May 14th – With the eyes of the world set firmly on Standard and the upcoming Pro Tour: Hollywood, Luis Scott-Vargas takes a preliminary look at the next important Constructed format: Lorwyn Block Constructed. He offers his thoughts on the all-conquering Faeries, and posits that, in Block at least, they may not be as strong as you might think…
Wednesday, May 14th – Last weekend, Benjamin Peebles-Mundy sleeved up his trusty Reveillark deck and braved the fierce Standard competition on both days of the StarCityGames.com Mega-Magic Weekend. While he didn’t fare well on Day 2, on Day 2 he came agonizingly close to the money. Today’s Peebles Primers sees BPM take us through the tournaments, offering sage advice on the position of Reveillark Combo in the Faeries metagame…
Wednesday, May 14th – Crying infants in airplane cabins. The Nickelback song “Rock Star.†Single-ply toilet paper. Economic libertarians. Rush-hour horn-honkers. I hate all of those things, but absolutely none of them rile my passions and inflame my innermost ire like the Champion trigger on a Mistbind Clique.
Wednesday, May 14th – I had a good time at this weekend’s Magic extravaganza, the Star City Mega-Magic Weekend. For those of you who did come out and were kind enough to come up and introduce yourselves and let me know you enjoyed my column, I really appreciate it. Nothing feels better than meeting you all face to face and hearing positive feedback. You all rock!
Tuesday, May 13th – With Shadowmoor draft being the current Limited format of choice, Nick Eisel has been experimenting with some more off-the-wall strategies in order to gain an edge on the field. One of his more successful strategies involves Power of Fire and everyone’s favorite untapper, Pili-Pala…
Tuesday, May 13th – Tom LaPille is having a week off… in his place, we have StarCityGames Mega-Magic Weekend Top 8 player Gerry Thompson! With a Block Constructed PTQ season on the horizon, and a Block Constructed Grand Prix in the UK mere weeks away, GerryT takes us through an exciting Elemental-themed control deck that has fine matchups against the aggro creature decks in the evolving format…
Tuesday, May 13th – All I wanted to do was stick Shield of the Oversoul on a Doran. The idea nagged at me, nibbling my ear when I was otherwise occupied. Come on, it’d whisper, build a Super-Doran deck… “But it’s a three-color guy in a speedy format,†I’d offer, “and creature enchantments are rubbish!†The idea continued its coaxing unabated. Eventually, I caved…
Tuesday, May 13th – A total of 156 Shadowmoor boosters got Drafted at Rich Hagon’s palatial villa in the heart of England this weekend, a figure which should make Event Logistics Co-ordinators throughout Seattle happy campers. And since ten of the finest decks are here for you to pore over and dissect, there should be some happy campers elsewhere (flask) too.
Monday, May 12th – It appears that Patrick “The Innovator†Chapin has finally gone mad. Today’s Innovations is a definite break from the norm. Of course, Patrick wouldn’t be Patrick without some fresh spin on the Constructed metagame, and today’s spin is eerily similar to a StarCityGames $5000 Standard open Top 8 decklist…
Monday, May 12th – This past weekend saw the Vintage community power to The StarCityGames Power 9 tournament… and current Vintage World Champion was there! Today’s So Many Insane Plays sees Stephen go over his choice for the first tournament, and he also breaks down his Top 10 of best unrestricted spells in the format. Do you agree with his assertions?
Monday, May 12th – The Star City Games $5000 Open Day 1 Top 8 was filled with Green cards, which would be a good sign if they didn’t miserably fail in the face of even more Faeries. Still, it can give one hope that the metagame won’t completely debase into Faeries versus non-Faeries, although I fear we may already have reached that point.
Monday, May 12th – Unlocking Legacy spends a lot of time talking about how good Threshold is. By popular demand, Kevin Binswanger is back this week talking about a deck set to take down this monster.
Friday, May 9th – Today’s Flores Friday sees Mike hop into his Wayback Machine to revisit some of the classic strategic modeling from some of the top players and thinkers in the game. He casts his modernist eye over the various Schools of Magic, and updates them with a nod toward their importance in the current metagames. What can the strategies of the past teach us about the formats of the future?
Friday, May 9th – Block Constructed is coming, and now Shadowmoor is in the mix all bets are currently off. Yeah, we know that U/B Faeries is probably the deck to beat… but what other sweetmeats are on offer at the Lorwyn Block Constructed table? Adrian brings us three different takes on the Elemental tribe, including a funky deck that abuses the five-color Horde of Notions…
Friday, May 9th – I have spent the past few weeks rambling around the new possibilities with Shadowmoor in Standard, poking around from good idea (Merfolk love Cursecatcher!) to bad idea (Mono-Green 36 creature deck!) as we wandered around the format.
