Hello everybody, and welcome to another edition of the Magic Show. This week we’re going to take a look at what’s new, what’s hot, and the lessons you could learn from players better than yourself. Along the way we’ll take a look at the absurdity of in-jokes and the wackiness that is Vintage Ichorid.
There’s a new force in Legacy poised to make a huge splash at Grand Prix Columbus: Hulk Flash! Learn all about the strengths and weaknesses of possibly the fastest Combo deck ever to grace the Legacy format. Also this week: Lots of site news, including a new “What’s New at StarCityGames.com” section, and plenty of new Future Sight deck Sleeves and binders! Also, find out why rule 419.9a needs to be changed! All this and more in this edition of The Real Deal.
Adrian Sullivan, one of the game’s most inventive deckbuilders, takes us through his own personal Top 5 Future Sight cards for Constructed, color by color. Today’s article looks at the Top 5 Black, Blue, and Green cards, with the series rounding out next week. Some of the cards here are obvious calls, but others are much more surprising. Looking for those cards that may power out the Next Big Thing? Look no further!
For our fourth instalment in the Spotlight on Future Sight series, Tiago Chan takes Future Sight through its Pro paces! He breaks down the new cards in relation to upcoming tournament play, and investigates their strengths and weaknesses for individual Limited (both Sealed Deck and Draft), Block Constructed, and Two-Headed Giant. Anyone with serious tournament aspirations cannot miss this!
Last week’s Peebles Primers saw BPM take a look at drafting the Red and Black commons from Future Sight. Today, he brings us the lowdown on the remaining three colors — Blue, White, and Green. Each color gets a common pick order, and each card has its relative strengths and weaknesses on display for all to see. The cards hit the stores tomorrow, folks… be prepared!
You all know the drill by now… Rich Hoaen, Canada’s finest and grumpiest draft export, takes us by the hand and drags us through the rollercoaster ride of an 8-4 TTP Draft on Magic Online. From pick 1 to pick 45, Rich shares them all, and his final deck and draft performance are analysed in the article, the forums, and beyond. Come join in the fun!
Two-Headed Giant… the format that divides opinion like no other! While some folk can’t get enough of its team-tastic goodness, other players read the phrase “2HG” and die a little inside. Today’s Chatter of the Squirrel breaks down the core strategies of the format into manageable chunks, and lays bare the information you’ll need in order to capture that elusive Blue Envelope.
Talen, it seems, is no fan of Future Sight. In the first of three separate set review articles, he questions the mechanics that make up the meat of the set, and asks the developers why certain cards appeared in certain spaces. Vocal and outspoken as usual… do you agree with his assessment?
In this article, Chris Coppola talks about some key matchups in the format, and discusses sideboarding strategies for prevalent decks.
Bonjour mes amis! I am back this week with several Future Sight-themed decks. I want to help you get your collective deckbuilding juices a-flowing. Maybe I’ll spark an idea or two for my own deck collection as well!
In Wednesday’s edition of Spotlight on Future Sight, Jeroen Remie looks at some of the more interesting cards from the new set, for both Limited and Constructed play. He happily overlooks obvious standouts, such as Pact of Negation, in order to concentrate on unsung cards he feels may have an impact in the months to come…
You all know the drill by now… Rich Hoaen, Canada’s finest and grumpiest draft export, takes us by the hand and drags us through the rollercoaster ride of an 8-4 TTP Draft on Magic Online. From pick 1 to pick 45, Rich shares them all, and his final deck and draft performance are analysed in the article, the forums, and beyond. Come join in the fun!
Future Sight and Flash’s recent “un-errata” gave us a host of new interactions to explore in Vintage. Ichorid has been a popular subject as of late, but I haven’t really seen the need to say much about it until I saw the spoiler for Future Sight. Steve’s article on Monday went over the basic additions to the deck, which I think everyone knows by now, but I found a number of subjects on which the info was skimping…
So what’s everybody think of the new Standard with Future Sight? It’s hard for me to gage the impact of Future Sight because I go nuts whenever a new set is released, making up all sorts of new decks that I’m eager to try. New cards are like bright, new shiny objects, and like a crow I get hypnotized and obsessed. And so I present… Standard decklists!
So… this is the future, eh? This set was pretty well hyped and yet, here I sit, wondering where the majesty is. I was so excited about this set, thinking about all the things that they could with “the future” – the possibilities seemed endless. Instead we get… Keyword City, Population: Ugh.
