Welcome back to Magic Puzzles, where we find ourselves in the final week in the third puzzle competition. With three people still in contention, it seems likely that we will have a third champion in as many contests. Enjoy the puzzle, and make sure to come back next week, since there will be a small but significant twist in the competition.
Countdown to Grand Prix: Columbus! In this article, Christopher Coppola looks at an interesting version of Affinity that is built specifically for Legacy, and has succeeded due to innovative card choices. Another decent budget alternative, in perfect time for your Grand Prix: Columbus testing!
Bennie Smith’s column, You Lika The Juice, has now moved to Wednesday… meaning that from today, Monday is the official home of The Online Outlook! Today’s article, however, leaves the fabled shores of Magic Online for some real life, in-your-face Future Sight Prerelease action. Thrills, spills, and multiple cardpools… and a vow from me to never play Squall Line again.
Ben is back again with the lowdown for Future Sight, based on information gathered from the MTGSalvation.com spoiler. Do you want to know which cards will be hottest at your prerelease? Want to know which you should trade away, and which you should hoard like no tomorrow? Let the General Manager of StarCityGames.com fill you in on the key cards to keep, and those you can do without!
Today’s Flores Friday sees Mike rectifying an admitted omission — feedback response. He uses his column to respond to all the praise and condemnation he’s faced of late, and explains some of his more esoteric theories and beliefs. Why are small percentages important in modern Magic? How can we recognize cheaters who stack their decks? And, importantly — boxers or briefs?
As I type this, Craig “The Professor” Jones is facing off against Kazuya Hirabayashi in Round 1 of Pro Tour: Yokohama. His article today takes a long look at the Time Spiral Block Constructed, listing some of the decks he believes will still be in contention come Sunday. Hopefully, Craig himself will be there to rip that Rift Bolt from the top… good luck, Prof!
With the Future Sight Prerelease Weekend beginning tomorrow, Sean McKeown jumps on the Future Sight bandwagon to bring us his impressions of the set… from the future. He shares a couple of mono-colored decklists that harness the power of the Red spells, and talks us through the surprising Top 8 results from Pro Tour: Yokohama.
Today we’re going to go over the Biggest and Brightest Stars Of Future Sight! We’ll be running down my personal list for the best cards to pick up and trade for this Saturday. I know I’m slightly treading on my buddy Ben Bleiweiss’ toes on this one, but I can’t help myself. This is my favorite time period in Magic, just before a prerelease, when the rumor mills are on tilt and everyone is salivating for the new ideas that come from Washington State.
Patrick “The Innovator” Chapin returns to StarCityGames.com with an intriguing little article that attempts to touch all the relevant bases. You looking for Standard ideas? Check. Block Constructed tips? They’re here too. Vintage musings? Patrick’s got ‘em. A Legacy deck? Yup. Limited advice? You betcha. All this, and a breakdown of the greatest cards ever printed, sorted by color and mana cost! Truly, this article has something for everyone…
Tiago, in preparation for Pro Tour: Yokohama, has been beavering away with the Dutchies in order to smash the Block Constructed format. While he freely admits that he’s no great shakes as a deckbuilder, Mr Chan bring six years of experience in Block Constructed Pro Tour preparation to the table. So what does the history of the format at the highest level show us, and can it teach us the lessons we need to succeed? This fascinating walk down Memory Lane will open your eyes to the intricacies of this tricky format…
In this fascinating article on the fundamentals of Magic, Benjamin Peebles-Mundy shows us how those subconscious short-cuts — as described earlier this week by Nick Eisel — can be mutated to our advantage. We all remember Antoine Ruel’s masterful Force Spike play at Pro Tour: Los Angeles… BPM attempts to raise our game to this level, where the plays we make can affect both the conscious and subconscious mind of our opponents.
With the Time Spiral Block Constructed Pro Tour mere hours away, Zac attempts to analyze the key variables of the format, looking to formulate a blueprint with which to break the format. By examining the things that TSP Block’s White Weenie decks do so well, he successfully dismantles the format into manageable chunks. This is a fine, thought-provoking article, and one that will definitely improve your deckbuilding skills.
Talen continues his budget deck evolution with a spin around MTGO, cutting card here, adding cards there… are his changes up to the task? Does he improve his win ratio, or does he flounder in a sea of his own misery? The answers are a mere click away!
Hello all, and welcome back to another in a series of articles where I take a look at a recently built – and fun – Five Color deck. I’ve done these articles on 250 decks like Snow and Spirits, and today I’m going to look at another theme deck that I recently built in the Five Color genre.
Countdown to Grand Prix: Columbus! In today’s Legacy article, Dan explores a lengthy list of his personal deck design successes and failures. This epic article brings a plethora of differing deck ideas to the table, each listed and filed in its appropriate archetype. Grand Prix: Columbus is just around the corner… be prepared!
