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Worlds 2006 – A Coverage Guy’s Report

Paris is a city I have a little familiarity with already, but the prospect of the World Championships in the Louvre was still enough to make everything seem fresh and new. You couldn’t see any artwork from where you were playing, beyond that which was on the cards, but the venue itself was pretty impressive, and I couldn’t help but wonder how many of the stellar selection of artists at the event were actually there so that they could mention that they’d had some of their artwork on display there.

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Creating and Exploiting Opportunities in Vintage: 9th Place at SCG Roanoke

Recently, Stephen has faced a Vintage dilemma. As the leading voice for Magic’s broken format, discovering that all you ever knew about the strategy and the metagame now lies in tatters after some shocking in-game revelation… well, let’s just say that he’s a little peturbed by this. Today’s article tackles the issues faced, and also contains an exacting tournament report in Stephen’s signature meticulous style.

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A Vintage Chapin Vintage Article

Continuing today’s Vintage theme, Patrick “The Innovator” Chapin lives up to his name in style. He throws down the gauntlet to the Powers That Be, and proposes some sweeping changes to the Banned and Restricted list… and includes some interesting new cards especially for Vintage play! However, he’s not content with mere specuation and theorizing: read on for exciting news of proposed “Vintage-Ultra” Tournaments!

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Drafting With Rich – Time Spiral #5

After a short hiatus, Rich Hoaen returns to continue his daily article series! Each day, the grumpy Canadian draft master takes us through a Magic Online draft, from pick 1 to pick 45, and shares his insight into the cards, the deck, and the games themselves. For more detailed analysis, Rich answers your questions in the forums!

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From Right Field: Feeling Blue and Seeing Red

Read Chris Romeo... every Tuesday at StarCityGames.com! Take a bit o’ Blue, add a splash o’ Red, and what have you got? The world’s favorite color combination (allegedly). Everyone loves Steam Vents, or so it would seem, and it appears that Mr Romeo is no different. Today’s offering brings us two budget-centric Red/Blue builds, coupled with detailed game descriptions from Magic Online.

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Legacy’s Latest #4 – Five Simple Tips Towards Becoming a Better Player

I have spent a lot of time telling you what decks to run, but I’ve abandoned you after the deckbuilding stage. I have examined metagames, brought forth the hot tech unto my readers and talked about how to build good decks. My failing was not realizing that not everyone plays as often as I am. Not everyone plays Blue control mirrors for hours at a time or knows how to optimize Brainstorm to see the most cards. Even the best deck in the world is worthless if you do not know how to play it optimally…

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SCG Daily – 10 Years of Magic, Part 2: Learning the Ropes

So when we left off yesterday I’d just won a Grand Prix in Birmingham with a random Red deck, beating Kai Budde in the final. Kai then went on to win the next three European Grand Prix tournaments, and the world trembled beneath the feet of the German Juggernaut. While I… I… uh…

While I sucked.

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The Weekly Shift Sift: Lessons Learned

Read The Ferrett... every Monday at StarCityGames.com!I stuck to my guns. And lost matches I shouldn’t have. What should I have done to win?

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Aggro in Extended: Part 1

Worlds Extended saw a plethora of interesting and innovative decks… and a shedload of Boros. In today’s Extended offering, Josh looks at some of the Aggro builds available to the old-school spellslinger, with an examination of successful goblin and Zoo builds. He also casts an eye over the dying Affinity archetype, lest we forget the horror and let it creep back into the metagame.

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Worlds Standard – My Performance

Last week, Josh took a look at the Standard metagame both before and after Worlds 2006. Today, he expands on this theme and shares his own personal performance. Over six gruelling rounds, his Flores-designed deck took him to a 3-3 performance. What went wrong? What went right? Read on to find out…

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Drafting With Rich – Time Spiral #4

After a short hiatus, Rich Hoaen returns to continue his daily article series! Each day, the grumpy Canadian draft master takes us through a Magic Online draft, from pick 1 to pick 45, and shares his insight into the cards, the deck, and the games themselves. For more detailed analysis, Rich answers your questions in the forums!

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SCG Daily – 10 Years of Magic, Part 1: Promising Beginnings

So it’s time to finally get my stint on the weekly series of articles known as SCG Daily. Yes that’s right, for one week I get to hijack the entire StarCityGames.com website and turn it into a shrine to my favorite subject… namely, me. And you can’t escape! Bwahahahahaha!

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Tribal Bible #11 – TSPS

Welcome to Tribal Bible #11, my “Golden Issue”, so to speak, given that my birthday also falls on the 11th (of August, for what it’s worth), and I wanted to do something special, something that would be noticed, and something people would talk about. As such, while there may be only one deck this week, I promise it’s a doozy – it’s legal in every format except Vanguard, Block Constructed (any), and Singleton. What could it possibly be? Well, have a look, why don’t you?

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A Look at Standard – Worlds

As we all know, Dragonstorm took the top spot at Worlds this year. Of course, the top deck – or even a list of the Top 8 decks – doesn’t tell the whole story. There are many rounds of Magic at Worlds, and a fair few decks that posted 5-1 or better. Today, Josh looks at some of the more interesting ways to battle Dragonstorm, and shares his thoughts on the ideal build for Boros in Standard.

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Top 10 – The Best Standard Cards Before And After Worlds 2006

Mike often makes bold claims regarding the relative strength of cards. According to him, Skred was once the most powerful card in Standard. Worlds has come and gone, and many folk gambled on the metagame and packed their decks with backbreakers… but what were, and what are, the Top 10 cards in the format? Mike reveals all…

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