It’s the 26th of December… Boxing Day. Chris celebrates this marginal and obtuse holiday by returning to his much-loved Quick Hits article format. He opens the boxes on a number of topics today, including Battle Royale, deck names, Mishra, and College Football (*shudder* – football is played with the feet, damnit!). All this, plus a decklist too! Happy Holidays!
EOTFOFYL – A common acronym back in the day. It stands for “End of Turn Fact or Fiction; You Lose,” and it will be heard a lot in the coming Extended PTQ season. There’s an art to splitting a Fact or Fiction, and perfection comes only once a number of factors have been considered. Today’s Flores Friday examines a sackful of practical Fact or Fiction decisions; Mike takes us through each one, and Heezy shares his own philosophies.
By the time Extended rolled around, Worlds was over bar the shouting for poor Josh. Even though his lack of desire and unfortunate pairings led to a subpar personal performance on this third day, the deck he ran with was one of the breakout stars of the format – Dirty Kitty. Today he shares his thoughts on the deck, and looks at a number of other interesting creations that performed well in Paris.
Rich continues his excellent series of Time Spiral Draft walkthroughs, presenting each pick as it happened and highlighting each card chosen. He shares his final decklist, and gives us a brief overview of his results and processes. As usual, for more detailed draft deconstruction, come visit us in the forums!
With Worlds behind us and 2007 looming, Sean looks forward to what tomorrow brings… specifically, Extended. He waxes lyrical on his choice for the coming PTQ season – at least, his choice for Week 1 – and gives his thoughts on the coming City Championships. All this, plus a possible metagame-wrecking Standard deck!
Christmastime is always a happy, fun time in my family, and I hope it is in yours. There are few things as cherished as Christmas. I’m not even Christian but I still put that tree up and I’m excited to watch my girls open presents.
This next little ditty is dedicated to all of my Magic friends (and enemies), and I hope that you enjoyed it as much as I did making it.
Today, the final weekday before Christmas, I will build a Christmas deck. Unlike all of the other decks that I’ve talked about this week, though, this will be (a) Standard legal and (b) designed to play a two-player game, not a three-or-more-player game…
With two days of the World Championships behind him, Craig “The Professor” Jones had a possible dash-for-cash situation: with a decent performance in the Extended portion of the event, Prof could finish in the money. After a few false starts in the deck-choice arena, he settled on a deck that posted an immaculate 6-0 record… but not by him. Craig shares his thoughts on the deck, and the metagame, with his usual insight and wit.
He’s brought us Black. He’s brought us Red. He’s brought us White. Today? The Green cards. Ben takes us through his comprehensive common pick order, highlights some of the more notable uncommons in the set, and presents a workable and successful base-Green draft deck for us to analyze. When TIme Spiral was hot off the presses, the smart money avoided the Green cards. However, today’s Draft Investors aren’t so sure…
Rich continues his excellent series of Time Spiral Draft walkthroughs, presenting each pick as it happened and highlighting each card chosen. He shares his final decklist, and gives us a brief overview of his results and processes. As usual, for more detailed draft deconstruction, come visit us in the forums!
I have some news for you: I’m in love. It started as a flirtation and has since grown into a full-blown affair. She can do no wrong, my girl. She walks on water, she heals the sick, and brings peace on Earth. And she’s hot as hell.
I’m talking about Saffi Eriksdotter.
I was recently reviewing a card for an article I have yet to write when I realized a powerful combination that it allowed in another area. I began to brainstorm a bunch of ways to win using that combo as the foundation. It was a lot of fun, and I realized that I had the beginnings of a new Silly Card Tricks article…
This week started with the story of the decks that I made for me, my brother Jonathan, and our friend Jason for Christmas 2005. We didn’t get to play them until Memorial Day 2006 because my brother didn’t get to come back home for the holidays in 2005. This year, Jonathan’s home. For good. He’s out of the Navy, going to school, and being supported by his wife. What a life!
In his first article for StarCityGames.com, Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa takes us through every step and stutter on his journey to a Top 8 place in this year’s World Championships. His report shares his pre-Worlds preparation and the decklists he finally chose, a breakdown of each round of both Constructed and Draft, plus the changes he’d make to his 60-card piles in the post-Worlds meta. This is an excellent debut article from one of the game’s hottest talents, and we look forward to many more!
Paul continues his intriguing “JohnnyDraft” article series, which today delivers not one but two complete triple Time Spiral Draft walkthroughs. If that weren’t enough, Mr Jordan also brings us a plethora of statistics and related detail, and chronicles his attempt to rid himself of his personal Time Spiral Draft Demons…
