It’s Flores Friday, and Mike’s here to do what he does best… deck design! Today’s excellent article takes a first look at the probable Aggro decks that’ll see play at the approaching Standard Champs tournaments in October. The Time Spiral Standard metagame is slowly being forged, in theory at least. Will one of the many decks on offer today ignite your creative fires?
While a number of top players weren’t particularly impressed with Coldsnap, it’s safe to say that Time Spiral has got everyone’s juices flowing. Josh is a big fan of the new set, and is excited about its impact on Limited play theory. This article takes a look at some of the stronger colors, cards, and ideas that are slowly emerging from Magic’s most intriguing Limited format…
Rich continues his excellent Draft series. The Canadian maestro turns his back on the cooling Coldsnap, and heads for the balmy waters of sweeter formats. From now until the online release of Time Spiral, Rich will draft a number of formats, from RGD to 999 to CBS to CCC… whatever takes his fancy at the time. He’ll supply each pick, from pick one to pick forty-five, and pen a brief commentary on hs deck and performace. For more detailed comments, visit the forums!
Sean takes a closer look at Time Spiral Sealed Deck, sharing a cardpool and taking us through his thought processes while analysing his deckbuilding options. He also spreads a bit of Constructed lovin’ for one of the lesser luminaries of the new set… Flagstones of Troikar.
In the fifth installment of his entertaining series, Joshua brings us a rundown of the Champions-free Ravnica Block Constructed decks that may see play in some form at the coming Standard Champs tournaments. Next week, JXC moves onto deck ideas and archetypes involving Time Spiral cards… stay tuned!
There is one of those stories that a certain type of person loves to hear, about Kai Budde, when he once got a game loss at a Pro Tour because he played a Whipgrass Entangler as a morph thinking it was a Daru Sanctifier (owing to the similar artwork). This sort of thing, surprisingly, didn’t happen too often in those days, even if it did happen to the best of them. But nowadays, oh boy… have things become more confusing!
Time Spiral is virtually here, and it’s time to turn our eye to the coming Standard rotation. Joe Black, a lover of Constructed since time immemorial, presents three Time Spiral Standard decklists for our perusal and approval. Standard Champs are just around the corner… could your all-conquering sixty-card behemoth be lurking somewhere in Osyp’s fevered mind? Read on to find out!
After a two-month hiatus, Josh returns with an interesting article dealing with both the Vintage and Legacy formats. He looks at the tier system for the Vintage metagame, and places the contenders in order of their recent performances. He also shares a nifty Legacy deck that reaclls the power of some of the stronger Vintage builds. Looking for an edge in your Eternal metagame? Look no further!
Rich continues his excellent Draft series. The Canadian maestro turns his back on the cooling Coldsnap, and heads for the balmy waters of sweeter formats. From now until the online release of Time Spiral, Rich will draft a number of formats, from RGD to 999 to CBS to CCC… whatever takes his fancy at the time. He’ll supply each pick, from pick one to pick forty-five, and pen a brief commentary on hs deck and performace. For more detailed comments, visit the forums!
For his 150th article for StarCityGames.com (not including stints on the Daily), Abe tells us exactly why he loves the Timeshifted cards from Time Spiral. Congratulations on the big one-five-oh, Abe!
Sean rolled up his sleeves and looked ready for the fight. Billy actually turned up this time. So, how did it go? Read on to find out!
In the (tongue-in-cheek) words of Mr. Moreno himself…
Well… I showed up this week. On time, in spite of having other things I wanted to do. I even got off work early to do so. And what’d it get me? Absolutely nothing.
On the day of the Invasion prerelease, a friend of mine showed me a split card for the first time and I exclaimed: “What the hell is that? Really? No way!!!” I haven’t had that kind of reaction to anything since as far as I can recall, but it was the beginning of my love affair with Invasion block that lasted until GenCon the following year where I played far too many triple Apocalypse drafts to truly enjoy it any more. How could Wizards possibly follow-up such awesomeness?
Rivien takes a look at both the good and the bad in the Tribal Standard format. He also glances at the positive effects that Time Spiral may add, and makes an impassioned pleas for Wizards to take the format seriously. All this, and a decklist too!
The debate still rages… just how skillful is Magic’s most broken format? Does the abundance of early-turn kills and degenerate combos lead Vintage down the path of the Lucky Man? Stephen argues that the skill factor in Vintage is high indeed… but maybe not quite the same as the skill required for other, “fairer” formats.
