The 2006 Magic Invitational Ballot: Blisterguy’s Votes
The incomparable blisterguy walks us through his choices for the 2006 Magic Invitational Writer’s Choice vote.
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From Right Field: The Truth is… I Suck
A double-dose of Chris Romeo today. While his excellent Daily series continues below, this article sees Chris bring a surprising deck to the table. He claims that he sucks… but this particular creation may prove otherwise…
What Level Are You? Evaluating Magic Play
In this intriguing article, Raphael presents some interesting theories. What exactly makes a good Magic player? What makes a bad Magic player? Are playing and testing the true keys to improvement? Where do you rate on the Scale of Magic Excellence? This article will fire the flames of debate in the forums, so make sure you don’t miss out!
Spotlight on Standard – The Beautiful Struggle: The Slums of Vitu-Ghazi
Each day this week, your Premium writers will be commenting on the upcoming Pro Tour event, with analyses of what decks to see, how the format will shape up, and updated revisions of existing powerhouses. In today’s installment, Mark explores some possible directions for the popular GhaziGlare archetype with Guildpact, and brings us a detailed rundown of the more popular metagame matchups the deck may face.
The Weekly Guild Build: Sawing Off Your Left Arm
Here’s the deck I opened, in rares:
Borborygmos. Yay! I’m totally playing Red/Green!
Godless Shrine. Yay! I totally got my money back!
Firemane Angel. Yay! I’m totally playing Red/Green/White!
…Except I didn’t go Red/Green/White. Why? Well, you’ll just have to see for yourself.
Sealed Deck With Guildpact: Tricks of the Trade
With the Ravnica/Guildpact Sealed Deck Pro Tour Qualifier Season in full swing, we are finally beginning to iron out the difficulties inherent in the format. Today, Chad throws his hat into the ring, dispensing wisdom regarding mana base math; tempo and card advantage; and Limited bombs. Excellent advice for those yet to qualify for Pro Tour Prague.
SCG Daily – Interviewing Jay Moldenhauer-Salazar
Chris begins what promises to be a highly entertaining SCG Daily series by interviewing the one and only JMS. In his own words…
If you read my stuff, I’m as close to a hundred-per-cent sure that you read Jay Moldenhauer-Salazar’s stuff. He really doesn’t need any introduction.
Where Have All the Writers Gone? My 2006 Magic Invitational Ballot
The voting for the 2006 Magic Invitational continues, and the hotly contested Writer’s Vote is just around the corner. One player, chosen by a select squad plucked from the writing community, will win a spot at this year’s show. Each day this week, a panel memeber will outline his choices. Today it’s the turn of the esteemed Teddy Cardgame.
Spotlight on Standard – Peace of Mind: Eyes on Honolulu
This week, your Premium writers will be commenting on the upcoming Pro Tour event, with analyses of what decks to see, how the format will shape up, and updated revisions of existing powerhouses. We kick off with Mike Mason’s excellent run-down of the both the existing and approaching metagame. All the current contenders examined, with forthright commentary on strengths, weaknesses, and card choices.
A Pentacle of Spectacles
Magic is all about moments… the lessons you learn, the mistakes you make, the triumphs you pull from the jaws of defeat. Today, Mike tells the tales that made him the player, and writer, that he is today. A wonderful article showcasing the many mistakes of “BP” Flores. Mike certainly learnt from his mistakes… can you?
SCG Daily – The Effects of Misplays
Sometimes you lose in Magic because you get manascrewed, sometimes you lose because you get land-flooded, sometimes you lose because you’re playing the wrong deck, and sometimes you lose because you misplayed.
Winning it All – A Grand Prix Richmond Report *1st*
Rich takes us step-by-step through his triumphant performance at the recent Grand Prix Richmond. Sealed Deck tips, Draft strategies, match reports, and card analysis from one of the greatest Limited players in the world today.
Magical Hack: Drafting with Guildpact
Having discussed the Sealed Deck environment quite thoroughly, I’ve been wanting to limit my scope to Draft, to see how specifically it has changed with the addition of Guildpact. Sealed Deck is all well and good, but it’s not a format where you control your destiny; as a skill-testing format it’s certainly excellent with the current set of cards, but nothing tests your skills in quite the same way as sitting down and choosing just one card forty-five times.
Not A Feature Match: A Grand Prix Richmond Report *9th*
[Although this article originally ran as part of yesterday’s update, scheduling issues resulted in it being posted several hours late. We present it again today, for anyone who may have missed it. – Craig]
Gadiel is back. Today, he shares his highs and lows from Grand Prix Richmond. Is he annoyed at his final placing? Does he rant and rage against the folks he faced? What does he make of the crop of Magic cheaters unearthed at the tournament? Love him or hate him, the answers lie within…
SCG Daily – Realities of the Late Game
A lot of Magic players seem to have an… interesting idea of what typically happens in the late game. They’ve gotten it into their heads that the late game is where Genesis comes online, and recurs things for, like forever! Where Treasure Trove draws infinity cards! And where you recur Cranial Extraction with Hana Kami to remove from game all your opponent’s win conditions!