Spock’s Goatee (A Brief History of Asymmetry In Wizards Design)
A brief history of comparable Wizards asymmetrical card game releases and how Magic is once again breaking the established conventions. (Yes, he’s talking about Ravnica here.)
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SCG Daily – A Deck a Day: Cancerous Attack
Hello again! This is the Wednesday installment of our Week o’ Decks. Each day sees me bringing a separate deck for your enjoyment. I was wondering about various deck ideas, when I decided top find a card from a nice, old set and build a deck around it.
The $400 Solution: Legacy Stax
The results of the Legacy Championships and the Grand Prix trials demonstrate that the Legacy environment is dominated by two distinct archetypes – aggro and control. Landstill decks were very successful prior to September 1st 2004, and they continue to be so even with Mana Drain out of the format. The accessibility and simplicity of Goblins make it the more popular deck at the moment, although the two decks are about even when matched up with each other. These two archetypes are going to continue to develop in unknown ways in the coming months. Although Legacy Stax has been talked about for months now, its absence in the metagame has never been more noticeable. A new archetype is needed that will diversify the format’s upper tier.
Cash and Cockroaches in Mexico City
The tale of one small, Spanish speaking kid (and his friends) attending the last Kamigawa Block Constructed Grand Prix ever.
A Topical Potpourri
Keith returns from a sojourn around the nation to cover topics ranging from Chrome Mox vs. Kodama’s Reach in Tooth and Nail and why White Weenie is terrible, before delivering an updated anti-Aggro build of Mono-Blue Control to play at your local FNM.
SCG Daily – A Deck a Day: Bear Beats
Welcome back to our daily Deck-a-thon. Yesterday we looked at using an old Ice Age rare to flesh out a modern day concept. Today we look at a completely different type of deck.
Yawgmoth’s Whimsy #133: Being the Second Head
I have built decks for a number of multiplayer formats online. I usually play Two-Headed Giant, since the games are not overly long and because I don’t have any of the board sweepers or other cards to do well at bigger free for all games. Besides, Two-Head is fun. But how can you build a competitive deck when you don’t have a big online collection?
Rule of Law 11 — Going Around in Circles About Going Around in Circles
Situations come up in Magic where a sequence of events can repeat indefinitely. Whether this is the goal of the deck or something that just appeared in the game, it makes little sense for the game to simply stall on that account if it can be helped. The loop rules, as they exist, enforce this quite well but some explanation may be required for you to completely understand them.
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I’m often reminded of the cinema classic Back to the Future: Part 2. In it Marty McFly gets a sports almanac from the future and is going to use it to accurately predict upcoming sporting events for personal gain. Dr. Emmit Brown – played magnificently by Sir Anthony Hopkins – tells Marty that it is wrong to know the future, and certainly wrong to use it for your personal ends. Well my friends, Dr. Brown was wrong. It is not wrong, and it’s very powerful.
Der Gangsta Rebbe: Talmudic Deckbuilding and Omnisignificance
What do Pyrostatic Pillar, the Talmud, and Omnisignificance have in common? What’s the funny looking thing on Nathan’s head? The answers to these questions and more can be found in the latest edition of Der Gangsta Rebbe.
SCG Daily – A Deck a Day: The Chill Rushes In
Hello and welcome back to the daily series where we provide you with your daily injection of deck. Here we will build decks around concepts both old and new, borrowed and blue. Today we feature something both old and Blue.
Ben’s Corner: The SCG.com Ravnica Prerelease and Hurricane Katrina Relief Fund!
Star City’s Ravnica Prerelease will be held on Saturday, September 24th and Sunday, September 25th in Richmond, Virginia. In addition to the Ravnica sealed deck flights, we will also be running a Ravnica Team Limited event, a Ravnica Sealed Two-Headed Giant Tournament, a Star City “Power Nine” Vintage tournament, and giving away one-hundred dual lands in our brand-new Star City “Duel for Duals” Legacy tournament!
Also inside: Find out how playing at the StarCityGames.com “Duel for Duals” Legacy tournament can help you donate towards the Hurricane Katrina relief effort.
Book Review: Jonny Magic and the Card Shark Kids
Teddy Card Game steps out from under whatever rock he’s been hiding under to present a review of Jonny Magic and the Card Shark Kids, a biographical look at Jon Finkel and some of his closest friends. Yes, it’s about one of the crowned kings of Magic, but does that mean you should spend your hard-earned money on it? Take a peek inside for the answer.
Operations Management
“If there is one idiot I will never pity, it’s the guy who complains about manascrew the round after playing while eating french fries.”
Illusions-Donate in Legacy
One of the best deck designers in Vintage turns his eye toward the burgeoning Legacy format and finds that this largely dismissed combo deck has more game than anyone thought.