Nick shares his views on the new Rav-Rav-Guildpact Draft environment, spilling the metaphorical beans on some underrated cards you may have missed. Cards that perform well, cards that fail to live up to the hype… cards you should, and should not, be playing.
Noah begins his quest for qualification. In his own words…
Having practiced with — and now played a tournament with — Ravnica/Guildpact Sealed, I am sure it’s one of the hardest formats of all time. The options available to you are staggering, which is both good and bad. I learned an awful lot this time around, and even developed a new system that practically guarantees the perfect Sealed Deck.
I sent Craig an email, asking what I should write about. He responded that I should look at the competitiveness of eight-man Extended single elimination events on Magic Online, and also examine online Standard. I will — but first I have to stop wasting all my online time playing a trio of silly — but totally fun — decks.
The good doctor returns, bringing the low-down on the three guilds from Ravnica, and his own particular take on the MagicTheGathering.com Legend “You Decide” vote.
Sam Gomersall, Rich Hoaen, and Anton Jonsson are all eligible for your votes in the latest round of Invitational voting at MagicTheGathering.com. Choose your Fanatic, and vote!
In the final installment of this comprehensive series, Julien takes a look at some of the new three-color combinations available in the Rav-Rav-Guildpact Draft environment. He also touches on Sealed Deck building strategy, and provides a handy table for setting out your cards in a proactive fashion.
Today, Mike explores the growth of Constructed Magic and the changing relevence Attacking With Monsters. With reference to Blocks both past and present, this comprehensive guide is an excellent primer for those wishing to construct playable Beatdown decks in the coming weeks and months.
We have officially passed through the first week of Ravnica/Guildpact Sealed Deck and Draft for the Pro Tour Qualifier format, and the Grand Prix in Richmond has a lot of useful information to mine. Sean leaps in like Jack Bauer, brandishing a gun and yelling “there’s no time!”
Ah, the last day of a Daily. It feels like Shahrazad at the end of the 1001 Nights, this whole “finishing up” thing, except that instead of being a hot Arabian princess in a palace I am a scruffy college student kicking aside beer cans in a seventy-year-old apartment, and instead of wooing a king in the royal bedchamber I spend most of my time with fat nasty Magic Players sweating it up in a small room trying my hardest not to cry myself to sleep every night.
Mr Michael Flores has picked up the popular vote for the Resident Genius category, and as such he is invited to attend the Magic Invitational Tournament 2006. Congratulations, Mike!
The single-card evaluations are over, folks. We now move onto the compatibility of color. Julien examines the new guild layout with particular emphasis on the Rav-Rav-Guildpact Draft format. How can you optimize each and every pick? An excellent primer on a burgeoning format.
I’d like to say that I have put in the requisite effort to familiarize myself with Guildpact and its effect on the Limited environment. I’d also like to say I’m a secret agent who rules a kingdom of hot chyx in my spare time. I’d like to say I got a new car, broadband, ten free cases of Ravnica, and went and solved that “world peace” thing.
I tried to pretend in last week’s article that everything was all okay, but I just felt wrong doing so. Therefore, I feel honor bound to let you know what my issue is, and how it will affect my writing as a result. I don’t even know if you’ll agree with me, or just think I’m crazy, but its my honest reaction, so I figure it should be stated for the record, especially because I haven’t read anybody else with a similar reaction, and I’d honestly like to find out if I am alone on this one.
It’s that time of year. The birds are singing, Magic is in the air, and guilds once again roam the earth. That’s right, it’s set review time! Like my review of Ravnica, this article won’t tell you how to pick Drafts or Draft picks or whatever it is you people do. It won’t help you out at the next Grand Prix. It’s never even heard of Block Constructed. No, we’re going to explore something else entirely. We’re going to talk about flavor, fun, and a curious obsession with bats.
It might seem like the height of idiocy to do a “better than you think!” for a set that has been out all of two weeks. Being an individual who is rarely averse to high-risk low-payoff stunts, I’m going to try it out. Bear in mind that some of these things might be really obvious to those of you who have played the set more, but seeing as how the current Limited format is still in its infancy, I figure there’s at least some value to what I am fixing to say. Onward!
