Mike continues his sterling work, examining the upcoming Team Constructed format with acute reference to the current card-pool and metagame. Serious stuff for those wanting a head-start on an exciting new format.
Our final installment has arrived and mourning has begun, for what once was Spring has now gone to Winter. Friday has arrived, and with it, the ending of our travels.
You don’t care about my tastes in music.
You don’t want to hear me quote lyrics from people funnier than me.
You sure as hell don’t care about my copy of BASEketball.
You came here to read about Magic.
You think you’ve seen it all from Mike Flores. Brilliant theory. Fantastic decks. More hype than a Don King promoted boxer. But you have not seen this!
We’ve added fifty-thousand (yes, 50,000) Alpha, Beta, Unlimited and Antiquities singles to our inventory – while dropping prices on the majority of the cards in these sets by as much as 50%! Learn more about this massive inventory update, the fantastic Guildpact prices we’ll be offering at Grand Prix: Richmond, and more, all in this week’s Ben’s Corner!
Ravnica is a city of Guilds, each defined by a strong color pairing. Drafting along strict Guild-based themes can bear wonderful fruit. Rich Hoaen, however, says “screw that!” Today, he shares his succesful Five Color strategy, with tips and tricks for the aspiring Rainbow Mage.
Following up his introductory article, Rich plunges headlong into a typical Five Color draft scenario, bringing a full walkthrough and match analysis. Just how powerful is the multicolored archetype? Rich explains all…
It took a while to get over being unable to make new Extended decks. This season saw one of the best Constructed formats in quite some time… though it seems Friggorid will be degrading our wonderful environment next year. Alas. On the bright side, I now have a reason to write about Vintage again. It’s time to celebrate the New Year and give out some vague and inaccurate predictions for 2006!
Welcome back to our Thursday installment of the coolest daily deck-a-thon this side of the Atlantic Ocean!
Peter completes his analysis of the MTGO test-bed. Through thorough testing and examination of results, he brings us the low-down on the relevance of the electronic game in today’s thriving community.
Today, let’s turn our eyes towards a little Ravnica action, shall we? Sometimes, you just want to build the obvious. Bottled Cloister screams “Combine me with other artifacts.” Let’s take a look at just such a deck.
Scrubdom forever, or a true start to a tourney career? The choice was mine, and I made it. I vowed to, yes, finally claw my way up, to make some kind of showing at a real tournament. I swore to emerge from my warm and snuggly prerelease cocoon and stretch my damp little wings in the cold and unforgiving world of PTQs, GPTs, MREs, etc. This article series will detail my antics and hi-jinks along the way, and, if you’re lucky, maybe even an honest-to-God caper.
I believe that consistency is most important in Sealed, because power level is out of your hands in a number of ways. Build your deck to consistently incorporate the same plan over and over, as opposed to taking advantage of raw power draws that will only win a couple of rounds. Since most people would prefer to draw, I could squeak in with tempo. I have no idea if this is obvious to most. I was discouraged from this plan by many people… yet I finished higher than all of them.
Not only does today’s Premium article feature Knutson discussing an updated list of Worlds 6-0 deck Critical Mass and what direction it might go post-Guildpact, but you also get Tim Aten doing his thing in The Guest Spot. How can you resist?
There has been some discussion in the Magic community lately about whether or not certain Japanese players are cheaters. Kanoot has seen a lot of Japanese Magic in the last two years and decided it was probably time to weigh in with his opinion on the topic.
