So far, this series has focused on Magic’s races. Elves, Goblins, Krakens, Wurms, Vampires, Nightmares, Hounds, Banshees, and Merfolk are all directly connected with Northern European folklore. It’s slightly more difficult, but perhaps even more valuable, to give the folkloric treatment to some of Magic’s more abstract concepts, to the magic in Magic…
In his first article for SCG Free, Chris answers some outstanding emails from fans. He throws a number of Standard deck ideas into the ring, and waxes lyrical on a certain lawsuit you may have heard about. He also brings cheesecake.
It amazes me that there has been so little written on this archetype. While I can understand this being no-one’s favorite guild, I’d be legitimately shocked if anyone called it unplayable. Anyone with this philosophy simply doesn’t understand the role of beatdown in Limited. As it stands now, if you are drafting Boros properly, you should always wind up with the best deck at the table. Let me show you how…
Mike’s pedigree as a premier deck designer has never been in question. The Standard metagame shifts to his will time and time again. So, what does the maestro make of Guildpact? In the first of an expanding series, Mike examines the impact of the White cards on the Constructed playing-field.
I went 4-1 in my flight at the Prerelease, losing only to the guy who won it on the back of a really annoying Niv-Mizzet. Along the way to my half-a-box prize, I discovered quite a few things about these fantabulous new Guildpact cards – which cards didn’t work out as well as I’d hoped, which cards were golden, and which cards I saw breaking other people in half. And speaking of breaking people in half, let me tell you about one of the smashingest turns I ever saw….
Part Legacy, part Standard, part Extended, part Limited. Part tournament report, part issues rant, part humor submission. Part travelog, part guide to parenting. All John F. Rizzo… putting the “yum!” back in “Premium.”
Magic is nominally a one on one game. Magic (like poker) is quite literally mano a mano. However, there are actions you can take that will make it seem like an actual army has got your back. You’ll be able to read the future like an open book. Pull a Cassandra and tell people you’ve already won the tournament. They won’t believe you, of course. Through no small effort, you’ll get the skills and an arsenal that will serve you in any kind of setting.
Adam returns to SCG Daily with another installment of “The Folklore of Magic.” Today, he examines everyone’s favorite aquatic mysical mammal… the Merfolk.
SCG Free is a streamlining of our non-Premium content. A blueprint for our daily articles, structured with the players in mind, provided free of charge. You wanna know more? The information is inside…
When a mediocre-to-good player writes about Sealed, he’s always lamenting his choices by the end of the article. Oh, it’s not that the author built a bad deck — they’re a competent player, after all – but there’s always that post-game realization that maybe Black was a little more potent than they gave it credit for (and was worth splashing for), or that this creature wasn’t nearly as good as they thought it was. So how’s a novice going to cope with the trainwreck color-clash that Guildpact brings? The Ferrett walks you Limited newbies through the basics of Sealed play!
Q: Magic has had a great run. We all want it to go on forever. Do you see anything to indicate whether Magic can continue long into the future?
A: Yes. Fortunately, Magic Players can reproduce asexually.
When Ben picked the hot Ravnica cards to trade for, he was one of the few people pointing at Life From The Loam and saying, “You should pick this up, even though it’s not on the StarCityGames.com Best Seller list yet.”
Today, find out which Guildpact cards will be hot with casual players, and which will be highly sought by competitive players, before you show up to the Guildpact prerelease! Which card does Ben call “the new Life from the Loam – I don’t how how it will be broken, but it will be broken.”? Find out in today’s edition of Ben’s Corner!
Really, I think the title says it all. Except for the fact that, if you didn’t already know, this deck really does win and win and win…
This weekend, Guildpact boosters will be opened in the hands of multicolor lovers at Prereleases across the globe. As a bonus to our Premium members, Terry has have a tip or two for players that are looking to gain an advantage at their Prerelease tournament.
In his now-traditional prerelease article, blisterguy aims to harden us against the dangers of going into a battle unprepared.
