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Join Ben as he recounts brief, comic tales from his Magic history. If you’ve never heard”And then I hit grandpa with a Flowstone Brick”, then this is the article for you. If that doesn’t tickle your fancy, perhaps the story of how Snapple made the entire Neutral Ground staff fat might be more appealing. Then again, maybe you like hearing about incredibly bad plays made by people on their way to the top 8 of a Pro Tour instead. Regardless of your interest, this article has something for everyone!

Has Champions of Kamigawa already inspired you towards decks of fun and joy? I know that the cards are not out yet, but my fingers itch to build decks. Champions appears to be a very internally focused set, with a lot of its cards working in tandem with each other, but not as much with outside cards. This includes several races that we have not seen, plus a new emphasis on spirits.

Nick goes over some of his first impressions of the new format after a week-and-a-half of drafting it and gives you insight on some hidden gems that you may not have noticed when you played at the prerelease. If you think Devouring Greed is unplayable or Mystic Restraint is the best Blue common, then you might want to see what Nick has to say before you play this weekend…

What’s that you say? You want to see what one of the best Limited writers in the game has to say about Champions of Kamigawa? Well wait no longer, as Tim details his White pick order today, discussing every single card in the color, and chiming in with his own opinions on where you should be drafting Cage of Hands, Kitsune Blademaster, and Kabuto Moth. The Limited PTQ season begins this weekend, so if you want to get a jump on the competition, this is the place to start.

Me:”Bob, what’s going on?”

Bob:”Oh, so now you talk to me?”

Me:”(Puzzled) Bob, what are you talking about?”

Bob:”Why have you been avoiding me for a year now?”

Me:”Bob, my parents got divorced and I moved back up North. I told you that last year!”

Bob:”(Gruffer) What, and you never wrote?”
That’s Bob for you.

Join one of the top 20 players in the world as he tackles all the tough picks you’ll be making in the new Limited format. Yann says he thinks there have been a lot of mistakes in card evaluations in set reviews thus far, but he’s here to correct those and show you the real pick orders for every common in each color.

Humility + Walls — Because “Defender” is an ability, Walls under Humility can now attack. It’s not earth shattering, but this is a new thing. Note that Humble works similarly, except that it drops your wall to 0/1. Like I said, it’s not much of a combo, but because Humility has more uses than Rolling Stones, a deck built around this combo might use walls to set up, and then once Humility is down, use a global sweeper of some sort to clear out opposing creatures. Yes, yes, it’s a pathetic deck, but hey, there’s nothing quite like saying”I won by swinging with walls under Humility.”