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The Real Story Behind Onslaught

I found so many Judgment flavor texts that stated nearly blatant falsehoods, at least according to the book Judgment (upon which we can only rely for the”truth” about the storyline). Similarly, there are some incongruities in Onslaught.

FINAL JUDGEMENT: Playing Around

It’s over. OBC, thank God in heavens, is dead and finished. So why are we publishing this report? Well, for two reasons: One, SHELDON’S BACK FROM SAUDI ARABIA AND WRITING! Secondly, not only is it a report, but it’s also a handy primer on the cards that Sheldon played with! So how’d he do?

Dr Strangetog Or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb

After creating last week’s baked tourney experiment, what can Ted do when he’s straight? The usual bouillabaise of strange observations, plus a look at Hot Tog and how it will (or won’t) survive the rotation…

Dancing With The Dead, Part 1

Okay, it’s a little early for Halloween – but let me tell you, I’m all excited about the graveyard recursion that Onslaught opens up. I’m diggin’ Onslaught’s graveyard cards… And is that a deck I smell a’brewing? By the pricking of my thumbs…

Here At Last, Here At Last… Thank God In Heaven, It’s Here At Last!

Notice anything different? Yeah, I thought you might. Why don’t you step over here for a second and let me show you around?

The Daily Shot: The Onslaught Blue Set Review, J – Z

Are your creatures about to eat a Mutilate? Read the Runes! Drawing too many land? Read the Runes and clear out that deadwood! Is someone casting Armageddon? Read the Runes, you won’t need the land anyway! Did you draw a redundant copy of some card? Read the Runes, and cycle it along! Wife sleeping with the mailman? Read the Runes can’t help you there…. Unless you’re Gambit from the X-Men, and then you can use your powers to imbue the card with kinetic force!

Eight Things I Learned About Onslaught Limited At The Prerelease (Plus A Larry King-Style Rant)

“Well,” he said with the air of a man giving change to a particularly leprous beggar,”You should run twenty lands, like I do. That’s enough land for – *snif* – your sort of deck.” The immediate temptation was to grab a chair and embed a seat cushion ten inches into his medulla oblongata… But he was closer to right than I had been at seventeen. Does Onslaught break the land count?

The Daily Shot: The Onslaught Blue Set Review, A – I

If I can give you guys something fun to read for fifteen minutes, it’s worth it. I like Magic. I like to write. You think something as piddling as a complete lack of an entertaining premise is going to stop the likes of me? Nah. Now grab me a cold one and let’s do Blue before I lose my nerve.

How To Get Ready For The Coming Onslaught, Parts 3 and 4

I wish Aphetto Vulture cost one less. But it doesn’t. So, I’ll have to live with it? Will this be one of the secondary themes for this block:”Good but too costly”? I hope not.

How Wizards Goofed Up In Odyssey – And My Tribal Cleric Deck


  • Werebear is not an Elf

  • Phantom Centaur is not a Beast

  • Mystic Crusader is not a soldier

  • Cephalid Looter is not a wizard

  • There are few Zombies

The Casual Report #10: “Come And Play Some Multiplayer With Me”

Bruce Richard invites you into his basement, taking there VIA THE MAGIC OF FIRST-PERSON CONVERSATION, to see exactly what his little group is up to. Who does Bruce think is an utter B@stard?

The Daily Shot: Captionville, USA

One of the most overlooked aspects of the Sideboard coverage for any given event is the”Photo Coverage”. In an effort to draw greater attention to the fine work of the Sideboard team, I figured I’d better put new captions on these things.

The Daily Shot: Giant Idiots Ruin Columns

Playing Onslaught sealed is like dialing a phone, while drunk, with heavy gloves on. Big, exaggerated motions that mash multiple buttons at once, with random results. Who can mash harder?

Yawgmoth’s Whimsy #47: On Drafting Onslaught

A lot of Onslaught drafts are going to see a lot of creatures, and not a lot of removal. That means that when drafting Onslaught, people will hate draft all the bombs and good cards in any color.

In Defense Of R&D And Onslaught

Don’t you just love the guys who speak for”us?” Doesn’t it make you feel snug and secure at night knowing that you don’t need to express your opinion – heck, you don’t even really need to think – when there’s people out there who speak for Most of Us. And apparently, we all think Onslaught sucks. Or do we?