The development of OBC post-Judgement is moving along expected paths: Monoblack remains unchanged, Blue/green is morphing into Quiet Roar, monogreen gets a radical overhaul with Judgement goodies, and everyone’s trying to put together a Green/white deck. What else is there?
What other decks had the big”coming out party” at Nationals? Well, there’s Deep Dog. If you haven’t heard about the deck, let me fill you in – wait, Gary Wise already has. Well, everything he says is true.
I know that’s not supposed to happen. Saga block had all those broken cards. Saga block spawned all the horrible decks that were no fun to play. Wizards had to ban or restrict most of Saga block. Saga block was a mistake, right?
She got her own interview on The Sideboard and a Feature Match with Sol Malka… But more importantly, she permanently emblazoned an image into the collective Magic community: A woman in a viking helmet and pigtails. And this is her story.
Green should be the color of diversity. In fact, I submit that green should have access to every mechanic in the game that multiple colors share – every one. It should simply pay more for effects that are not traditionally greenish…
Well, that’s a lie; there are only five questions. But one thing is
guaranteed, these questions will make you a better player. It doesn’t matter if you’re a beginner, or whether you’re Eugene Harvey fresh from your Nationals win. Well, maybe not if you’re Eugene. But the rest of you.
How do you Necrologia for seventeen and still win the game with one mana? I bet someone out there knows…. And if you do, why not share it and win $5 in StarCity credit?
So I’m walking around some event and I see Mark Rosewater. Of course I march right up to him and whip out my Lance. He gives me a funny look, like he doesn’t understand why I’m showing him my Lance.
“Care to explain this?” I say, holding the Lance closer so that he can view it.”It’s bent,” he responds, shrugging his shoulders. I’m a little miffed at him ignoring the more obvious issue – the fact that my Lance is underpowered.
It turns out that Gary Wise, the master of Limited had had a horrible day yesterday and was on ten points, just like me. Well, I have a chance to do my reputation some good here and whup him…. But did I?
Deadly enchantments, like Solitary Confinement and Mist of Stagnation. Hard-to-kill creatures, like the Phantoms. Punishers and Incarnations. What trends are coming up in a Judgment-fueled Type 2 – and what answers exist to stop those threats before they arise?
Randy Buehler, says,”You have no idea how happy we were when you won that tournament with Battle of Wits. When we made the card, we were like, ‘This is a card that won’t look like much – but someone will win a tournament with it, other people will try it and lose, and that’ll be about it.'” They were wrong.
Why does Scott Johns think You Suck? Teddie Kneutered asks the question, and applies it to his playstyle, showing you the mistakes he’s made and how he’s raised his rating. While he’s at it, he hates my stupid nicknames for him – and is willing to pony up some good cards to have you create one! Oh, and badger testicles.
The fact that our front page now takes less than twenty seconds to load wouldn’t generally considered a triumph. But our database servers are finally going full-speed, and heck if the front page doesn’t load in .88 seconds by my watch! Yee and haw.
Also, anyone wanna scroll down and plug a card into our new”Ask The Virtual Judge” program? Thought so. Try it; it’s way cool.
Oh yeah; do me a favor and check the articles that are further down the page, too. They’re well worth your time.
Unfortunately,
folks, while we’re switching database servers,
the portion of our site that serves up all
the nifty articles and whatnot will be down
until Wednesday – which means that it’ll
probably be more like Thursday, given our
server guy. Until then, feel free to order
from our cart, and accept our sincerest
delays.
The
good news: After all of this is said and
done, the slooooow delays in getting StarCity
to load should be over – and allow us to
move into Phase Two of all the nifty things
we’ll be offering come the end of July.
Huzzah!
SPECIAL
ADDITIONAL NOTE: You may or may not be able
to access old articles at this time, but
I left the links at the top and to the side
active anyway. Feel free to browse; at the
time I wrote this, I could access yesterday’s
updates and the writer archives, but not
the Tech centers. Experiment at your own
risk; remember, we’re in the middle of a
mess. (Sorry about the mess.)
