You CAN Play Type I #23: The Control Player’s Bible, Part VII
When should you play Ancestral Recall? What was the second-best use for Fact or Fiction In Type One? Oscar answers all of these and rejoices in some fan mail.
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Wacky Wednesdays #5: Armed And Dangerous *Win $5 In StarCity Credit!*
Mark Teskey will be telling this week’s story. Mark just sent his story to me instead of waiting to be taken up in the e-Pen chain; he will get a nice $5 Star City credit for his efforts. If you would like to get that $5, please send your most memorable multiplayer stories to me…
Force of Will: Nervous Yet? A Reply To Peter Jahn
I make contradictory points in this article. Why? Because depending on what the DCI does next, Nether Spirit either is or isn’t a good Extended card.
A Synergistic Draft Review Of Odyssey, Part II: Red, Green, And Everything Else
Is it just me, or does everyone who look at this card just say,”Those losses aren’t acceptable” and pass it on? I’m pretty sure they do. Given the number of powerhouse sources in Odyssey, can be a very welcome addition to your deck. Replaying , , or can turn a game completely around, especially since…
Swinging Atog, Hidden Enchantress
No, this is not the deck by J.J. Stors – but his deck is the reason why I decided to dust off my old Enchantresses and send it onto the battlefield once again. Resurrecting the archetype and updating it to challenge the top decks in the current Extended metagame was not as difficult as I…
Overeager Apprentice.dec
Most of you are probably scratching your head and wondering why in the world I’d ever play this card… But let me say that this card is a lynchpin in this deck.
Yawgmoth’s Whimsy Extra Issues Edition: Don’t Worry, Just Buy the Duals!
How much does it really cost to be competitive in Type 2 and Extended, anyway? Peter takes a look at his collection over the past two years and does the math.
Meta-Tate: How I Plan to Hate Upheaval in Type II
4UU, Sorcery, Odyssey Rare Return all permanents to their owners’ hands. 1B, Enchantment, Odyssey Uncommon Discard two cards from your hand: Put a 2/2 black Zombie creature token into play. Last week, I participated in some Type II action. Now usually, the games are fun and I do all right – however, the fortunes must…
Force of Will: Anxiety About Extended
Do you wanna run out and drop $25 a pop on dual lands when the future of that format is the gag fodder of John Friggin’ Rizzo?
Wacky Wednesdays #4: Sexy Rector – Win $5 in StarCity Credit!
I wish everyone all the best for 2002; I’m excited about this new year. I get new coins (I live in the Netherlands and as of yesterday, we all changed over to the Euro) and new cards; I heard some wacky rumors about , and if they are true it is really going to be…
Worrying About The Vase
Rizzo looks at his last year’s predictions, then he makes more predictions for this year. They’re all ridiculous, of course, especially that thing about Zvi and Budde.
The Future’s Past: A Study of Magic Rarity, Part 2
The Dark through In the last part of the article, I examined the beginnings of Magic: The Gathering from inception through Legends (which would be considered the ‘last’ of the classic sets). The first expansion set after Revised (which would mark the beginning of ‘modern’ magic via the Pro Tour and Type 2) was The…
You CAN Play Type I #22: The Control Player’s Bible, Part VI
“The Deck,” the most difficult deck to play properly in Magic, has thirty-two core cards. What are they, and how do you play them?
An Odyssey Synergy In Draft Review #2: Black and Blue
To see the first part of this article (which was broken up into three parts because it came in at seventy frickin’ pages!), check it out here. Blue Aboshan, Cephalid head dude Well, apparently Cephalids are pretty good at picking out their rulership. It’s hard not to like this guy; he’s fairly large and acts…
Control Lives On
This deck started out with the base of the Finkula deck played at the Invitational; with that starting point, I went on to make a few modifications.