If your group plays Emperor even occasionally, it may have happened: you are all settling down for a nice little game of three-on-three, when suddenly the seventh guy in the group shows up. What to do?
The arguments given on the tiered tournament system ring a special interest for me. First, because I am – or really was – a scrub. I do not take pain at the fact that I was never as good a Magic player as I could have been; I enjoyed my time playing Magic, even if…
How do Pernicious Deed and Call Of The Herd change the metagame for the worse?
Event 1: Rizzo leaves CMU.
Event 2: Turian wins GP: Montreal.
Event 3: Eubroken wins GP: Atlanta.
Coincidence?
Eliminating Extended would simply punish those people who have made the investment necessary to play at that level. Among other things.
Thanks for taking the time to read this tournament report. As always, the obligatory deck list is first: “The Goods” 2 2 1 4 3 2 3 5 3 3 3 4 2 4 2 4 4 4 3 2 Void Sideboard: 3 1 2 1 2 2 4 I’m not going to bore everyone…
Maybe I’ve lost it. I’ve come here on three hours sleep and prove what a scrub I am, and I’m finally going to have to write my”dropping out” article….
Technically, this is on Type One, and how it’s possible to throw the most powerful cards created into a deck and have it not win. But the lessons learned are of interest to all.
Sadly, I couldn’t pull off a third top 8 in a row this year at States; in the end, my record was 3-2-2. But the deck did well in other hands, and I thought I’d show you how we made it.
If Urza wants to draw black and green mana from the same source, why should he take it from the painful Llanowar Wastes? Are there no more bayous in all of Dominaria?
Returning to the Emperor format series, Anthony examines each color’s general strengths and weaknesses in the format. Plus – well, nothing. That ought to be enough.
With Entomb in mind, I thought about the best way to use it in Standard – which, of course, was beatdown.
Arziona State Championship Top 8 Decklists Provided to by Ray Powers Mitchell Tamblyn – Winner 9 4 4 3 2 1 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 2 Sideboard: 4 3 4 1 2 1 Jonathan Rapisarda – Top 2 4 3 4 4 3 3 2 Spite/Malice 3 4 3 3…
Q: What’s the difference between me and Gary Wise?
A: One of them sucks at Magic, while the other is a booger head.
What happens when a man and his wife turn up partners in a casual multiplayer game? Well, the first part goes something like this. Then read Ingrid’s little ditty.
