Peace of Mind: Any Given Sunday, Part 3 – Building God
A long and involved deconstruction of how to design decks and how to choose cards for them. Can you build a deck around Cats and Totems?
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It’s A Big Bag, Chief
Can Rizzo bridge the gulf betwixt casuals and pros? You bet he can… With a little support from Rizzo fans McKeown and Flores.
The Great Misunderstanding
A discussion of a topic I guarantee NO OTHER MAGIC WRITER will ever cover. I dare say they couldn’t. Trust me.
The Few, The Proud, The Underrated: Overlooked Gems In Invasion Sealed And Draft
Some people think these cards are utter dreck. Funny how I can win games with what some people call dreck.
Weapons of Mass Distraction #182: Planeshift Preview
To avoid angering the Rizzo Gods with white space, Dave is forced to look ahead to the next expansion.
CASUAL FRIDAYS #72: A WHEEL AND A PRAYER
Learn the wheel! See Anthony turn sealed chaff into sealed, um, mediocrity! And then hear about a legendary fight breaking out between some bees and a vortex.
Good Beats: Sealed Deck Knowledge From The Masses
Eleven sealed decks; pure, unadulterated. Can you make them into game-winning decks? Because eight of these decks won.
1800 or Bust!: Good Spells Done Good
A Rebels build with burn and Blastoderms. It worked… but not as well as Jim had hoped. Find out what he would have changed.
FINAL JUDGEMENT: Making Sense of it All
The Lisa Rule:”If it makes sense when you picture the things on the cards physically, then it makes sense. If not, it’s stupid.” Sometimes Lisa and Magic don’t agree.
The Aforementioned Ow-Less Wow Revisited
Further thoughts on Chronicles II, and how to do it properly.
Whose Number Two?
Mister Boydell comes from behind to win the tournament! Wait, he doesn’t come from behind… but SOMETHING does…
Peace of Mind: Any Given Sunday, Part II
A definition of the three elements of strategy – Resources,Components, and Methodology – and how to use them for optimum effect.
The Worst Tournament Report, Ever
Check out these two snips from GP: NO match coverage on the Sideboard by "Randy" (1/06/01): "Twelve players were 6-0 going into the last round on Saturday. Seven of them were playing blue/black/red." "Zvi followed "the rule" for this format and built a blue/black/red Sealed deck." Then check out this credenza: "Black/blue/red was my agenda…Akron,…
Infomercial Interlude: The Return Of Team AWWAJALOOM
For best results, this should be read bleary-eyed at four in the morning. But say, did we mention the FREE STUFF you get for joining?
The Sociology of Magic: A Scientific Study
Hello everyone in netland! This time, I thought I’d tackle an issue that has gone virtually unexplored: The sociology of Magic. What kind of people does it attract? What are their behaviours? What about the role of women in Magic? That of consumption? All the above issues were carefully analyzed and put into a thesis…