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FINAL JUDGEMENT: Multiplayer Rules

The tenor of "Final Judgement" has been moderately official and serious lately, so it’s time to lighten up a bit. There aren’t really any official multiplayer rules, and I’m not suggesting that this column should replace them. It’s just that a number of columnists here, notably , David Phifer and , are huge multiplayer fans,…

MAGISCOPES, Part II: The Art Of Grubwology

I knew that you’d read this article! That’s because I am tapped into the mystic art of Grubwology – the science of determining personalities and futures according to what sort of player you are.* For those of you who don’t follow me regularly (but why would you click on anything with "Part II" in the…

Bath PTQ LA

As many writers seem to be pointing out right now, it’s difficult to find things to write about that really mean something. You can write about MBC, but it’s becoming a very well-known topic – and one that many people are sick of. You can write about Type II, but it’s going to be changing…

Standing On The Shoulders Of They Might Be Giants

I don’t even know whom I’m writing this for…so we’ll start here for the points… "Net decks are like the gun replacing the sword in ancient Japan. The Samurai thought the gun was dishonorable, dangerous, and impersonal – and they were right. Unfortunately, guns were also darned effective, and anyone who tried fighting a .44…

Casual Fridays #57: A Good Time For Random Thoughts

I think I will give my readers a theory break this week! I’m sensitive to the fact that my previous three articles have all been rather technical, with humorous asides few and far between. Really, I didn’t intend for all three to stack like that. There were three reasons why this happened. (Actually there were…

Weapons Of Mass Distraction: MBC – Rest in Peace

EDISON, BIRTHPLACE OF ELECTRICITY I was reading report from this tournament here on Star City, and he said that he challenged anyone to get nine hours of sleep before a tournament, and then to see what the results are. I got close to nine hours of sleep – and after comparing our results, I think…

How To Cheat Effectively At Multiplayer

"Did you cheat?" she asked me. She was broke, out of the game, and only wanted to know how I had won. We were friends, so I could afford to be honest. "Of course," I replied. I had cleaned the entire table of $20,000 at poker that very afternoon, emptying the pockets of five suckers…

The Grand Experiment

I thought it was a good idea. Then I thought again. Then I thought it was a great idea. -Pray tell, what’s this earth-shattering idea ya got there? Well… It is a Grand Experiment of sorts. The ramifications of said experiment have the potential to be felt the world over – from Renton to Antwerp…

The Infernal Genesis Of Rarely-Seen Combos

November 1st. What does that date mean to many Magic players? First off, it is the final day for Urza, Mishra, and the rest of the artifact cycle. Secondly, it is three days away from many State Championships. (Kentucky and Minnesota, to name at least two.) With Worlds over and the tourney scene shifting to…

MAGISCOPES, Part I: The Art Of Grubwology

Astrology is defined as "a pseudoscience, claiming to foretell the future by the supposed influence of the stars, planets, etc. on human affairs." When one is born, he’s categorized into one of twelve zodiac signs that always remain the same – and because of his birthdate, certain things are bound to be true about his…

FINAL JUDGEMENT: Announcement

Our esteemed editor told me that the Shakespeare reference was too easy. Apparently it was. I had a boatload of email waiting for me when I got home on publishing day last week. The first person to identify correctly (Henry V, Exeter to King of France; the direct quote is, "This is his claim, his…

Two Much Fun With (Zur’s) Weird Decks

After seeing that there were some deck idea submissions posted to the Star City site, I decided to add my own $.02 with a pair of what I think are interesting and fun decks. While they won’t always pound your opponent into submission, they have a chance to win some games and perhaps dominate certain…

The Drought

(EDITOR’S NOTE — Due to various StarCity-related troubles and the fact that Josh is far more literate than I, this article was supposed to go up two Fridays ago, and we missed it. Then, when I would have put it up this Friday, I wasn’t sure whether "exnihilation" was a word or a spelling mistake……

The Star City Expansion

A few weeks ago, I printed some of my ideas for cool Magic cards and asked you, the Star City readers, to send me your ideas for cards you’d like to see print. My mailbox was rapidly stuffed full of suggestions. Some were good, some weird, some would have taken up two text boxes to…

Searching For Jamie Wakefield

I have no Magic identity. No place in the Magic Matrix. I have no claim to fame. No team. I’m not a Constructed, Limited, or Draft genius. I have no favorite color. Nor format. No signature card, let alone, deck. Where do I fit in? IS green. IS Magic analysis. IS Magic’s Tiger Woods. Mike…