I’ve been putting off writing this report. I didn’t do well, the playtest group that I was involved with didn’t do well. We failed. I do it plenty, don’t get my wrong, and I learn from it and I get better. But failure is embarrassing, nonetheless. While some have the excuse that they didn’t try,…
Salvete ————- Greetings and salutations, my ever-changing moods! Welcome to the patchwork quilt that is my latest article. And in a packed page tonight we hear a blast from the past, when I share with you something I discovered in the dark recesses of my spare room; we get all philosophical with 57 alternative uses…
Hello again from the recently distraught Lawyer. Recently, I’ve suffered computer problems resulting in no access to the Internet since Tuesday and a complete erasure of my hard drive and an illness that put me in the hospital for a while. So, as you can imagine, I’m a little out of touch with the Magic…
Easter weekend: A time to relax, see friends and try not to think about work. In England, most of us get Good Friday and Easter Monday off work and it makes for a wonderful, long weekend. It also gives those of us that want to a little more time to play Magic that usual. So,…
I was in FYE (For Your Entertainment) the other day and I decided I needed new tapes for the car. I had one tape in mind going in, the Magnolia Soundtrack), but I wanted something else. I was already in the soundtrack section, so I kept browsing. I came across the new Broadway Recording of…
I now know the nature of hell. I’m figuratively living in a whirlwind right now, and it’s a little tough to keep my head on straight. There is no causal connection between those two things. I don’t know if you’ve seen the videos of people who’ve had the halves of their brains separated by accident…
The belated part two. Last week, I was talking about my general observations about Pro Level play. Here are more things I noticed, which may be useful to know about. Pile Shuffle. Every time. It may seem like a given, but I know I forget to do it every once in awhile. Pile shuffling helps…
First of all, dear readers, I apologize for turning in a less-than-dazzling column. Unfortunately, one of my ferrets— yes, I do own them, how do you think I got the name?— died of seizures at the vet last night, and I’m not really feeling well enough to write my usual scintillating prose. Sleepy, the albino…
You know what’s funny? Go through the StarCityCCG.com Archives and look at the pictures. There’s nothing funny about that. UNTIL… you start imagining the faces as photos on driver’s licenses. Look at‘em! Erik Berg’s“hey, hey! Now you’re giving me the speeding ticket FOR SURE!” Strapping Manuel Bevand! “I’m Too Sexy for the DMV!” So sexy…
It goes without saying that the most recent changes in the Extended environment—the banning of and —will shake up the environment considerably. How’s that for the understatement of the year? Despite the public hue and cry over these latest DCI decisions—including the rather less-than-literate list of complainers over on the Dojo way back when—these decisions…
Now that I’m certain most of you are back from Break, it’s time to go back to school. MY school, where there are no lovely co-eds, lenient professors, or beer bong parties. A while back, I made an effort to establish a brief set of multiplayer deckbuilding and play principles. While feedback was quite positive,…
Richly-deserved Comfort Welcome, my moist and accommodating chirrups of the morning, to my new Letters pages. If you have any M:TG related questions, queries, concerns etc then I will attempt to answer them and bring you the comfort you so richly deserve. Just send me an e-mail (address in top, right-hand corner) with a subject…
Greetings, all my loyal fans and longtime readers. And hello to the rest of you that aren’t the six people mentioned above. Over the next few installations of "Unnamed Column," I’ll be discussing certain Magic cards which are bad despite popular belief. Similarly, I’ll be talking about how good cards are often slighted when it…
First off, I’d like to apologize for the absence of my column, , over the past few weeks. Once in a long while, there comes a time when I’m qualified for an upcoming Pro Tour and I have nothing to do put practice. That makes for poor reading. On top of that, with the recent…
Before splashed big in the metagame for Regionals, I was sitting in Neutral Ground playing a few friendly games of Type Two against Christopher Robin Senhouse. Breaking out a number of decks, I found myself constantly amused and annoyed at what I was losing to. "Attack you with my and Two ," said Chris. Down…
