Thursday, May 22nd – Just like DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince taught him, Dave is cruisin’ by at two miles an hour, so everyone can see him, enjoying a couple of cool control options in the bright sunlight of summertime.
Thursday, May 22nd – It appears that Hell has frozen over. This week, Richard Feldman is providing the chuckles… and Kyle Sanchez tackles the serious task of breaking the Standard metagame. He brings us the latest take on his innovative Wizards Control deck plus a couple of intriguing rogue creations. All this, plus talk on Shadowmoor Limited and Block Constructed!
Wednesday, May 21st – In a break from his usual articles, GerryT regales us with the tale of his own personal quest to take the crown in the StarCityGames Standard Open tournaments. While he didn’t have as successful a weekend as Alex, he made the Top 8 on the second day, and his own home-spun brand of Faeries has been the talk of the town. For his own particular take on the highs and lows of the metagame, look no further!
Wednesday, May 21st – At the recent StarCityGames.com Mega-Magic Weekend, the real winner was the Faeries deck. After multiple rounds of grueling swiss and single elimination competition, Faeries met in the finals of both tournaments. The pilot of the winning deck each time? Alex Bertoncini. Today he shares his story, alongside invaluable advice on how to get the most from the Fae…
Tuesday, May 20th – I visit Sonic to get myself some breakfast, which today consists of a double cheeseburger, tots, and a Coke. Breakfast of champions. I’m sitting here in my pajamas and moccasins, with Mike and Mike in the Morning in the background, attempting to write my first article for Star City Games…
Tuesday, May 20th – With Pro Tour: Hollywood only days away, the debate still rages over what can be done to curb the Blue/Black Faerie menace. One popular option is Mono-Red Aggression, with copious amounts of burn ready to keep the Bitterblossom players on their toes. Is such a strategy ready for the big time, or will the Fae seize the day?
Monday, May 19th – With so much of the field on Day 2 of the StarCityGames.com $2000 Open tournament being Fae, not to mention the combined wins and Top 8 numbers of the deck, the only reasonable thing to do is focus all efforts in beating it.
Monday, May 19th – Hollywood is fast approaching, and pro players everywhere are preparing to break the format. Of course, the biggest threat in the metagame flies on gossamer wings. What can be done to conquer the Fae? Do we act like Evan and bring the burn, or do we pack a dangerous 0/5 treefolk…?
Friday, May 16th – As the astute reader would know, I did in fact not win either day of the Star City Games mega-weekend Standard events this weekend… after all, the tag-line “By Sean McKeown†will tell you that just by not being “By Alex Bertoncini,†or as the real pessimists in the forums will likely latch onto, just because the tag-line says “By Sean McKeown.â€
Friday, May 16th – Hello everybody, and welcome to another edition of the Magic Show. In this week’s episode we talk about the fallout from the Mega-Magic Weekend in Richmond. What happened and didn’t happen on Saturday, just what in the hell we’re going to do about the Faerie problem, and how I ended up in third place on Sunday. Let’s go!
Friday, May 16th – With the data from the StarCityGames.com Mega-Magic Weekend pointing to a cold winter of Faerie dominance, Adrian looks at the various Fae builds from the two Top 8s in Richmond in order to discern the direction of the deck. Come Hollywood, will the Blue/Black flying menace be victorious?
Thursday, May 15th – A Mono-Green aggro player somewhere down in the cockles of his heart, last week Mr. Tribally Thrifty put together a budget Mono-Green aggro deck for play at the FNM level. What happened? Did the deck succeed or fail?
Thursday, May 15th – With the shadow of Pro Tour: Hollywood breathing down out necks, it’s time to get serious with the Standard metagame. Today’s Down And Dirty sees Kyle Sanchez take us through the highs and lows of the standout decklists hailing from last weekend’s Star City Games Mega-Magic Weekend, How will results there impact the upcoming Pro Tour?
Thursday, May 15th – Last week, Richard ended his article with a midrange beatdown deck for Standard, called The Siege. It stirred up discussion in the forums, and so today Richard takes a closer look at the design and tunes up the list based on advice and ideas accumulated over the past seven days…
Wednesday, May 14th – I had a good time at this weekend’s Magic extravaganza, the Star City Mega-Magic Weekend. For those of you who did come out and were kind enough to come up and introduce yourselves and let me know you enjoyed my column, I really appreciate it. Nothing feels better than meeting you all face to face and hearing positive feedback. You all rock!
