The Magic Show #35 — Making Of
Hello everybody, welcome to another edition of the Magic Show. This week we’re going to highlight a comment from the forums and talk about just what goes in to making the show.
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Peebles Primers — The Standard Metagame
With Magic Online Constructed tournaments recently coming back… erm… online, Benjamin Peebles-Mundy takes a look at the diverse Standard metagame, post-Planar Chaos. Which Planar Chaos cards have made a splash in Premier Event Top 8s of late? Are Dralnu du Louvre and Mono-Green Aggro still the decks to beat? Read on to find out!
Levelling Up – When a Plan Doesn’t Come Together
Tiago, fresh off his 9th-place finish at Grand Prix: Dallas, turns his talented eye towards Standard in preparation for Grand Prix: Kyoto. He takes a fresh look at Angelfire, the deck that took him to the Top 8 at Worlds, and updates it with Planar Chaos goodness. He also gives us the lowdown on his unsuccessful jaunt to GP: Amsterdam.
The Combat Phase — Happy New Year!
Jamie has goals. Magic goals, and non-Magic goals. In the spirit of endeavor that mirrors his new Spanish start, Mr Wakefield declares the coming of the Wakefield New Year! He also shares his latest thoughts on his particular color of choice, and brings us his Wakefield New Year’s Resolutions. Will he stick to them? Read on to find out!
Peebles Primer — Mono-Green Aggro in Planar Chaos Standard
Damnation, Damnation, Damnation… everyone wants four. If you’re a noble Aggro mage, I’ll bet you’re pig-sick of hearing about the New Black Wrath, and how it’s gonna smash your world into smithereens. However, all is not lost! Benjamin Peebles-Mundy updates his MGA list for the Planar Chaos Standard metagame as he sees it. Looking to beat down with Green monsters? Then this is the article for you!
Tact or Friction — Breaking The Lore
When it comes to Black mana, you can do anything… whispers the ferryman, If you but pay enough. Green is the color of resources, but Black… Black is the color of exploiting resources. Give me enough Black mana and I will tear this world apart, render it as a silver platter, and upon it, lay the heads of thy enemies.
From Right Field – Quick Hits, Vol. VII
Romeo makes with the Sarpadian Empires volume of Quick Hits, tackling a number of Magical and non-Magical topics in machine-gun fashion. He brings us a couple of new budget Standard decks, talks a little about his sometime-“Angry Man” persona, and gives us some much-missed cheesecake!
From The Lab – Planar Chaos White in the New Standard
Can it be true? Has Craig “The Professor” Jones really turned his back on the Dark Side in order to embrace the Light? Are his fabled tales of scorpion pit-traps and buckets of soapy frogs now a thing of the past? In today’s edition of From The Lab, Prof cooks up a set of exciting and playable decks based around the White cards in Planar Chaos. Hopefully this dalliance with the Forces of Justice will be short-lived, and he’ll be back to his diabolic ways soon…
Ask the Judge, 3/2/2007: Feature Friday
There’s a storm coming, so Feature Friday has moved to higher ground. That storm is the new DCI Penalty Guide: the most significant revision to a tournament document since the 6th Edition rules revision. Level 4 judge Toby Elliott explains the layout of the new PG, the reasons for the change, and what to expect the next time you play in a sanctioned tournament.
Magic Grab Bag #7 — Turtle Power
Mono-White Control, an old favorite of some back in the days of Onslaught (though why anyone shunned Goblins back then is beyond me), may now be more than viable in Planar Chaos Standard. Powered by Gauntlet of Power, does this classic “Turtle” archetype have the tools to get the job done in a world dominated by Dralnu du Louvre and Dragonstorm? Read on to find out!
From Right Field – You Hear Me, but Do You Listen?
Chris continues with his Angry Man persona and complains long and hard about the blurring of the color pie. He also swallows his pride and champions the very card he rails against so mightily. A rant, some comedy, and an interesting Rakdos Standard decklist… what more could you possibly need?
From The Lab – Blue in Planar Chaos Standard
Craig “The Professor” Jones has been laid low by a virulent strain of rampaging anthrax- sorry, I mean influenza. Nevertheless, his illness hasn’t stopped him from knocking up a collection of interesting Standard decks based on the Blue cards from Planar Chaos. With the online release mere days away, now is the perfect time to get the heads-up on the exciting new metagame! All this, and some tips for Two-Headed Giant too!
Magic Grab Bag #6 – Whites of Their Eyes
As fantastic as White is as a support color right now – due in large part to being the primary casting cost on Momentary Blink – it does a fairly poor job of being the backbone of decks anymore, and many worry that Damnation is going to be a rather large, if not final, nail in that coffin.
So this week, I propose solutions.
TriscuitTron In Post-Planar Chaos Standard
Standard is a wide-open field right now, but many if not most of the Tier 1 decks are powered by the trifecta of the Power Plant, Mine and Tower; the mighty Urzatron. With the release of Planar Chaos, every deck gets a few new trinkets to toy with. The Tron-based decks are no exception. But who gets the best toys? You could make an argument for my personal favorite of the Trons, TriscuitTron.
From The Lab – Planar Chaos Green in the New Standard
Craig “The Professor” Jones continues his Constructed exploration of Planar Chaos. So far he’s tackled Red and Black, the colors of mayhem, and he’s shared a few saucy deck ideas along the way. Today is the turn of the Green cards, perfect for all you tree-hugging hippies out there. So, what’s Prof’s verdict? Is Green reduced to the usual Hulk Smash routine, or is there more behind Nature’s Curtain than first appears?