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1800 or Bust!: Counter Rebel on Tour, Part II

He made it… But only after losing his first two rounds. Yeowtch. How do you make a comeback like that?

FINAL JUDGEMENT: Rulings To Keep In Mind At Regionals

A lot of reminders about how to play cards and what doesn’t work that may mean the difference between win and lose!

Force Of Will: Non-Allied Color Deck Ideas For Regionals

You work from a green base and go from there; now all your green base belong to Will.

1800 or Bust!: Counter Rebel On Tour, Part I

He’s been getting into shape, practicing his butt off. And now it’s the Bath tournament. How does Grimmett fare?

Out With The Old, In With The New: 7th Edition And Standard

Dave’s programming job is out, but 7th is in. The former means that he has the time to analyze the latter.

All Your Fad Are Belong To Us

What if Britney Spears played Magic? Well, for one thing she’d probably get crushed to death at a Grand Prix, but she might write a song, too.

Doin’ it Walrus Style (And Get Your Mind Out of the Gutter)

A bouncy little deck that might mutate for the better after 7th rotates in… IF Duress is in there.

CASUAL FRIDAYS #82: The Further Adventures Of Super-Hippo

I would like to pre-emptively respond to all of the people who are going criticize, obliquely or directly, the new artwork in 7th Edition.

TURBO BLACK: From Deck Design To Tournament Victory In Five Days

Rumor has it that is not going to make the cut into Seventh Edition. I’m not going to launch into some diatribe about that decision. Actually, I think it is probably for the better – in the long run. Lately Wizards has done an excellent job of making the game based more on skill and…

Peace of Mind – Paranoia

I create”God deck,” which has amazing success. Then Wizards comes along and rotates all of it out. Was Fires THAT weak, Wizards?

Casual Play: It’s A Conspiracy!

We all know about the big conspiracies, but have you heard the latest: Wizards will not include basic lands in 7th Edition?

1800 or Bust!: RDW2K + 1?

I wanted to play Sligh, but Fires killed it. My answer to this was to wonder how you could slow Fires down.

1800 or Bust!: Planeshift? Where?

I went to a Type II tourney and no Planeshift cards showed up. What happened?

Bah: A Type II Tourney Report. Bah.

Bah. Sometimes you’ve just got to say it, and fold up your cards. It usually happens after you take an elbow drop right to the kidneys. Or when you lose the game due to a bad play. Or when you get torpedoed in a Rochester, I suppose (though I’ve never had the pleasure of getting…

Decks Galore-y On Death Or Glory

I am absolutely convinced this card should be called”Life or Death.” Death I understand. But”Glory”? They just come back to life,
right?