Thanks to the plethora of people who have been e-mailing me to add their names to the petition to start a Senior Super Series of some sort. Keep those e-mails coming (although I have a few logistical problems to work out, which I’ll save for another column). But on to the matter at hand. The…
For those of you who recognize the reference I made in my title, this article is not about politics OR Saturday Night Live. Actually, it – like all other articles I write – is about Magic. But, this one is a bit different. Usually I write something about the storyline, or new rules, or my…
: Mr. Wise, as a start to the interview I would like to ask you a background question: What Pro Tours, Grand Prixes, and so on have you participated in and how have you done in them? : Well, I’ve actually been around for a long time now. My first PT was Dallas, at the…
Do you have questions or comments on anything you’d like to add to my ongoing interview segments? Look here first for the word from professional Magic players all over the world! : Please list your Magic achievements for your fans. : Well, I won the 2000 World Championships and US Nationals, as well as 1998…
“Instead of playing cards that aren’t just NOT BAD AGAINST ANYTHING, the Schneider-Ho school of thinking is to play the most powerful cards in the best decks.” -Lan Ho, from ‘ Dojo column”Building Broken Decks Volume IV” Reading this statement by Lan Ho really got me thinking. Rarely have I approached deckbuilding by examining the…
Late last night I was trying to decide what would a be a nice break away from all of the Invasion madness that is flooding the web.”Interviews!” I thought, and I located 1999 Invitational winner . : To open the interview, I’d like to ask a basic question: what have you achieved so far as…
Many of you are aware of the enigma that is Anthony”Tony” Boydell… but how many of you really know him? Well, be prepared to find out more than even Yawgmoth Bargained for. (That was a pun, chief.) I sat down with”Tony” in his massive foyer (well, he sat; I was forced to stand; and sternly…
I have a dream. Well, I have several, actually, many of which involve some combination of Jeri Ryan, Gillian Anderson and Kathleen Turner (circa 1983). No, I’ve got a different, Magic-related, dream to share. But let’s start with early in my Magic tournament career. When I was just starting out, a typical pre-tournament Friday evening…
Look at me, I’m : What do , , and have in common? Answer: They were all bases for later cards. And it’s my opinion that the recycling of ideas is what will keep Magic alive for a long time. Now, I admit that wasn’t really a predecessor for the other Spikes; it was simply…
I awoke in a puddle of my own vomit, finally awakening from a month-long binge that consisted of Valium overdoses, gas huffing, toad licking, marijuana laced with embalming fluid, copious amounts of distilled water injected into the underside of my eyeballs, Gin and Tonics and Gin, soap scum remover, amyl nitrate, amyl dayrates (they’re more…
I know what your thinking,“Not another analysis of the deck from MBC! We’ve had enough of those already!” And you may be right. I may be crazy. But it just might be a lunatic you’re looking for. But it was either this or another random thoughts column, and two in one month would make me…
*SIGH* I feel obligated to say it. I mean, you’re going to hear it a ba-jillion times, anyway – so what does one more hurt? . Now I can counter a spell in STYLE! On to more important topics. You want to have some fun? Make the word “mise” a part of your regular conversations….
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…
I organized my first Magic tournament last Wednesday. Well,”organized” might be overstepping a little. I had contacted Ballpark Cards in San Francisco to see whether they still ran weekly Type 2 tournaments as their website said. The manager, Matthew Scott, told me that the website hadn’t been updated in literally years (“how did you find…
After mixed success with green creature based control last weekend, I briefly thought about switching up and playing a more established deck. But then I thought again. This is my hometown! I couldn’t NOT play green here; people are going to be disappointed if I shuffle up an Oath or Necro deck. Besides, none of…
