Monday, January 28, 2013
Thirst for Knowledge - The Modern Banning Effect
Imagine for a moment a Modern format without Jund as we have known it for the past several years (Standard, Extended and then Modern). Now imagine a Modern format without Storm. This PTQ season was just disrupted by an episode of the Twilight Zone...
Friday, January 25, 2013
Ideas Unbound - Gatecrash Prerelease Primer - Part 2
Sorry for the delay. Technical issues prevented me from posting this yesterday.
Welcome to Part 2 of the Ideas Unbound Gatecrash Prerelease Primer. In Part 1, we looked at Sealed Deck in general and what it took to build a good deck. Today we are going to look at each guild individually and specific strategies for each one. We will look at how you will want to build your deck as well as cards you will want to look for. We will also look at how you should play against each of the other guilds.
Thursday, January 24, 2013
Explore - Walletcrush, err, Gatecrash
This week boys and girls, let us talk about the direction that Magic: the Gathering has gone over the past few years. I would like to offer up a stroll down memory lane...
Wednesday, January 23, 2013
Ideas Unbound - Gatecrash Prerelease Primer - Part 1
Prereleases are always exciting events. Players are getting their hands on the new cards for the first time and really seeing what they can do. Sometimes a card will look powerful in the abstract, but when you actually play with it, it does not live up to expectations. And sometimes, cards you had written off as unplayable will surprise you. I run the prereleases for my local shop, and, this week, I’m going to go over a Prerelease Preparation Guide. I am going to do this in two parts. Today will be about playing sealed deck in general and how it pertains to the prerelease. In the second part, tomorrow, we will look at the five guilds of Gatecrash and some sealed deck strategies specific to each one.
Monday, January 21, 2013
Thirst for Knowledge - Possible Modern Unbans
We are currently about a month into the Modern PTQ season and so far Jund still dominates the landscape. Jund is an archetype that uses the best cards within its color range (mostly RBG or the Jund shard) but will splash for other colors too. Some players have clamored for cards in Jund to be banned (like Bloodbraid Elf, Tarmogofy, or Dark Confidant).
Wednesday, January 16, 2013
Ideas Unbound - First Look at Gatecrash Standard
Welcome back for another edition of Ideas Unbound. Since the current Standard environment is drawing to a close, I thought we would continue looking forward to Gatecrash. This week, we are going to take a look at some of the winning decks from the Star City Games San Diego Standard Open and Grand Prix Atlantic City and see how the decks may be affected by Gatecrash.
Monday, January 14, 2013
Thirst for Knowledge - Hexchantments
Today, I am going to do something a bit differently. As you might have heard, Pro Tour Atlantic City featured a couple of decks in the finals that might surprise some people:
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