Recently I learned that the key to success in Magic is know yourself. Actually, what I learned was how important it is to know your enemy. That must be right because there’s even a recent article on the Wizard’s site about that. Oh now this is awkward because the really …
To Whom it may concern, I am no longer a victim. Trevor, my booster, had been surpassed by his victim (who ended Gatecrash Sealed Pre-release with 3-2 tooting my own horn!). This isn’t the first time it happened and I’m still not entirely sure if it’s indicative of skill or …
I was feeling good about the Gatecrash pre-release. I had done quite well in all three Return to Ravnica pre-release events and I was actually more excited about the guilds because I love both Orzhov and Simic colours (one of the reasons I didn’t mind Avacyn Restored as much as …
We have reached an interesting stage in this experiment where I introduce Jer to competitive Magic fresh off his 7-year hiatus from even playing casually. I liken it to that moment when my children stopped saying things to their friends like “Oh yeah, well my Daddy knows everything. And he …
It’s New Year’s Eve and 2012 was a year unlike any other for Magic. Seriously. Our favourite game has undergone a fundamental change this year. On many levels it’s kind of subtle. You’ve surely seen the symptoms of this change but may not be aware of the underlying paradigm shift. …
This post is dedicated to Jon Loucks’ holiday cube stream. It really has basically nothing to do with the rest of the site aside from the fact that Trevor has been learning to cube draft as part of Booster duties. [Editor’s note: This post has been viewed more than any …
Turns out everyone was right, and at FNM 3 I could’ve gone 4 & 1 if I’d known about proper stack resolution …
Last week we spoke to Erin Campbell on the Deck Tease Podcast #20 about the concept for Booster Victim as well as about Planeswalkers …
A week and a half ago I took part in my first Pro Tour Qualifier (now that Jer has caught up it …
FNM – The Missing Posts. It’s week 7. I feel like it’s 7 weeks since a sort of strange birth into Magic …