What’s In A Name?
Here’s a quick quiz. Identify the fundamental characteristics of the following decks. Caw-Blade RUG Delver ANT MUD Tin Fins Maverick…
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Improving the Grand Prix Experience
Magic organized play has come a long way in the last few years. The game has exploded in popularity, and…
MTGO: Aftermath
Last weekend was not a good one for Magic Online. Both major tournaments over the weekend – the Magic Online…
The Magic Online Championship Series Should Not Exist
Early last week, I happened to realize that I had enough qualifier points from Magic Online Championship Series (MOCS) season…
My SCG Open LA Standard Decklist
I’ve had a ton of requests for the Golgari Aggro list I played at the StarCityGames.com Standard Open this weekend in…
Blast from the Past: Uncovering Old Decklists
I have been playing Magic for a really long time. Sometimes, I come upon reminders of this fact. After we…
A Look at Hearthstone
I’ve had a number of people ask me for my thoughts on Hearthstone, the new digital collectible game from Blizzard…
GP Detroit Bootleg Coverage
My deck tech http://youtu.be/-BQ3WtpZIwY LSV Deck Tech http://youtu.be/1erBA7EsTCk Chapin Deck Tech http://youtu.be/i5n42ax4ixk Day One Wrap-Up http://youtu.be/uipk_X2w7OM
A Look at Theros Design
I had originally intended to write my thoughts about the design of Theros and the inclusion of Thoughtseize therein as…
Thoughts on Thoughtseize
I want to preface this post by saying that I think that Wizards has been doing an incredible job recently…
No More Limited Grand Prix
I mentioned on Twitter over the weekend that I think I might stop attending Limited Grand Prix entirely. Obviously that…
Ten Years of Gen Con
I have been meaning to post here more regularly, but circumstances of late have left me extremely busy. In the…
World Championships Video Logs
As I mentioned in a previous post, I experimented with creating video logs each day during playtesting and competition in…
Dragons and Deep Dish – PT Chicago 2000 Report – Where “The Dragonmaster” was born
Inspired by its inclusion in Mike Flores’s list of the Top 20 Magic articles of all time, I wanted to…
Hello from Amsterdam!
So I’ve been in Amsterdam for about a day and a half now. Got in early yesterday morning after a…
What to play at Worlds?
I’m currently sitting at 30,000 feet above somewhere in the Midwest on the first leg of my flight to Amsterdam…
Worlds Bound
I leave very early Friday morning for the 2013 World Championship in Amsterdam. I’m pretty excited, both because the event…
Magical Music: The Soundtrack of my Tournament Life
My habit of listening to music before each round of a tournament dates back to Pro Tour Chicago in 2000. That…