This week, Jason reflects on Hurricane Sandy, the city of brotherly love, and as always the tournament results of late.
Counterbalance
What are the staples from RtR we’ll be jamming in Standard decks for the next two years? Mike ranks the top ten cards from Return to Ravnica.
This week Jason examines a curious tournament-illegal deck without any banned cards and plums tournament results for the innovative and the audacious.
This week, you will read many set reviews and I suggest that you give each one some scrutiny. I’m reviewing mainly with an eye toward Eternal magic, which is my strength. Typically, there isn’t much in a new set for Eternal formats, so I’ll amuse you and me both with commentary on other cards.
We’ve got a lot to go over this week! First, I want to talk to you about quirks of the collector market in Legacy and Vintage. I’ll also touch on a pop-up card and some out-there picks in anticipation of Return to Ravnica.
Chad dissects the gainers and losers in a world where WoTC decides to ban Show and Tell.
Most people on MTGO go completely insane when a banning occurs. Find out how to best manage the bannings and where you can steadily cash in on the tumultuous classifieds.
Josh Rayden runs us through his first hand account of this past weekend’s SCG Indianapolis Open, pointing out the prospects of identified Standard staples and a new wave in Legacy.
Coldsnap was an ambitious set, built on a MaRo-driven myth of a lost set. It was created to make Ice Age into a real block, but it fell short of most of its design goals. The designers wanted us to like Cumulative Upkeep, but few of the cards were even playable in draft. There are still some amazing and unexpected gems in the set, so take a look for the money cards of Coldsnap!
Corbin Hosler examines the pre-Mental Misstep Legacy metagame to identify potential movers and updates the situation at Black Lotus Project!
Mike considers some of the Innistrad hype and responds to Wizard’s Banned & Restricted announcement, noting a few key card to get your hands on.
We are hot into the second half of Champions of Kamigawa this week. Though the set had less power than Mirrodin, it was still full of interesting cards. The set even has a few power uncommons that I bet you didn’t know about… no, I’m not talking about that damn Top! Find out what Rat is worth more than Meloku in this week’s article!
10 Magic players of superior skill enter a single team cube draft. How do you handle the volume without taking up an entire day? Anthony has the clever, and fun, solution of Survivor Draft!