Jason Alt relates his rare foray into the world of actual Magic matches before delving into the results from Grand Prix DC.
Dread Return
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.
This week Carlos Gutierrez takes a turn toward the macabre. Dead creatures are everywhere, and Kresh and Company are right in the middle of the Morbid mess!
Neale likes to crush. Green is good at that. Now he seeks the very best…
Future Sight was the third set in Time Spiral Block and it was full of all the busted elements you could imagine. The Development team decided to look at how Magic would appear at some point in the future, perhaps in an alternate universe. We saw keywords like Delve that haven’t appeared since, along with cards like the Pacts that revisited ideas on just what you’d pay for a “free” spell.
Future Sight is also full of money. Don’t lose a dime of it; read the article!
Mark Hinsz explores some uncharted opportunities Green Sun’s Zenith has in Legacy, pointing out silver bullets and worthy considerations that may help in those sigh-worthy matchups.
Breaking up is hard to do. Breaking things in Commander is easy. Carlos is back with a Gifts Ungiven deck, minus the Gifts. Really!
Mike Lanigan takes a look at some decks post rotation with a particular close look at Voltron and its new pal Mentor of the Meek.
Prepping for the upcoming rotation, Mike hones in on scoping out the desirables while reflecting on the results of this weekend’s Legacy Open.
This week, we dig into Ravnica! The City of Guilds brings a huge pile of big monsters, expensive lands and power uncommons. Join me and find out what cards are secretly worth money, what chase rare has been losing value, and what card pushed big design challenges!
Mike returns this week with his weekly calls, drawls, and howls, inspired by a recent film binge.
Mike recounts the adventures and lessons learned at this past weekend’s Gen Con.