News: Magic 2014 Intro Packs Revealed!
It looks like we’re going for a planeswalker theme on the Intro Packs this time around! The decks were displayed on today’s Arcana, though we’re still in the dark as to deck names, colour pairings, and decklists.
2007-08 Precon Championships: We Have a Winner!
This has been our sixth season of the Preconstructed Championships- three years of the most exciting event in preconstructed Magic. It is also our fourth Prediction League, and it looks like a new record has been set!
Magic 2010: Presence of Mind Review (Part 1 of 2)
Thus far in our coverage of Magic 2010, we’ve explored the origin of the set as the first core set release to contain new cards. Up through Tenth Edition, core sets were exclusively reprints of existing cards, and were released once every two years. While this allowed for a rotating collection of reprints to help define the standard metagame, it had more than a few drawbacks as well.
2007-08 Precon Championships: The Grand Final
It’s here. Two months of wars waged and battles pitched in the hot, unforgiving sands of the arena has come down to this moment. Four preconstructed decks- one from each division- are ready to tear into one another in a fury of mana and cardboard, until only one remains. One deck from a field of twenty-six. One Champion, twenty-five footnotes.
Magic 2010: We Are Legion Review (Part 2 of 2)
We’re back with our next playtest for Magic 2010, and this time it’s a battle of ancient enemies. My base-White We Are Legion will be met by Sam’s Death’s Minions, a Black midrange deck with a splash of Green. With life and death literally in the balance, which deck will come out on top?
Magic 2010: We Are Legion Review (Part 1 of 2)
“This set,” proclaimed director of Magic R&D Aaron Forsythe when announcing Magic 2010, “is Magic at its most pure.” That was no trivial endorsement, but rather the end result of a long and arduous process wherein Magic looked to rediscover a little bit of its soul it had lost along the way. Magic 2010, you see, wasn’t just an innovation- it was a restoration.
2007-08 Precon Championships: The Final Round and the Leaderboard
The moment has arrived! This weekend we see the exciting conclusion of the 2007-08 Preconstructed Championships, as a victor will be crowned and their name written into the Book of Legend. A hero of a different sort will be anointed as well, as one member of our Prediction League walks away with a treasure trove of prizes!
Magic 2010: Nature’s Fury Review (Part 2 of 2)
It’s our first game of the series with Magic 2010, and Sam and I both are eager to dive in and see how the set plays. For her part, Sam’s picked up the Red/Blue Firebomber to give my White/Green deck a run for its money. Who will come out ahead?
Magic 2010: Nature’s Fury Review (Part 1 of 2)
By almost any yardstick, 2,600,000 is a pretty big number. Two days ago, jewelry thieves hit the Cannes film festival and made off with a necklace valued at 2.6 million dollars. Two months ago, eSports body Major League Gaming shattered previous viewership figures by pulling in 2.6 million spectators for a weekend of televised Starcraft II. Fans of golf might not be surprised that last month’s Master’s in Augusta racked up 2.6 million mentions on social media. Those of a more political bent might be concerned that according to a just-released study from USC, 2.6 million human beings in the state of California are undocumented- a full nine percent of its workforce. By almost any yardstick, then, it’s a huge number.
When might it be a small one?
2007-2008 Precon Championships: Lauer Division (Part 2 of 2)
It’s been an exciting journey, but as they say all good things must end. Today the last divisional champion will be revealed, before next week’s Grand Final gives us a champion for the ages.
Ertai's Lament 