The Stigma of playing Magic by Bruce Gray -Casual Encounters If you are anything like me you have fond memories of the Original Super Nintendo. What a classic gem that was! It was easy to play, had... Read More
Drafting Magic the Gathering By: Daniel Clayton -The Will of the Floral Spuzzem With Conspiracy just recently released, and the magic community moving more and more quickly to accept drafting as its own stand-alone format, it is time... Read More
Mono-Red Aggro by Festus Resendez 1st Place at StarCityGames Standard Open on 6/14/2014 It looks like it’s a good time to be a Red mage in Standard, Patrick Sullivan must have been jumping for joy. Not only did the... Read More
Boros Burn by Igor Gorbunov Grand Prix Moscow Champion – Standard on June 15th 2014 Once again the power of fire to the face was able to propel this Tomahawk missile of a deck right to the top of the... Read More
BUG Midrange by Fabrizio Anteri Grand Prix Manchester Champion – Theros Block Constructed on June 1st 2014 Winner of ‘the other’ Theros Block Constructed tournament was Fabrizio Anteri playing a powerful BUG Midrange deck. This deck is the flip side... Read More
It’s all about the MTG Lands baby! by Bruce Gray -Casual Encounters Regardless if you play Standard, Legacy, Vintage, Limited…or you just play on a Saturday night with some buddies around the kitchen table, lands are by far... Read More
So, I got my first up close and personal look at full Theros Block Draft and I have to say I enjoyed the experience. The format has good flexibility and variance making for a wide variety of decks and... Read More
Mono-Blue Devotion Ross Merriam 1st Place at StarCityGames Standard Open on 6/7/2014 Something old, something Blue…or as they say “It’s back !!!”. Like a blast from the past a Mono-Blue Devotion deck was able to rise to the top and finally... Read More
L’eggo my Aggro by Bruce Gray -Casual Encounters I like to sit down and try my hand at brewing all sorts of formats. Pauper, sure…I love it. Modern…of course (although I don’t think I’m all that good at it!). ... Read More
Champion’s Deck UWR Delver legacy by Craig Krempels 1st Place at StarCityGames Legacy Open on 5/25/2014 The Legacy format is filled with cheap and efficient cards as it has access to the best ever printed over the entire history of the game. This... Read More
Naya Midrange Standard by Justin Crandall 1st Place at StarCityGames Standard Open on 5/31/2014 Another weekend of SCG Standard has passed and sitting at the top of the heap we find a successful jumble of acceleration into monstrous beasts and powerful... Read More
The plight of the Underplayed Theros block mechanics by Bruce Gray – Casual Encounters We all watched the Pro-tour with baited breath not all that long ago. For starters, Congratulations must go out to Patrick Chapin. I doubt he’ll ever... Read More
