Last weekend was a really busy one for Magic communities around the globe. A few countries held their National Championships (including here in the Philippines) and the US had two major events, the SCG 5k at Richmond and the TCGPlayer 75k Champs in Chicago. It seems that more pros attended the latter event, with deck techs featured on the site. Let us check out a few of them.
Continue reading
The Magic: the Gathering Philippine Nationals will be in this coming weekend and my excitement is, well, quite indefinite. This is actually my second time qualifying for this event (the first one was way back in 2003) and the first time I’m actually going there. I’m quite happy because Iloilo’s attendance for this year, as compared to the previous years, is fairly high with seven players qualified. Continue reading
“In case of emergency, crush bug.” It seems like Internet Explorer never fail to be an annoyance to most web developers. From earlier versions up to the latest ones, there are still bugs that obstruct the commonly used codes and that should be dealt with separately. They demand a separate fix all of the time. Continue reading
The banning surely had opened up the Magic: the Gathering Standard metagame to new decks and punished a few old ones. Cawblade is the one primarily affected though based on the recent results of big events in the US and various National Championships, the deck is still a powerhouse even without the mind sculptor and the mystic. That would be another topic though as this article is about the other deck affected by the banning, the Boros aggro.
Continue reading
With the release of Magic 2012 in the market this weekend, a lot of preordered singles has been quoted with the expected value. Mythics, specifically Planeswalkers, are expected are pricey value, though I think its too overpriced. We can’t blame the popular card stores for giving the high price, but I expect a decline on the value after two weeks or so. Magic 2012 is good coreset, but it can’t surpass what Magic 2011 has brought to Standard. Continue reading
Brewing 101, I think is in the minds of the players all over the world as the Magic2012 spoiler has just been completed today. The last card was Time Reversal, Mythic sorcery, and a reprint from M11. Most expected it to be Time Warp but that would be insane in the current build of the Pyromancer Ascension. I think Wizards made a good decision of not reprinting the blue card.
Continue reading