Rise of the Eldrazi promises to shake things up in the Magic scene.  I got to a pre-release this weekend and thought I'd share my experiences.  Hit the link for the new cards. (more...)

I got another Chance to do a live draft and I had a blast. Live drafting always has something that online drafting doesn't. I don't get upset when I lose at a live draft even though I know I could've won. I have my deck and the report after the jump. (more...)

Hey everyone, I had a chance to attend my first live draft of Shadowmoor yesterday. I managed to draft a good deck and I split the finals. I first picked a Murderous Redcap and got hooked up in black and red. My final deck included two Incremental Blights, a Puncture Bolt, Burn Trail, Fists of the Demigod, the BR Liege guy, three BR duos, the 3/3 BR flying wither guy (sorry about the names, I had not seen any of the cards until the packs were actually opened.) I had the goblin who's power/toughness is determined by how many red permanents you have as well as the elemental who's power/toughness is determined by how many black permanents you have. I have to say that drafting the set was quite fun, maybe because I thought my deck was kind of insane, but the color matters theme reminded me a bit of Ravnica draft which is still one of my all time favorites. But at the same time, it was something totally new. I can't wait for the set to be on MTGO, I hope to be able to draft it quite a bit. I don't have a deck list for you, by the time I remembered that I wanted to put it up, I had dismantled the deck and given away the non rares. In round one, I played against another BR deck and we traded removal until he got a bit flooded in game one. Then, the exact same thing happened in game two. In round two, I played against a BU player and in game one, I wrecked him with an Incremental Blight that he was unable to recover from. In game two, he kept a risky hand that didn't get there. I suppose I could have played out the round to try for the extra prize, but I have been on the wrong side of mana screw enough to know that I should quit while I was ahead. Plus, it was getting late. Until next time, draftbetter