I wanted to talk about the cards that I had experience with this last weekend and what I thought of their effect on the game.  Hit the link for the article. (more...)

Just wanted to do a quick post and see if anyone else had had a chance to play with the new rules yet. I myself did a Swiss draft on my other account to see if anything had drastically changed. I drafted a fast GWr deck with four battle tricks.

I have to say that I got half way through round two before I even remembered that the new rules were in place. The games played out identically to how they would have before the rules change. Of course, my deck was bonkers fast and I usually killed them before they got two creatures on the board for a double block situation and the four battle tricks I had, 2X Sigil Blessing and 2x Colossal Might, were the kind of tricks I wanted to play before damage anyway.

Still, I was encouraged that Magic: the Gathering has not in fact been ruined.  Anybody have a different experience?

Man, it was a crazy year and a bit, but 100 drafts got completed.  I'll have some in depth statistical analysis after the link.

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That's right folks, this will be my last stats article of twenty drafts at a time. Click the link for all the gory details. (more...)

Sorry, not another draft this time.  I feel the need to share my thoughts on the new rules for M2010.  If you haven't heard by now, the people who decide the direction of Magic have decided to shake things up a bit.  I'll give you guys my opinion and I hope to see your comments on the matter as well, after the link. (more...)

I usually include a "First Impressions" section on the pre-release article, but I wanted to get that article out fast since it was running late this time.  I decided it was important enough for me to want to do one so here is a whole new article.  I'll go through the cards that I played and also the ones that I remember having a major effect on games that other people played. (more...)

Well folks, it's that time again.  Hit the link to see the stats for my last twenty drafts. (more...)

Hey guys, just wanted to turn you on to a new product that has become available for those of us that play Magic of the non-Online type. (more...)

I've got some Conflux on Shards of Alara action, after the link. (more...)

Wow talk about getting to this one late.  Work has been absolute hell this week and of the last four work days, there hasn't been a day where I didn't work at least a ten hour day and one of them ended up being a fourteen hour day, whew.  Hit the link for the full article. (more...)