Welcome back to my card by card analysis of the Magic card illustrations of Rebecca Guay. This will be the 6th installment, and when we last parted ways we were looking at Onslaught, which was released in October 2002. Guay was to take a hiatus from the game as it… explored it’s more masculine side, [...]

Wizards’ arcana segment announced the new Mirrodin Besieged release event promo cards today. We get a sneak peak at three cards many of us are sure to get a few copies of, due to these events. Let’s have a look! First up is Hero of the Bladehold, the mythic rare Mirrodin faction pre-release promo: This [...]

I cracked open my box of Scars of Mirrodin and was really excited about all of the cool new cards that will make EDH more fun. Ezuri Renegade Leader, Geth Lord of the Vault, Kemba Kha Regent, and Skithiryx the Blight Dragon were the new generals waiting to command an army and I was ready [...]

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Greetings, and welcome to part 5 of this series covering the Magic card illustrations of Rebecca Guay. Today’s post begins with the Odyssey block of late September 2001. If you dig this piece, I encourage you to have a look at my prior installments here: one, two, three, and four. A quick not before we [...]

Hello, and welcome to part 4 of this series covering the Magic card illustrations of Rebecca Guay. Today’s post begins with the Invasion block of late 2000. If you’re just joining us, here are links to parts one, two, and three of this series. Invasion Released in September 2000, this set involves the planeswalker Urza [...]

I discuss my adventures playing Magic 2011 Draft in the semifinals of the Wizard’s Comics Championship.

Scars of Mirrodin.  Looming large over the horizon, Wizards’ newest expansion is set to hit the stores on October 1st.  With the release of Scars of Mirrodin new strategies will emerge and once powerful decks will disappear to the realm of Extended.  With all of the available spoilers it is time to speculate on what [...]

If you’re like me, then you’re constantly on the look out for ways to improve your game and win more tournaments. Glory in winning–and also the riches of free packs. The best solution I’ve found is to learn from the best. To help you do the same, Power 9 Pro is organizing a series of [...]

Welcome to part 3 of my series covering the Magic card illustration work of Rebecca Guay. Apologies for the slight delay. I haven’t found the time to edit my interview with Mrs. Guay yet, but it will surely be available shortly. So far we’re up to Mercadian Masques, which was released in October 1999. If [...]

The mothership had two fun tid-bits today. In arcana, they announced the decklists of the new Elspeth v. Tezzeret decks. For this artwork fan, the highlight of this announcement was the fantastic new version of tournament staple Swords to Plowshares done by Terese Nielsen: Among the other 5 new artworks announced was a new Mishras [...]

Work has held me hostage the past few months but I could no longer resist the pull of Magic.  I needed to find something that would get my non-work self pumped again.  I decided to dig through my Legendary binder (I collected Legends before I ever heard of EDH, yay for me) to see what [...]