With the Magic 2010 Prereleases just around the corner, we’re going to have a much more interesting time playing limited with this core set than any other. So, in order to give you a better shot at winning your tournamnt, I’m going to discuss which common cards you should look out for, in both draft and sealed events.

Dillon examines Magic 2010′s interesting reprints, new duals, and refined rules. He explains why he is excited for Grand Prix Boston and why he is behind all of Wizard’s changes.

Over the last few weeks, the Magic world has been abuzz with Pro Tour Honolulu and Kazuya Mitamura’s victory over the Czech Michal Hebky.  However, in the week preceding the pro-tour in paradise, there was much discussion surrounding Magic players and their ethics. Specifically, Mike Flores’ article on cheating, Patrick Chapin’s declaration of targets with [...]

I know it’s a week late, but I’m sure you all had fun at last week’s Alara Reborn Prerelease. I got to my sealed pool and was amazed by all the juicy Naya goodness that awaited me. I had both Spell and Spearbreaker Behemoths, as well as a total of eight removal spells. Needless to [...]

there’s not too much news out this week for magic the gathering…so i thought i would do a review ofMagic: the Gathering – Battlegrounds. from the title of the post, you can tell that i’m not down with this shameless attempt at milking more money from the magic the gathering player base. so why do [...]

so before the news gets to be too stale, just a quick update on the last two PTQs i attended.  i didn’t do so well.  at the ptq in LA on the 27th i went a very sad 2-3 drop.  i was trying to be a bit more creative with my deck builds but it [...]

we put together a video over the weekend to show how cool the Dragon’s Egg is.  how it has the “get up and go” you need to make it to the tournament tables when you’re running late.  you can take a closer look at the dragon’s egg on our main site. we’ll also be posting [...]

on the mtgsalavation forums, i got mixed up in a discussion revolving the interaction between tidehollow sculler and call to heel. the interaction in question is quite interesting.  as a refresher, here’s the sculler’s ability: When Tidehollow Sculler comes into play, target opponent reveals his or her hand and you choose a nonland card from [...]

draft better had a recent post on a 4-3-2-2 queue (MTGO).  there were a tonne of great comments but nobody brought up an obvious oversight. he picked a goblin assualt over a bone splinter (pack 2, pick 2).  he did win the draft but as he admits he was very lucky.  a 3/1 trample is [...]