Wizards has announced the decklist of ‘Teeth of the Predator,’ one of their new “Duels of the Planeswalkers” series of pre-constructed, 60-card decks. These decks are a spinoff of their xBox 360 title, Duels of the Planeswalkers. However, in a dumbfounding and likely ill-fated move, none of the decks will actually contain the planeswalkers they [...]

Tilt n (tlt): a state of mental confusion or frustration in which a player adopts a less than optimal strategy, usually resulting in the player becoming over-aggressive. I hate it when poker terms bleed out into real life situations. I cringe anytime someone (including myself) says that they were “all-in” on something that isn’t a [...]

So, everybody wants to be a Figure of Destiny. I just spent a week down in my favorite city in the world (New Orleans) and on my shaky flights home I took notes on an article I’ve been meaning to write since I landed this gig at p9p. However, when I got home and punched [...]

I discuss some ideas as to how one can best prepare and pack for a tournament

This has been a long time coming and I apologize to everyone for the delay. The benefit of this delay is a longer period of use, so my analysis will ultimately be more accurate. I don’t have any personal disclaimers because I’m not currently working on any applications related to the tallying of life totals, [...]

Power 9 Pro Just announced a contest where you show off where your Dragon’s Egg has been, with the winner getting some free N-Dexers.. I went to South America over spring break, and here are some photos that I took to help get you guys into the picture-snapping mood.

Well loyal readers, I’m back to talk about the more casual side of Magic.  The subject of today’s discussion will be what is almost undoubtedly my favourite Magic variant format.  This format can be played as a duel, or in multiplayer games.  Similar to Elder Dragon Highlander, cards that are generally seen as sub-par are [...]

i thought it would be a good idea to discuss the various reasons for forming power 9 pro. i don’t think the full explanation would do well in a single blog post, and so i’m going to make this a series of posts–making this part one. before discussing the various allures that entrepreneurial activities have [...]

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 [...]

we decided to give everyone a different spin on the dragon’s egg. this is a short video depicting a lone mtg player making her way through the rough city, culminating in a battle between our heroine and the stocking  jealous and lustful hoodlum. enjoy. side note and comment: really, i can’t stop laughing when i [...]

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 [...]

i got the comment of the week award on mtgsalvation.  totally unexpected but i’m happy to see it was one of my more relevant comments that won (though that’s obviously the object of their award). for those too lazy to click over to mtgsalvation, here’s my comment. i’ve played with people with egos. it’s actually [...]