In the past, I’ve done “snap judgment” first impressions of spoiled cards as they appear on the interweb.  I got a late start on the Conflux spoiler, but here’s my first impressions of the initial 27 cards spoiled by mtgsalvation.  After each card, I give my impression along with (usually) some indication of how likely [...]

So at some point I had mis-read the location of one of hte PTQs I plan to attend.  The tournament organizer (MatchPlay) wasn’t in San Jose this past weekend (Dec. 6th).  I was REALLY lucky too.  I almost went to San Jose for nuthin’.  Lucky because I had emailed re: getting to the tournament and [...]

I wasn’t able to attend the States competitions this weekend.  I did do a bit of playtesting with a friend.  He had two deck variations, both very control.  One was a Cruel-Control, the other was a Plainswalker deck.  Piloting a Doran deck, I was winning most of the matches.  I decided to pass on the [...]

Shards of Alara is barely a month old yet we have a full list of the next expansion to Shards, Conflux. I’m not sure why we’re so impatient but we magic players can’t seem to be happy with what have have.  Good thing too, because that’s what keeps the awesomeness of Magic fresh: new cards [...]