Innistrad Sealed Deck Build #1

November 4th, 2011 by zak

Zak opens a sealed pool and discusses how he would build it in preparation for this PTQ season.

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Scars of Mirrodin Draft 1 (Magic Online)

December 25th, 2010 by zak

Zak is snowed in, and is itching to draft some Scars. Will his strategy prove to be enough to take down this 8-4, or will everything blow up in his face?

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The Championship Chronicles – Part 1 (Standard)

September 21st, 2010 by zak

I discuss my adventures playing Bant Dredgevine in the standard constructed portion of a local championship tournament.

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Magic Online M11 Draft #1

August 26th, 2010 by zak

My adventures in an M11 4-3-2-2 queue on Magic Online.

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Naya Boss by LSV: Official Deck Analysis and Discussion

February 25th, 2010 by messels

In this video interview with Luis Scott-Vargas, we take a look at the deck strategy and play techniques for the Naya Boss build that propelled LSV to a remarkable 17-1 record at Pro Tour San Diego. Hear LSV’s reasons for including one Basilisk Collar or Sejiri Steppe One major comment I have is that back [...]

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2009 States Primer Part Two: Introducing Red Black Burn

December 4th, 2009 by Sean

Right now I’m looking out my window, staring at a foot of snow. With the event site for my Provincial Championships 3 hours away under normal driving conditions you can imagine how long it would take to get there this weekend. Due to the increased likelihood of winding up in a ditch, I’m afraid that I’m not going to brave the journey, as much as I want to. For those of you who saw part one of my States Primer you might recall I promised a deck, so without any further ado:

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Luis Scott-Vargas, Pro Tour Champion and Magic-Strategy Coach

November 22nd, 2009 by messels

Just this past week, we notified Power 9 Pro customers that we’re launching another series of MtG workshops led by Luis Scott-Vargas. We definitely wanted to keep our blog readers up to date too! I’m especially excited to have Luis Scott-Vargas on as an instructor/coach with Power 9 Pro. It’s taken a lot of juggling [...]

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Power 9 Pro Online Workshops

November 22nd, 2009 by messels

In case you’ve heard a little about our Pro-Player workshops or caught one of my tweets about them, I thought I’d post a bit more info and a couple of clips to give everyone a better idea of what we’re putting together over here. After all, I’m a player, always looking to improve my game [...]

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N-Dexers by Power 9 Pro demo

July 22nd, 2009 by messels

Here’s a short video illustrating the flexibility of the N-Dexers solution to address our every growing CCG collections. Cheers!

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Match Walk-through: Elementals vs Five Color Bloodbraid

July 17th, 2009 by pedro

In the following video, Stan, Bryan and I take an in depth look at Elementals vs Five Color Bloodbraid (or Five Color Cascade). The builds for these deck are as follows: Elementals: 4 Bloom Tender3 Cloudthresher4 Flamekin Harbinger4 Incandescent Soulstoke4 Mulldrifter3 Ranger Of Eos4 Reveillark4 Smokebraider2 Soul Warden4 Horde Of Notions1 Crib Swap1 Forest1 Island2 [...]

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PTQ: Austin Tournament Report *3rd*

June 29th, 2009 by Sean

Last time I wrote to you guys it was about the majesty of Boat Brew. Today I walk you though a Tournament Report playing the deck.

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A Boat Brew Primer

June 26th, 2009 by Sean
Needle

Just lately Boat Brew has been deemed a bad deck. People could not be more wrong. The way the Standard metagame has shifted to Elves and Fae and gives Boat Brew the perfect chance to shine again.

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