Premium Deck Series: Fire & Lightning announced

June 22nd, 2010 by joe
Chain Lighning

Wizards announced today the next installment of their Premium Deck Series, a deck called “Fire & Lightning.” What intrigued this author about the announcement was the following line: “[The deck] contains famous flames, bolts, and beats from across Magic history, including several never before released in foil!” And the image by Christopher Moeller seen below: [...]

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DCI Banned & Restricted List Announcement

June 18th, 2010 by joe

The June 18, 2010 DCI Banned & Restricted List Announcement is a whopper! Extended as we know it is changing dramatically, and Legacy will see some upheaval as well. Effective July 1, Extended will go from having seven years worth of Magic sets to having four years worth. A whopping eleven (11) sets are rotating [...]

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Sun Titan revealed as Pre-release card for Magic 2011

June 14th, 2010 by joe
Sun Titan

Behold, Sun Titan: Looks like a beast. Wizards announced that this will be the promo card for the upcoming Magic 2011 pre-release, July 10 and 11. Giddy Up!

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Reconciling the Limits of Play and Flavors of Power

May 1st, 2010 by Rob Jelf

As players of this great game, we pay cost and make choices based on cards that contain ways to modify the rules and state of the game so we can advance our plan to win the game. As Planeswalkers, we are casting magic and spells of all magnitude to survive and vanquish our opponents. I’m going to talk through some thoughts I’ve had on flavor and attempt to craft a flavorful view that will incorporate some of the rules and ideas that often float around in our game play.

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Garruk Wildspeaker Not Included in “the Garruk Wildspeaker Deck” WotC: WTF?

April 30th, 2010 by joe

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 [...]

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Rise of the Eldrazi Set Review and Analysis: Black

April 16th, 2010 by messels

Power 9 Pro is excited to bring you another set review for Magic the Gathering’s expansion set Rise of the Eldrazi. With Pre-release and Release tournaments coming up over the next two weeks and a full spoiler available, the Power 9 Pro Team is putting in a collaborative effort to review and analyze the entire [...]

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Rise of the Eldrazi Set Review and Analysis: Blue

April 16th, 2010 by messels

Power 9 Pro is excited to bring you another set review for Magic the Gathering’s expansion set Rise of the Eldrazi. With Pre-release and Release tournaments coming up over the next two weeks and a full spoiler available, the Power 9 Pro Team is putting in a collaborative effort to review and analyze the entire [...]

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Rise of the Eldrazi Set Review and Analysis: Colorless

April 15th, 2010 by messels

Power 9 Pro is excited to bring you another set review for Magic the Gathering’s expansion set Rise of the Eldrazi. With Pre-release and Release tournaments coming up over the next two weeks and a full spoiler available, the Power 9 Pro Team is putting in a collaborative effort to review and analyze the entire [...]

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Rise of the Eldrazi Set Review and Analysis: White

April 15th, 2010 by messels

Power 9 Pro is excited to bring you another set review for Magic the Gathering’s expansion set Rise of the Eldrazi. With Pre-release and Release tournaments coming up over the next two weeks and a full spoiler available, the Power 9 Pro Team is putting in a collaborative effort to review and analyze the entire [...]

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What Ways are there to Win at Magic?

April 8th, 2010 by Rob Jelf

The goal of the game of Magic is obviously to win, right? But there are many ways to accomplish this goal. First and foremost is to make the opponent lose the game, because if you are the last one standing, you win. If there is only one player remaining, that player wins the game. This [...]

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EDH deck building: The Coalition vs. Phyrexia

April 6th, 2010 by Justin

Getting started in EDH can be a daunting task for newer players.  Fortunately for those newer players, Wizards of the Coast releases special products, such as the Duel Decks series that showcase many older cards.  The newest line in the Duel Decks series is Phyrexia vs. The Coalition.  This product is a great jumping off point [...]

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How Joining Twitter Will Improve Your Magic Game

March 28th, 2010 by Rob Jelf

Twitter is a hot social media tool that should be grabbing your attention as a Magic player. If you seek innovation in deck building, Twitter has it. If you seek to read articles before anyone else, Twitter has them. If you want to have access to the thoughts of the Magic Community’s best and brightest, you need to get on Twitter.

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