Wellington is located on the Northern Island of New Zealand and is the country’s capital.  It’s nestled in a bay and actually reminds me of a very young San Francisco – a cute but manageable little metro area with hills like Los Gatos and little period houses all scattered through them.  I’m assigned to work [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Well, after a rather grueling set of computer science exams I’m back and ready to talk Magic. As I’m sure you’re well aware, Regionals were last weekend and I’ve got some stories to share. We left Edmonton at 6 in the morning on the 16th, and got into Calgary at 9:30, with plenty of time [...]

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 [...]

Ardent Plea – 1WU Enchantment (Uncommon) Exalted Cascade Illus. Chippy #1/145 Well, on Friday Tom LaPille revealed here that 3cc will be the lowest casting cost for a card with Cascade.  I also like the “vanilla” feel of this exalted card.  Will this see play flipping knight of the white orchid, or wizened cenn, etc.?  [...]

Well, to all my loyal readers out there, I’ve returned from my excursion to South America.  It was a life-enriching experience, and I do urge you to sometime visit Machupicchu and the Galapagos, as they are simply amazing.  You can expect to see a small feature about this trip within the next day or so, [...]