If you have ever been to a decently large constructed Magic tournament, where you have to register your deck, you have been asked the question in no uncertain terms. It’s right there. For some this is a trivial question, as someone has told them what to write there, but for others, deck builders, it is a momentous occasion. The line can read more like “If you should attain glory on this fine day, what would be the name of the weapon you have forged and wielded to your victory?”

Over the weekend I had a chance to go play an extended tournament at my local game store.  It ended up being a small (9 people) affair, but I still had a great time.  Earlier in the week, I asked Power 9 Pro’s very own Joe Klesert for some advice on what to play.  He [...]

Elder Dragon Highlander is one of my favorite formats to play.  The rules of this format allow for some very exciting interactions with cards that would be rarely played in any other format.  The most important aspect of EDH is the General.  Any Legendary Creature can be the General for your EDH deck with very [...]

Welcome to the black section of our Worldwake set review series. The series started here with white, for those just joining us. I will initially evaluate each card for Limited and eternal formats / EDH. James will then add his comments for the realm of standard, block, and occasionally extended. Let’s get down to business. [...]

Welcome to the Blue section of our Worldwake Set Review. Thanks for coming! Let’s get to business. AEther Tradewinds 2U Instant Return target permanent you control and target permanent you don’t control to their owner’s hand. Rarity: Common This is a VERY useful spell in limited, even post-M10 combat damage rules changes (before the change, [...]

Hello and welcome to another Power9Pro set review. It’s that Magical Christmas-morning-like time that happens quarterly for us Magic dorks of the world: Pre-release time. The set has just been completely spoiled, and if you’re anything like us, you’ve been chomping at the bit for the last two or three weeks, at least, Jonesing to [...]

Power 9 Pro seeks MtG players to join our team. Ultimately, the role that any player who joins Power 9 Pro will be is an evangelist. In addition to being a part of a team of players that discusses decks, strategy, and card evaluation, you’ll represent Power 9 Pro to the MtG community at large. [...]

Wizards has announced the latest product in their From the Vault Series (AKA, “The Money Machine”).  This one is Relics.   Here is the link, and here’s the cool image… my money is on this being the new art for nevinyrral’s disk: Pre-order early because the precedent that’s been set by these FtV products is that [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Wizards announced today that Rise of the Eldrazi will be a “big” set.  The third set of the Zendikar block will contain 249 cards.  Not only that, but when limited is played in this block, Rise of the Eldrazi (ROE) will be played separately from its two sibling sets.  That is, you’ll either draft ZEN-ZEN-Worldwake, [...]

To follow up our discussion of Premium Deck Series: Slivers as it relates to EDH, let’s have a look at the newly announced decklist for the product.  First off, here’s the decklist: 2 Ancient Ziggurat 5 Forest 2 Island 3 Mountain 2 Plains 1 Rootbound Crag 2 Rupture Spire 2 Swamp 2 Terramorphic Expanse 2 [...]