Zak recounts his success at a regional nationals qualifier with a non-traditional variant of caw-blade, this time splashing green!

War!  Mirrodin is under attack and this past weekend was the first chance players had to finally pick a side in the war.  The Mirrodin Beseiged Prerelease was very different from any event Wizards has ever organized before.  Players were asked to pick a side in the Mirran v. Phyrexian war, and that side would [...]

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

I discuss my the results of last week’s PTQ, where I played merfolk to a 10th place finish.

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 [...]

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. [...]

A few weeks back, I read about Kyle Sanchez’ latest creation over at Star City Games, and was immediately smitten.  As I don’t normally keep up with Standard in the post-children era of my life, I slowly acquired the missing cards, and finally got to take it out for a spin at a local tuesday [...]

I discuss the results of the recent PTQ tournament for San Diego.

GP Seattle went off big. With over 1100 participants at the main event alone, Tacoma, WA definitely experienced a ground swell of competitive Magic players from all over the world. I arrived in Tacoma–about 30 min outside of Seattle–at 5:30 pm Friday, to find that already the GP event had over 700 registrants. Moreover, by [...]