Archive for the 'strategy' Category

Tempest Block Pick Orders, a GoodGamery featured thread

March 7th, 2010
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by Peebles

Magic Online has released many older sets, including all of Tempest Block, and people draft them!  Ben Peebles-Mundy, GoodGamery poster and fan of odd draft formats, has posted his draft pick orders for every card in Tempest, Stronghold, and Exodus.  Read and comment here!

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NJ’s Worldwake Capsule Review

January 29th, 2010
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by NicotineJones

Awake, thou that sleepest! It’s Worldwake! NicotineJones applies his prophetic foresight to the cards therein. Take heed, lest you make a covenant with the inhabitants of foreign lands, which will become a snare in your midst.

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Tournament Report: Spirit Mountain Vintage Open – *Winner*

October 27th, 2009
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by JSexton

Last month, a local Indian school held a Vintage tournament with an interesting twist. They decided to take advantage of their status on the reservation and allow Ante cards, since gambling is perfectly legal there.

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PTQ San Diego Tournament Report

October 23rd, 2009
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by Jarvis Yu

This is a much more sane draft format than the previous two, so I recommend sticking to two colors with possibly a splash in draft.

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NJ’s Zendikar Capsule Review

September 24th, 2009
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by NicotineJones

NicotineJones applies his prophetic foresight to all sorts of Zendikards! Heed his words, or as Wisdom herself would say: “Because you have ignored all my counsel and would have none of my reproof, I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when terror strikes you, when terror strikes you like a storm and your calamity comes like a whirlwind.”

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Drafting UGx in M10

August 25th, 2009
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by Pterrus

(Warning: This article contains language.) If I hear one more person cry about how they were blown out by Overrun or Sleep I’m going to stab them. Yes there are many uncommon blowout cards can decide a match in M10. This means a couple things for those of us real men who want to get better at this format.

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The Vampiric Tutor’s Academy of the Arts

July 8th, 2009
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by Basilisk with contributions from Ein and Slearch

Welcome to my innermost library of secret scrolls – you’ve been such a studious pupil all along, and so full of life! Since we both already know you’re here to learn more about Magic, let’s cut right to it. Ah ah ah!

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Oyakodon Tournament Report

July 6th, 2009
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by avatarofdumb & bosshoggatog

He opens with a pile of steaming broiled noodles topped with rare beef and oblique cut green onions. I lay an egg and pass the turn. He picks up his chopsticks and swings with a slice of beef and a hank of noodles, spraying beef juice over my board for -1/-1.

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Biggest (Statistical) Beating Ever

June 4th, 2009
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by blisterguy

Before Alara Reborn came along to shake things up, the format was undeniably ruled by Naya decks. When I say “ruled”, I probably should say “Dominated” in as much as the mere appearance of a non-Naya deck in any of the Decks of the Week top 8 lists often lead people to proclaim The End is Nigh, The Sky is Falling and other such apocalypsisms.

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Breaking Triple ARB Draft: Aggro Jund Cascade

May 27th, 2009
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by Gasface

I have been drafting triple Alara Reborn since it was released online and have developed a strategy that has been blowing other decks out of the water left and right: Aggro Jund Cascade.

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