Archive for the 'strategy' Category

NJ’s Alara Reborn Capsule Review

April 27th, 2009
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by NicotineJones

The prophetic NicotineJones brings his knowledge to bare against the Alara Reborn constructed format. Read this article, or be forever lost in a sea of gold and grey.

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NJ’s Conflux Set Review

January 29th, 2009
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by NicotineJones

For years, NJ’s set reviews have been the ultimate prophetic revelation of strategies and ideas for the brand new cards. Ignoring his Conflux review would be akin to impeding his mission, warranting a curse that may result in injury by a pair of she-bears.

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How to Be an Awesome Magic the Gathering Player

November 12th, 2008
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by paz

If you don’t have cards, find a way to get some. Unsuspecting players at Friday Night Magic events, for instance, might be too busy having fun with their friends between rounds to notice the dark stranger subtly slipping decks into a satchel by his side.

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To Mulligan or Not to Mulligan

October 6th, 2008
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by llarack

One topic that is not often covered in articles about constructed is how to properly mulligan with decks, and what factors to consider while mulliganing. However, I feel the best way to approach a discussion of this is through examples.

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GP Denver Report – Kithkin Yu

August 18th, 2008
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by llarack

After doing virtually no playtesting the week before, and playing in 2 GPTs with Faeries going 0-1 and 1-1, I decided it was time to switch decks. Looking at the Kobe coverage, the Kithkin deck seemed to be a very solid beatdown deck with its only fault being a lack of reach.

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NJ’s Eventide Constructed Review

July 16th, 2008
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by NicotineJones

Featured thread! NicotineJones, prophet among a chosen people, applies his wisdom and foresight to Eventide constructed. Observe as he parts the sea of uncertainty and guides us to a promised land of vital Eventide information.

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Eventide Prerelease Thread

July 14th, 2008
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by avatarofdumb

Featured thread! Contains bragging, griping, and dicks. Everyone’s posting their prerelease reports, so don’t be a lurking loser.

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Eventide Limited; Rampant Speculation

July 14th, 2008
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by wcbarksdale

Featured thread! “I like trying to figure out cards before actually playing them,” says wCB. Come see what he has figured out. Peppersprayed also has an Eventide set review here and begs NicotineJones to write a better one

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Early Shadowmoor Results (Updated!)

May 23rd, 2008
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by peppersprayed

Well the first Shadowmoor results are in, and there are a few interesting developments.

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PS Elves Yu, Redux!

May 19th, 2008
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by llarack

Attending the SCG 5k, I knew that I didn’t want to play Faeries, because the mirror was way too random for my tastes, and I had been doing well with Elves in modo 8mans. I came to the conclusion that the following list was probably very good, and is what I ended up registering for the 5k.

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