http://strategy.channelfireball.com Your 1 Stop Shop for Magic The Gathering Strategy Articles, Videos, News, Rumors, Deck Lists & Products Sun, 14 Mar 2010 06:42:18 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en >> Guidelines for submitting Magic TV topics >> http://strategy.channelfireball.com/videos/magic-tv-extra-ranking-the-invitational-cards/ New Cards, Old Decks It’s interesting to look at a format that has been previously defined, and speculate about what a new set will do to it. How much will the ‘best decks’ benefit from the new set? Which new archetypes will emerge, and how will they stand ... http://strategy.channelfireball.com/featured-articles/feature-article-new-cards-old-decks/ Hello everyone! My intention for today’s article was to write a report on GP Madrid, but since I just came back from Oakland and San Diego I don’t really want to flood you with tournament reports, so I decided to write something different today and then resume my reports next week. ... http://strategy.channelfireball.com/featured-articles/pvs-playhouse-chump-blocking/ Battle-Tested Lists The time came and I was ready to battle. I grabbed my deck and a traveler’s pillow for my epic journey to the Midwest Masters in Minneapolis. I should have known this trip was going to be a disaster when I realized I left my iPod at home, but ... http://strategy.channelfireball.com/featured-articles/fffreaky-friday-triggering-valakut-for-fun-and-profit/ I’ve been cheated before, and I bet you have been, as well. Maybe you didn’t realize it. Maybe your opponent was sly when they shuffled their deck, or they drew an extra card, or they simply didn’t say anything when you marked your life total down as 8 when it should ... http://strategy.channelfireball.com/featured-articles/careful-consideration-ambivalence-breeds-foul/ Breaking Through: Bonding With Vintage Last weekend I had the opportunity to sling some power around. Vintage is awesome and unique for me, in that it is the only format I can actually enjoy despite losing. Granted, winning is always better, but the format is always fun regardless. Part of ... http://strategy.channelfireball.com/featured-articles/breaking-through-bonding-with-vintage/ Coincidentally, when I wrote my Standard Pound for Pound article, Manny Pacquiao was due to fight Miguel Cotto for the WBO Welterweight title. This time around, Pacquiao is scheduled to fight Joshua Clottey to defend the belt he won several months ago. It wasn’t the fight everyone was hoping for, ... http://strategy.channelfireball.com/featured-articles/rishadan-pawnshop-28-%e2%80%93-pound-for-pound-extended-edition/ Keeping the Reserve List Several members of the community and even Wizards of the Coast (hereinafter, “Wizards”) employees themselves have called out the “Reserve List” as being outdated, too broad and too narrow at the same time, frustrating, bad for the game, threatening the long-term life of Eternal formats, etc. ... http://strategy.channelfireball.com/featured-articles/rule-of-law-keeping-the-reserve-list/ Crushing with Koros I’d much rather be playing Extended at this point, but I had a Midwest Masters Series event in Minneapolis coming up, so I had to switch focus to Standard. A couple articles ago, I mentioned a Standard tournament that I played in with a Boros brew from me ... http://strategy.channelfireball.com/featured-articles/chasing-victory-crushing-with-koros/ Hello! This is part two of my San Diego report. Part one can be found here. When last I left you, I had just gone 4-1 in the Standard portion, which was certainly good but left me somewhat mad, as I had lost on the last round. No matter your ... http://strategy.channelfireball.com/featured-articles/pvs-playhouse-pv-in-sd-part-2/