Dr. Jaeckel and Mr. Hyde: Prerelease Spectacular

Scars of Mirrodin is a pretty exciting set for limited play. Since the next PTQ season will be Scars sealed, it will be important for anyone planning to play PTQ's or GP's to become acquainted with the nuisances of the format. Alex Jaeckel brings you his Prerelease report to help you improve your game!

AJ's Scars Sealed Pool

This past weekend Alex Jaeckel piloted his Scars sealed pool to a 9-1-1 record at the prerelease before splitting the finals. Check out his pool below post your own build in the comments! His feature article on his prerelease experience and sealed build will be up within the week.

Scars of Mirrodin Prerelease

This weekend was the Scars of Mirrodin Prerelease. I played in the Saturday main event at Get Your Game Onto a 4-3 record. While I didn't do particularly well but I did learn some important things about the format in preparation for the PTQ and GP season. Hopefully reading this article will keep the scarring to a minimum in the future!

Scars of Mirrodin: A Comprehensive Legacy Set Review

Sorry to have fewer updates than normal for the last couple weeks, I have moved from my hometown to the great city of Ann Arbor, pushed out a big release for a project that I've been working on, and have been playing too much Ascension.  But we have a new set, and that means a set review!

Again, I will try to highlight the cards that actually pique my interest, and should you want to skip the comments on chaff, just look for the cards that stand out.

Remember, this will be taken in the context of Legacy.

Kai Draft #23 (M11 8-4)

I haven't drafted M11 in over a week as the format makes me want to vom. However I had a few hours of free time before the Prerelease so what else was I going to do. :)

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Scars Spoilers: Part 2

The full spoiler is now out, and if you haven't taken a look I'd encourage you to check it out either at the official wizards page or at mtgsalvation.
Plenty of interesting cards to look at, so lets go down the list.

Jokesin' with Joros

This segment is for all the casual players our there, or players that haven't yet found that truly competitive magic is for them. That's not to say it's not for people that enjoy winning, but it's for the folks that might not have enough money to compete with the best of them.

Anyway, my column is focused simply on this: make decks that are less than 5 dollars (online pricing) and do well with them. If you have read Building on a Budget column on the Wizards site, and gone...WOW when you add up the prices of these cards it's actually closer to 100 dollars than 50 dollars, this column is for you. If you are skeptical that a good deck can cost 5 dollars and curious to see how it works, this is for you. And if you are like me, and enjoy bruising big egos with only your skills and not much else, then this column is DEFINITELY for you.

On Control

"Those who cast the votes decide nothing. Those who count the votes decide everything." 

-Joseph Stalin

Scars Spoilers: Part 1

While less than a third of the non-land cards in Scars have been spoiled at the time of writing this, many of them are certainly very powerful, and with the current standard format on the decline its time to start looking forward.

US Nationals Report *Part 2*

After qualifying through a grinder and getting a good night's sleep, I woke up excited to play at my first Nationals tournament. Get pumped!

Kai Draft #22 (M11 8-4)

This draft was a lot of fun. Hope you have fun reading about it.


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Kai Draft #21 (M11 8-4)

After winning Standard Singleton Weekend Challenge again, I restocked on M11 draft sets so it was time to head back to the draft queues. For the record, I don't enjoy this format.


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Pro Tour: Amsterdam Contest!

Predict the number of basic lands in the Top 8 of Pro Tour: Amsterdam 2010 and we'll send you a special card related to Extended!  Here are the rules:

Post your guess and name in the comment section to this post.
As soon as the official deck lists are out, the contest ends.
We will be going by "The Price is Right" rules:  Whoever is the closest without going over.  Make sure that your guess is not already taken.

With that, good luck!

-G

Kai Draft #20 (MD5 NixTix)

Mirrodin Block draft is NixTix this week. So it's time for some artifact adventures!


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