SCG Open Report Part 1: Standard (19th)

Recently, the Star City Open series has skyrocketed in popularity due to an impressive prize structure and the appeal of back to back tournaments in 2 different formats, and therefore double the chance to get some cash money.  With Indianapolis being withing reasonable driving range, plenty of the guys from Ann Arbor decided to head down and teach some lessons about Standard and Legacy.  I was able to borrow Show and Tell/Sneak Attack from Amir to play in the Legacy event (more on that in a later article), and had a Valakut list that was performing at or above 50% against every major deck that existed pre-besieged, and it even got some awesome new additions.

Then I discovered the existence of this monstosity:

Jokesin with Non-tier—4 Color Control

In my hiatus with my 5 dollar decks I have been playing around with different ways to challenge myself with building budget decks. This was spurred mainly because the competition at my local magic store has been terrible. I even brought a deck that I had just made with cards that I got for free...so yes, non-chase commons and uncommons (look for a future article on this deck!) and managed to clean house with it. Next I started trying to develop a deck using sub-5 cent commons only...and surprisingly it's 50-50 in the casual room of MTGO (look for this one in the future too). Eventually I stopped caring about playing magic in the store and haven't been to a competition in quite a few weeks.

Kai Draft #28 (ME4 8-4)

Team Wild strikes again! This time bringing you a Master's Edition 4 draft. Enjoy!

Pack 1, Pick 1:

Legacy Weapon - A Legacy review of Mirrodin Besieged

As with any set review; make your own conclusions of the set.  I'm looking for cards to make it into my Legacy playables binder.  If you're looking for just a summary of cards I think are worth picking up for Legacy, skip to the Leeches!

Kmaster's Guide to Trolling

Nicky closed his eyes. The specter of war loomed much too oppressively in his mind. The guttural battle cries that had heralded such violence so recently still resonated in his armor. The enormity of the carnage he had witnessed - nay - committed, forced his eyes open. The young planeswalker scoured the sky for the faintest glimmer of green mana, anticipation wrapped in dread. His senses confirmed his hopes: the Green Sun would not rise for many hours. He would have time to rest and gather his mana, and he would need it. For Nicky knew, as soon as the Green Sun reached its zenith, the lifeless hulk at his feet would be reinvigorated. And it would be back with a vengeance. As Nicky closed his eyes once more, he could hear, as if it were a whisper on the battlefield of tomorrow, a single menacing curse. 

New Year's Draft

New Year's Day draft video here at last! Watch part 1 now : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdn6DObKFCg

Matt and I talk while waiting for the draft to fire. Hilarity ensues. Drafting process + gameplay will be available tomorrow.

Rusty Draft Video #1

Check out Rusty Machete's first draft video here!