Feature Article - The Bastille-Bastion of Basem #1

Greetings my fellow magicians, my name is Basem Askoul, and I am very excited to debut my very first magic article here.  Most of you know me from Get Your Game On where I've had some modest success across various formats; I also have in my possession one PTQ top 8 pin (did it!).  That nonsense aside, I like to believe that people know/respect me due to my friendly attitude and funky deck design (some good, mostly bad).

Feature Article - Mike Shentu Draft #1

Glad to be able to finally draft Scars, because M11 really was not fun at all. Let's get started.

Pack 1, Pick 1:

Kai Draft #25 (SOM 8-4)

I've drafted this format a total of four times before today. And one of those was a disastrous PTQ Top 8 draft. That also happened to be the only draft I didn't draft poison. Well, it's time to learn what to do when the infect creatures aren't coming.


Pack 1, Pick 1:

Road House (Write for us!)

About 2 months ago I had moved to Ann Arbor and most of my free time was being gobbled up by work and more work.  I haven't been able to keep up with what is being posted on The Rusty Machete and I haven't had time to edit articles into works of art.

Time heals all wounds.

Kai Draft #24 (SOM 8-4)

Scars of Mirrodin is now available for drafting online. Let's go!

Pack 1, Pick 1:

Kelley's guide on how to top 4 FNM having never played the set!

I had not been able to play Scars up to Friday because I had to work the last two weekends.  Usually I will attend the Fat Pack Battle, Prerelease, and Release events, but this time it just didn't work.  I didn't even get to pick up my preordered boxes until Friday.

So basically I had no freaking clue what I was going to do.  I knew that the planeswalkers were good, Ratchet Bomb, most of the mythics, etc, but I had no idea what commons or uncommons were good at all.

A PTQ Top 4... and More!

Today, I talk a bit about what Scars limited has to offer, both in terms of sealed and in terms of drafting, and featuring examples from this weekend's past PTQ in Detroit. With the limited PTQ season in full swing and two limited GPs coming up, this may be the most (or only) relevant article I ever write!