GP Columbus Coverage

Check out our coverage of GP Columbus at www.twitter.com/rustymachete to see how the crew is doing as well at cool decks and anything else interesting happening.  Also coming soon there will be a twitter feed on the sidebar.

Rogue Legacy Ideas- Part 3

In the final installment of my brief look at some legacy cards/lists before the Grand Prix, I'm going to provide my views on the card Brainstorm in a response to A.J. Sacher's SCG article that went up today and then I'm going to go over some of the cards that will be in my deck this weekend.

Grand Prix: Columbus - Apologies

It turns out that there's only 24 hours in a day and I don't have time to format and comment on the last set of established decks that I think you might end up playing against:

Rogue Legacy Ideas- Part 2

Today, I'm going to look at some of the cards I think will be well-positioned for the GP and thinking about how to beat some strategies that you will surely encounter should you choose to play this weekend. I'm also going to talk about a special promo that I'm running related to the Grand Prix!

Grand Prix: Columbus - You Must Learn Control

Here's some control decks!  I won't be including a specific way of beating them, since that path relies on what deck you play, and how you play your deck a lot more than the specific plan of these decks.

Rogue Legacy Ideas- Part 1

In preparing for the upcoming grand prix, I've come up with ideas for some interesting decks. The problem, is, as usual, that most of them are just downright terrible. That being said, I'm still going to share some of the thought processes that went into them and what cards I think will be good and bad to be playing this weekend.

Grand Prix: Columbus - Combo Your Face Off

The biggest card pool also means the most potential combos, here's a brief look into various combination decks that you may end up sitting across from.

Grand Prix: Columbus - Tribal Beatdown

Three updates today, one is the announcement of our Twitter feed, which will start updating with the upcoming Grand Prix, two is the live updates we will try to be making during the Grand Prix, and that every day this week, we're leading up to the big event for American Legacy by bringing you some lists to look at and be ready for!  If you haven't picked your deck yet, now would be the time!

Same Old Song and Dance

Last weekend, I jammed Jund at a PTQ. This is what went right and what went wrong.

M11 Report: Fatpack Battles! (Kelley)

Well, I know the local GYGO Fatpack battle for M11 was almost a week ago, but as I was clearing out my room I stumbled across my sealed pool intact, so because I haven't done an article in awhile (I know, but I, being the Captain of Team Real, have real life issues to tackle doesn't leave me much time to play MODO anymore) I decided I'd write up my pool.

Kai Draft #16 (8-4)

After leaving Matt's apartment and getting stuck in the rain, I went to the union and fired up modo since buses wouldn't run till morning. Interesting adventures ahead.


Pack 1, Pick 1:

My Pick:


Let's be real. There was no need for a page break for suspense. I wasn't going to take Arrogant Bloodlord or Knight of Cliffhaven over the 15/15.

M11 Prerelease: Report

So this report comes one week later due to my tiredness due to playing some team real this week.  I'll give my original build, some amendments that came through out the tournament, give a short report, then give some impressions of the format I had.

M15 Spoilers

So in 2015 Magic will still be alive and well. And we here at Rusty Machete have some special spoilers for you.

M11 Prerelease: Pool

So I decided to check out the local store for some M11 battles.  I'll list the pool here so you can try and build it yourself, then give my report in a day or two. Enjoy!

Kai Draft #15 (8-4)

Team Ridiculous Bombs Away!

Pack 1, Pick 1:

My Pick:


Trust me. It gets better.

M11 - A Legacy Set Review

Going to stick to only new cards from M11, and since there are a lot of new cards, I'm going to bold the cards truly worth discussing, and everything else can be skipped.

First Impressions of M11 with Ari

With the spoiler at 249/249, you know what time it is! Now with even more levels to go!

Kai Draft #14 (8-4)

Time to get back to the grind. ROE 8-4's ahoy!

Fourth of July Celebration Lorwyn Block Draft

This is the other draft format in the Fourth of July Weekend Celebration Premier Events that I have actually drafted before. Enjoy!

Fourth of July Celebration Alara Block Premier Event Draft *Winner*

After running badly in the Onslaught block draft followed by MOCS being a complete disaster, I remarked to Matt I would probably drop MOCS and play Alara block 64-man draft. Since "I'm insane at that format." Join me for the two drafts and all six rounds of play!

Building and Testing a decklist feature

We got decklists.  With clickity clackers.

Ham Sandwich | The Rusty Machete

10 Creatures:  
4 Knight of the Reliquary
4 Tarmogoyf
2 Trinket Mage

23 Spells:  
4 Mox Diamond
4 Swords to Plowshares
3 Firespout
2 Engineered Explosives
2 Punishing Fire
1 Zuran Orb
1 Sensei's Divining Top
1 Worm Harvest
3 Intuition
1 Life from the Loam
1 Crucible of Worlds

27 Lands:  
4 Windswept Heath
1 Flooded Strand
1 Wooded Foothills
3 Wasteland
3 Tranquil Thicket
2 Secluded Steppe
1 Academy Ruins
1 Grove of the Burnwillows
1 Gargoyle Castle
1 Maze of Ith
1 Karakas
1 Forest
1 Plains
2 Savannah
1 Taiga
1 Plateau
1 Tundra
1 Tropical Island

15 Sideboard:  
4 Meddling Mage
3 Ethersworn Canonist
3 Krosan Grip
1 Bojuka Bog
1 Phyrexian Furnace
1 Tormod's Crypt
1 Pithing Needle
1 Aether Spellbomb