Brainstorm Brewery #78 – Apparently Sesquicentennial Means 150
Not a whole lot happened in the last week outside of a temporary decline in MODO prices brought on by the unscheduled maintenance and a lack of confidence in the long-term viability of MODO, but prices have already returned to normal mostly. The gang doesn’t want to take any of that out on you and...
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The Recession
Author’s Foreword Due to the news of Premier Events returning to MTGO, the main premise of the article, that the MTGO market may not yet be at its bottom, has become outdated. Certain parts of the article have been rewritten to fit with the new information. However, I feel that the thrust of the article, that...
Marc DeArmond – Casually Infinite: Introduction
Did you say Infinite? I did say infinite. By this I mean playing MTGO without having to constantly visit the store or purchase tickets from vendors. My form of infinite isn’t being able to draft back to back all night, dual queue, or even playing a queue every day. I am infinite by earning my...
DJ Johnson – A Smartphone is Only as Smart as its User
Hello everyone, and welcome to a new article series here on BrainstormBrewery.com. My name is Douglas (DJ) Johnson, and I’m here to aid the Brew Crew in the never-ending goal of helping you squeeze monetary value out of this card game that we all know and love. Seeing as I’m the new kid on the...
Sander van der Zee – Setting Your Goals
This week’s article is going a little bit off the beaten path. For the past two articles I’ve written solely about the practical applications of Magic finance. This week is going to be a little different. I want to share with you an important subject in Magic finance, but also the rest of our lives,...
Caleb Gothberg – Getting L.U.C.K.Y: Luck- Labor Under Correct Knowledge
I got my start with Magic: The Gathering back in Worldwake. Many readers have probably been playing way longer than I have. I had a friend that was pretty cool and he had a group of nerd friends that would come over and play Magic for hours at a time. Finally, I got curious enough...
MtG After Hours #2 – You Just Got Punted!
Join the Brainstorm Brewery crew for the MtG After Hours podcast. Basically this is all the good shit that gets cut, left to rot on the editing floor. This week Jason intercepted a Guild Letter for the Simic prerelease!?!? What the hell is going on? This was recorded after Brainstorm Brewery episode #78. NSFW –...
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Andrew Colman – The Puzzle Box: White Section
The opposite of a profound truth may very well be another profound truth. – Niels Bohr I have to be honest, I voted for the $400 version of this cube. The vote came very close between $200 and $400 and I was hoping that if I just gave it another day things might turn out...
Brainstorm Brewery #77 – If It’s Broke, Don’t Fix It
The cast is interrupted by breaking news- Magic Online events have been suspended so the whole system can be fixed. In the wake of the disastrous weekend where the MOCS and a PTQ both crashed on MODO the community reacted badly- will the backlash from taking MODO down to fix it be worse? The cast...
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MTGO Zero – The Cost of Doing Nothing
Welcome back, loyal readers! You guys are doing a pretty bad job of laughing at me. What We Learned Last Week Last week the MODO powers that be announced that in the wake of a few events that crashed in the middle of gameplay and one of those crashes affecting someone whose opinion they care...
How to Sideboard and Win with Selesnya Aggro
Welcome back disciples of Vitu-Ghazi! Today we are going to take an in-depth look into sideboarding strategies with the green/white deck that I played at the SCG open. If you haven’t read my previous article where I broke down all of the card choices for the deck, you can find it here. I also want...
Matt Crocker – Brave New World
“All right then,” said the savage defiantly, “I’m claiming the right to be unhappy.” On A Comedown When Brian Kibler first started ranting about the November MOCS crashing, many Magic Online regulars rolled their eyes. We already knew that MTGO was a terrible piece of software: multiple MOCSs have crashed, PTQs die on a frequent...
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