The View From 10,000 Feet
The popularity of Magic: The Gathering has exploded over the past few years. There, I just taught you everything you need to know about Magic finance. I’m not kidding. Well, I’m sort of kidding. The truth is that it’s been pretty easy to make money buying and selling Magic cards recently because the overall price...
A Unified Theory of Commander
Commander is a complicated game. Despite being a “casual” format, the massive pool of playable cards, multiplayer politics, and varied expectations of what constitutes the “Spirit of Commander” can make trying EDH for the first time quite intimidating. The trouble finding sound advice on how to build and play a deck online doesn’t help the...
The Divine Aristocrats
While I still intend to battle with my trusty RUG Monsters deck for the foreseeable future, that has not put a halt to my desire for a good brew. With that in mind, let’s talk about a spicy number that I have been thinking about since the Journey into Nyx prerelease. [deck title=The Divine Aristocrats...
Pitt Imps Podcast #67 – Our Pre-Releases
In this weeks episode we have on Matt from the posse for the next listener guest. We go over the subject of phones. Then we ramble about banning Standard since Melira didn’t get banned. Oh yea there was some pre-release stories in there as well. Your hosts: Angelo & Ryan Angelo’s Twitter: @Ganksuou Ryan’s Twitter:...
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Brewing with Journey Into Nyx
Welcome back for Brewing with Journey into Nyx. I’m going to run you through some possibilities that this great new set has created for us. One thing I can’t do is provide complete sideboards, but I will provide some suggestions to look at when you decide to take one of these decks out for a spin....
Forced Fruition Episode 7: Devotion to Cube
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=videoseries?list=PLs4gxqbLAAD6dLhiofdGdf4zkIBkn0lQv&w=640&h=360] Intro Cube drafting as a format is wonderful because you get to make all kinds of crazy things happen. You get to play with powerful cards that span the entirety of Magic and use them to crush your opponents mercilessly. This week on Forced Fruition, join me as I power through an un-powered cube...
Serum Visions: The Biggest, Beeriest Beer
Hello, everyone, and welcome back to Serum Visions! This week, we are going to be talking about the beeriest of all beers. The beer that takes the beer flavors you know and love and makes them larger than life. This week, we are talking about barley wine! The two examples I have of this style on...
Brainstorm Brewery #98 – Research and Development
No need to pinch yourself—you’re not dreaming. The very special guest for this episode is none other than Mr. Aaron Forsythe (@mtgaaron) himself. How can the gang cope with having a larger-than-life figure on their humble podcast? Will they manage to sneak in a Pick of the Week? What information can we glean about future...
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Conjured Currency #11: Speculation for Annihilation
Welcome, speculators! Magic financiers, PTQ grinders, EDH junkies: you’re here because you want to not spend so much money on this game we all know and love, and are looking to find a place to learn to do just that. This is that place. If you keep up to date on spoilers for upcoming product,...
Inventory Management Part V: Strategy
Welcome to the fifth and final part of my Inventory Management series. Last week I took a break to write about counterfeits, and I really appreciate all the feedback and conversation. I thought it was worth breaking up this series to get that article out faster. Today we’re talking general inventory strategy and some miscellaneous...
Casually Infinite – JOU Standard Winners and Losers
With all of Journey into Nyx spoiled, the question to be asked is the effect these cards will have in Standard. While decks falling out of favor play a role to speculators, there is often little money to be made in a fall from grace. What we care most about is the ascent of tier-two...
Getting LUCKy: Acting Too Quickly
It’s round four at SCG Detroit. Across from me is Joe, who is playing Mono-Black Devotion. He swings in with a [card]Nightveil Specter[/card] to deal two, but what do I care? I’m playing Gruul Aggro with [card]Skylasher[/card], [card]Titan’s Strength[/card], and [card]Armed // Dangerous[/card] in hand. He plays a second [card]Nightveil Specter[/card] and I panic. I...
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