I picked up the old Magic: the Gathering Pocket Player's Guide, revised for 4th Edition, and some quotes by Richard Garfield on the creation of the game struck me ( Read more... )

For a long time, even a long time before Wizards of the Coast bought D&D, the possibility of translating Magic cards to D&D tantalized me. Unfortunately, many aspects of the game are too abstract to create anything meaningful with. Looking over Alpha/Beta/Unlimited, there is a wide selection of creature types to use. I find it's best to start at ( Read more... )

I have been invited to play Elder Dragon Highlander at the card shop I go to, on Mondays. I am intrigued ( Read more... )

Well, it's almost time for Time Spiral, Planar Chaos, Future Sight, and Coldsnap to rotate out of Magic standard. This period saw me spend as much money as I've ever spent on cards, and I became a regular at Friday Night Magic for the third time (previous times: Odyssey block and Mirrodin/Kamigawa block), even using my own deck eventually. ;) My ( Read more... )

I was thinking about how Magic has changed over the years in focus and design theory, and it led me back to the original set (Alpha/Beta/Unlimited). I realized that there was actualy a pretty good balance in that set, using the original rules (40 card decks, no limit of 4 of a card). I think it would be an interesting experiment to create decks ( Read more... )

Okay, on the Magic daily aricle they put up a big article of changes. Before I get into it, let me say that Magic's been really unstable lately. Between Mirage and Ravnica blocks, the game was pretty stabilized. Sure, they steadily dumbed the game down while speeding it up, and there were some ugly burps along the way (Urza's block, Mirrodin block ( Read more... )

Okay, spammy card lists, so I'll do a cut.

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Okay, went to the Shadowmoor release event. Got the promo card. I did the first two rounds of the draft, and was gonna take the bus home. But just as I had seperated the lands out of my deck, when I hear, "Mister (name withheld to protect the innocent)!" I look up and it is my friend! He has stopped by. I ask if I can get a ride home from him later ( Read more... )

Hrm. I want to attend the Shadowmoor (Magic set) release on Friday, but there is a problem. It is very far away so I must take the bus. The tournament starts at 7:00. The bus that comes near my house leaves at 8:45. There will be an hour and a half of deck building before the first round. See the problem here? I firmly stand by my decision not to ( Read more... )

Okay, as said before, I was sorting through my friend's Magic cards for him, so he can sell them. Last night I came across an oddity: a card I couldn't identify, though I had my suspicions... Today I confirmed it! It was a Summer Magic Fireball ( Read more... )