Weekly Roundup is a weekly overview (or roundup) of interesting articles that have been posted in the magic blogosphere...other than the awesome ones posted here of course.
Worldwake Spoilers
Worldwake Spoilers Begin - New Jace Confirmed! - Mananation.com
Mananation compiles the first scraps of Worldwake information together. Check out the first spoiled reprint and cards leaked from the intro packs. I am ready for this spoiler season to get into full swing.
Standard
Breaking Through - When Christmas Becomes New Year's - Channelfireball.com
I love witnessing when a new deck comes along and shakes up the meta of the competitive magic environment. If I was playing competitive Magic right now this would be the deck I would want to play.
DeckBuilding
Developing Your Planeswalker Algorithm - channelfireball.com
This article goes over all of the planeswalkers' abilities, when they should be used, and what decks to use them in. This was hands down my favorite article of the week.
R & D
Designing for Spike - Wizards.com
Any article about designing magic is a winner in my book. I enjoy the different magic psychological profiles and am glad to see that Magic's veteran R & D still "gets" the game after working on it for so long. I highly recommend this article if you have any interest.
Zendikar Multiverse Outtakes - Wizards.com
A look at the lighter side of designing magic. While not incredibly deep or insightful, I did get a few chuckles out of some of the designer comments posted for cards in Zendikar during the design process.
Limited
JBoots Drafts Zendikar #6 - Mananation.com
I have found this series to be the most interesting limited coverage on the web. I may not always agree with his picks and from time to time he does make play mistakes, but being able to watch a draft from picks to finish has really helped boost my skills in the format. If you have any interest in drafting you need to watch all of JBoot's videos now.
EDH
EDHing Your PDS: Slivers Deck - 99edhproblems.com
A much different look at turning the premium sliver deck into an EDH deck than was posted in last week's weekly roundup. A good read for all of you who are interested in the format.
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Sunday, December 6, 2009
Saturday, November 28, 2009
Weekly Roundup - 11/22 - 11/29
Weekly Roundup is a weekly overview (or roundup) of interesting articles that have been posted in the magic blogosphere...other than the awesome ones posted here of course.
General
A Magic Journey - Wizards.com
I generally am only really a fan of the R & D and design articles that are posted on the official magic website but this article instantly took me back in time to the being a forth grader playing Magic on the playground during recess. I think this might actually be my favorite Magic article of all time. It hooked me in for the ride and was very well written.
Why Design Magic Cards? - Mananation.com
An interesting look at designing magic cards and the effects that custom cards have on various formats. I had never really thought beyond the effect a card would have on constructed. As someone who enjoys designing cards it makes sense to me that drafting would be the fairest way to introduce a new card to help mitigate balance issues. I highly recommend this article for anyone who is interested in R & D.
Secondary Market
Baneslayer Angel - The Perfect Storm - Mananation.com
I am not very into the secondary market. I don't really speculate much on cards in the new sets and I generally don't even buy a huge amount of singles other that when I am trying to build a tribal deck of some sort. I really only go as far as thinking about how much money I would need to spend to reacquire my playset of Cursed Scrolls and Sliver Queens that I sold off when my interest in Magic was waning when I was in high school. This article really sucked me in and got me thinking about all the factors that ultimately create high prices on chase rares, only to have the bottoms fall out on them once they go out of rotation in standard (unless the card is named Sliver Queen it seems...).
EDH
Derfington’s Corner: Playing with Fire – Jaya Ballard - I Got 99 Problems But a General Ain’t One
A great look at making a mono red EHD deck. The article explains and justifies the reason for the cards in deck and includes a link to a proper decklist at the end. I really prefer having a deck explained to me before I get caught up in looking at the list and trying to figuring out the reason for card choices on my own. Great read. Can't Recommend it myself.
The Sliver Hive - mtg deck source
I seems that I not the only one who came up with the idea of turning the new premium sliver deck into an EDH deck. Unfortunately, I am still working on my list as it will be the first EDH deck I have made in a very long time. Fortunately, mtg deck source does a good job of adapting the deck to EDH and chances are does a better job overall that I have so far. Expect to see my deck list on the subject in the coming week.
Other Formats
The Stack and Back - wizards.com
A look at an interesting alternative format where players share a common deck. The mechanics of it reminded of a little bit of a simplified form of Mental Magic, a format I haven't played since tempest. I might give this one a try sometime and then keep the deck set aside for Mental Magic play as well.
General
A Magic Journey - Wizards.com
I generally am only really a fan of the R & D and design articles that are posted on the official magic website but this article instantly took me back in time to the being a forth grader playing Magic on the playground during recess. I think this might actually be my favorite Magic article of all time. It hooked me in for the ride and was very well written.
Why Design Magic Cards? - Mananation.com
An interesting look at designing magic cards and the effects that custom cards have on various formats. I had never really thought beyond the effect a card would have on constructed. As someone who enjoys designing cards it makes sense to me that drafting would be the fairest way to introduce a new card to help mitigate balance issues. I highly recommend this article for anyone who is interested in R & D.
Secondary Market
Baneslayer Angel - The Perfect Storm - Mananation.com
I am not very into the secondary market. I don't really speculate much on cards in the new sets and I generally don't even buy a huge amount of singles other that when I am trying to build a tribal deck of some sort. I really only go as far as thinking about how much money I would need to spend to reacquire my playset of Cursed Scrolls and Sliver Queens that I sold off when my interest in Magic was waning when I was in high school. This article really sucked me in and got me thinking about all the factors that ultimately create high prices on chase rares, only to have the bottoms fall out on them once they go out of rotation in standard (unless the card is named Sliver Queen it seems...).
EDH
Derfington’s Corner: Playing with Fire – Jaya Ballard - I Got 99 Problems But a General Ain’t One
A great look at making a mono red EHD deck. The article explains and justifies the reason for the cards in deck and includes a link to a proper decklist at the end. I really prefer having a deck explained to me before I get caught up in looking at the list and trying to figuring out the reason for card choices on my own. Great read. Can't Recommend it myself.
The Sliver Hive - mtg deck source
I seems that I not the only one who came up with the idea of turning the new premium sliver deck into an EDH deck. Unfortunately, I am still working on my list as it will be the first EDH deck I have made in a very long time. Fortunately, mtg deck source does a good job of adapting the deck to EDH and chances are does a better job overall that I have so far. Expect to see my deck list on the subject in the coming week.
Other Formats
The Stack and Back - wizards.com
A look at an interesting alternative format where players share a common deck. The mechanics of it reminded of a little bit of a simplified form of Mental Magic, a format I haven't played since tempest. I might give this one a try sometime and then keep the deck set aside for Mental Magic play as well.
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