|
News
 Legacy Madness, on-a-budget | by Paul David Jones on 21/07/2010 |  by the Rogue Elephant, PDJ
Straight from the Mongrel's Mouth - Paul once again delves into the mind boggling world of legacy deck construction, this time looking into building blue/green madness on a budget.
Madness?
This is Legacy! Russ Davies
26/07/2010 | Nice article, bit of nostalgia for me, as I used to play UG madness back when I first started playing.
Funny how similar the decklist is - but I think the Looter Il Kor would be amazing in any non-aggro matchup, allowing you to cycle through the deck, deploy cheap threats... it's essentially an unblockable ophidian. Awesomes. | Julian D Parker
23/08/2010 | Well, I think you've proved yourself absolutely on the ball here. The new 'madness vengevine' deck was the only NEW deck at Grand Prix Columbus, Caleb Durward piloting the first build to a top 8: http://sales.starcitygames.com//deckdatabase/displaydeck.php?DeckID=34505
...and the deck was joint winner of the UK 'LEGACY 66'; my report is on http://www.manascrew.co.uk/comment.aspx?articleID=290 | Robert C Wagner
25/08/2010 | Well, yes and no. Survival of the Fittest, Fauna Shaman and Vengevine are the real reasons this deck is doing anything right now. |
|  View 3 comments. |  Comment on this article.
Read this article in full.
| | Legacy in Manchester | by Julian D Parker on 27/06/2010 |  Manchester LEGACY results
report by Judge Julez
Legacy event, 'big prize' tournament
Location: FanBoy-3, 17 Newton Street, Piccadilly Gardens, Manchester, M1 1FZ. Date: Sunday, 27 June 2010
There isn't just One Parker in Legacy (Manchester) Paul David Jones
01/07/2010 | Merfolk seem to be doing pretty well i'd say, maybe sometime another deck can win...someday... | Julian D Parker
02/07/2010 | RICK PARKER has just done the *double* by winning the CRYPT ThNM (Legacy) to seal the back-to-back wins in the same week. Same deck, Same Rick ! |
| | View 2 comments. | Comment on this article.
Read this article in full.
| | EDH announcements (20/06) | by Julian D Parker on 20/06/2010 |  Effective Date: June 20, 2010
Ae post for the recent rules changes to the EDH format, (keeping the updates to the usual date of the 20th June), unlike the delay in the EXT format change, (so massive change in that particular format with an overhaul of the MODO online system to cope with the changes)
| | | Comment on this article.
Read this article in full.
| | DCI announcements (18/06) | by Julian D Parker on 18/06/2010 |  Effective Date: July 1, 2010
Legacy
Banned = Mystical Tutor.
Unbanned = Grim Monolith, Illusionary Mask.
Extended
Banned = Hypergenesis, Sword of the Meek.
( plus MAJOR CHANGES to the Extended format, click [HERE] to read more!)
Julian D Parker
18/06/2010 | ... so much for 'over extended'. What a complete 180n degree turnaboout to what players wanted. I think 1. Extended will become very popular as a serious replcement to Standard for most Grand Prix and weekend events
2. Standard will become the dominant FNM format, but the higher level GPTs and PTQs will likely not be Standard
3. The dominant Eternal Format will now be Legacy. Extended is no longer in conflict with this format. The DCi will now more closely scrutinise the banned list and ensure the format doesnt continue out-of-hand
-judge-Julez- [judge.julez@rocketmail.com] | Robert C Wagner
18/06/2010 | Sounds to me like they're making room for Overextended to not be in conflict with any played formats tbh | Dave Robertshaw
19/06/2010 | I think Rob is correct, I can see Legacy being a real niche format, and SuperOverUber Extended will be the issue. |
| | View 3 comments. | Comment on this article.
Read this article in full.
| | Nationals Qualifier List Announced | by Russ Davies on 14/06/2010 | 
The list of qualifiers for the 2010 GB Nationals has now been published. Read the full article for more details and a complete list! Robert C Wagner
14/06/2010 | Matteo O-J is on here twice, I am missing and Weng Sheng Wong is Malaysian so there are 192 currently-qualified players. | Russ Davies
14/06/2010 | Doh! That's definitely Matteos fault for having such a complicated name.
There is a "Wagner, Rob" on the list - I suspect that's probably you? And although Weng Sheng Wong is Malaysian, he could still be technically qualified if he was in the country (or registered as being in it) at the right time. The weirdities of Wizards Nats Quals systems are unrivalled! | Robert C Wagner
15/06/2010 | Wagner, Rob is another guy who lives in Brighton - I'm Wagner, Rob C in this system. I know Weng's brother and he's definitely going back to Malaysia, he's just at university here. Such a weird system I agree. I found out I am currently considered to be living in America because they lost my address between Dec and Feb. I was in America for a week but had no plans on immigrating. | Russ Davies
18/06/2010 | That's a bit crap - are you going to be qualified for Nats then? I would hope they count you as special circumstances, based on it being the (terrible, terrible) Wizards/DCI online system that caused the issue? |
| | View 4 comments. | Comment on this article.
Read this article in full.
| | Sheffield NQ results | by Julian D Parker on 29/05/2010 |  -SHEFFIELD NATIONAL QUALIFIER-
report by Mark Hammond & Judge Julez
National Qualifying event, Standard NQ
Location: Patriot Games, 1 & 2 Ladys Bridge
Sheffield, S Yorkshire, S3 8GA.
Date: Saturday, 29 May 2010
Kat Donohue
26/05/2010 | -cough- exuse me Jules. "will have THEIR prize support doubled" i may be the only female but still. i'd like some PC :P
moan aside. im looking forward to this NQ. re-vamped by vamps (sorry for the pun) hopefully serving me better than they did at Altrincham. and the pirze support! WOW! | Michael Maxwell
27/05/2010 | i know, the prize support for this is ridiculous, i'm almost tempted to play to try and get that £100! | Robert C Wagner
01/06/2010 | 4 Leeds players in the top 8, and Andy Devine will get in on Rating - good day for us! | Richard Smith
05/06/2010 | Wow, those prizes are unreal. Shame I was already qualified really, getting (I think) 5 boosters (of which only one was current...) for my troubles! :S |
| | View 4 comments. | Comment on this article.
Read this article in full.
| | Scoring: Dismantled and Re-built | by Keith Brown on 17/05/2010 | 
I've recently had a deeper look into a neglected part of magic: The scoring system.
I made a table top life keeper as part of a school project, and I'll tell you the whole story....
Robert C Wagner
17/05/2010 | This is awesome, congratulations! p.s. hope you get an A* | Keith Brown
17/05/2010 | I _should_ get a high project mark, if anything's going to pull my grade down, it'll be the written exam | Julian D Parker
17/05/2010 | this is such an awesome article; I don't think I've read anything like it on any other website LOL | Keith Brown
25/05/2010 | Did anybody understand my binary explanation? that is if you didn't already understand binary | Richard Smith
26/05/2010 | I imagine that a large proportion of readers of MTG articles will already understand binary (although amusingly enough, ask them to count in base 3, and most will struggle), but it seemed a pretty good, clear explanation to me. Nice looking product. Not sure it'll take off, given its relative bulk, but it certainly looks great! | Keith Brown
01/06/2010 | I couldn't sell it anyway, the WUBRG symbols are copyrighted and i don't fancy having a wizards legal team on my case.
and am i right in saying that base 3 is: 1,2,10,11,12,20,21,22,100,101,etc for 1-10 |
| | View 6 comments. | Comment on this article.
Read this article in full.
| | CRYPT Manchester NQ Report | by Julian D Parker on 16/05/2010 | -CHESHIRE NATIONAL QUALIFIER-
Here is the Tournament Report from the MANCHESTER NATIONAL QUALIFIER on Sunday (16/05/10)
Number of players: 43
Number of Qualification places: 5
Number of Swiss rounds completed: 6 Robert C Wagner
16/05/2010 | "13pts (x3) = Qualification for Nationals". Does this mean that Andrew Devine qualified today? | Robert C Wagner
16/05/2010 | "13pts (x3) = Qualification for Nationals". Does this mean that Andrew Devine qualified today? | Julian D Parker
16/05/2010 | Andrew got the 'just missed out on qaully' position ... I'm afraid to say... | Ryan Brierley
17/05/2010 | Well, someone had to get that spot, as I wasn't playing :¬)
Unlucky though, Andrew, hope you Q in Sheffield.
P.S. Go Team Cedric! |
| | View 4 comments. | Comment on this article.
Read this article in full.
|
|
The Week Ahead
Tuesday - Casual, EDH & more at West Coast Gamers (7:15pm)
Wednesday - FNM at The Gaming Crypt (7pm)
Friday - Standard FNM at Cleator Gaming Club (7pm)
Saturday - Peasant Vanguard at Workington Gaming Group (11am)
|
EDH in a Nutshell
