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Main » Articles » This Week in Magic #4

This Week in Magic #4

Trick Jarrett
Posted on November 20, 2009
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Hello folks and welcome to another round up of great articles and blog posts from around the Magic metaverse. It was requested that I provide a list of the sites I trawl looking for nuggets of awesomeness, I append that list at the end so scroll on down if that is what you're looking for.

Monday, 11/16/09

  • Wizards.com - Announcing: Rise of the Eldrazi - Simply so that we can stop hoping the set name is different, I was overjoyed that the set was released.

  • AffinityForIslands.com - Power vs Consistency - An excellent exploration into the topic about the trade off between power and consistency in decks.

Tuesday, 11/17/09

  • ManaNation.com - Magic's Next Year - Trick looks over the upcoming sets, the unannounced block, and speculates on some of the things coming in Magic's future.

  • ManaNation.com - Ben's Smash into the Red Zone - A very fun EDH deck and article by Ben McDole.

  • StarCityGames.com - The Long Winding Road Legacy Metagame Analysis - With so much attention showered on Standard, Legacy can be a nice change of pace and this is an excellent overview of a store's Legacy event Metagame.

  • BlackBorder.com - Standard Roundup - By Joel Calafell, he gives an excellent overview of the metagame for Standard (pre-Worlds)

  • Gwafa's Bazaar - Accepted Value - I enjoyed the brief discussion about the ethics of a trade and the value of cards.

  • MTG Metagame - The Beginning - Tricks of the Trade - Another fun human interest-ish story about one player's entry into Magic, his plan setting, and going 'infi'

Wednesday, 11/18/09

Thursday, 11/19/09

  • ManaNation.com - Catching Lightning in a Bottle - Kelly discusses how you can follow tournaments and utilize that knowledge to better invest in Magic cards.

  • ManaNation.com - Off the Beaten Path - Three Pyromancers - Sam explores three alternative Standard decks around Pyromancer Ascension.

  • Wizards.com - Worlds 2009 Round 3: Wise, Mise, or Otherwise - I greatly enjoyed this match report as it included the banter between Matej Zatlkaj and Kai Budde.

  • Wizards.com - Level Up - A fun post on the coverage blog that looked at the Pros and how they needed to perform to attain the next Pro player level for 2010.

Friday, 11/20/09

Now, onto the list. All in all I scan nearly 30 websites either via regular visits or using RSS feeds. Then I collect the week's articles I enjoy, find enlightening, or interesting in my bookmarks to later be assembled into this post. Sometimes posts don't stand up to the second viewing and so get cut as I write the article, though not often.

Article Sites:

Blogs:

You will note that Podcasts are not listed here, that's because the truth is I rarely have time to listen or watch other podcasts. I do my best but nothing is regular enough I feel confident in listing here. I'm working on it :)

-- Trick

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