May 17, 2013

As promised, I’m going over the Simic and Gruul cards today. There is a lot of power between the two guilds, and I think that Dragon’s Maze will help to draw it out. I also wanted to say that my friend pointed out a problem with how I’m posting my lists. If you go Wizard’s website and check out their full gallery, you’ll be able to...

May 16, 2013

2:47 AM May 11, 2013. I'm lying face down on an overpass on I-85 while semi-trucks zoom by me at ninety miles per hour. I'm terrified. I didn't know that competitive Magic was so dangerous. I guess I should just be up-front about it: the SCG Open Series event in Charlotte was a beating. After blowing a tire on the trip down, my teammate Byrd and I ended up...

May 14, 2013

Hello, 60 Cards readers! It’s time for Peters Ponders number two! Before I get started on today’s deck, I kind of wanted to explain the direction I want to take this column and what you guys should expect from me moving forward. As I have been working on various final projects and preparing for exams the past week or so, I haven’t been able to...

May 11, 2013

On this episode of Budgeting Modern… oh, whatever. This isn’t Dragon Ball Z. Let’s summarize what this is about: making Modern more affordable while giving suggestions of cards that are similar to it’s insanely expensive counterpart. Today, I will be discussing possible substitutes to the almighty Dark Confidant (better known as...

May 8, 2013

NOTE: “Playing to your Weaknesses” is a series of articles I have been doing on my own blog since Avacyn Restored that cover all of the uncommons and commons in a new expansion and which ones I would choose to use as one of the 23 cards in a 40 card limited deck. For those of you uninitiated to limited, it simply means sealed and booster draft, where...

May 6, 2013

Welcome to a brand new world of Standard Magic. New cards are coming to the forefront and everything is in flux. It’s the Wild West that we get to explore every three months or so, and with this go-around, we have no shortage of powerful options at our disposal. There are new tools to combat Sphinx’s Revelation, a powerful new Planeswalker, and...

May 3, 2013

With the release of Dragon’s Maze – which becomes Standard-legal today! – we’ve seen a lot of really good cards enter the game, and a lot of… well, less-good cards, too. One of the more controversial cards to come out in Dragon’s Maze is Trait Doctoring; nobody seems to know quite what to make of it, and a lot of people are...

May 1, 2013

Author’s note: “Play to your Weaknesses” is a series of articles I have been doing on my own blog since Avacyn Restored that cover all of the uncommons and commons in a new expansion and which ones I would choose to use as one of the 23 cards in a 40 card Limited deck. For those of you uninitiated to Limited, it simply means sealed and booster...

Apr 29, 2013

When I decided to start this series Standard was an entirely different world than we know today. Prime Speaker Bant wasn’t a deck yet, and the R/G Aggro lists wouldn’t have dared to cast a five- or six-mana creature. Junk Reanimator was barely known and the Aristocrats hadn’t entered its second act. I picked up the RUG Flash deck with the...

Apr 26, 2013

About a week ago I was asked to review the newest and most innovative way to trade: Eric Freytag’s new website, Pucatrade. I’d never heard of it before and instantly was curious how it worked. I don’t usually have time to trade at larger events, as I’m playing in them and tend to be more focused on that. It’s gotten to the point...