Archive: Monthly: January 2007
At the Root: Planar Chaos in Extended (January 31st, 2007)
It's always necessary to take a look at the cards of a new set and look at how they could influence the various formats.
MTGCast #41: The Future of Magic is Lorwyn? (January 30th, 2007)
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Cranial Insertion: Planar Time Chaos of Elemental Temporal Spiral (January 29th, 2007)
You probably already have two questions about this article.
What Could've Been: A Planar Chaos Review in Design (January 26th, 2007)
It’s that time again! Time to flood the Rumor Mill, time to jump up and down for joy, or sulk on the table, hitting it, and blaming Wizards for what they have done.
[MTGS Classics] Magic Theory From The Ground Up: Part VI (January 25th, 2007)
In this article originally published Feb.
Dude, Thallids? (January 24th, 2007)
I'd like to start this article by pointing out something most of you probably aren't aware of, and that's that Thallid has the fastest goldfish of any one drop in Standard right now.
MTGCast #40: Too Many Damnations! (January 23rd, 2007)
Is there such a thing as too many Damnations? What about a promo foil textless Psionic Blast? The MTGCast crew talks about these issues and many more.
Cranial Insertion: Until the End of the World (January 22nd, 2007)
So, did you all enjoy your Planar Chaos? Did the tectonic plates heave and toss your city into the roiling oceans? Did the stars align and bring forth the Great Old Ones to play sealed deck with you? Did you pwn Cthulhu in round one? Somehow I doubt you'd
You Filthy Liar (January 19th, 2007)
Do you attack with the Bear? Such a simple situation.
[MTGS Classics] Disclosing a Sealed World (January 18th, 2007)
In this article originally published August 8, 2005, Peter explains his method for evaluating new cards in sealed deck tournaments, especially prereleases.
How Staples Become Staples (January 17th, 2007)
After the match you go over to your friends and complain about how broken Wrath is in limited and that they should’ve never printed a card that powerful.
MTGCast #39: Planar Chaos - What Were They Thinking?!? (January 16th, 2007)
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Cranial Insertion: The Calm Before the Chaos (January 15th, 2007)
Planar Chaos is looming.
Anti-Aggro Machine (January 12th, 2007)
Boros is the format-defining deck right now, in two different formats! In extended, a strong boros matchup is key to having a good day at any tournament.
It's Called "Class" (January 11th, 2007)
JayC takes a step back from the technical to discuss how a player's attitude can color the Magic experience, and offers seven suggestions for improving sportsmanship.
Scrubland: The Art of War (January 10th, 2007)
Scrubland is not about making you better overnight.
MTGCast #38: Black Wrath -- It's Gonna Kill Magic!? (January 9th, 2007)
Gavin tells us about his experience at the City Championships.
Cranial Insertion: Bloody Pens, Bloody Moons, Bloody Slivers (January 8th, 2007)
We here at Cranial Insertion apologize for the minor insanity last week.
It's a Mad Mad World (January 5th, 2007)
Madness is a pretty crazy mechanic in theory.
[MTGS Classics] Playing the Field (January 4th, 2007)
fadeblue turns the metagame from a vague concept into hard numbers with some math for calculating the relative strength of a deck.
Scrubland: The Quest for 1600 (January 3rd, 2007)
My rating is below 1600 - I believe at this point it's at 1577 in Constructed.
MTGCast #37: Rob Alexander and Aleksi Briclot Interviews (January 2nd, 2007)
Happy New Year! As a New Year's gift to the loyal listeners, here are two more interviews from Worlds, with Rob Alexander and Aleksi Briclot.
Cranial Insertion: We'll Take a Couple Questions Yet (January 1st, 2007)
Happy New Year, readers! We've all been up celebrating in a perfectly nonalcoholic fashion (except for Moko, whose mother won't read this and cut him out of her will.