MTG Salvation Article Archives: Monthly: September 2007

• [MTGS Mini]10 Obvious (but Useful) Notes for the Prerelease (September 28th, 2007)

  Planning to go to a Lorwyn Prerelease tomorrow or Sunday? Then Frank has some tips in here that you may want to read before you register your sealed cardpool.

• Prehistoric Pie: The Enduring Influence of the Original Recipe (September 26th, 2007)

  What is interesting, however, is the precedents the early cards set—and how R&D continues to be influenced by them.

• [MTGS Classics] You Filthy Liar (September 26th, 2007)

  What can you do to get an edge on the competition at a sealed event like the Lorwyn prerelease? Sneaky bluffing is one way! Here's a classic on bluffing for advice on sneaking a win out of an untenable situation.

• MTGCast #72: O-Ring and Pre-release Hints! (September 25th, 2007)

  "You read it somewhere else, but you heard it here first!

• Cranial Insertion: Law and Disorder: Special Rules Unit (September 24th, 2007)

  In the Magic rules system, some questions are considered especially heinous.

• [MTGS Classics]Tales About the Crypt: Time Spiral in Extended (September 21st, 2007)

  Pretty much every player who is somewhat competitively interested in the Extended Constructed format anticipates the release of a new block-opening set like Christmas.

• Beating Gush in Vintage (September 20th, 2007)

  After the unrestriction of Gush on June 1st, 2007, decks based around it immediately moved to the front of the minds of the Vintage metagame.

• [MTGS Classic] White Border Wonderland (September 19th, 2007)

  Some people valiantly defend the white-bordered world.

• MTGCast #71: Giants, Goblins and Faeries, Oh My! (September 18th, 2007)

  It's all about Lorwyn this week with a whole bunch (164 when I'm typing this) of cards spoiled for Lorwyn and they look HOT.

• [MTG Classics] Cranial Insertion: An Introduction to Magicese (September 17th, 2007)

  For the first time in two and a half years, Cranial Insertion has to take a week off.

• Slide is the New Aggro-Control (September 14th, 2007)

  Slide is like the Rodney Dangerfield of decks: its won Worlds—TWICE, and everyone only discusses what it can't beat.

• [MTGS Classics] Remember the Weatherlight, Part 1: Come Sail Away (September 13th, 2007)

  Come Sail Away -- The new Series feature on MTGS allows you to easily find MTGS's entire series about the Weatherlight storyline!

• [MTGS Classics] For What It's Worth: Valuing New Cards (September 12th, 2007)

  With Lorwyn kicking the powerful Ravnica block out of Standard, get ready to reevaluate card value.

• MTGCast #70: Planeswalkers are here! (September 11th, 2007)

  "You read it somewhere else, but you heard it here first!"

• Cranial Insertion: Trust Me, It's a Shortcut (September 10th, 2007)

  The new Penalty Guide includes, as sections 50 and 51, a guideline on player communication and shortcuts.

• The Flashy Play: Big Green Writer's Block (September 7th, 2007)

  So you start with an idea for an article about a Green deck.

• Type D: The Drink and Draft (September 6th, 2007)

  If you are under the legal drinking age in your respective country(ies), please replace all instances of the word "alcohol" in this article with "orange juice!

• Baghdad Bazaar: Metagaming Your FFA (September 5th, 2007)

  In keeping with tradition, my newest article will again be about my play group here in Baghdad, plus the unique situations that arise in our.

• 8 Way Forum Draft, Part 2 (September 4th, 2007)

  bateleur continues his drafting article.

• Cranial Insertion: Love's Labor Days Lost (September 3rd, 2007)

  Welcome to another CI that's just dripping with knowledge and fun.