Archive: Monthly: September 2007
Cranial Insertion: Legends and Lorwyn (September 30th, 2007)
Now that the Lorwyn Prerelease is in the record books, it’s time to start focusing on Magic’s latest expansion.
[MTGS Mini]10 Obvious (but Useful) Notes for the Prerelease (September 27th, 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 25th, 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 24th, 2007)
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Cranial Insertion: Law and Disorder: Special Rules Unit (September 23rd, 2007)
In the Magic rules system, some questions are considered especially heinous.
[MTGS Classics]Tales About the Crypt: Time Spiral in Extended (September 20th, 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 19th, 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 18th, 2007)
Some people valiantly defend the white-bordered world.
MTGCast #71: Giants, Goblins and Faeries, Oh My! (September 17th, 2007)
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[MTG Classics] Cranial Insertion: An Introduction to Magicese (September 16th, 2007)
This [card]blast from the past[/card] can answer a lot of questions on its own, and is extremely important to the foundations of rules knowledge; read it if you missed it the first time around, or reread it if you caught it back then, and we'll be back ne
Slide is the New Aggro-Control (September 13th, 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 12th, 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 11th, 2007)
With Lorwyn kicking the powerful Ravnica block out of Standard, get ready to reevaluate card value.
MTGCast #70: Planeswalkers are here! (September 10th, 2007)
"You read it somewhere else, but you heard it here first!"
Cranial Insertion: Trust Me, It's a Shortcut (September 9th, 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 6th, 2007)
So you start with an idea for an article about a Green deck.
Type D: The Drink and Draft (September 5th, 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!" The author of this article and the MTGSalvation staff in no way recommend the consumption of a
Baghdad Bazaar: Metagaming Your FFA (September 4th, 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 3rd, 2007)
bateleur continues his drafting article.
Cranial Insertion: Love's Labor Days Lost (September 2nd, 2007)
Welcome to another CI that's just dripping with knowledge and fun.