David hails from Ottawa city in Ontario, the capital of Canada, where he is completing a Master's Degree in History. He currently spends way too much time thinking about Magic, and not nearly enough time playing it. David loves beer and books.

• 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

• The Planar Chaos Standard Review (February 8th, 2007)

  When Wizards began the Time Spiral block, they assured us that the entire set was ‘out of the box’ in terms of mechanics and design.

• Control FREAK: All the Time in the World (October 5th, 2006)

  I apologize in advance.

• The Coldsnap Standard Review Theatre (July 31st, 2006)

  Today on Salvation Theatre, we are exploring a fascinating new set and its implications for our most prolific tournament format: Standard.

• Control FREAK: On Hot Weather, Ice Cream, and Bad Metaphors (June 15th, 2006)

  It is now officially the season of ice cream, that immensely unhealthy, yet gloriously satisfying blend of sugar, artificial flavour, and cow extract.

• Control FREAK: Weird Fires at Regionals (May 30th, 2006)

  Half of this article was written several days before Regionals occurred.

• Control Freak: An Introduction to Control in Standard (May 10th, 2006)

  Control decks start to lose the moment they forfeit the ability to prevent things from happening for any sustained period of time.