Alara Reborn has proven so far to be a very fascinating set. Shards of Alara and Conflux were both great sets, certainly, but they were both had a low density of playable cards. Conflux rumor season brought me very few "wow" moments, but I've had several with Alara Reborn. However, as much as I'd like to ramble on about the cards from the new set that I can't wait to get my hands on, I'm going to instead focus on only a few and what impact they will have. I'm talking, of course, about the red/black cards.
Well, the Prerelease is over, and Lorwyn is officially here. Lorwyn brings us a lot of new cards, and the return of tribal themes to Magic for the first time since Onslaught Block was around. There are however, quite a few significant changes between the two blocks. For one thing, unlike Onslaught, this set is almost completely devoid of mass removal. For another, rather than have a secondary theme in the set, Wizards just decided to up the number of tribes.
So, the burning questions on everyone's mind are: what tribes are good? What tribes are bad? Well, I'm here to answer that for you. Or at least pretend like I know.
After going 0-3 in the Grand Prix main event, Yakov signed up for a PTQ. Will his deck have the same lack-luster performance, or will he make it all the way to the Top 8?
After I won the Boston City Champs and the Massachusetts 2HG State Champs, people began to ask me if I think that I have become a better player than I was a year ago. I always answer that, in my opinion, I am as terrible at Magic as I have always been. The weekend of Grand Prix Montreal showed me again how luck is factor number one in Magic.