David “Webster” Ochoa discusses making the finals with Faeries at a PTQ for Honolulu
David “Webster” Ochoa discusses making the finals and losing to a friend at the Superstars Game Center PTQ for Honolulu on April 4, 2009.
David “Webster” Ochoa discusses making the finals and losing to a friend at the Superstars Game Center PTQ for Honolulu on April 4, 2009.
LSV sits down to discuss the state of Alara Block Constructed previous to Alara Reborn, preparing for the upcoming Pro Tour in Honolulu.
Alex discusses piloting Tezzerator to victory and having to face a friend in the finals at the Superstars Game Center PTQ for Honolulu on April 4th, 2009.
Today, Josh tackles the truism that “life total only matters when you have none left”.
With Rofellos recently becoming unbanned, Sean explores just how quickly he can get him banned again!
If you truly want a to win a PTQ (or any other tournament), LSV thinks you should probably play a different deck.
Webster offers some good guidelines for fundamentally improving your game from a mental standpoint.
Jeremy drove all the way to Los Angeles last weekend, but he was rewarded with a PTQ Top 8! Find out how his Ranger Zoo deck fared in the tournament!
After winning a PTQ with an extremely rogue deck, Jonathon muses about the advantages and disadvantages of choosing a rogue strategy.
Eric is back with more Ask the Judge questions, this time tackling those that deal with Knight of the Reliquary.
New cards have to pass quite the test to enter his Cube, so Tristan picks them carefully.
by Gerry Thompson
Gerry almost played an innovative Holistic Wisdom deck at Grand Prix: Chicago, although he decided to go with the 4-C Counterbalance list that won the tournament instead. Today he discusses the development of both decks, as well as his tournament experience in Chicago!
As usual, Gerry knows what’s best, and this time it is that Astral Slide is the real deal in Extended.
With two Counterbalance-based decks meeting in the finals of Grand Prix: Chicago, learning some of the basics about Counterbalance is key now.
Zaiem’s efforts to win a PTQ last weekend were thwarted by a somewhat unusual turn of events, but there are lessons to be learned regardless.
In Josh’s first article for Channelfireball.com he reviews the actual best decks in Extended, since he believes that Faeries is overrated.
Josh provides a whole slew of situations he has encountered in Standard, as well as expanding on the Sygg Faeries list he and LSV played at the 5k!
Sean takes a look at the options for mono-color generals, for those who wish to stick with just one color when building an EDH deck!
After getting destroyed by Swans at the Superstars 5k, LSV took a look at Swans and ran it through its paces online.
Riki continues his series on how to advance in the exciting world of judging, offering advice on the path from Level One to Level Two.