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Like I mentioned in the Butter Knives thread, I made about ten different decks in the old computer game. Most of them were derivative of stuff I'd seen in the past. I don't think I actually looked at a real Turbostasis list before making this. I just vaguely remember the concept and threw in...

TomB's post in the Dark Ritual thread reminded me that I have some old decklists from in the Magic the Gathering computer game that Microprose made in 1996, and I thought it might be interesting to revisit my decklists. I defeated Arzakon, the final boss in Shandalar, way back in 2005, then...

This doesn't quite fit the theme of the "Memories" threads that I've been posting, but I've been thinking about an old post I saw when looking for one of my own old posts on Survival of the Fittest... I don't know how well that holds water, but I find it interesting. The idea seems to be a...

Oh yeah, now we're getting obscure. At least Lake of the Dead was kinda-sorta prominent at some point. But Storm Seeker? It's mostly just known for two things: 1. Being reprinted in Chronicles so everyone had it. And like most other cards in Chronicles, it didn't actually get used in decks. 2...

http://mtgen.net/ Thought this might be of interest to some of us.

Before there was Cabal Coffers, there was Lake of the Dead. I don't think that I've personally used the card in many, many years, but it was once a prize of my collection. I've already sung the praises of Dark Ritual, so it probably isn't too hard to figure out how I used Lake of the Dead: pure...

I don't know how many people here have caught it, but lately the Magic interwebz have been abuzz with speculation regarding Modern Masters 2017, as WotC announced its existence and release date, but curiously went silent on the set after that, eventually publishing the packaging art at the same...

It's too bad that Time Spiral with its awesome throwback reprints was so long ago. I never see Pandemonium anymore. It is probably my favorite red enchantment of all time, and generally one of the coolest enchantments out there. At four mana and with a rather volatile effect, it is...

The first Magic tournament I ever attended, some time in 1998, was Type 1.5. I didn't know what formats were back then, but I sort of fell into Type 1.5 thereafter, only to later realize that it was a niche format without much of a dedicated playerbase. Card prices and my annoyance as a new...

I used to use Soldevi Digger all the time. It's one of my old favorites, but people always seemed to underestimate it. I suppose it's the whole "bottom of your library" thing. Unless you shuffle your library, for most decks, putting a card on the bottom means that you'll never see it again for...

I used to play a lot of blue/black control, and that will emerge as a common theme in these vignettes. I played other colors too, but I was enamored of the blue/black combination and early on happened to get some pretty good cards for casual decks in those colors. But in this case, it wasn't me...

During some downtime at work, I slogged through some online training. And while I'll still do that, the queue is prodigious and sometimes I want to do something that doesn't make me want to gouge my eyes out. Part of that has been the CPA. Indeed, I am at work right now. Call me Spiderman...

I notice that it's been far too long since I've actually played Magic with people here. Yeah, I'm handing out draws in Eternal Masters pack wars, but that isn't good enough. Someone fight me. I don't care what format. I'll build a deck or use an existing one. I have lots of cards. Might as well...

Well, this doesn't really fall into the category of "casual decks." But whatever. Remember this? I've been into Legacy since it first began. It's sort of been my primary format for the past dozen years. While the extent of my involvement has waxed and waned over time, in the past few years...

Upcoming "fixed storm" card in Kaladesh that might be fun for a casual deck... This costs the same amount of mana as Tendrils of Agony, but to actually kill an opponent with it requires the chain of spells to work in reverse, with Aetherflux Reservoir already on the board before a bunch of...

Usually Spidey starts some thread about like every new set, but he went on vacation and didn't do that. So yeah, here's what we've seen spoiled for Kaladesh. It's looking pretty cool so far...

It's been well over two years since I first built my Commander deck. In that time, I've refined what became Gitrog County Municipal Lake Dredge Appraisal, fine-tuning it into a reasonably effective, fully dredge-based multiplayer toolkit. It hasn't been particularly successful in practice, but I...

I rolled some dice for you guys. Mooseman rolled 8, Melkor rolled 3, and Spiderman rolled 1. Man, you guys roll some low numbers. Anyway, sending out opening hands now... Mooseman: 20 Hand: 7 Library: 23 Battlefield: Graveyard: Exile...

Well, I know I was running the Innistrad Pack Wars game and it went on hiatus. I just got a bunch of Eternal Masters packs (the day before the set officially releases, probably due to an oversight with the store where I ordered them, but I'm not complaining). I thought it would be fun to do...

Retraction Helix rotated out and I hadn't really done much with the Standard deck that I built. I've stayed away from Standard, but this deck I've been seeing mentioned lately has my interest piqued. If I'm going to put together a Standard deck it's got to be a combo deck. Well, Eldrazi...