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That's all a preamble to this. The team at Blizzard foresaw that as more and more new sets would be released, the most powerful cards from the history of the game would be used together in dominant Ranked decks. This would mean that new players would find it increasingly harder to compete. It...

This takes us on a bit of a tangent, but I think it's important... I've spoken before about an unfortunate mentality that I've seen pervading games like Magic. I guess that sort of growing up with Magic and seeing it in different circumstances, I tuned it out for a long time. What really drove...

UUD, Mountain, attack with my whole team. Blocks/responses?

No creature? Yikes. This is either looking bad for you or you're up to something. I want to find out which, but I'll have to wait until tonight to see my topdeck...

Activate Guildmage to make you lose 1. Done. Spidey: 11 Hand: 3 Library: 50 Battlefield: (T,U) Swamp x2 (T,U) Forest x2 (S) Dawntreader Elk (2/2; G, Sac ~: Search my library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle my library) Graveyard: Dawntreader Elk...

UUD, Swamp, Lightning Maulter, pair it with Rakdos Cackler, attack with Guildmage, Cackler, and Mauler. Blocks/responses?

In early 2004, I had a lot of people to play Magic with. That number started to dwindle as some moved off to college and others quit entirely to pursue other hobbies. I lost interest in Type 1.5 and was losing interest in Vintage. I was at Nick's house, going through some of my cards, and I...

In that case I shall guide the River Heralds to glorious victory! I have randomly determined a turn order of... ...Melkor, Mooseman, Oversoul, Spiderman.

One of my go-to decks from back then used Ertai, Wizard Adept + Arcane Laboratory.

After high school, most of the Magic I played was in a playgroup with friends. But our interests started to diverge. I played casually and had some interest in Vintage and Type 1.5. Most of my friends were playing Block Constructed, Standard, and Extended. After having to play my casual builds...

The first widely successful Storm decks used heavy mana acceleration, Burning Wish, tutors, and "draw-7" spells to build up a chain of spells terminating in Tendrils of Agony. It generally won by outracing the competition, a task for which it was better suited than the previous established combo...

Oops. Six of them.

I might as well do this now. As though The Storm Count wasn't enough. Oh, who am I kidding? If there is such a thing as too much power, I have not discovered it. But I'm getting ahead of myself. The proper lead to this, the starting point for what led me here, is an older article. Because...

Throg blasts the last plaguebearer with lightning. As soon as the daemon falls, the floor of the pit rumbles and launches itself, along with all of you, up toward the ceiling. Rows of spikes project downward, and the floor below your feet rises up to meet them... -Throg takes 4 damage...

Play Mountain, attack with Guildmage, Unleash another Cackler, done. Spidey: 18 Hand: 4 Library: 51 Battlefield: (T,T) Swamp x2 (T) Forest Graveyard: Dawntreader Elk, Vampire Nighthawk Exile: ================================================================== Oversoul: 20 Hand: 3...

Oops. Thought I'd already asked, but I don't see it. Melkor, do you want the merfolk or the vampires?

Overall, I think that Mist Dragon is a fun creature, a reasonable medium-sized flyer that's just a bit outdated in terms of efficiency for its mana cost. The activated ability to phase out has a cost that runs too high, but in principle that ability is very useful. Late game, when you have mana...

UUD, Mizzium Mortars on Vampire Nighthawk. Responses?

Pittsburgh? Hm, shouldn't this be your card, then? Dinosaurs and Pirates are accounted for. What'll it be, Melkor? You want vampires or merfolk?

The countermeasure to that is, of course, for your opponent to ensure that neither of you ever takes an upkeep. :p