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Grinding It Out
Casually Competitive
May 15, 2013
5 min to read
10:19 a.m. It feels so good to sleep in. I had the option to wake up early and play in […]
Pondering
Grinding It Out With Grixis
May 15, 2013
3 min to read
I played Standard! Again! Me! Standard! Again! The last time I did, I played the horribly boring UWR Flash, came […]
Power and Toughness
15 Minutes Before Bringing It Up
May 13, 2013
5 min to read
Male Student: [Annoyed] I’m getting a little tired of this. Dr. Peter Venkman: You volunteered, didn’t you? We’re paying you, […]
Grinding It Out
Playing in an Open
May 8, 2013
5 min to read
By Monique Garraud 7:16 a.m. Crap, I pressed the snooze button one too many times. Erin, Anthony, and Morgan are […]
Power and Toughness
Dragon’s Maze, Mad Men, and Reanimator
April 29, 2013
5 min to read
The Walking Dead ended a few weeks ago so I’ve been writing Power and Toughness before, during, and after Mad Men […]
Scrub Report
The Scrub Report—Goodbye Old Friend
April 26, 2013
3 min to read
Gatecrash holds a special place in my heart. Having started my well-documented Magic career with Return to Ravnica, I began […]
Grinding It Out
Is This a PTQ or a GP Day Two?
April 24, 2013
9 min to read
By Monique Garraud 6:15 a.m.—I snooze once and then shoot up and awake to prepare for a long day. I […]
Pondering
Attacking Along an Alternate Axis
April 24, 2013
4 min to read
I played Standard last week. Me! Standard! There was a time when that statement didn’t raise any eyebrows. Standard used […]
Power and Toughness
The Intensity of Hatred I Have for Bullshit Decks Like Esper Control and My Disapproval of Anyone Playing Them, Ever
April 22, 2013
4 min to read
It’s been an intense week. I’ve been super emo whilst playing magic both online and in real life. Reanimator and […]
Power and Toughness
I Tried a Bunch of Decks in Standard and It Was Fun
April 15, 2013
5 min to read
Another unrelenting Internet outage at my apartment has me writing to you on my phone, posting just a few hours […]
State of the Meta
Bring Your Sunscreen
April 11, 2013
2 min to read
It’s spring. I live for the spring. All the things that the spring means to me come alive: ridin’ bikes, […]