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Hope Eternal
Getting to Day Two at Grand Prix Atlantic City
January 14, 2013
11 min to read
Shockingly enough, Standard is not usually my “bag.” I mean, the column is called “Hope Eternal,” not “Hope Constructed,” because […]
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State of the Meta
January 10, 2013
10 min to read
(Everyone at HoTC has divided into our various player archetypes and writing strengths. We’ve each picked names for our weekly […]
Pondering
Preparing for AC
January 9, 2013
3 min to read
[Because I’m lazy and unoriginal, I have named my HotC column “Pondering,” which is ironic, considering Ponder is banned in […]
Power and Toughness
Power and Toughness
January 8, 2013
11 min to read
The weekend started off well. I x-0’d the early draft (thanks for the scoop, Joe Shi) giving me as many […]
Pondering
Blue at Heart
January 4, 2013
2 min to read
If Luis had an invitational card, it would be Sower of Temptation. I was happy. Miserable, but happy. I had […]
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On Being EVIL in Standard FNM to TNM
January 2, 2013
5 min to read
Evil, according to Evil Tim Akpinar, known Bant sympathizer and Jace Beleren look-a-like, “… just means wrathing and countering a lot.” […]
Power and Toughness
GW Lifegain Monsters (Live-ish; Standard Daily #1)
December 22, 2012
8 min to read
Hello all! I’m going to perform an experiment. I’m gonna blog each round after it happens of a Magic: the […]
Power and Toughness
Standard RB Aggro or “I wasn’t talking smack! George Costanza, that’s a compliment!” (TNM #4)
December 20, 2012
5 min to read
Hey Everyone! TNM was extra strange this week. I ran this deck: 10 Mountain 4 Stromkirk Noble 4 Searing Spear […]
Hope Eternal
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bant
December 19, 2012
10 min to read
Last Friday I decided to dip my toe back into Standard. The metagame seemed sufficiently open, and we have the […]
Pondering
Disappointment, Heartbreak, and Bouncing Back From It All
December 19, 2012
5 min to read
I sleeved up UWR Flash for TNM. The RUG Project had crashed and burned on Sunday during Monthly Standard, and […]
Power and Toughness
FNM #7 and the Long Weekend of Magic
December 17, 2012
9 min to read
Kadar, Li, Chase, Johnny, Nick, Sean, and my assistant-friend Eric all helped me move two ten foot truckloads full of […]