Paper-Gamer

by Cameron Veigel

As you are all aware by now, there are going to be some changes to the rules of the game that we all love. In fact, some of us play it not because we love it, but because we lack anything better to do and may as well be a wizard in control of a magical force. I haven’t yet read the rules update, and I haven’t read much of the discussion that’s been on the forums. All I have had is a couple of subjective conversations with magic peeps, and figured it would be best to sit down with a level head and write my thoughts down. Maybe I can restore some peace to the multiverse. I’m sure the rules aren’t that bad, right? Read the rest of this entry »

by Ed Steele

Short back story before getting straight into the report, just so everyone is on the same page. Saturday (as in yes the day BEFORE regionals) I’m hung over as a Draco man can be due to self inflicted damages, at work in a lot of pain but soldiering on nonetheless. I begin to wonder while standing around idly behind my survey equipment thinking Regionals must be soon. Read the rest of this entry »

An action packed tournament has come to a close, and when the dust settled, 8 players stood apart from the pack of 73 players. Read the rest of this entry »

by Dave Crewe

I should be pretty happy with how well I’ve done with Magic over the last few years. I have a solid-to-good rating, and have performed pretty well at most PTQs and GPs over that period. And yet over the last few years, as my time spent on the game decreases, I feel my relevance as a player slipping away. It’s an odd thing to say, but at one point in my life, being one of the best Magic players around was pretty important to me.

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by Levi Hinz

So I was fairly certain a couple of weeks before the event that I was going to play faeries. The “hate cards” that were printed were good, and the deck would have to fight a lot harder to win games, but the power of Bitterblossom was undeniable. Read the rest of this entry »