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How To Lose Correctly and Prevent Tilting

Tuesday, August 24th, 2010

aaron_nicollby Aaron Nicoll

Another theory/strategy article for you mostly because I can write these at work. This week’s article is about what to do when you screw up, lose, and start to tilt. (more…)

More on Lands and Mulligans

Wednesday, August 18th, 2010

aaron_nicollLast week my article briefly touched on problems that i often see in peoples game, this week I’m going to go more in depth with a few examples of situations where playing lands correctly has won or lost games.

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Testing vs Testing Right

Wednesday, August 18th, 2010

Cameron VeigelDue to my extensive testing on Magic Online for the Australian Nationals, I have a decent topic to discuss that has been bugging me from the way people test online.

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Holes in your game

Thursday, August 5th, 2010

aaron_nicollby Aaron Nicoll

Hey guys, this week’s article is about fixing regular errors in your game. I call this filling the hole (mostly because I’m funny). So what are common problems you have in your game you ask? Well I find that it’s the subtle mistakes that you don’t realise you’re making that add up towards victory, or defeat in this case. I’m going to touch on the more obvious ones that I see people make all the time. (more…)

Tournament Preparation and Testing Processes

Friday, July 30th, 2010

aaron_nicollby Aaron Nicoll

After many years on the magic battlefield I believe that testing was the hardest but most helpful lesson that I’ve learned, or at least kinda learned. As in DO IT if you want to win. I mean sure some people can just raw dog some tournament and X-0 because they’re a sack but I know me and I’m not often that someone. (more…)