Archive | June, 2006

A Secret Announcement

A Secret Announcement

Two new Coldsnap cards of the week, Stalking Yeti and the new might land, Dark Depths. Hurricane is in 10th Edition, and the current land block up for art voting is Ravnica. 10th Edition card vote #2 is up with Auriok Champion vs Paladin En-Vec. Card Vote has ended and Hurricane won with 52.5% of [...] [...more]

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We Are Back!

We Are Back!

Monday Night News is in full force this week with the complete Coldsnap spoiler on MTGSalvation and the Gatherer. Selecting 10th Edition continues with Loxodon Warhammer vs Empyrial Plate with Troll Asetic winning in week 3. Gavin attends the Coldsnap prerelease, but overall attendance seems down with overall low attendance. Cool point of the day [...] [...more]

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Coldsnap Previews

Coldsnap Previews

–Introduction to episode 19: Coldsnap Previews –Discussion of the card previews shown today (June 26, 2006) on the official Magic: The Gathering website (Dark Depths and Stalking Yeti). –Run through of the preview Coldsnap cards shown in issue #135 of Inquest Gamer. –Feedback from a listner. –My take: Reprinting Force of Will and the no reprint policy. –Music by the [...] [...more]

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10th Edition Is A Coming

10th Edition Is A Coming

Selecting 10th edition has started! Earthquake vs Hurricane. Also, Incinerate is confirmed as returning to the standard fold. Also confirmed, Lord of the Pit, Fountain of Youth, Howling Mine, Might of Oaks, Story Circle, Nekrataal, Vampire Bats. Also a sneek peak of the Time Stop art! http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=mtgcom/selecting10e/home http://ww2.wizards.com/polls/secure/magic/tenthedition/TenthEditionPollBanner.jpg Coldsnap CotW: Tom with Jokulmorder. Coldsnap card revealed at PT [...] [...more]

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Pro Tour Charleston

Pro Tour Charleston

–Introduction to episode 18: Pro Tour Charleston –Interview with William Spaniel from Londes.com in which we discuss Pro Tour Charleston: The format, rumors of John Finkel’s return, and the mysterious Coldsnap preview card to be unveiled during the live webcast on Sunday at www.magicthegathering.com. –Talk about selecting Tenth Edition on the official Magic website. –Music by Brother [...] [...more]

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News,Shows PTQ’s O My!

News,Shows PTQ’s O My!

Check out some more Coldsnap info, Time Spiral info, Momir Magic Round Up, other podcasts and a bunch of news regarding MTGCast and it’s hot new forum. Combos of the Week and PT Top Trumps continue. Gavin top 8’s and MTGCast is in a web comic, UGMadness! [...more]

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Pitch Cards

Pitch Cards

–Introduction to episode 17: Pitch Cards –This episode is an experiment in which I use the audio+ feature in Castblaster. Basically, as I talk about various pitch cards, I’m able to show the card images so that listeners can see the cards that I’m talking about. How to see those pictures? Easy! Visit www.winpodder.com, download the [...] [...more]

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When Rogue is Right and Wrong

When Rogue is Right and Wrong

What are the reasons for playing rogue, and when are the right and wrong times to play it? Rich describes in his first show for the MTGCast the various scenarios when it’s right or wrong to play rogue decks. [...more]

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Where Are You Rosewater

Where Are You Rosewater

First off, we are joined by a special guest host today, Gavin from the show ‘Decks with Les’ (Gaming With Gavin) the guy that actually knows what you are talking about. We discuss two leaked Coldsnap cards, Vanish into Memory and Chilling Shade. Introduction http://forums.mtgsalvation.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=17128&d=1138170127 http://forums.mtgsalvation.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=23456&d=1149497560 Hear about Mr. Rosewater’s comments regarding his upcoming article about the lawsuit. Good [...] [...more]

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The New Standard

The New Standard

–Introduction to episode 16: The New Standard –Interview with William Spaniel of Londes.com concerning Dissension’s impact on standard, the archetypal decks that rose to the top at Regionals, and a brief look to the future with Coldsnap. –Music by Ax and The Pistol Whipper Snappers. Check out their music on the Podsafe Music Network. –For further information on [...] [...more]

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    Sealed Deck
    • 2+ players
    • Each player needs 1 Tournament pack and 3 booster packs
    • Players simply open their tournament packs and the cards from three additional booster packs and build a deck from the cards they opened. Guidelines require a minimum deck size of 40 cards and allow players to add as many basic lands (Plains, Islands, Swamps, Mountains, and Forests) to their card pools as they like.

    Booster Draft
    • 4-8 players
    • Each player needs 3 booster packs
    • At the start of a Booster Draft, each player opens a booster pack and picks the card he or she wants from it. (You can't see the cards that the other players draft.) Then each player passes the rest of the pack to his or her left. You pick up the pack that was passed to you, select a card, and pass the rest to your left. This process continues until all the cards have been drafted. Next, each player opens a second pack, but this time, you pass the pack to your right. After all those cards are drafted, you open the third pack and pass to the left again.
      Once all the packs have been drafted, players build decks from the cards they selected, adding as many basic lands (Plains, Islands, Swamps, Mountains, and Forests) to their decks as they like. Each deck must have at least 40 cards.
    Tribal Wars
    • One-third of every deck must be of a single creature type (e.g. "Merfolk" or "Beast")
    • Each deck must contain at least 60 cards, and players may build decks using Standard, Extended, Legacy, or Vintage deckbuilding rules.
    • You can use creatures of other creature types, but they do not count towards the "1/3 of single creature type" rule.

    Singleton
    • aka "Highlander"
    • No two cards in a player's deck can share a name unless they're basic lands (Plains, Islands, Swamps, Mountains, and Forests). Players can use Standard, Extended, Legacy, or Vintage deckbuilding rules.