Archive | January, 2007

Planar Chaos–It’s Here!

Planar Chaos–It’s Here!

–Musical Introduction by Beyond the Pale “Sligo.” –Introduction to episode 48: Planar Chaos–It’s Here! –Discussion of several good timeshifted cards from Planar Chaos. –Good Feedback. –Quick mention of the next large set Lorwyn. –Music by The Lascivious Biddies “Famous.” Music available on the Podshow Music Network at music.podshow.com. [...more]

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An Indepth Look At Creating A Playmat

An Indepth Look At Creating A Playmat

Lo all, back again. This ones about playmats. Get Xander’s dual symbols here:http://www.xandor.ca/forum/dual-symbols.psd Have fun! Be sure to upload all the pics of your playmats and Post them in the forums! [...more]

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Serendib Sorcerer

Serendib Sorcerer

–Introduction to episode 47B: Serendib Sorcerer –Discussion of the Serendib Sorcerer and Sorceress Queen –Short podcast to test new equipment, compression, and normalizing of the mp3. –Music by Munk “Pod People.” Music available on the Podshow Music Network at music.podshow.com. [...more]

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Worlds on a Budget

Worlds on a Budget

In this late episode, Rich looks at Worlds from a Rouge and Budget point of view, looks at the top 5 most fun cards in Time Spiral and finally goes over a rogue deck of his own. Doomsday Decklist: 4 Doomsday 4 Helm of Awakening 4 Conjurer’s Bauble 4 Disciple of the Vault 4 Lotus Petal 4 Chrome Mox 4 Dark Ritual 4 [...] [...more]

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Planar Chaos Prelease

Planar Chaos Prelease

–Introduction to episode 47: Planar Chaos Prerelease –Discussion of my experience at the prerelease. –Lots of great feedback about Planar Chaos. –Crazy music by Former Fat Boys “Make Out Party.” Music available on the Podshow Music Network at music.podshow.com. Planar Chaos Sealed Deck Black Assassinate Cradle to Grave Dauthi Slayer Deadly Grub Mana Skimmer Mirri the Cursed Nether Traitor Sudden Death Treacherous Urge Trespasser il-Vec Viscid Lemures Red Blazing Blade Askari Dead/Gone Fury Charm Goblin [...] [...more]

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Too many Damnations and a Textless Psionic Blast

Too many Damnations and a Textless Psionic Blast

MTGCast Episode 40 - Too Many Damnations and a Textless Foil Psionic Blast? You read it somewhere else, but you heard it here first! This Week in Magic This week in magic,there is shock around the MTGCast camp fire that the Mark Rosewater Interview won AoTM for December 2006. Not only did they discuss planar chaos prereleases, and [...] [...more]

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Planar Chaos Crushes the Color Pie

Planar Chaos Crushes the Color Pie

–Introduction to episode 46: Planar Chaos Crushes the Color Pie –Discussion of official previews from Planar Chaos. –Lots of great feedback about Planar Chaos. –Music by Hey Tiger “Elizabeth.” Music available on the Podshow Music Network at music.podshow.com. [...more]

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Banding

Banding

Intro Storm in my Heart by Scarred IV Life A look at the comprehensive rules for banding and bands with other. History of Banding Banding was once integral to Magic, but has since been replaced. Banding helped to influence a “cooperative” effect (tapping a creature to give a bonus to another creature - ex. Wyluli Wolf and Nantuko Disciple) as [...] [...more]

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Planar Chaos, what were they thinking?!?

Planar Chaos, what were they thinking?!?

MTGCast Episode 39 - Planar Chaos, what were they thinking?!? You read it somewhere else, but you heard it here first! Magic News Big news of the day is the large number of PC card scans from some packs of Russian PC packs that were opened for a draft and can be seen in the unofficial spoiler. The [...] [...more]

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Planar Chaos Awaits

Planar Chaos Awaits

–Introduction to episode 45: Planar Chaos Awaits –Discussion of official previews from Planar Chaos. –Memories of a past prerelease and a big snow storm. –Music by Buddahead “Broken.” Music available on the Podshow Music Network at music.podshow.com. [...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.