Archive | September, 2007

Week One Lorwyn Previews

Week One Lorwyn Previews

–Discussion about the official previews on www.magicthegathering.com. Gaddcok Teeg. Timber Protector. Chandra Nalaar. –Old school World decks go head to head: Kai Budde’s 1999 deck vs. Brian Selden’s 1998 deck. –Feedback. –Question of the week: What do you think of the three Lorwyn preview cards that Wizards revealed this week? Send me your feedback. –Music by Howard Jones “Revolution [...] [...more]

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Giants, Goblins and Faeries, oh my!

Giants, Goblins and Faeries, oh my!

MTGCast Episode 71 - Giants, Goblins and Faeries, oh my! “You read it somewhere else, but you heard it here first!” This Week in Magic It’s all about Lorwyn this week with a whole bunch (164 when I’m typing this) of cards spoiled for Lorwyn and they look HOT. Please open up the unofficial Lorwyn spoiler over on [...] [...more]

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#8 - 2007 Feb 25 - Road Warrior Otwell - GP:Dallas Trip part 1 of 4

#8 - 2007 Feb 25 - Road Warrior Otwell - GP:Dallas Trip part 1 of 4

Episode #8  Dated:  2007 Feb 25 GP:Dallas Trip part 1 of 4 This is the pre-event travelling stories, previous event stories of 2005 GP: Salt Lake City, and our travelling discussions about “Christian Holloweg” vs “Ryan Cimera”’s championship prize MMA fight … or something like that. We also prepare for the GP:Dallas once we arrive. CO-Hosts: Paul Bradford and [...] [...more]

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Planeswalkers are here!

Planeswalkers are here!

MTGCast Episode 70 - Planeswalkers are here! “You read it somewhere else, but you heard it here first!” This Week in Magic Planeswalker is the new hot card type for Lorwyn and has a whole slew of new rules to go along with it, take a look at Liliana Vess and Garruk Wildspeaker. A bunch of Lorwyn cards [...] [...more]

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Planeswalkers

Planeswalkers

–Discussion about the new Planeswalker rules. –Feedback. –Question of the week: What do you think of the new Planeswalker cards? Send me your feedback. –Rumor mills: New Lorwyn cards. –Lord of the Undead combo in a 10th Edition sealed game. –Music by Ann Wilson “Immigrant Song” available on 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.