Archive | December, 2007

Monday Night Magic #85: The Good, The Bad, and the British!

Monday Night Magic #85: The Good, The Bad, and the British!

This Week in Magic Quick spotlight on a promising open-source program for online magic play that has similar rules enforcement to MTGO called Firemox (Java based and can run on most platforms - sorry OS/2 users). Two new Japanese Juniors foil promos with the crazy starburst foil - Elvish Champion and Glorious Anthem. The [...] [...more]

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#46 - 2007 Dec 24 - Road Warrior Otwell - Christmas Greetings and Poetry from Us to You

#46 - 2007 Dec 24 - Road Warrior Otwell - Christmas Greetings and Poetry from Us to You

Episode #46 - - Dated:  2007 Dec 24 - - Title:  Christmas Greetings and Poetry from Us to You Seasons Greetings from Us at MTGCast to our faithful listeners and public.  As a special treat, I created some impromtu poetry for your enjoyment. If you have any feedback, please send it too: otwellc@gmail.com Visit the Official MTGCast Network Facebook [...] [...more]

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The Magic Sock #95: A Magical Time of Year

The Magic Sock #95: A Magical Time of Year

Show Notes: –Opening by the Lascivious Biddies. –Review of the Elves vs. Goblins deck. –Lots of great feedback. –Send me your feedback. –See the YouTube video below: Interviews with Mark Rosewater and Devin Low on Tribal Wars–look for Easter Eggs of some Morningtide art. – The New Autonomous Folksingers “O Holy Night” available on Podshow.com. [...more]

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#45 - 2007 Dec 22 - Road Warrior Otwell - Campfire Stories with Rich Riddle part 2 of 2

#45 - 2007 Dec 22 - Road Warrior Otwell - Campfire Stories with Rich Riddle part 2 of 2

Episode #45 - - - Dated:  2007 Dec 22 - - - Title:  Campfire Stories with Rich Riddle part 2 of 2   Back in the archive I reach, pulling out some goodies from a finite pool of stored items for a snowy day…  Part 2 of a 2 part series. If you have any feedback, please send it too: otwellc@gmail.com       Visit [...] [...more]

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MTGCast Worlds Special: Interview with Team Baltimorons!

MTGCast Worlds Special: Interview with Team Baltimorons!

The Interview! Run time: ~ 7 minutes Say hello to Joe, Tim, and Joe. One of the Joes you may know as Jaelan on the forums here. These were the guys nice enough to let me share a hostel room with them while in NYC for Worlds. Jaelan shares his tourney views and talks about the finals [...] [...more]

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Monday Night Magic #84: But, will you respect me in the Morningtide?

Monday Night Magic #84: But, will you respect me in the Morningtide?

This Week in Magic Start salivating and saving, the new judge promo is Goblin Piledriver with new art! The PTQ schedule for 2008 leading to Hollywood is out and get prepared for a huge extended metagame. And the 2008 Grand Prix schedule is also available and you can check out the new Call of [...] [...more]

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#44 - 2007 Dec 22 - Road Warrior Otwell - Campfire Stories with Rich Riddle part 1 of 2

#44 - 2007 Dec 22 - Road Warrior Otwell - Campfire Stories with Rich Riddle part 1 of 2

Episode #44 - - - Dated:  2007 Dec 22 - - - Title:  Campfire Stories with Rich Riddle part 1 of 2   Back in the archive I reach, pulling out some goodies from a finite pool of stored items for a snowy day…  Part 1 of a 2 part series.   If you have any feedback, please send [...] [...more]

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#43 - 2007 Dec 21 - Road Warrior Otwell - Dragonstorm 2007 Revisited

#43 - 2007 Dec 21 - Road Warrior Otwell - Dragonstorm 2007 Revisited

Episode #43 - - - Dated:  2007 Dec 21 - - - Title:  Dragonstorm 2007 Revisited In Episode #43, I’ve recorded my comments about Dragonstorm, based on a request from Joseph Pasco of Baltimore, MD.  If you have any specific Magic related podcast topic requests, that you’d like to hear me opinions on, feel free to [...] [...more]

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#42 - 2007 Dec 20 - Road Warrior Otwell - UB Mannequin the Answer … err… Response

#42 - 2007 Dec 20 - Road Warrior Otwell - UB Mannequin the Answer … err… Response

Episode #42 - - - Dated: 2007 Dec 20 - - - Title: UB Mannequin the Answer … err… Response Recently, Michael J. Flores gives my deck from the CO States another reference by picking it as one of the 12 most influential decks of 2007. After a long silence about this deck, I decided that [...] [...more]

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#41 - 2007 Dec 19 - Road Warrior Otwell - UTAH PTQ Trip, or what should have been…

#41 - 2007 Dec 19 - Road Warrior Otwell - UTAH PTQ Trip, or what should have been…

Episode #41  - - - Dated:  2007 Dec 19 - - - Title:  UTAH PTQ Trip, or what should have been… In episode #41, the plan was originally intended to be Paul Bradford, Brett Piazza, and I were heading to Salt Lake City, Utah…. Until Jack Frost decided he would interject his opinion about it, and forces a change [...] [...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.