Archive | December, 2007

The Magic Sock #94: Wrapping Up Worlds

The Magic Sock #94: Wrapping Up Worlds

Show Notes: –Top 8 decks from 2007 Worlds–Uri Peleg won so check his out. –Morningtide preview that took place at Worlds. Check these cards out. –Check out why snow covered mountains were used in the Dragonstorm decks at Worlds. It was a bluff! –Send me your feedback on the question of the week: “What do you think of the [...] [...more]

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#40 - 2007 Dec 13 - Road Warrior Otwell - Pro Players Club Level 3 Status Update

#40 - 2007 Dec 13 - Road Warrior Otwell - Pro Players Club Level 3 Status Update

Episode #40 Dated:  2007 Dec 13 Title:  Pro Players Club Level 3 Status Update In episode #39, what did the DCI just do?  Did they really just penalize or punish the current Pro Player Level 3 members? If you have any feedback, please send it too: otwellc@gmail.com Visit the Official MTGCast Network Facebook Group: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=8125010411 [...more]

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MTGCast Worlds Special: Interview with Elaine Chase

MTGCast Worlds Special: Interview with Elaine Chase

The Interview! Run time: ~ 22 minutes Say hello to Elaine Chase - she is the senior brand manager of Magic the Gathering for WotC! She has some great stories about how she worked her way up the company, future ideas for magic that don’t involve cards, and more! Tom may even get an answer to his [...] [...more]

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Monday Night Magic #83: A Draft a day keeps your rating ok!

Monday Night Magic #83: A Draft a day keeps your rating ok!

This Week in Magic The 2007 Player of the Year is Tomoharu Saito! And just in case you just awoke from hibernation, the 2007 World Champion is Uri Peleg. Winner of GP Stuttgart is Shuhei Nakamura and here are the top 8 decklists. Morningtide Mojo The official Morningtide mini-site is up and it is HOT! Web card previews [...] [...more]

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#39 - 2007 Dec 11 - Road Warrior Otwell - A Bloody Potpourri of Topics

#39 - 2007 Dec 11 - Road Warrior Otwell - A Bloody Potpourri of Topics

Episode #39   Dated:  2007 Dec 11   Title:  A Bloody Potpourri of Topics   In episode #39, I jump from topic to topic to topic.  What would happen if the entire R&D Team of WotC ever did get run over by a Bus?  Well, this episode is like an Omnibus of Topics and my Opinions to those topics.  You be [...] [...more]

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MTGCast Worlds Special: Interview with Mark Rosewater and Aaron Forsythe

MTGCast Worlds Special: Interview with Mark Rosewater and Aaron Forsythe

MTGCast at Worlds - Interview with Mark Rosewater and Aaron Forsythe! “You read it somewhere else, but you heard it here first!” The Interview! I sat down with Mark Rosewater and Aaron Forsythe for a 90 minute roundtable discussion at Worlds 2007 in NYC. We talked about planeswalkers, design, development, Morningtide, Shadowmoor, and a ton more! I even [...] [...more]

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The Magic Sock #93: 2007 Worlds

The Magic Sock #93: 2007 Worlds

Show Notes: –Top 8 decks from 2007 Worlds. –Check out the top 8 from this year’s Worlds. –Send me your feedback on the question of the week: “What do you think of the World championship deck and player?” –Feedback: Lots of great feedback for our cool listeners. –Music by Natalie Brown “Jingle Bells” available on Podshow.com. Make a Donation to Fight [...] [...more]

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Monday Night Magic #82: Talking about Worlds 2007 with Tom!

Monday Night Magic #82: Talking about Worlds 2007 with Tom!

MTGCast Episode 82 - Talking about Worlds 2007 with Tom! “You read it somewhere else, but you heard it here first!” Talking about Worlds with Tom It is all about Worlds 2007 in NYC this week and Tom was on-site for Saturday and Sunday with goes through all of the nitty gritty details AND talks about some of [...] [...more]

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#38 - 2007 Dec 09 - Road Warrior Otwell – Some MTGO Topics as of late

#38 - 2007 Dec 09 - Road Warrior Otwell – Some MTGO Topics as of late

Episode #38  Dated:  2007 Dec 09 Title:  Some MTGO Topics as of late.   In episode #38, I’ll cover some MTGO related topics, such as “How Not to get ripped off by in-game people selling TIXs via PayPal”, or about how some people that do really well on MTGO feel that they have some “Inflated Ego Mandate” in Magic. If [...] [...more]

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The Magic Sock #92: Preparing for Worlds

The Magic Sock #92: Preparing for Worlds

Show Notes: –All about Worlds taking place December 6-9, 2007 in New York, NY, USA. –Check out a great list of Magic Worlds decks online. –Send me your feedback on the question of the week: “What should one do if he or she doesn’t like to build his or her own decks?” –Feedback: Lots of great feedback for our [...] [...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.