Archive | June, 2008

MTGCast Special - Regionals Roundup

MTGCast Special - Regionals Roundup

We are brought to you by MTGMintCard.com and TrollAndToad.com! Regionals with Gavin Verhey! Run time: ~30 minutes Gavin goes to Regionals and reports with his thoughts, interviews, and more! Hear about his deck, others decks, and listen to interviews with Greg Peloquin, Nathan Ramos, and Martin Goldman-Kirst - 3 of the 4 people who qualified for Nationals! Decklists mentioned: [...] [...more]

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Monday Night Magic #107: These ain’t your momma’s Enemy Hybrids!

Monday Night Magic #107: These ain’t your momma’s Enemy Hybrids!

We are brought to you by MTGMintCard.com and TrollAndToad.com! This Week in Magic Interesting blog post on MTGO III that announces Master’s Edition 2, some mysterious upcoming release AND shows a spoiler from the ME2, Mana Crypt! Through a trick with the MTGO III card binder, we know the two Shadowmoor vanguards - Murderous Redcap and [...] [...more]

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Tribal Time with Tom #2- Nomads!

Tribal Time with Tom #2- Nomads!

Welcome to Tribal Time with Tom - a weekly video podcast that reviews a tribal MTG deck! Wrg Nomads Creatures (20): 4x Ghitu Slinger 4x Phantom Nomad 4x Nomad Decoy 1x Mystic Crusader 3x Weathered Wayfarer 4x Mystic Enforcer Spells (12): 4x Lightning Helix 4x Swords to Plowshares 4x Cataclysm (oh yeah!) Artifacts (3): 2x Boros Signet 1x Mox Diamond Enchantments (3): 3x Moldervine Cloak Lands (23): 2x Boros Garrison 2x Selesnya Sanctuary 3x Windswept Heath 4x [...] [...more]

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Planeswalk with the Proffessors #30: Shards of Magic?

Planeswalk with the Proffessors #30: Shards of Magic?

Hello everybody and welcome to another episode of Planeswalking with the Proffessors. This week we bring you a final long awaited trickle of news direct from the designer’s article as we dive into [cough] changes occurring this fall. However, where this unexpected change is a bit disappointing I can also say that the current record for [...] [...more]

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The Magic Sock #119: A Little Bit of Hollywood and a Little Bit of Antiquities

The Magic Sock #119: A Little Bit of Hollywood and a Little Bit of Antiquities

Total running time: 40 minutes and 07 seconds. Show Notes: –Help me out. Subscribe to the show: http://feeds.feedburner.com/themagicsock –Opening music by Luma (”Wake Up”) available on Podshow.com. –Run through the Elves deck by Charles Gindy that won Pro Tour Hollywood. –Blast from the past: Quick review of the Antiguities Magic set release in March 1994. –Check out all the Magic sets [...] [...more]

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#8 - 2008 Jun 04 - Djinns Playground #8 - Regionals 2008

#8 - 2008 Jun 04 - Djinns Playground #8 - Regionals 2008

#8 - 2008 Jun 04 - Djinns Playground #8 - Regionals 2008 The Almighty Djinn has returned to grace his disciples with some Regionals advice, some brief thoughts on Block Constructed, as well as his take on the new upcoming changes to the sets and expansions. Just don’t go telling everybody about which deck the Djinn [...] [...more]

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#62 - 2008 June 04 - Road Warrior Otwell #62 - Regionals Preview Part 2 - QuickNToast and BG Elves and 3cMannaquein

#62 - 2008 June 04 - Road Warrior Otwell #62 - Regionals Preview Part 2 - QuickNToast and BG Elves and 3cMannaquein

#62 - 2008 June 04 - Road Warrior Otwell #62 Regionals Preview Part 2 - QuickNToast and BG Elves and 3cMannaquein - 3 Decks specifically targetting Regionals. [...more]

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Tribal Time with Tom - GB Ouphes!

Tribal Time with Tom - GB Ouphes!

Welcome to the first episode of Tribal Time with Tom - a weekly video podcast that reviews a tribal MTG deck! BG Ouphes Creatures (20) 4x Kitchin Finks 4x Dusk Urchins 2x Pyknite 4x Spellwild Ouphe 4x Fyndhorn Brownie 2x Chameleon Colossus Spells (18) 4x Unearth 4x Putrefy 3x Wurmweaver Coil 3x Hatred 4x Edge of Autumn Lands (23) 2x Sapseep Forest 1x Volrath’s Stronghold 4x Terramorphic Expanse 8x Forest 8x Swamp Please email me with [...] [...more]

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Monday Night Magic #106: Mythic Rare Madness?!?

Monday Night Magic #106: Mythic Rare Madness?!?

We are brought to you by MTGMintCard.com and TrollAndToad.com! This Week in Magic Gavin gives us the low-down on his trip to PT Hollywood and we talk about the cool judge promos of Orim’s Chant, Demonic Tutor and Mind’s Desire! Big news of the day is the slew of announcements from WoTC regarding a new rarity, “Mythic rare”, [...] [...more]

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The Magic Sock #118 - A Little Bit of Hollywood and a Little Bit of Antiquities

The Magic Sock #118 - A Little Bit of Hollywood and a Little Bit of Antiquities

Total running time: 40 minutes and 07 seconds. Show Notes: –Help me out. Subscribe to the show: http://feeds.feedburner.com/themagicsock –Opening music by Luma (”Wake Up”) available on Podshow.com. –Run through the Elves deck by Charles Gindy that won Pro Tour Hollywood. –Blast from the past: Quick review of the Antiguities Magic set release in March 1994. –Check out all the Magic sets [...] [...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.