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9,902It's Friday. V3 is dead, V4 is here. Is it time to sell out? (No - reasons why in the article.) We have prices, news, opinion, decklists with M15 cards and a visit from the bomb squad, all inside!
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6,063It's Friday. On Tuesday, VMA drafts were ending. On Thursday, Wizards reconsidered that change. I spend some time looking at why, and the answer is: VMA is too much fun. I'm serious, and I explain why. All that, plus news, prices, staff changes at Wizards and more. It's the last SotP before we lose the V3 interface, so read it now.
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6,920It's Friday. Time for your weekly roundup of news, rumor, prices and things you need to know. M15 - the first set which will not be coded for the V3 interface - is coming, and Wizards will be offering both "Friendly" and "Competitive" prerelease events. Cool innovation - I hope this works as well and Swiss drafts. And Happy Fireworks Day, everyone.
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9,619It's Friday. M15 spoilers abound, but now you will have to fight Garruk to get to the visual spoiler. Wizards has announced a shutdown for the V3 client, but has promised us some free M15 prerelease events to get us back on the Wide Beta. Vintage has arrived on MTGO, and we learn that Sasquatch has hacked MTGO. Plus prices, tech and more, just a click away.
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6,105It's Friday. Vintage has arrived. Prices are crashing. The Wide Beta can do trades (so Wizards says). A bunch of new decks are appearing, and every format is firing. All that, and a look at whether you need Power to play Vintage, is just a click away.
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7,959It's Friday. Vintage Masters is here, and people are opening Moxen online. We also have news, decklists, tech, prices and the list of known bugs in Vintage Masters cards. All that, and Pete explains why Wizards cut the price of Eternal DEs - and why it isn't a disaster in the making.
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6,036It's Friday. Time for News (lots of it), price changes (all over the place), decklists (a good half dozen) and more. All that, plus Pete crunches the numbers on Vintage Masters pack EV and prize payouts. So pop some popcorn and grab a cool beverage because SotP is really long this week.
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6,491A ton of News this week: MOCS and PTQs not returning before fall. MOCS rewards events, but only for those with 35 or more QPs. Vintage Masters is spoiled - and neither Wasteland nr Virtue's Ruin are in the set. We have another update on the Wide Beta client, and Leagues will involve adding packs over time. The lag is fixed (fingers crossed), but Courser is busted. All that, plus prices, deck tech and more just a click away.
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7,054It's Friday, the start of Memorial Day weekend in the States. Long holiday weekends are a great time to play some Magic. I have some decklists to try, plus a bunch of news, prices and so forth. I also take a look at the factors that will be needed to make Vintage Masters a success. All that, just a click away.
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6,891Vintage Masters previews are coming. As for what's in it: all the moneys! Every day, more spoilers give us more chase cards: Force of Will, the Dual Lands, Jace TMS, Mana Crypt, etc. etc. Plus reactions to the Beta and other news, prices and deck tech with JOU cards.
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10,575V3 IS GOING DARK! EVERYONE PANIC! Or not. I'll look at that news, other news, prices, decklists with Journey cards and give my thoughts and feedback on V4 after playing in a Prerelease, trading, etc. Summary: it worked. It ain't pretty, but it works.
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5,866It's Friday. In the paper world, Journey into Nyx is on sale. Online, we had another crash, and Wizards is offering free tournaments to stress test the servers. (They are already full.) Plus the usual roundup of tech, news and prices, just a click away. Oh, yeah - Tribal Wars Legacy is coming back next week!
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4,896It's Friday. Journey into Nyx prereleases are starting in the paper world shortly, but online players have to content themselves with Cube, flashback drafts and anticipation. While you wait, we have news, prices and some tech still relevant to online play, so have at it.
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5,221It's been a week. Crash on Tuesday, downtime Wednesday and another short notice downtime for emergency fixes on Friday. On the plus side, next month's promos are sweet! I finally got the price tables back, and I included an official rundown on the channels Wizards uses to communicate with the customer base. Plus tech, etc.
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6,951It's Friday. Journey to Nix spoiler season had started. About time, Standard has turned very dark recently. Plus news, tech in other formats and a bunch of price changes. All that, and Pete spends some 2,200 words explaining even more options Wizards has for reprinting cards.
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7,459It's Friday. Pete is enjoying his travels - entering the 25th hour and fifth delayed/cancelled/whatever flight of his journey. With airport Internet down, no available outlets and a dead laptop battery. Let's see if Josh can salvage what he managed to upload - but it does have news, prices, tech and the first half of an essay on card availability.
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6,632It's Friday. Pete brings you news, tech, prices and more. It's also land week, so Pete lists the worst lands of all time, discusses the best lands ever played in sanctioned matches, ranks the top five basic lands and recounts the story of Dan Bock's Pro Tour playing Jeff Doanis' land-tech deck. This article clocks in at over 5,000 words, so pop some popcorn, grab something to drink and settle back.
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5,762It's Friday. In the news this week - another MTGO crash. This time around, though, it wasn't a MTGO problem. Something took down the entire Internet link for all Wizards online stuff: MTGO, the websites, the forums, etc. If this trend continues, expect to see all of Washington state go dark this weekend. Plus news, deck tech, prices and more.
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13,611It's Friday. We have news! The MOCS crashed. MOCS suspended. Online PTQs cancelled, for this season at least. In the paper world, we had the largest constructed GP ever, by a mile, and all people are talking aobut is buttcracks photos. All this, plus Pete rants about rants.
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7,327It's Friday. It's almost time for the insanity that will be GP Richmond, but it is time for news, prices and lots of deck tech. Don't wait, get yours now. Operators are standing by.
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5,443It's Friday. We had a great Pro Tour, and Modern looks like a lot of fun. Wizards banned some bad actors - including online bullies. We can start racking up QPs for an LED, and I went 4-0 in a sealed event. It was a great week!
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5,450It's Pro Tour Weekend, and Wizards has welcomed it with a number of announcements. Online PTQs are back! Next month's MOCS Promo is LED! PEs offer more QPs! Wizards announces Magic Coins! Er - wha? Really, the first coin is the Jace, made of one ounce of pure silver. Who will be on the first gold coin? Wizards isn't saying.
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6,662Happy Valentines Day! In the news: Wizards slaughters 22 formats, without warning! Community reacts - and Wizards LISTENS. Wizards fixes the problem and explains their reasoning. (This really happened!) Plus prices, decklists with Born of the Gods and more, just a click away.
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6,009It's Friday. In the paper world, Born of the Gods goes on sale today. On MTGO, we have one more week of cube and flashback drafts. In both worlds, we have new Bannings and Restrictions to think through and brew around. As for prices: big surprise, Bitterblossom is through the roof.
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8,119It's Friday. Paper prereleases will be starting soon, while Wizards brings us some online Football. we have new, tech, decklists and the complete Born of the Gods spoiler. All that, and Pete muses about the downside of functional reprints. It's all just a click away.
