5-Color Magic The most electrifying format in Magic
Event Basics 5-Color Event at Alternate Universes in Bluebell, PA on 23 Aug 2008. They're T1 event proved stupidly popular so we did what any reasonable group would do, we set up outside, all 18 of us.
So you saw some guys playing behemoth 5-Color decks and you want in on the action huh? You're sitting down, going through your binders of old favorites and thinking up what kind of deck you want to build. It would simple to just pick all the powerful cards you own, throw in a dash from the restricted/banned list here and there, and set out on the quest of collecting all the multi-colored lands you can get your hands on. Simple.. easy.. and your deck would look a whole lot like all the other players. But you're determined not to do…
Preface: After making a wrong turn causing a 40 minute delay as well as an ATM jamming up while giving me my weekend fun money, we finally make our way through the manure-scented hills of wonderful New Holland. My weapon of choice for the weekend was Flash, a deck that I once play and am once again playing after the format shifted so heavily towards aggro-hating big mana control decks. Think of how lopsided the Mono-Red Aggro vs. RG Big Mana matchup is in current Type 2, but add 190 cards, most of which aren't in Type 2, and you'll…
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The Event: Northeast 5-Color Master Series Event 8 Date: Saturday 2 Dec 2006# of Players: 15 Players Who Received Prizes:1stTerryRobinson 1stKennyMayer3rdConradKolos4thMykieNobleBest w/o PowerDenverChristopherBest w/o PowerChrisCollinsBest w/o DualsTomFolsomBest w/o DualsAlFolsom Metagame Breakdown:Aggro6Mid-Range Aggro2 (Includes Beasts)Control2New Guy 54Combo1 NameQtyArtifacts Fellwar Stone4Mox Pearl1Mox Ruby1Black Lotus1Mox Emerald1Mox Jet1Mox Sapphire1Sol Ring1Talisman of Impulse4Grafted Wargear3Skullclamp1Etched Oracle4Basic Lands Forest1Island1Mountain1Plains1Swamp1Creatures Exalted Angel3Kird Ape4Blastoderm4Anurid Brushhopper4Skyshroud War Beast3Trygon Predator4Birds of Paradise4Burning-Tree Shaman4Phantom Centaur4Serendib Efreet4Rumbling Slum4Loxodon Hierarch4Skyshroud Elite4Fyndhorn Elves4Llanowar Elves4Thornscape Battlemage2Eternal Witness1Giant Solifuge4Flametongue Kavu4River Boa4Troll Ascetic4Watchwolf4Iwamori of the Open Fist4Ohran Viper4Instants Ray of Revelation1Brainstorm4Putrefy2Orim's Thunder2Fact or Fiction3Incinerate4Lightning Bolt4Lightning Helix4Ancient Grudge1Ancestral Recall1Mortify2Swords to Plowshares4Lands Wasteland4Flooded Strand4Windswept Heath4Wooded Foothills4City of Brass4Bloodstained Mire4Polluted Delta4Strip Mine1Temple Garden4Tropical Island4Volcanic Island4Underground Sea4Stomping Ground4Taiga4Badlands4Savannah4Tundra4Plateau4Scrubland4Bayou4Sorceries Call of the…
Brave New Mana Fixing: Ending the Myth of Green Necessity New players should be the corner stone of any semi-established play group and new players require new decks. The jump most new players make about the color mix of a new budget deck is assuming green's dominance. While green does provide more mana fixing and acceleration than any other color, a reasonable mana-base for a budget deck does not demand green in turn opening oodles of options. The goal of this article is to present some tactics to prevent a Budget deck from being taken over by the Sierra Club. -Short-Term…
The qualifier was a success in my mind, with a ten-player turnout for a first time event. Everything went smoothly except my lack of experience with Magic Reporter caused the tiebreakers to get a little bent out of shape. I promise to learn how to properly use it for the next one and be up-to-date on it for Worlds so I can help out with the computer. It was great to see people from the boards showing up, zombor, Monk3y, fatal_chill, myself; as well as our beloved founder Kurt Hahn making an appearance, giving the event his blessing and playing…