I’m not sick, you’ve read the tittle right! Tomorrow I’ll be playing the Extended PTQ San Juan in Barcelona. Why? I’ve been convinced by some friends to go there instead of playing Legacy at the Black Lotus Shop. I thought it was a good chance to disconnect from all the things going on recently in [...]
News! Official Reprint Policy & Revised Reprint Policy
Lately, the community (specially eternal players) has been worried about reprints due to the crazy increase of the prices of some cards. We’ve seen lots of rumors about the possibility of power 9 or dual lands being reprinted to boost eternal formats. But today, Wizards of the Coast has spoken and clarified their oficial reprint [...]
Focus on Legacy – Ad Nauseam Doomsday Hybrid
In the world of Legacy Storm combo there are a handful of shells and options available to the Real Men Who Play Combo. There are speed versions of Ad Nauseam Tendrils (ANT), versions with the powerful Burning Wish as a tutor (which also give you the power of Empty the Warrens), and other unique creations [...]
ICBM Retro Vintage Open 1 Results
Vintage players have either grown to love or hate the card Gush, and the effect that it had on the metagame over the past half decade during the times when it was allowed to be played. When Gush (and Brainstorm, Flash, Merchant Scroll, and Ponder) landed on the Restricted List again on June 1 2008 [...]
The GP Madrid epic report! Part III
Chapter 3: The rise of the golems.
So it’s finally Sunday, our last day in Madrid, and we are heading again to the GP with brand new objectives. I still need to visit Mark Poole to get some stuff signed & altered, and I’m planning on conquering the Vintage side event that starts at 9 am.
So, [...]
Thoughts on Breaking the Reserved List
Over the past couple of months there has been much consternation and discussion in online forums and articles discussing the rise of prices in older Magic cards. There has also been much discussion lately of the Reserved List on the Official Reprint Policy.
In Stephen Menendian’s recent article Visiting Wizards, Reprints, and the Reserved List [...]
The importance of playing competitive
When it comes to games such as MtG, Poker, Settlers, etc… where’s the edge between playing casual or doing it like a pro?
When you play a game, no matter which, you should always be able to distinguish the line between fun and competition. The real key to answer the question is finding the right balance [...]
The “Real men play combo” T-Shirt is up for grabs!
I don’t know if you guys noticed that we are running a Team Pataners Store (you can find it at the upper menu tabs). Right now we can only offer few designs, and we hope to be adding more really soon.
If there’s a T-Shirt I would wear while playing at GP Madrid would definitely be [...]
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General
March 2010 DCI Banned & Restricted List
March 19 2010 DCI Banned & Restricted List Announcement
Wizards of the Coast
Friday, March 19, 2010
Feature Archive
Wizards of the Coast Archive
Announcement Date: March 20, 2010
Effective Date: April 1, 2010
Zendikar Block Constructed, Standard, Extended, Legacy, Vintage
No changes
Changes to Magic Online–only formats are now announced monthly in the Magic Online [...]
Fun
XMTG — The Reserved List Trap
XMTG, the web comic that comes every Monday and Thursday at the Mana Nation, shows how the Reserved list decission was taken.
So true!
Decks
Top8 Vintage Decks @DDAY – Firenze 14/03/2010
The 12th – 13th – 14th of March took place in Firenze (Italy) a huge eternal event: The DDAY 3. 170 players gathered for each of the Legacy and Vintage tournaments to fight for the glory!
Quarterfinals:
Zerbino VS Ciuccatosti -> Zerbino (2-0)
Mastini VS Sanz -> Mastini (2-0)
Hernandez VS Baruffaldi -> Hernandez (2-1)
Ronzo [...]
Featured
News! Official Reprint Policy & Revised Reprint Policy
Lately, the community (specially eternal players) has been worried about reprints due to the crazy increase of the prices of some cards. We’ve seen lots of rumors about the possibility of power 9 or dual lands being reprinted to boost eternal formats. But today, Wizards of the Coast has spoken and clarified their oficial reprint [...]
Articles
The current state of Vintage
If you are a Vintage player you should know by now that the Catalan Vintage League, aka LCV, is probably the biggest Vintage league in the world. During the past 5 years, the LCV has done nothing but grow. This is a thing that we’ve been really proud of, as we’ve proven how solid a [...]
Articles
SCG $5K Legacy Open Event Coverage and Top16 decks
This past weekend the omnipresent store Star City Games organized another $5K event in Indianapolis. As usual, on Saturday took place the Standard event (not so interesting for us, but you can find top16 decks here), and on Sunday near 300 people showed up to play for the big pot.
The winner of the event is [...]
Decks
Today testing, tomorrow LCV!
This Saturday I’m going to play the LCV (Catalan Vintage League), finally! The guys from Igualada have prepared an excellent tournament with an awesome prize support, so I couldn’t fail to their effort. I hope the turnout of the tournament goes as they expected!
I expect a metagame with tones of Golem MUDS and Fish (Noble [...]
General
Legacy comes to Magic Online
Ladies and gentlemen Legacy is on fire! GP Madrid has beaten any previously attendance record and that’s something Spain is really proud of. Well, we (eternal players) should all be proud of! Every now and then, the attendance records gets beaten but that ain’t new. What’s new and surprising is that GP Madrid was played [...]
Pimp
Altered Swamps by Ron Spencer
Ron Spencer has always delighted us with his excellent Yawgmoth’s Will alterations, but he does other cool stuff worth watching and commenting. One of the most amazing things I’ve seen from Ron Spencer are his playsets of altered swamps. What makes these swamps special is that they usually connect one to each other to create [...]
Articles
Focus on Legacy – Ad Nauseam Doomsday Hybrid
In the world of Legacy Storm combo there are a handful of shells and options available to the Real Men Who Play Combo. There are speed versions of Ad Nauseam Tendrils (ANT), versions with the powerful Burning Wish as a tutor (which also give you the power of Empty the Warrens), and other unique creations [...]
Legacy
Dan Frazier is visiting Spain!
On the weekend of Grand Prix Madrid (epic report) I was told that Dan Frazier was coming to Spain. Where? – I asked!
I found the answer to that question in a matter of minutes! A guy around there was handling these fliers:
The card reads:
Freak Games I – 10th & 11th of April
Saturday: 600+€ Standard tournament. [...]
Featured
ICBM Retro Vintage Open 1 Results
Vintage players have either grown to love or hate the card Gush, and the effect that it had on the metagame over the past half decade during the times when it was allowed to be played. When Gush (and Brainstorm, Flash, Merchant Scroll, and Ponder) landed on the Restricted List again on June 1 2008 [...]
Pimp
Anthony Francisco is in da house!
When one of my regular dealers mentioned that he would have the chance of getting some cards signed by Anthony Francisco, I told him if he had 2 Tezzeret the Seeker and an Inkwell Leviathan in stock. How could I doubt about him!
These two are going straight to my Vintage deck!
I might be selling my [...]
Featured
The GP Madrid epic report! Part III
Chapter 3: The rise of the golems.
So it’s finally Sunday, our last day in Madrid, and we are heading again to the GP with brand new objectives. I still need to visit Mark Poole to get some stuff signed & altered, and I’m planning on conquering the Vintage side event that starts at 9 am.
So, [...]
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