It Looked Good On Paper...And Now It Really Is

Back in December of last year I posted a list of cards that looked good on paper, but in real life, not so much.  One of the cards I profiled there was Dark Depths.  A land that would eventually yield a 20/20 black avatar had to be awesome right?  The cost of counters, though, seemed to ruin the whole idea.  Case closed?  No, its not because along comes Vampire Hexmage and that's where things take a turn.  Recently someone pointed the combo out to me and that's when I had one of OMFG moments.

Is This Cheating? Some Help Here Please

So I'm cruising the MTG related blogs the other day and I come across this article on Taw's Blog titled How To Cheat In Casual Magic.  Now I am by no means a cheater, but the blatant way he just put it out there had me fascinated, so I checked it out.  What I found was a little mind boggling.  Not only is the cheat possibly not a cheat, but it seems that everybody else in the world already knew about it.  So now I find myself in a quandry wondering whether this is cheating, or just smart play.

But It Looked So Good On Paper!

How many times has this happened to you? A new set comes out and there’s a card in it that is beyond cool, beyond remarkable, beyond awesome, it has actually transcended to remarcoolsome. You barely even read the card, its very essence is already causing neurons in your brain to fire off like you just downed a crystal meth cocktail with a crack chaser. At that moment you’re not really thinking about whether the card is feasible to play, all you can see is just how freaking remacoolsome it is.

This Video Tripped Me Out

Is Infect The New Affinity?

Scars of Mirrodin has brought us a new mechanic, one that may either be a serious contender among deck types, wind up on the casual play heap, or might, like affinity before it, prove to be a meta-game altering force.