Pushing further the exploitation of Nature's Lore already started in the 5c-aggro deck, I endeavored to push the card as far as I thought I could and added some more Sylvan Library, Demonic Consultation and even a Brainstorm. When two great cards have great synergy.. The result was quite lovely. As much as I'm inclined … Continue reading Deck Tech & Video Report : Moxless Troll in Old School 95
In what seems to me like a strange turn of events both Stephen Menendian and Magnus de Laval suggest to restrict the card in the Swedish format to fix its imbalance (The Deck dominating it). [EDIT:] Menendian only suggests it as an option in case people want to nerf The Deck, as of today he's … Continue reading The Jayemdae Tome Case
There are exceptions disproving the rule of course, and some card drawing engines like Library of Alexandria or Necropotence are so obviously broken that they could hardly be overrated (if anything Necropotence was scandalously underrated by some players and WotC followed them for so long that people had to wait for the next millennium before … Continue reading Card-Drawing Engines Are Overrated
In the first part, we looked into the injustice toward Zoo decks that City in a Bottle represents. But that's not enough, what if Zoo were so overpowered that it required such a broken safeguard ? Notice that while The Abyss and Moat are great, they give the fast aggro decks some time to do … Continue reading The City In a Bottle Case, part II
I got contacted by David asking me whether I'd like to write a report of my tournament experience. Well, why not. If I can contribute a bit to this great community and format, I'm happy to oblige. That being said, bear in mind that I’m not an experienced writer. So, here we go. I found … Continue reading Peter Monten’s Old School 95 Tournament Report
Svyelunite Temple is the Force of Will of Alliances-deprived Old School. If I sac a Temple to play a counterspell I pay two cards to counter one like when I use the pitch mode of FoW, and unlike Force of Will I can't pitch any blue card in the process, it has to be the … Continue reading Spotlight on the Original Sac-Lands
Nobody would say in good magic company how brillant the whole concept of playmats in an era where everybody use sleeves is. Playmats are such a bright idea. Where's your playmat's playmat ? The Old School community is a nice, welcoming community. To people who don't play The Deck. Deck creativity is encouraged among us. … Continue reading Did you know ?
I've got a little something for you people. You could almost call it a gift, maybe. Shandalar, or Magic: the Gathering, the Microprose video game from 1997 is my gift for this end of year. Won't cost me much as it is abandonware (Microprose is defunct). But it's so good you wouldn't do yourselves any … Continue reading A Gift Trip to Shandalar
Along those two decades and change of Magic, we've seen a lot of justifications for banning and restricting magic cards. Cards have been banned and restricted for all sorts of reasons, not just their perceived excessive power but also : their non-practicability (ante & dexterity cards), time and space constraints in organised play (Shahrazad), being … Continue reading The City In a Bottle Case, part I
Alert Status : Alpha Symptoms : Badtastemanship, inability to correctly evaluate contrast and saturation, selective blurriness of sight. Quarantine : Old School Magic: the Gathering community. Self Test : 1st step there
