MTG Salvation Article Archives: Monthly: August 2006Hello and welcome to another exciting installment of Battle of the Sets! I am your host and tournament organizer Alfred, and I welcome both tournament newcomers as well as those of you who have had the opportunity to read BotS before. Hey guys, before you listen just wanted to say that I'm sorry for the delay both in getting the podcast out and on the podcast itself. People say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. I'm going to expound upon the article Thirty Common Mistakes Players Make. A fairly good primer on how to determine/build a manabase. Over the years, there have been several different definitions of card advantage. Some people valiantly defend the white-bordered world. The funny thing is, even though this deck looks like a nine-year old kid added 20 cards to the 9th edition "World Aflame" precon, it actually wins games. Welcome to Cranial Insertion. We can learn a lot from Sir Lancelot du Lac. As usual with new sets, MTGSalvation brings out a "cycle" of articles that review the new set and try to predict their influence in certain formats, and this one is no exception. This article first appeared in the spring of 05. More on the continuing "Selecting 10th Edition" process, speculation about Time Spiral, a Magic necklace hitting the shelves for the holidays, Canadian Nationals, and the crew looks back on their first six months of podcasting. Welcome back to another edition of Cranial Insertion, kids. DarkRitual: So, is there anything I can break in Coldsnap? In the midst of Ravnica block, which has had less impact on Vintage so far than the two blocks preceding it, Wizards of the Coast announced the third set in the long-passed Ice Age block: Coldsnap. With Ravnica, Guildpact, and Dissension, Wizards has introduced to us a new world full of multicolor goodness, allowing us to enhance our mono-color decks, create new ones out of intriguing new mechanics, creatures, and spells, and add or splash as many c The MTGCast team talks about the Olivier Ruel situation, the ongoing "Selecting 10th Edition," interesting things from US Nationals and the JSS Championships, and more! We're going to jump into some more random questions this week, including several non-card questions that have been bouncing around our inbox. Got some spare birthday cash? Trying to work out the best way to get that elusive set of Ohran Vipers? This guide aims to give you an idea of what the Coldsnap cards will be worth. Welcome to the Coldsnap Art Review, with a TWIST!
Of lemon and ice. Apologies for being a day late, Tom had some work duties that were inescapable.
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