MTG Salvation Article Archives: Monthly: July 2006

• The Coldsnap Standard Review Theatre (July 31st, 2006)

  Today on Salvation Theatre, we are exploring a fascinating new set and its implications for our most prolific tournament format: Standard.

• Cranial Insertion: Questions of Climate Change (July 30th, 2006)

  Welcome back to Cranial Insertion, where we are slowly recovering from the recent icy temperatures.

• MTGS Minis: Jaya Ballard on Protection from Red (July 28th, 2006)

  How does Jaya Ballard deal with protection from her favorite color?

• Jaya Ballard on Coldsnap Design (July 26th, 2006)

  Greetings, friend.

• Loamin' it Up in Legacy (July 25th, 2006)

  Ravnica block is over, and the block that was promised to be a huge set for the Legacy player overall has been somewhat of a dissapointment.

• Monday Night Magic News: Not Enough Coldsnap (July 24th, 2006)

  Is there a shortage of Coldsnap?

• Cranial Insertion: Paradoxes of Defense (July 23rd, 2006)

  From time to time, we’ve done several one-topic articles here, where we spend the entire piece telling you all there is to know about one Magical subject.

• Guises of Magic: Sparky's Cultists (July 21st, 2006)

  When playing a game of Magic: The Gathering, it is usually a duel between two planeswalkers who have gained vast knowledge by viewing and learning from the history of the many planes in the Multiverse.

• [MTGS Classics] Guilds of Ravnica (July 19th, 2006)

  What happens when a guild has to be two colours, when it has two philosophies, two meanings of life, two goals? It has to find a way to unite them all in one, clear idea, and this becomes the guild's identity.

• [MTGS Classics] The Quest for Magic (July 19th, 2006)

  Originally published in November 2005, this article was extremely popular for its philosophical viewpoint and talking cat, easily winning Article of the Month.

• Monday Night Magic News: It's a Dragon! (July 17th, 2006)

  Hello and welcome to Monday Night Magic, a weekly podcast that brings you the week's news in Magic: the Gathering, along with a few added extras.

• Cranial Insertion: Coldsnap in the Desert (July 16th, 2006)

  Still got questions? Send them to cranial.

• Coldsnap Casual Review (July 14th, 2006)

  I'm really excited about what Coldsnap is offering the casual player.

• [MTGS Classics] Of Mice and Mulligans (July 12th, 2006)

  For most players with little tournament experience, it's very easy to underestimate the importance of the mulligan.

• Friggorid, Standard, and Coldsnap (July 11th, 2006)

  Yawgmoth's Will is arguably the single most powerful card ever printed for use in constructed magic.

• Maximize Your Winnings on MTGO (July 10th, 2006)

  Magic Online has a variety of tournaments you can participate in, including regular 8-person draft queues, premier sealed and constructed tournaments, 8-person constructed queues, and 4-week sealed deck leagues.

• Cranial Insertion: From the Frozen Tundra (July 9th, 2006)

  Welcome to this week’s Cranial Insertion, from the frozen tundra of Dominaria.

• The REAL Casual (July 7th, 2006)

  Casual is the game as Richard Garfield originally meant it to be played: There might be one of a power card floating around, but that’s it.

• RGD Booster Draft (July 5th, 2006)

  I watched my opponent's Azorius First-Wing deal another two points to my face.

• [MTGS Classics] Standardizing Standard: Mono Blue Control (July 4th, 2006)

  Mono Blue Control.

• Sucking at Legacy: Rakdos in 1.5 (July 3rd, 2006)

  Obviously, there are some issues with this deck.

• Cranial Insertion: Of Mice and Monkeys (July 2nd, 2006)

  Two of this year's three Champs tournaments are over, a Pro Tour just went by, middle of the summer.