MTG Salvation Article Archives: Monthly: September 2006

• Stories from the Attic... (September 29th, 2006)

  Can you hear it? That’s the sound of the color wheel rolling out of control!!! So long, color wheel! Welcome back Disenchant! Go to hell Naturalize! You know what, I’m so happy that even Haakon isn’t frightening me anymore.

• The Perfect Casual Format, Pt. 3 (September 28th, 2006)

  Soldancer wraps up his series on casual Magic formats with a look at formats when the number of players isn't neatly divisible by two, as well as fixing Emperor and what happens when infinite mana goes wrong.

• Lords of Coldsnap: King Darien (September 26th, 2006)

  Did you know that there are only twenty Lords in Magic? There are well over 8000 different Magic cards, of which around half are creatures.

• MTGCast #25: Pre-prints! (September 25th, 2006)

  Some 9th Edition oddities, Time Spiral Prerelease goodness, split second, the idea of "pre-prints," and more!

• Cranial Insertion: Time Spiraling out of Control (September 24th, 2006)

  This week, we’re all about Time Spiral! We’re going to cover general questions on the set, including its new and returning mechanics, and answer some questions lifted directly from the floors of the Prerelease.

• Remember the Weatherlight, Part V(c): Imperfect Parts (September 20th, 2006)

  The end of the Weatherlight Saga, so what do Wizards do? Put Continuity, Story Flow, Basic Logic, Reason and Common Sense on indefinite sick leave.

• Remember the Weatherlight, Part V(b): Imperfect Parts (September 19th, 2006)

  The Phyrexian invasion continues, some legendary dragons reawaken, and the Weatherlight just might crash.

• Remember the Weatherlight, Part V(a): Imperfect Parts (September 18th, 2006)

  For three thousand years, Urza Planeswalker has prepared for this day.

• MTGCast Special: Cory Herndon Interview (September 18th, 2006)

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• Cranial Insertion: On to the Past (September 17th, 2006)

  There is still a bit of time left before temporal chaos descends upon the world of Magic.

• Putting Your Eggs in Your Basket: A Follow-Up (September 14th, 2006)

  Just over a week ago, my first article, Putting Your Eggs In Your Basket: Designing a Custom Set was published.

• Ravnica Block Constructed: The Format That Never Was (September 13th, 2006)

  Around the time the third set in the block comes out, Block Constructed starts becoming really popular.

• Coldsnap's Build-Around Cards (September 12th, 2006)

  Every new set that comes out brings us new cards to build decks around.

• MTGCast #24: Dom's Been a Busy Beaver (September 11th, 2006)

  The Pro Tour Hall of Fame announced, some official Time Spiral previews, word about MTGO v3.

• Cranial Insertion: First Draft (September 10th, 2006)

  On the tournament floor at Grand Prix Phoenix, the other judges and I noticed something about RAV-block limited: there are simply no new questions.

• Putting the NO into sNOw - U/W Control in Standard (September 8th, 2006)

  Talking to a lot of the more seasoned Magic players, you get the feeling that now is a boring time for the Standard format of Magic.

• Peasant in Standard: Toasty Winter (September 7th, 2006)

  Every time I stop playing Magic for a while, I begin to miss it.

• What Next for Legacy? Cards, They Are-A-Changing (September 6th, 2006)

  Power cards give players design ideas and open up avenues of strategy.

• MTGCast: Re-Recorded Again (September 4th, 2006)

  As usual something goes wrong with MTGCast, this time we did the whole show with Gary from MTGVault.

• Cranial Insertion: Law of the Land (September 4th, 2006)

  Yes, I am not your regular writer.

• Battle of the Sets VIII: Introduction Part 2 (September 1st, 2006)

  Continuing on from yesterday, Alfred finishes sizing up all the sets, and sets out the main structure of the tournament.