MTG Salvation Article Archives: Monthly: July 2009

• Hip to be Square: 8 10 (July 31st, 2009)

  Hip to be Square: 8x10 By Tom Fowler Part One: An Eight-Man Draft What do you do when you see a pack with no clear first pick in it?

• Gathering the Magic: Complexity and the Emergent Trinity (July 30th, 2009)

  “I think the next century will be the century of complexity.

• Off Topic: Magicology (July 28th, 2009)

  Parasitology can be a very interesting field of study for people with a strong constitution.

• Cranial Insertion: Heavy Metal Goyf (July 27th, 2009)

  Cranial Insertion Heavy Metal Goyf or, M10?

• Good Game: A Night with M10 (July 24th, 2009)

  Last weekend was the M10 Release draft at our store, an event that I was craving ever since I judged at the Prerelease and got to watch all those happy faces playing with the new cards.

• Thirst for Knowledge: Good Night, and Good Luck! (July 23rd, 2009)

  Despite my love affair with Faeries, I’ll be the first to admit that it’s more than refreshing to see Standard so wide open.

• Off Topic: Systematically Improving your Game (July 21st, 2009)

  Besides being the best game ever, Magic is also one of the most complicated.

• Cranial Insertion: Order of Operations (Historic) (July 20th, 2009)

  Cranial Insertion Order of Operations (The Old Version!

• Hip to be Square: Seeking a Friend for the End of the World (July 17th, 2009)

  Seeking a Friend for the End of the World by Tom Fowler[/center] If you've been living under a rock, then you may not have heard about the sweeping rules changes coming with Magic 2010.

• Thirst for Knowledge: Life After M10 (July 16th, 2009)

  When I decided to start my column back in February, my intention was just to write about Constructed.

• Off Topic: What's Tempo Have to Do With It? (July 14th, 2009)

  If you aren’t familiar with the great Tina Turner’s music career, you can replace tempo in the title with love to get the name of one of her more famous songs.

• Cranial Insertion: Encore, Encore! (July 13th, 2009)

  Cranial Insertion Encore, Encore!

• Good Game: Is This Horse Dead Yet? (July 10th, 2009)

  Good Game: Is This Horse Dead Yet?

• Thirst for Knowledge: Challenge the Sky (July 9th, 2009)

  It is not all that often that we, as a Magic-playing collective, embrace a single and universal concept.

• Off Topic: Alpha Beta Beta (July 7th, 2009)

  Over the many years, I have relocated constantly from one town to another.

• Cranial Insertion: Revolution (July 6th, 2009)

  Cranial Insertion Revolution By Eli Shiffrin, Brian Paskoff, and Aaron Stevenson He's been pushing for change.

• Hip to be Square: The Cube (July 3rd, 2009)

  Hip to be Square: The Cube by Tom Fowler[/center] Cube drafting is the most popular pastime to be cubic since Emo Rubik sprang his eponymous Cube onto the world.

• Thirst for Knowledge: Into the Frying Pan (July 2nd, 2009)

  I had this past weekend off, so I decided to head over to my old apartment in Grand Rapids to support my roommate in his efforts to qualify for the MTGO Champs event, which could have potentially sent him to Worlds.

• Off Topic: Sleeves and Counters and Playmats, Oh Cliche (July 1st, 2009)

  Over the years, I have developed a growing interest how we, as human beings, have an uncanny desire to enhance our possessions.