MTG Salvation Article Archives: Author: HKKID

• The 2007 Regionals Primer (May 31st, 2007)

  I hate studying for a test.

• The Metagame Deck, Type 2 (April 4th, 2007)

  If you wanted to build a competitive deck for today's metagame, where would you start? I'd start with the metagame itself.

• Anti-Aggro Machine (January 12th, 2007)

  Boros is the format-defining deck right now, in two different formats! In extended, a strong boros matchup is key to having a good day at any tournament.

• [MTGS Classics] Card Advantage, Level 1 (August 24th, 2006)

  Over the years, there have been several different definitions of card advantage.

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

  Mono Blue Control.

• Ravnica Rock (October 10th, 2005)

  Yups.

• Ten Bold (or Rather, Cowardly) Predictions for Ravnica Type 2 (September 14th, 2005)

  Editor's note: this article is short, but it is packed.

• Card Advantage, Level 1 (September 1st, 2005)

  Magic Theory is a topic I have long loved to discuss.

• Post Rotation Extended - Goblin Bidding (June 29th, 2005)

  Once upon a time, Goblin beats was a good deck.

• The Gigantic Regionals Primer (June 14th, 2005)

  It's Regionals Time.

• Key Matchups. Mono Green Control versus Blue Green (May 25th, 2005)

  Green is undeniably the strongest color in Standard.

• Serious Casual. Seriously. (May 19th, 2005)

  Gifts Ungiven Bringer of the Black Dawn Tooth and Nail Disciple of the Vault Three of these things are a lot like the others, Three of these things are kind of the same, Can you guess which one is not like the others?

• Key Matchups: The UG mirror. (May 10th, 2005)

  by HKKID It’s said that if you break a mirror, that’s seven years of bad luck.

• Standardizing Standard: Mono Blue Control (April 27th, 2005)

  Mono Blue Control.

• Put Them Plains DOWN (April 21st, 2005)

  If you were given a format full of slow decks that don't do much of anything until turn 4, you'd try and break that format with a fast deck right? You'd want to play one mana 2/2s, and one mana fliers.

• Playing To Win Version II (April 12th, 2005)

  Playing to win is one of the most important concepts in any competitive game.

• Mono-Green in t2 (April 4th, 2005)

  This article starts with a pop quiz.

• Rebuilding the Rock (March 28th, 2005)

  Originally when I volunteered to cover The Rock I was not particularly excited about doing so.

• Build it Yourself, Teen Titans (Welder-Reanimator) (March 9th, 2005)

  Despite having such an awful name, Teen Titans is one of the best decks for an Extended player to be using at the moment.

• Extended Reanimator (March 8th, 2005)

  Reanimator is an incredibly fast combo-aggro deck.

• Ravager Free Zone (March 1st, 2005)

  I'm sure by now everyone has seen the news on the front page.

• Build it Yourself, Tooth & Nail (February 21st, 2005)

  Tooth and Nail decklists are a dime a dozen.