http://www.mananation.com ManaNation.com is a site which features a weekly video podcast about Magic: the Gathering as well as articles everyday of the week. Strategy, decks, limited and unbridled awesome. Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:07:38 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The StarCityGames Mega-Weekend has come and gone, and with it, we have learned three valuable lessons about Type 2: [card]Bitterblossom[/card] now sees more play than [card]Tarmogoyf[/card], Alex Bertoncini is pretty good at this game (having won both the 5K and the 2K), and most importantly, U/B Faeries is the best ... http://www.mananation.com/trial-and-error-%e2%80%93-fly-swatters/ Two weeks ago I got on the Swan Song bandwagon and came up with a highly preliminary list. To me it looked like a good list, but then again, only half the cards in Shadowmoor had been revealed up to that point. With the prerelease complete and the set now ... http://www.mananation.com/trial-and-error-%e2%80%93-swan-song-revisited/ I lied. No report. Oh well, that’s what you get for studying for finals rather than going to the prerelease. Before you start throwing a temper tantrum, it’s time to discuss perhaps one of the most important mental aspects of the game you can learn – judging, or more importantly, ... http://www.mananation.com/trial-and-error-ceteris-paribus/ No report this week (don’t worry, I’ll have one next week); rather, I present to you some speculative analysis. Sounds fun, right? With Shadowmoor around the corner, and spoiler/preview season in full swing, speculation about the best post-rotation decks is once again a hot topic. And why not? After all, one ... http://www.mananation.com/trial-and-error-swan-song/ Num Cardname 4 [card]Birds of Paradise[/card] 2 [card]Caves of Koilos[/card] 3 [card]Chameleon Colossus[/card] 4 [card]Doran, the Siege Tower[/card] 1 [card]Forbidding Watchtower[/card] 3 [card]Forest[/card] 4 [card]Horizon Canopy[/card] 3 [card]Leaf-Crowned Elder[/card] 4 [card]Llanowar Wastes[/card] 4 [card]Murmuring Bosk[/card] 4 [card]Nameless Inversion[/card] 3 [card]Oblivion Ring[/card] 2 [card]Profane Command[/card] 4 [card]Shriekmaw[/card] 2 [card]Thorntooth Witch[/card] 2 [card]Thoughtseize[/card] 2 [card]Timber Protector[/card] 4 [card]Treefolk Harbinger[/card] 3 [card]Treetop Village[/card] 2 [card]Urborg; Tomb of Yawgmoth[/card] Sideboard 3 [card]Cloudthresher[/card] 3 [card]Mind Shatter[/card] 3 [card]Rootgrapple[/card] 4 [card]Tormod's Crypt[/card] 2 [card]Withered Wretch[/card] Since its opening, the local game store in Gainesville, Florida has seen its share of substantial FNMs. We have had as many as 34 ... http://www.mananation.com/trial-and-error-treefolk/