Locations
This week I'm going to try something different. Last week highlighted the fact that there can be a real glut of reading on certain days. This week I'm going to to give you articles in categories of their topic. Such as for Standard, Legacy, Limited, etc. We're just trying this out, so I might keep it or I might not.
Beginners
This category will capture a handful of articles I think are especially helpful to new players, they will cross formats, some will be Standard and some will be limited.
- Talking of Gods and Monsters: A Prerelease Primer - Tim Willoughby over at the Mothership gives a great primer for players playing in their first Pre-Release.
Standard
- 30 Lands and Determining your Battlefield - Josh Silvestri breaks down the deck and discusses various scenarios.
- The Stars Are Right: Concepting Decks for Rise Standard - @parakkum on Twitter, Alex Shearer outside of it, writes up some Standard concepts and ideas from RoE.
- The Sunday Sideboarding Guide - Flores discusses sideboarding for his Rhox Meditant 2010 Deck
- Where's the Mana Gonna Come From? - Russell Tassicker looks at how to fund the in-game economics to pay for your Massive Eldrazi.
Extended
- GP Houston Report: Top 64 - Gavin Verhey puts his trust in Conley Woods.
- Doran is Back! - Yann Massicard on Blackborder.com discusses Doran in Extended.
Legacy
- Legacy: Is That Even a Real Deck? - Gerry T discusses Legacy as he has been playing it on MTGO.
- Four Budget Options for Legacy - Chris Dube discusses four options for cash-light Legacy decks
Limited
- Ready, Set, Grow - Steve Sadin discusses RoE draft on Wizards.com
- A Peek At Sealed to Come - Alex West writes on SCG about what he thinks RoE Sealed will look like.
Casual
- Portal Five Color - Abe Sargeant has to be the king of the Casual category.
- The Chaos Contest Winners - Sheldon Menery has the finale of his Embrace the Chaos EDH contest.
- Cheap EDH - With a Little Help From my Friends - Ben McDole makes a cheap-ish Allies EDH deck.
- You Make the Call - Dan returns to his examination of Warp World in a post ROE Standard.
Theory
- The Contrapositive of Physics - Mike Flores rocks your world.
- Unorthodox Mulliganing - Conley Woods discusses throwing them back when others wouldn't.
Other
- Top 8 Undervalued Rise of the Eldrazi Cards - Kelly Reid discusses 8 cards you should pick up before their stock rises.
- April 2010 Update Bulletin - MaGo discusses the updates to the rules for RoE's release.
- The Defiance of Angels - Doug Beyer feeds the Vorthos in us all with an Angel-ic discussion
- The Three Easiest Game Losses You Will Ever Avoid - Judge Allison Medwin entails the three easiest common game loss infractions to avoid.
- Rise of the Eldrazi Set Review - Jon Medina runs a review on the set.
Leave a comment and let me know what you think of this format, I'm experimenting with stuff. Next week I'll post some minor updates to my reading list, no real changes except for some sites moving or going quiet.
Update: I asked my buddy Andre to work on a button for people to put on posts, if they're so inclined.
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