Disco Universe

Last week, I played Ivory Cup VI, the first online version of the classic Stockholm Swedish event (last year was local and very small for obvious reasons, and I wasn't there). It was quite small, and with Swedish reprint policy I didn't expect all spikey powered decks, so I decided to try out a brew …

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The Combo School of Magic That Never Was

Ages ago, when I first started this blog, I was just about to leave The Deck and explore other archetypes in 93/94. My first interest was the combo decks. I had a plan: to outline what I was going to call the Combo School of Magic through a series of articles. First, I was going …

Too Late Is Also a Time: BSK 2019

Okay, my BSK report is way overdue. The tournament was first weekend of November but I felt like I had to get the London content out there first. Also, doesn't look like we get an Organizer's Report this year, like we got the past two years I've organized the BSK tournament. We played straight Swiss …

Ivory Cup 4

Has it really been two years? My very first tournament report on this blog covered Ivory Cup 2, and a couple of weeks ago, I played Ivory Cup 4 (having missed last year's tournament due to vacation-based scheduling conflicts). Apparently, yes. Two years. Time flies, huh. Ivory Cup is Gordon Andersson's annual large summer tournament in …

Living on Borrowed Time

I hope we didn't fuck up. Last Friday, I played some Swedish 93/94 at the Danish Old School 3.5 event in Copenhagen, a side event at the Grand Prix taking place during the weekend. This meant no beers, the location being the event hall (and even in Denmark no beers on site, what is up …

Recall Should Stay Unrestricted

First of all: sorry for not updating more. March was insanely busy for me, with a bunch of work-related deadlines on papers and grants applications, along with moving to a new apartment. Back to an at least monthly schedule from now on. On to the content! On the weekend of February 23rd, there was the …

Failing with Fork

I've been playing a bunch of Fork combo lately. Mostly this list, which I played at a small gathering the day before Grand Prix Stockholm this past weekend. I went 1-3 at the tournament, and I don't think I won a single game when we were playtesting at Belgobaren over lunch before, so I won't …

Total Recall

Recall has been unrestricted in the Swedish format for a couple of months now, but there haven't been many tournament results or even published decklists sporting multiple copies yet. I'm mostly aware of this Instagram post by Danny Friedman and my own report from the Boat. Even missing much data, I think there's some merit to …

Sweet Dreams Aren’t Made of This

Underworld Dreams Combo is an archetype I haven't played much myself, but one I believe to be a bit underplayed and underdeveloped. It's not without its flaws, though. One is a weakness to opposing Lightning Bolts and Chain Lightnings, as you give your opponent cards through Howling Mines and want to strand a bunch of …

Novicecon. A Day Trip With Two Formats

This is a guest post by Chicago player Matt Moss, a report on a very interesting format and a great trip. Enjoy! /Svante (who will mostly stay quiet throughout, but is inserting a comment or two along the way) I. Introduction It is late Saturday afternoon at Eternal Central HQ, located in the industrial heart …