First Pick:
Magic Mics Water Bottle on it’s way!
Conspiracy 2
Kaya foil art different from regular printing 222/221 set #.
Garbage Fire
Stunt Double - Flash Clone!
Throne of the High City - Legacy Playable?
Surprising Reprints:
Birds of Paradise
Berserk
Show and Tell
https://www.mtggoldfish.com/articles/conspiracy-can-be-our-salvation-if-we-let-it
Gather the Townsfolk
http://markrosewater.tumblr.com/post/149228247373/i-have-to-say-conspiracy-2-looks-amazing-but
http://badatcommander.tumblr.com/post/149242922474/how-much-do-fetches-thin-your-deck
10,000 Games simulated - But, on average, by turn 20, the deck with fetches has seen one more spell than the deck that hasn’t.
First Pirate in 17 years!
Desperate Ravings
Draft League
Blast from the Past
The Finisher
This week has been a great one for science. The internet, which was first launched by Sir Tim Berners-Lee on August 23, 1991, celebrated its 25th birthday this week by posting pictures of cats, insulting strangers, and sharing their 7 favorite movies featuring talking babies. Not to be outdone, researchers have confirmed that they have found a rocky planet quite similar to Earth a mere 4 light years away and have named it Proxima B. Now, I’m not a science scientist, but that’s going to be a tough seven days to top. So what could science do next week to best this week’s triumphs?
First Pick:
Conspiracy: Take The Crown Previews
Becoming “The Monarch”
New Mechanic - Melee & Secret Agenda
Pass the Salt
Paying for content
The Finisher
Well, the Rio Olympics is nearly over and they were dirtier than ever. And this time around, instead of performance enhancing drugs, the dirtiness came from Rio de Janeiro being a filthy disgusting place! Oh, and also the performance enhancing drugs. The International Olympic Committee has their hands full with this crap, so we’re lucky we don’t have to deal with the Duelists Convocation International breathing down our necks for that… But if we did, what should be on the Magic: The Gathering banned substances list?
First Pick:
Pro Tour
Winner - Lucas Blohon - B/W Control
LSV third Top 8 in a row!
Hall of Famer - Owen Turtenwald & Yuuya Watanabe; Mark Herberholz a distant 3rd.
Owen Turtenwald - Player of the Year & National Champion by making Top 8 over Seth Manfield.
Kaya, Ghost Assassin
http://wizardsmagic.tumblr.com/post/148459722916/if-you-read-yesterdays-magic-story-laid-to-rest
Gather the Townsfolk
https://www.reddit.com/r/magicTCG/comments/4we7wb/randy_buehler_retires_from_coverage/
Organized Play Announcement: http://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/news/pro-tour-eldritch-moon-organized-play-announcement-2016-08-02
Team Series - “Soft Launch” for $50k; Full Launch for 2017 - 2018.
Platinum players will receive a $500 appearance fee for the first six Grand Prix main events that the player competes in in the current season (currently, Platinum players receive a $250 appearance fee for each Grand Prix main event that the player competes in).
Platinum players will no longer receive hotel accommodations for each Pro Tour during the 2017–18 season.
No PES
Desperate Ravings
http://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/feature/vault-lore-2016-08-01?
The Red Zone
https://twitter.com/bmkibler/status/761653531648458752
Cut Draft from PT
Splash Damage
https://www.reddit.com/r/magicTCG/comments/4wrghs/hearthstone_developers_making_mtg_rd_look_like/
The Finisher
Sunday 10PM ET - Patreon Hangout
Magic players rejoice! Because Wizards of the Coast is better at something than Blizzard! The Hearthstone expansion One Night In Karazhan came out recently, and Hearthstone players immediately took to the internet to complain about the set that many claim adds nothing to the Standard environment, gives no meaningful tools to the class that needs it most, and also makes Limited more of a crapshoot based on the printed rarities. But Magic has had its own Homelands and Prophecies and Saviors of Kamigawas that equally pooped the bed, so what advice would you give to Hearthstone from you as a seasoned Magic player?