BORN ON A BAYOU

Hey everyone! It's been pretty quiet here for a while but not anymore today! We have an awesome guest post by Dean Costakis about playing Magic in the early days and how he stumbled upon Old School after a dream. Really awesome story. Dean plays with the Magical Hacks group in the South Carolina area. …

Top Ten Creatures in Old School

Today we have a pretty awesome guest post from Jared Doucette. Jared was the first person I met in real life who played Old School. He was the only person (besides my friend that came with me) that showed to my MeetUp.com meet up back in September of 2016. Since then I've played against him …

Winter Derby 2017/2018: Diary of a Green Mage

  When I saw the registrations on Facebook for the Winter Derby, I signed up right away. I was so pumped to play more Magic than I had the last six months or so. And yeah, it was a lot of fun. After each match I recorded the happenings on a Google doc. I ended …

Dragon Flare: A Janky Red Brew

“O to be a dragon...of silkworm size or immense…”  - Marianne Moore I don't own any dual lands. I'm also not new to Old School as i’m sure you know. Anyone that plays with me often has probably noticed I play mono colored decks about 90% of the time. Or maybe 95% of the time. Actually …

Two Magical Hacks and a Glimmer of Hope

We have yet another guest here! This one is from Ash Anabtawi down in the U.S. southeast old school scene which has recently exploded into a very impressively large group of card slingers calling themselves "the Two Magical Hacks." Here's Ash's take on their most recent tournament. - In origin, the genre of Old School …

A Fruit That Can Talk

The Isle of Wak-Wak, home to a tribe of winged folk, is named for a peculiar fruit that grows there. The fruit looks like a woman's head, and when ripe speaks the word "Wak."   Most of us are familiar with that very strange line. This is the flavor text printed on Magic's strangest card, …

Trials of a N00b Magic Player

Here we have another great report from the Old School Eternal Weekend event. Jack Ryan had never played a tournament before and his first one happened to be the biggest Old School tourney in Old School history. It's certainly interesting and funny as he weaves his way through the tournament. He ended up doing quite …

Icy Venom in the Steel City — Deck tech and tournament report

Guest post today by Dave Firth Bard! Unfortunately I didn't make it out to Pittsburg, PA this year for the Eternal Central Old School Event. But Dave did and he did a great write up about it and used quite a unique and awesome deck.  Enjoy! It was incredible to be able to participate in …

“…Stand like Druids of Old”

"This is the forest primeval. The murmuring pines and the hemlocks. . . Stand like Druids of old." —Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, "Evangeline" Months ago I wrote up a couple of posts about building a mono green deck. I went through a bunch of green cards to see which combination of them would work best. The …