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Theros Game Day Draft @ Magic and Monsters

For the Theros Game Day I took the Tuesday Morning with Magic Crew to Mission Viejo’s Magic and Monsters card shop for the Draft. The shop is a little further than a lot of other shops–we are blessed to live in a MtG Mecca with five shops within 20 minutes. But it was an easy…
Guardians of Meletis Update

My current favorite Magic card is Gaurdians of Meletis which is so rad it had its own episode on the Geek and Sundry Vlogs station http://youtube.googleapis.com/v/abMlIZ07ioU&source=uds In the Comments, the point was raised that I may be reading to much into this card, so I dropped Magali Villeneuve, the artist a note and asked her. Here is her response…
Actual Play Murder in Baldur’s Gate–D&D Encounters S15 S10
Murder in Baldur’s Gate–D&D Encounters S15 S10

Another great week of D&D Next at Mercenary Market. This was the second week that Jack, Brian, Scott, and I had played there and it was loads of fun. DM Nick was again behind the screen doing an awesome job. Eric and Sara were there again–Eric is a fun roll player and really gets into…
Mercenary Market After Encounters Showdown

Jack and Brian sat down for a game of Magic after an awesome week of D&D Encounters. Before Encounters Scott and Brian took on Jack and I in Two Headed Giant and even with Scott’s deck not going off at all, Brian almost beat both of us so this was going to be a great…
Haste! Reaper Bones 2, Numenera Licensing, Reforging Updates!

This is without a doubt the best general podcast to keep you up to date with what is going on with RPG’s. Ennie award winning podcast is back with another great episode. This one is almost 30 minutes long–which feels a lot longer than previous episodes. I like that they go more in depth and…
WotC Customer Service

So I am canceling my Wizards of the Coast monthly account.I started this blog when the community site was updated & I could not figure out how to use the new site–I could not find my blog or groups, I could not upload images, etc. Then I stopped participating in the WotC Novel club [which…
Evan the Canadian, Slivers win Again, GW Two Headed Giant SMACK DOWN

Another great morning of Magic for Jack and the South Lake crew. Tuesday’s is late start day & we live across the street from the Junior High so the kids come over for a little Tuesday Morning with Magic. And Lisa cooks muffins–this week it was pumpkin! we are in training for the Theros Game day, so…
Penny Arcade/PvP Series 6: Ark of the Mad Mage

I listened to this podcast at work while typing. Chris Perkins is a Great DM. His relationship to other great DM’s–in fact, legendary DMs like Gygax & Cook is well documented, but his influence on every living DM cannot be stressed enough. When one listens to Perkins run a game, every DM I have ever…
Removing a Planeswalker

Jack and I were playing Magic at the Pokemon X&Y release event. Jack cast Ajani, Caller of the Pride I had reacted at Instant speed with two Spark Jolts and a Magma Jet assigning all damage to the Player Ajani. Jacked rightfully questioned this play. We ruled that this was not legal since Ajani is…