Rich Stein
Giaco Furino
Zac Clark
Guest Author
Hunter Slaton
Zach B.
Li Xu
Matt Jones
Monique Garraud
David McCoy
Jess StirbaState of the Meta
(Everyone at HoTC has divided into our various player archetypes and writing strengths. We’ve each picked names for our weekly posts and well as a couple of non-scheduled posts. Jess Stirba has Eternal Hope and Command of Etiquette where she’s discussing eternal formats and Commander respectively. Matt Jones has Power and Toughness discussing creature based … Continue reading
On Being EVIL in Standard FNM to TNM
Evil, according to Evil Tim Akpinar, known Bant sympathizer and Jace Beleren look-a-like, “… just means wrathing and countering a lot.” I was very evil and have been for most of this Standard meta. With a new set on the horizon I’m certainly looking forward to what new wrathing and countering strategies might be on the … Continue reading
Power and Toughness—GW(b) in Modern and a Holiday Week Recap
What a lousy holiday week(end) for winning! Holy cow – something like 6 and 12 over a variety of formats (draft, standard, and modern). Regardless, I had a blast and reacquainted myself with a major personal truth. I’m a “fuck the system” kinda guy. I grew up listening to lots of Rage Against the Machine, … Continue reading
Power and Toughness—Standard RB Aggro or “I wasn’t talking smack! George Costanza, that’s a compliment!” (TNM #4)
Hey Everyone! TNM was extra strange this week. I ran this deck: 10 Mountain 4 Stromkirk Noble 4 Searing Spear 4 Rakdos Cackler 4 Knight of Infamy 4 Falkenrath Aristocrat 4 Dragonskull Summit 4 Blood Crypt 4 Ash Zealot 3 Thundermaw Hellkite 3 Swamp 3 Rakdos Keyrune 3 Pillar of Flame 3 Mizzium Mortars 2 … Continue reading
Tuesday Night Fever
Magic has been really good to me lately. Trades are good, I’m mulling to five less, and it seems like I’m top decking right when I need it. Such was the case this Tuesday at 20ss. I got in really early, like 15 mins before the store opened… I was antsy. I hadn’t played constructed … Continue reading
Hope Eternal—How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bant
Last Friday I decided to dip my toe back into Standard. The metagame seemed sufficiently open, and we have the cards, but the real motivation is that GP Atlantic City is around the corner. In case it’s not apparent, Atlantic City is fairly easy to access from Brooklyn. Since the format is going to be … Continue reading
Power and Toughness—FNM #7 and the Long Weekend of Magic
Kadar, Li, Chase, Johnny, Nick, Sean, and my assistant-friend Eric all helped me move two ten foot truckloads full of studio equipment, supplies, paintings, and endless copies of books from my old studio to my new one in Kadar’s building on Friday. I paid them in donuts and pizza. We were done in time to … Continue reading
All the Things—Diving into Modern With Fish
See what I did there? With the title… pretty clever right? Read on for more puns, I promise if you keep fishing you’ll find ’em. I like Modern in theory. It’s reuse of older cards but limited card pool means that new cards still affect the format (giving me a bit of trading value for … Continue reading
All the Things—Topdecking TNM With American Control
After a loooong plane ride and then train trip then a subway ride I thought I’d crash when I got home from Lisbon. Not a chance! I was wired, sleep deprived and eager to see my buds at 20ss. As soon as I touched down in EWR I contacted Paul to see if he was … Continue reading
Hipsters of the Coast 
Limited Possibilities—Gatecrash
Posted by Zac Clark on January 7, 2013 · 6 Comments
Now obviously, you can tell from my bio and from my articles that I’m a constructed player. I love deckbuilding to the meta and I like getting sneaky in my sideboard. What I also love is Limited theory. Actually, game theory on the whole is very interesting to me. Statistics are fun if there’s a … Continue reading →
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