Middle School Marauders 09-2023 Coverage and Results

This past week the Lords of the Pit hosted another Middle School event in Chicago, in a recurring series of events called Middle School Marauders (#MiddleSchoolMarauders on social media). Future events in this series will usually be open to the public every couple of months, and found on our Events page here.

The Lords of the Pit recently held another local Old School event, this time in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, organized by Lord Grant Castleton, who has been helping build the local Brew City Old School scene in Wisconsin. Some of the Lords and friends from greater Chicago and throughout Wisconsin gathered upon Steny’s Tavern and Grill on […]

Steve and Kevin review the 2023 year-to-date metagame results.

The following changes outlined below are being made to Eternal Central’s recommended Banned and Restricted Lists for the Middle School format. All changes are going in to effect immediately as of this announcement (Monday, May 1, 2023), for all Eternal Central events moving forward.

This past week the Lords of the Pit hosted another Middle School event in Chicago, in a recurring series of events called Middle School Marauders (#MiddleSchoolMarauders on social media). Future events in this series will usually be open to the public every couple of months, and found on our Events page here.

After a few year hiatus due to COVID-related issues, the Lords of the Pit recently hosted their fourth annual Relic War, which is a private tournament for charity held in Chicago that utilizes the Swedish Old School Banned and Restricted List and rules (no Mana Burn, for example), but with a more liberalized reprint policy, […]

Kevin Cron and Steve Menendian review 2022, for Vintage. In this episode: our 2022 Year in Review, and our annual Moxie Awards for Best New Set, Best New Deck, Best New Card, and Best Story of the Year.

Kevin Cron and Steve Menendian review The Brothers’ War, for Vintage.

Kevin Cron and Steve Menendian discuss the recent Banned and Restricted List announcement, which held no changes for Vintage, but included a rare write-up on the state of the format. Also, we deconstruct the Magic 30th Anniversary product announcement.

Editor’s Note: We are happy to host this guest tournament report, authored by upstart tournament organizer and fellow Old School baller Dave Gura, who recently ran the first annual Midwest Thrash Bash. On October 8, 2022 in South Bend, Indiana, 28 mages descended upon Tippecanoe Place (the Studebaker Mansion) for the first annual Midwest Old […]

Kevin Cron and Steve Menendian review Dominaria United, for Vintage.

This past week the Lords of the Pit hosted another Middle School event in Chicago, in a recurring series of events called Middle School Marauders (#MiddleSchoolMarauders on social media). Future events in this series will usually be open to the public every couple of months, and found on our Events page here.