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Introducing Middle School

by JACO on October 23, 2018

The Fires of Yavimaya burned, and the Wildfires raged, but could they be extinguish the…

So Many Insane Plays – The Evolving 2018 Vintage Metagame

by Stephen Menendian on September 2, 2018

The end of August is a good time to take stock of the Vintage metagame:…

GenCon 2018 – The Best Games We Saw and Played at GenCon 51

by JACO on August 9, 2018

The past few years have seen explosive growth in GenCon’s attendance numbers, and this year…

GP Vegas CFB Old School 93-94 Coverage and Results

by JACO on June 23, 2018

Eternal Central is proud to present coverage of Channel Fireball’s Old School 93-94 event at…

Old School at SCGCON 2018 Coverage and Results

by JACO on June 7, 2018

Eternal Central are proud to present coverage of Old School at SCGCON 2018, a charity…

Schools of Magic: History of Vintage – 2017

by Stephen Menendian on May 25, 2018

Years in the making, read the conclusion to Stephen Menendian’s epic History of Vintage. 2017…

So Many Insane Plays – Suggested Banned and Restricted List Updates (2018)

by Stephen Menendian on May 4, 2018

Throughout my long career opining on Magic, one of the perennial topics is the Banned…

NoviceCon 2018 Coverage and Results

by JACO on May 3, 2018

The Lords of the Pit and Eternal Central are proud to present coverage of the…

Lords of the Pit Team Tactical Tournament 03-2018 Results

by JACO on May 1, 2018

Instead of our second annual StripCon originally planned for around the end of March, we…

Schools of Magic: History of Vintage – 2016

by Stephen Menendian on April 18, 2018

In 2016 an entire class of cards was printed, largely ignored and overlooked, and swept…

EC Old School 93-94 Tournament, at SCGCON 2018

by JACO on April 9, 2018

Eternal Central is proud to partner with Star City Games to announce the Eternal Central…

So Many Insane Plays – Smashing ’96 Old School with Phyrexian Dreadnought

by Stephen Menendian on March 26, 2018

A few years ago, I undertook the effort of writing a 12-part series on Old…

So Many Insane Plays – The Djinn-Efreet War

by Stephen Menendian on March 23, 2018

Motivated by circumstances I can no longer recall, I was browsing older Magic periodicals on…

Schools of Magic: History of Vintage – 2015

by Stephen Menendian on March 21, 2018

2015 was a year packed with changes in of the History of Vintage. Large tournaments…

Schools of Magic: History of Vintage – 2014

by Stephen Menendian on March 6, 2018

2014 is a pivot year, turning Vintage in a radically new trajectory. Consecutive years of…

So Many Insane Plays Podcast Episode 77: Masters 25 Preview and Arabian Nights Review

by Kevin Cron on February 27, 2018

Kevin Cron and Steve Menendian preview Masters 25 with the reprint of Doomsday, and review…

Schools of Magic: History of Vintage – 2013

by Stephen Menendian on February 20, 2018

By the end of 2012, the Vintage format was surprisingly open and diverse. Any perceptible…

Schools of Magic: History of Vintage – 2012

by Stephen Menendian on February 12, 2018

For a format marketed as “Eternal,” each year in the History of Vintage delivers unexpected…

No Man is an Island

by Nick Detwiler on January 31, 2018

It’s a Friday night in 2000, and I’m sitting across from T.J. Impellizzieri. We’re on…

Madison Offensive 2018 Old School 93-94 Coverage

by JACO on January 26, 2018

The Lords of the Pit and Eternal Central are proud to present coverage of the…

Schools of Magic: History of Vintage – 2011

by Stephen Menendian on January 17, 2018

2011 may be one of the most tumultuous years in the history of the Vintage…

Schools of Magic: History of Vintage – 2010

by Stephen Menendian on December 29, 2017

2010 was a year defined by Worldwake. Rarely before has a new Standard-legal expansion set…

Schools of Magic: The History of Vintage – A StarCityGames Power Nine Series Retrospective

by Stephen Menendian on December 19, 2017

Star City Games. For nearly a decade, it was as close as an independent company…

Schools of Magic: History of Vintage – 2009

by Stephen Menendian on December 15, 2017

The restoration of Time Vault led to a reckoning in Vintage, with a major mid-year…

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