The Fires of Yavimaya burned, and the Wildfires raged, but could they be extinguish the…
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So Many Insane Plays – The Evolving 2018 Vintage Metagame
The end of August is a good time to take stock of the Vintage metagame:…
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GenCon 2018 – The Best Games We Saw and Played at GenCon 51
The past few years have seen explosive growth in GenCon’s attendance numbers, and this year…
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GP Vegas CFB Old School 93-94 Coverage and Results
Eternal Central is proud to present coverage of Channel Fireball’s Old School 93-94 event at…
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Old School at SCGCON 2018 Coverage and Results
Eternal Central are proud to present coverage of Old School at SCGCON 2018, a charity…
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Schools of Magic: History of Vintage – 2017
Years in the making, read the conclusion to Stephen Menendian’s epic History of Vintage. 2017…
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So Many Insane Plays – Suggested Banned and Restricted List Updates (2018)
Throughout my long career opining on Magic, one of the perennial topics is the Banned…
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NoviceCon 2018 Coverage and Results
The Lords of the Pit and Eternal Central are proud to present coverage of the…
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Lords of the Pit Team Tactical Tournament 03-2018 Results
Instead of our second annual StripCon originally planned for around the end of March, we…
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Schools of Magic: History of Vintage – 2016
In 2016 an entire class of cards was printed, largely ignored and overlooked, and swept…
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EC Old School 93-94 Tournament, at SCGCON 2018
Eternal Central is proud to partner with Star City Games to announce the Eternal Central…
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So Many Insane Plays – Smashing ’96 Old School with Phyrexian Dreadnought
A few years ago, I undertook the effort of writing a 12-part series on Old…
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So Many Insane Plays – The Djinn-Efreet War
Motivated by circumstances I can no longer recall, I was browsing older Magic periodicals on…
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Schools of Magic: History of Vintage – 2015
2015 was a year packed with changes in of the History of Vintage. Large tournaments…
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Schools of Magic: History of Vintage – 2014
2014 is a pivot year, turning Vintage in a radically new trajectory. Consecutive years of…
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So Many Insane Plays Podcast Episode 77: Masters 25 Preview and Arabian Nights Review
Kevin Cron and Steve Menendian preview Masters 25 with the reprint of Doomsday, and review…
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Schools of Magic: History of Vintage – 2013
By the end of 2012, the Vintage format was surprisingly open and diverse. Any perceptible…
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Schools of Magic: History of Vintage – 2012
For a format marketed as “Eternal,” each year in the History of Vintage delivers unexpected…
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No Man is an Island
It’s a Friday night in 2000, and I’m sitting across from T.J. Impellizzieri. We’re on…
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Madison Offensive 2018 Old School 93-94 Coverage
The Lords of the Pit and Eternal Central are proud to present coverage of the…
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Schools of Magic: History of Vintage – 2011
2011 may be one of the most tumultuous years in the history of the Vintage…
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Schools of Magic: History of Vintage – 2010
2010 was a year defined by Worldwake. Rarely before has a new Standard-legal expansion set…
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Schools of Magic: The History of Vintage – A StarCityGames Power Nine Series Retrospective
Star City Games. For nearly a decade, it was as close as an independent company…
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Schools of Magic: History of Vintage – 2009
The restoration of Time Vault led to a reckoning in Vintage, with a major mid-year…
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