I’m Tom LaPille, and welcome to playmagicwith.TomLaPille.com.
The purpose of this site is to help you get better at playing Magic: The Gathering. It contains high quality in-game and out-of-game strategies that can take your game to the next level, whether that means winning more at Friday Night Magic or qualifying for the Pro Tour.
This site contains practical advice about how to win more at tournament Magic. It covers topics including
- Constructed- deck selection, deck tuning, metagaming, in-game play
- Limited- drafting, deck building, in-game play
- The mental game- attitude, intimidation, other intangibles
- The Magic economy- trading, borrowing, buying, selling
- Tournament basics- drawing, prize splitting, handling judges, conceding.
- How to use Magic: Online well
- How to develop and leverage relationships with other players
This is the only website solely dedicated to making you a better Magic player. Although there is a ton of information on the internet about Magic: The Gathering, very little of it actually helps you to improve your game. Mark Rosewater and Aaron Forsythe can tell you about how the game is made; Mike Flores and Brian David-Marshall can tell you what it is like to play at the highest levels. This is good marketing for Magic, but their purpose is entertainment and their articles will not often directly impact your level of play.
This site is also unique in that it is the only online source for information about how to be good at tournament Magic. It contains exclusive information about how to handle judges, catch cheaters, arrange prize splits, and make and leverage relationships with other players.
Magic is a great game. This website will make you better at it.