Magic: the Gathering News for March 2003
Week in Review Mar. 18-24
So I come back from a much-needed week of vacation to find that THE Alex Shvartsman has plugged Week in Review. Not only that, but my articles are now available in TWO different languages, jesus will this column’s star EVER stop rising?
More Keywords in Scourge
Renton, WA --- Wizards of the Coast will be issuing three new keyword abilities for Scourge, the final expansion of Onslaught block.
Letter From Lord Gothmog
[Ed. Note: The following is an actual unmodified email that I received from Lord Gothmog himself. I hope You find it useful. - MB]
Paris Mulligan Dropped By DCI In Favor of Freedom Mulligan
RENTON, WASHINGTON -- In response to French unwillingness to back American military action in Iraq, overly-patriotic persons in the DCI have changed the name of the so-called “Paris Mulligan” to “Freedom Mulligan”.
My Side Of The Story: What Really Happened At GP: Boston, by Trey van Cleave
Well, it's about time that I set the record straight on the recent events regarding what happened to me at GP Boston.
President Bush Determined to Move Against Team YMG
WASHINGTON, DC -- President Bush offered what is termed a final opportunity for Team Your Move Games to avoid war. The Administration, having amassed nearly two hundred thousand military units just miles away from Rob Dougherty’s store, still claims war is not necessarily eminent.
Week in Review: Mar. 4-10
Special props to Scott Johns for linking last week’s Week in Review on Magic Digested. I didn’t discover your site until a few weeks ago, but I found it extremely useful and will be sad to see it go. Anyway, here’s the latest.
April 28th 2003: Another German Qs For Worlds.
In a press release earlier today it was confirmed that the winner of the Magic Online World Championship Qualifier was indeed a very reclusive woman from the quaint town of Hamburg, Germany. HershellaB, 45, aka "Ritva," of the online clan PTMUMS, took home the gold this weekend in the Magic Online World Championship Qualifier.
Local Know-It-All Actually Knows Nothing
SCRANTON, PA - Contrary to his statements on the matter, 10-year-old know-it-all Jeremy Davids may actually know close to nothing about the game of Magic, according to reports from witnesses and friends.
Type 1 Players Get What They Want; Freak Out at Their Own Stupidity
On Monday, March 3rd the DCI released their latest edition of changes to the Type 1 restricted list. Many of these changes were prompted by responses to Aaron Forsythe's article on MTG.com asking Type 1 players their thoughts on the restricted list.
Confirmed: Scourge is "The Land Set"
Courtesy of our Rumors Board Today at approximately noon, our moderator Rancored_Elf received the following anonymous tip. . .
MiseTingers Too Stupid To Appreciate 'Magic Players Unable To Evaluate X'
Despite a courageous attempt by Zvi to bring the mysteries of 'X' down to the common man in his recent article, 'Magic Players Unable To Evaluate X', it has been lambasted as 'filth' by the MiseTings forum denizens.
Week in Review: Feb. 25 – Mar. 3
There was a disproportionate amount of Nick Eisel news this week, which is acceptable because you probably will not be hearing that name again for a long time. Anyway, here's the latest. . .
Six-Week Regionals Gap Gives Scrubs Quality Time With Each Other
"I won FNM last week with my R/G land destruction deck," said Jacob Hornbender, riffling his Lay Wastes proudly. "Me and my friend Jamie have been testing it, and it has a pretty damn good record against the field: It has an 18-5 win versus Tog, an amazing 27-6 record versus U/G Madness, and it goes about 50/50 with Slide. The only really bad match-up is against Charlie Schttormann's merfolk deck - that's, like, the deck to beat around here - but I have Seedtimes in the board for that."