Noted Magic writer Ben Bleiweiss recently posted on StarCity that he would write a 100-word explanation for each card on his "White Extended Playables" list that wasn't represented at PT Houston.

The list, which contains such environment-defining bombs as Sacred Guide, Wishmonger and Angel Of Mercy, is part of an article written by Bleiweiss to appease players who believe that white will be the weakest color in Extended.

Response has been mixed.

"Spirit Cairn? Benevolent Bodyguard? Pilgrim of Justice? What the hell is this train wreck?" asked one reader. "I could ram a .dat file up my ass and SHIT a better list than that."

Other readers don't care much about the list, but took issue with Bleiweiss' constant shilling of his own writing for Inquest and MagicTheGathering.com, and his simultaneous belittling of every writer willing to actually write without being paid a three-figure sum.

In the article in question, Bleiweiss writes that "I'm willing to put my money where my mouth is (for each card I'm wrong about, I have to invest a considerable amount of my time writing an article for free, when I'm usually paid to do so)."

"Gee, it's nice to see that Ben Bleiweiss thinks that writing for free is a punishment," commented one internet scribe.

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Noted Magic writer Ben Bleiweiss recently posted on StarCity that he would write a 100-word explanation for each card on his "White Extended Playables" list that wasn't represented at PT Houston.

The list, which contains such environment-defining bombs as Sacred Guide, Wishmonger and Angel Of Mercy, is part of an article written by Bleiweiss to appease players who believe that white will be the weakest color in Extended.

Response has been mixed.

"Spirit Cairn? Benevolent Bodyguard? Pilgrim of Justice? What the hell is this train wreck?" asked one reader. "I could ram a .dat file up my ass and SHIT a better list than that."

Other readers don't care much about the list, but took issue with Bleiweiss' constant shilling of his own writing for Inquest and MagicTheGathering.com, and his simultaneous belittling of every writer willing to actually write without being paid a three-figure sum.

In the article in question, Bleiweiss writes that "I'm willing to put my money where my mouth is (for each card I'm wrong about, I have to invest a considerable amount of my time writing an article for free, when I'm usually paid to do so)."

"Gee, it's nice to see that Ben Bleiweiss thinks that writing for free is a punishment," commented one internet scribe.

Discuss this article in the Magic: the Gathering Forums!