About Author: Grant Hislop

Description: I'm kind of a big deal. I live in Edinburgh, in an apartment which smells of rich mahogany and contains many leather-bound books. I'm nearly thirty, it's pretty grim. I've been playing this children's card game for far too long. I hate Coldplay, and make reference to this on average once per article. I'm not sorry, they're awful.

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Dragon’s Maze Set Review – Part 5: Green, Selesnya & Simic by Grant Hislop

Posted on April 29, 2013 | No Comments
Whew. Nearly there. Hopefully, based on publishing schedules, you’re reading this before attending one of the multitude of Dragon’s Maze pre-releases being held all over the world. Even more hopefully, something you’ve read in these articles will help you win a game or two. We can but hope.
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Dragon’s Maze Set Review – Part 4: Red, Boros & Gruul by Grant Hislop

Posted on April 29, 2013 | No Comments
My apologies to those who enjoy reading bits and pieces before the card reviews. I’m working a 60-hour week this week, which is very unpleasant, and consequently, I have very little free time in the evening that isn’t devoted to looking at pictures of Magical cards. If I skip intros, there’s a chance that on Friday, I can do something vaguely human with my girlfriend, like a cinema trip or restaurant visit, and there’s like a 99% certainty that I like her better than you, so I’m going to have to jump straight into cards.
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Dragon’s Maze Set Review – Part 3: Black, Rakdos & Golgari by Grant Hislop

Posted on April 29, 2013 | No Comments
Guess who’s back? Having previously covered White and Blue, today we’re going to be moving on to Black, and look at Rakdos and Golgari cards as well. I’m really short on pre-amble at the moment, so without further foreplay, let’s dive straight into some new cards.
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Dragon’s Maze Set Review – Part 2: Blue by Grant Hislop

Posted on April 25, 2013 | No Comments
Last time, we looked at White cards. With that unpleasantness out of the way, let’s move on to the best colour in Magic – Blue, and a couple of other colours that can sometimes be paired with it to good effect.
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Dragon’s Maze Set Review – Part 1: White by Grant Hislop

Posted on April 23, 2013 | No Comments
Third sets in a block are always strange. On one hand, they’re full of interesting new cards (Coldsnap notwithstanding), but on the other, the formats that they’re coming into are already pretty well defined, and have been thoroughly explored. It’s interesting to consider that if all the cards in a Standard environment were released simultaneously, obviously the metagame would look radically different. The thing is, as a small set, being released into an established environment, it’s likely that only the most powerful cards will see the light of day.
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Spread the Sickness – Esper Control in Standard by Grant Hislop

Posted on April 12, 2013 | No Comments
I got my Standard season off to a semi respectable start at the weekend. I managed a Top 8 at the Scottish WMCQ, followed by a Quarterfinals exit to bumfluff elemental, Bradley Barclay in a mirror match. As I alluded to in my last article, I played Esper.
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Spread the Sickness – Exploring Standard: Decklists & Analysis by Grant Hislop

Posted on April 3, 2013 | No Comments
The purpose of today’s article is to have a look at what is making up the core of the metagame, and have a look at the strengths and weaknesses of each of the decks that we’ve identified.
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My Pro Tour Gatecrash Predictions by Grant Hislop

Posted on February 11, 2013 | No Comments
The upcoming Pro Tour gives us another chance to mess around with the Fantasy Pro Tour application on Facebook.
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