Lesson #3: Advanced Decision Making

Posted Fri - October 10, 2008 by JT Porter

Good decision making is a vital key in playing good Magic. We want to analyze every situation and make the best play possible. This is a very difficult task especially for beginners because of 2 main factors.

Breaktime: Shards of Alara Limited

Posted Fri - October 03, 2008 by JT Porter

We will be taking a break this week from our regular lesson in order to prepare for the upcoming Shards of Alara limited season.

Lesson #2: Every Play is Made for a Reason

Posted Fri - September 26, 2008 by JT Porter

Having a game plan is something that is often overlooked by most players. Players tend to play the game as the cards come. As a result, they blindly play every card that they draw immediately and rely on topdecks to feed them the card that they need for any given situation. As we all know, relying on luck is not a very good plan, but why do we keep counting on it? How far do you think you would go if you do not need luck on your side? Sadly, we cannot eliminate the luck factor, but we can play in such a way that we would not need to depend on it so much.

Lesson #1: Play to Win.

Posted Fri - September 12, 2008 by JT Porter

It has been quite a while since I wrote something here, and now I am back, thanks to Ogie Jaro. Yes, Ogie had some indirect influence in this article. I was reading his Filipino Field Journal and saw his disclaimer about it not being a strategy column but one for entertainment purposes only. After the bad beating that the Japanese handed to us last Grand Prix, I think that the country actually needs a strategy column for it to produce better players or at least to shed some light for those who have no time to practice anymore.

Philippines Nationals 2008 -- Photoblog

Posted Tue - August 19, 2008 by Billy Gragasin

Morningtide Prerelease Primer

Posted Thu - January 17, 2008 by Dominic Ortega

An Idiot Guides You To Lorwyn

Posted Fri - September 28, 2007 by Jonathan Mark Te

Is it almost October already? It's that time of the year again when a new expansion block is coming.

With the lack of ability to generate a proper pool of cards for a sealed deck simulation, I'm not writing a sealed draft walkthrough here. This time, I'll evaluate and enumerate the new things to be expected from Lorwyn as indicated in the Lorwyn Rules Primer with reference to the full spoiler from MTGSalvation.com.

Lorwyn Rules Primer

Posted Tue - September 25, 2007 by Neutral Grounds Staff

Lorwyn rules documentation

"Only Kenji can do an X-0 run to the Top 8"

Posted Fri - August 31, 2007 by JT Porter

2006 National Champion JT Porter's Nationals Report

Chillin' before Nats

Posted Thu - August 16, 2007 by JT Porter

I can’t help but notice the strange silence from the competitive players, specifically the competitors for Nationals, in the forums. I guess it’s safe to say that everyone is busy trying to come up with new tech.