Jeff Zandi IS The Southwestern Paladin.  You can reach him at - jeffzandi@hotmail.com 

• 01.29.07 - Capturing the Chaos - Rating the Commons from Planar Chaos for Limited
  ----- 2006 -----
• 12.26.06 - Gathered in the Guildhall
• 10.16.06 - Time Spiral DC-10 Showdown
• 08.14.06 - A Twelve Pack of Cold Ones
• 04.14.06 - Remembering ProsBloom - Pro Tour Paris, Mike Long and Magic’s First Combo Deck
• 03.31.06 - Walking to the Pro Tour: Preparing for Pro Tour Prague
• 03.24.06 - Wrong-Headed Giant - The Fun Format That Shouldn’t Be Sanctioned
• 03.10.06 - Don’t Call it a Comeback - Zanman Qualified for Pro Tour Prague and YOU CAN TOO!
  ----- 2005 -----
• 12.30.05 - Fun With Magic - Two Player Fat Draft
• 12.15.05 - 2005 Event Horizons Invitational, The Most Fun You Can Have With Magic Cards
• 12.02.05 - Tightening Up Tournament Play - The Balance Between Customers and Competitors
• 10.31.05 - Ravnica Reviewed - Cards That Made the Cut in the Kansas State Championship
• 10.26.05 - Ravnica Reviewed - Part Three – Uncommons in Limited Play 
• 10.14.05 - Ravnica Reviewed - Part Two – Common Red, Blue, Gold, Lands & Artifacts
• 10.04.05 - Ravnica Reviewed - Part One – Green, White and Black Commons
• 09.23.05 - Ravnica Roadmap - It’s Easy to Get Lost in the City of Guilds
• 09.09.05 - The Legacy Format is HOT
• 08.30.05 - Control is Back - Old School Control Makes Top Eight in U.S. & U.K. Nationals
• 08.19.05 - Ravnica's New Dual Lands Are The Best in Ten Years
• 08.12.05 - Core Values: Ninth Edition Sealed Deck League Play
• 07.08.05 - Magic For Dummies - Cards That Teach You How to Play
• 07.01.05 - Mulling Over the Rumor Mill - Four Fantastic Bombshells in Ninth Edition
• 06.24.05 - Snake Versus Mongoose - Tooth and Nail versus Mono Red at Regionals 2005
• 06.10.05 - Putting It All Together -- Drafting the Kamigawa Block
• 06.03.05 - Uncommonly Good - Check Out the Quality Uncommons Cards from Saviors
• 05.31.05 - Common Saviors - Ranking the Saviors Cards You See The Most in Limited 
• 05.20.05 - Star Wars Themed Magic Cards - When Will The Best Card Game/Movie Franchises Come Together?
• 05.13.05 - Living the Pro Tour Lifestyle - Wizards of the Coast Bets That Players Will Love It
• 05.06.05 - Fun With Magic: Three Wide Fast Draft - A Fun New Format Somewhere Between Sealed and Draft
• 05.02.05 - First-Timers Take the Bull by the Horns in Cowtown Fort Worth - PTQ for London Tournament Report 
• 04.22.05 - Is Angie Riley the Best Female Magic Player in the World? - Oklahoma City PTQ for London Tournament Report
• 04.15.05 - Lincoln Logs Another PTQ Victory - Can I Break This Format With One Card? SURE I CAN!
• 04.01.05 -  Saviors of Kamigawa Cards Revealed! - Eight Cards From the New Set You CAN’T BELIEVE
• 03.25.05 - Pimp My Magic Tournament - Ten Ways to Improve Magic Tournaments
• 03.18.05 - How to Throw a Great MAGIC PARTY - Festivities at the 400th Texas Guildmage Meeting
• 03.11.05 - Tales of the Texas Guildmages - Teamwork is What It’s All About
• 03.04.05 - WOTC Shows an Affinity for Balance - DCI Bites the Bullet and Bans the Ravager Affinity Deck 
• 02.25.05 - Red Deck KEEPS Winning - Current Extended Format Boils Down to Simplicity Choices 
• 02.21.05 - The Pro Tour FINALLY Pays Off - Wizards is Showing Players Some Brotherly Love at Pro Tour Philly
• 02.11.05 - Lost in Translation - Fun With Magic’s Japanese Flavored Champions Block
• 02.04.05 - Best of Betrayers - 20 Solid Gold Hits for Limited Play
• 01.28.05 - Champions Versus Betrayers - Tongue-in-Cheek Fun With Magic’s Newest Set 
• 01.21.05 - Today, Champions: Tomorrow, Betrayers !  Getting Ready For Betrayers of Kamigawa
• 01.16.05 - Fort Worth Showdown - First of Two Texas Team PTQs Controlled by Home Team
• 01.07.05 - Teaming With Magic Players - Preparing for January’s Team PTQs
  
  2004
   
• 12.31.04 - Fun With Flavor Text - A Very Special FAKE Interview With Richard Garfield
• 12.24.04 - Fun With Constructed Magic: Beta vs. Arabian Nights vs. Urza’s Saga vs. Champions of Kamigawa
• 12.17.04 - Playing Ball in the Winter Leagues - Fun With Champions of Kamigawa on Magic Online 
• 12.10.04 - Fun With Magic - Magic’s Most-Reprinted Cards
• 12.03.04 - Getting Unhinged With Magic’s Newest Set These Are a Few of My Favorite ‘Tings
• 11.24.04 - Fun With Magic - Crazy Card Names
• 11.12.04 - Gunfight At The O.K. Corral
• 11.05.04 - Going Bigtime - Playing Magic With Oversized Cards
• 10.29.04 - 2004 Kansas State Championship Report
• 10.21.04 - Commons of Kamigawa - Part 2 (Green, Blue, White)
• 10.08.04 - Commons of Kamigawa - Reviews (The Red & The Black ... like the Blue Oyster Cult song :-P )
• 09.17.04 - Play With Some Champions Today - Learning the Ropes in the Exciting World of Kamigawa
• 09.10.04 - Welcome to Wichita - Late Season Mirrodin Block Constructed Action in the Heartland
• 09.03.04 - Magic Versus Poker - What Happens When Competitive Card Players Have to Choose?
• 08.27.04 - The Winner and Still Champion...- Affinity Rules the Roost in MBC
• 08.24.04 - Lone Star Magic Heats Up
• 08.16.04 - Get Aggressive With Big Red
• 08.06.04 - Selecting a Deck - Mirrodin Block Constructed Qualifier Season for Pro Tour Columbus
• 07.30.04 - Equipment Makes a Comeback - Mirrodin/Darksteel/Fifth Dawn Draft Strategies
• 07.23.04 - How Much Does Fifth Dawn Matter Anyway? - Mirrodin/Darksteel/Fifth Dawn Draft Strategies
• 07.16.04 - The Master Set - Reprinting Magic's Classic Cards
• 07.09.04 - Treat 'em Like They Want To Be Treated - Adjusting Your Draft Strategy Based on 1st Opponent
• 07.02.04 - The Greatest Set Never Made - Building a Better Magic: the Gathering
• 06.25.04 - Ponza Scheme - Land Destruction for People That HATE Land Destruction
• 06.18.04 - Why We Compete
• 06.11.04 - Fifth Dawn Booster Draft Strategies - Messing Up Your Mana Base w/ Sunburst
• 06.04.04 - Sunburst Rises in Fifth Dawn - Fifth Dawn White, Blue, Black & Green Commons in Review
• 05.28.04 - Sunburst Rises in Fifth Dawn - Fifth DawnRed and Artifact Commons in Review
• 05.21.04 - Teaming Up Is Fun - Exercising Different Muscles in Magic's Coolest Limited Format
• 05.14.04 - Breaking the Rules of Magic - How Fifth Dawn Changes Everything
• 05.07.04 - Regionals Redux - The Good, The Bad and the Ugly
• 04.30.04 - U.S. Regionals 2004 - Preparing for Magic's Longest Day
• 04.23.04 - Like Sands In An Hourglass - These Are the Cards of Our Days
• 04.16.04 - Active and Reactive - Changing Speeds with Goblin Bidding
• 04.09.04 - The Politics of Dancing - Challenges Assembling a Three Man Magic Team
• 04.02.04 - EVERYTHING MUST GO! - Massive Board Control Can Beat Affinity
• 03.26.04 - Drafting A Winner - MMD with Dave Williams
• 03.19.04 - Getting There is Half the Fun - Magic Travel Etiquette
• 03.12.04 - She Loves Me, She Loves Me Not - The Thin Line Between Love and Hate with Magic Online
• 03.05.04 - Local Longshot Slam Dunks Kobe - Examining the Top Eight Results of Pro Tour Kobe
• 02.27.04 - 20 SOLID GOLD HITS from Darksteel
• 02.20.04 - Stat Geek - Adding it all up
• 02.13.04 - Red or No:  Making the Top 8 with Mirrodin/Darksteel
• 02.06.04 - Getting Ready for Sealed PTQs With Darksteel
• 01.30.04 - Darksteel Commons Review
• 01.23.04 - Sticking to Your Guns - Zanman Goes to Amsterdam
• 01.16.04 - Pro Tour Prep - Getting Ready to Rochester In Amsterdam
• 01.09.04 - DarkSteel Preview
• 01.02.04 - Rochester Drafting in a Booster Draft World
  ----- 2001 -----
• 10.04.01 - Stone Giant Slams the Door on “Season of the Bears” - Jeff wins the PTQ!
• 08.18.01 - Why Nobody Will Ever Cheat On The Pro Tour  
• 08.10.01 - Playing Blue in Invasion Block Constructed?  Opt Is Not Optional
• 07/25/01 - Prophetic Bolt
• 07/05/01 - The Fine Art of Shuffling
• 06/15/01 - Drafting IN/PL/AP - Part 2: Drafting the Apocalypse
• 06/08/01 - Drafting IN/PL/AP 
• 05/31/01 - Apocalypse Set Review: Commons