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 Pojo.com's Main Page News Archive
March 2005

Thursday, March 31, 2005   DeQuan Watson stops by with his weekly Featured Article. Today, DeQuan discusses the first day he encountered Magic The Gathering cards. Check out The Dragon's Den today.

Today's Card of the Day has been seeing some play in winning Goblin Decks these days: Goblin Matron.  Paul Hagan, Christine "Doll" Gerhardt, and Jeff Zandi

Calvin Jenkins and Joseph Cassaro both send us some filler for our Magic Yammers section. Check out; Jason's Snake and Nail Deck Type2, and No lands for you!! Joseph Cassaro t2.

Wednesday, March 30, 2005   It's Spring Break here in the burbs of Chicago, and I'm spending a lot of time with my kiddies this week. I'm 4 days behind schedule on Card of the Day.  That means you get 4, yes 4, Cards of the Day today.   Paul Hagan, Christine "Doll" Gerhardt, and Jeff Zandi have reviews for you today.  Here's the 4 good cards we're looking at today:

• Waterfront Bouncer
• Stifle
• Pyrite Spellbomb
• & Imperial Seal

Tuesday, March 29, 2005   Paul Hagan is back again in his Deck Garage tinkering with a Words of War Deck (red/blue extended) submitted by a fan.

BMoor responds to the Pojo audience and brings us a detailed article on his Human-themed Prismatic deck. You can check it out in Magic Yammers.

Friday, March 25, 2005   Jeff Zandi stops by today with his regular Friday article.  Today Jeff has 10 ideas on how to improve Magic Tourneys in The Southwestern Paladin ... "Pimp My Magic Tournament - Ten Ways to Improve Magic Tournaments".

Thursday, March 24, 2005   We continue our look at interesting Portal cards in our Card of the Day section.  Due to time constraints, I couldn't get the COTD up yesterday, so today you get two!  Jungle Lion and Gift of Estates.  Two pretty nice cards from Portal, which are now approved Portal cards for Type 1 & 1.5 tourneys.  Monk, Doll, DeQuan Watson & Paul Hagan have reviews for you today. 

DeQuan Watson discusses luck in Magic duels today with: "Really? How Lucky Was He?"  Check out The Dragon's Den today. 

Tuesday, March 22, 2005   We continue our look at interesting Portal cards in our Card of the Day section.  WOTC has approved Portal cards for Type 1 & 1.5 tourneys.  Today we have a look at Dakmor Sorceress.  Monk, Doll, DeQuan Watson, Jeff Zandi & Paul Hagan have reviews for you today. 

Monday, March 21, 2005   Judge Bill is here again to answer all your Magic The Gathering Questions.  Today, Judge Bill answers 17 questions submitted by readers.  Check out the Judge's Corner today.  Today's first question deals with enchanting your opponent's creatures.

We continue our look at interesting Portal cards in our Card of the Day section.  WOTC has approved Portal cards for Type 1 & 1.5 tourneys.  Are any worth playing?  Today we have a look at Piracy, a card that lets you tap your opponents lands for mana.  Monk, Doll, DeQuan Watson, Jeff Zandi & Paul Hagan have reviews for you today. 

Saturday, March 19, 2005  We popped up a couple new Magic Yammers to keep you busy over the weekend.

Friday, March 18, 2005   Jeff Zandi stops by today with his regular weekly article.  A couple of nights ago, on March 15th, the Jeff's Texas Guildmages celebrated their 400th weekly team meeting.  The had a nice party and a tournament.  Jeff discusses this today, and has photos.  Read:  "How to Throw a Great MAGIC PARTY - Festivities at the 400th Texas Guildmage Meeting" in The Southwestern Paladin today.

Paul Hagan is back again in his Deck Garage tinkering with a Casual (?) Mono-White Soldier deck submitted by a fan.

We continue to look at Portal cards in our Card of the Day section.  WOTC has approved Portal cards for Type 1 & 1.5 tourneys.  Are any worth playing?  We are taking a look at a few cards this week and next.  Today we have a look at Imperial Seal, Portal's Vampiric Tutor.  Monk, DeQuan Watson, Jeff Zandi & Paul Hagan have reviews for you today. 

Thursday, March 17, 2005   DeQuan Watson has a detailed look at DCI ratings in "What Can Your Rating Do For You?"  Check out The Dragon's Den today. 

We continue to look at Portal cards in our Card of the Day section.  WOTC has approved Portal cards for Type 1 & 1.5 tourneys.  Are any worth playing?  We are taking a look at a few cards this week and next.  Today we have a look at Overwhelming Forces.  Monk, DeQuan Watson, Jeff Zandi & Paul Hagan have reviews for you today. 

Wednesday, March 16, 2005  Monk is back with another Featured Article in Monk's Corner. Today Monk discusses The Philly PTQ he judged at ... and his reason why Mind's Desire should have been banned. 

We continue to look at Portal cards in our Card of the Day section.  WOTC has approved Portal cards for Type 1 & 1.5 tourneys.  Are any worth playing?  We are taking a look at a few cards this week and next.  Today we have a look at Marshaling the Troops.  Monk, Jeff Zandi & Paul Hagan have reviews for you today. 

Tuesday, March 15, 2005   Jason Chapman is back with an all-new Featured Article on the Peasant Magic Format of Magic the Gathering.  Today Jason has another look at Pez cards in Kami-Block, and he also has 4 Peasant Magic Deck Lists for you.   Check out Through the Portal today. 

Wizards of the Coast has added Portal, Portal 2, and Portal 3 Kingdoms to the list of playable cards for Type 1 and 1.5.  So we figured we'd look as some Portal stuff over the next couple of weeks.  Today's Card of the Day is Sun Quan, Lord of Wu from Portal 3.  DeQuan Watson, Monk, Jeff Zandi & Paul Hagan have reviews for you today. 

Monday, March 14, 2005  Wizards of the Coast has added Portal, Portal 2, and Portal 3 Kingdoms to the list of playable cards for Type 1 and 1.5.  So we figured we'd look as some Portal stuff over the next couple of weeks.  Today's Card of the Day is Zodiac Dragon from Portal 3.  DeQuan Watson, Monk, Jeff Zandi & Paul Hagan have reviews for you today. 

Friday, March 11, 2005   Jeff Zandi stops by today with his regular weekly article.  Today, Jeff discusses the history of his Texas Guildmages in The Southwestern Paladin, and how far teamwork can get you.

Today's Card of the Day is Genju of the Fields from Betrayers of Kamigawa.  DeQuan Watson, Monk, Jeff Zandi, Christine Gerhardt & Paul Hagan have reviews for you today. 

Judge Bill is here again to answer all your Magic The Gathering Questions.  Today, Judge Bill answers 10 questions submitted by readers.  Check out the Judge's Corner today.  Today's first question deals with March of Machines.

Thursday, March 10, 2005  Would you believe that I simply spaced off updating the Magic Site yesterday?  I have no good excuse.  I had time to clean the office, pay bills, yada, yada, yada.  And when I went to update the site today, I saw that I never posted anything for Wednesday.  DOH!  So ... you get double the pleasure today then. 

Let's kick things off with DeQuan Watson.  DQ has written an article on Deck Building Basics for the newer players in Magic.  Check out The Dragon's Den today. 

Monk stops by today with his regular Thursday musings.  Today, Monk discusses being properly prepared for large scale tournaments with Almost Done.  It's in Monk's Corner today.

And you get two Cards of the Day today.  Tendo Ice Bridge and Kira, Great Glass-Spinner from Betrayers of Kamigawa.  Come read what the crew thinks these cards can do for your Constructed, Limited and Casual Decks.  

Tuesday, March 8, 2005  Today's Card of the Day is Eradicate from Betrayers of Kamigawa.  DeQuan Watson, Monk, Jeff Zandi & Paul Hagan have reviews for you today. 

Paul Hagan is back in his Deck Garage.  Today, Paul is looking over a Casual / Type II Door to Nothingness deck (5 color deck) in Paul's Deck Garage. 

Monday, March 7, 2005  Today's Card of the Day is Genju of the Realm from Betrayers of Kamigawa.  DeQuan Watson, Christine Gerhardt, Jeff Zandi & Paul Hagan have reviews for you today. 

Friday, March 4, 2005   Jeff Zandi stops by today with his regular weekly article.  Today, Jeff discusses the recent bannings by Wizards of the Coast with:  "WOTC Shows an Affinity for Balance - DCI Bites the Bullet and Bans the Ravager Affinity Deck" in The Southwestern Paladin today.

Today's Card of the Day is Genju of the Falls from Betrayers of Kamigawa (a blue uncommon).  DeQuan Watson, Christine Gerhardt, Jason Chapman, Jeff Zandi, Paul Hagan & Monk have reviews for you today. 

Jason Chapman is back with an all-new Featured Article on the Peasant Magic Format of Magic the Gathering.  Today Jason has a detailed look at the Kamigawa cards that might fit into your Peasant Magic Decks.  Check out Through the Portal today. 

Thursday, March 3, 2005   Judge Bill is here again to answer all your Magic The Gathering Questions.  Today, Judge Bill answers 12 questions submitted by readers.  Today's article is titled "Negative Half".  Check out the Judge's Corner today. 

Today's Card of the Day is Enshrined Memories from Betrayers of Kamigawa, a fun green rare.  DeQuan Watson, Christine Gerhardt, Jason Chapman, Jeff Zandi, Paul Hagan & Monk have reviews for you today. 

DeQuan Watson stops by with his weekly Featured Article. Today, DeQuan talks about the recent card bannings and gives an updated mono-green decklist for the readers. Check out The Dragon's Den today.

Wednesday, March 2, 2005  Today's Card of the Day is Reduce to Dreams from Betrayers of Kamigawa.  DeQuan Watson, Christine Gerhardt, Jason Chapman, Jeff Zandi, Paul Hagan & Monk have reviews for you today. 

Monk is back with another Featured Article in Monk's Corner. Today Monk talks about "How to Act at a Tournament".

WOTC's DCI came out with a new Banned/Restricted List yesterday.  Here's a link to it.  Thanks to Secret Squirrel for the news. 

Tuesday, March 1, 2005  Today's Card of the Day is Mistblade Shinobi from Betrayers of Kamigawa.  DeQuan Watson, Christine Gerhardt, Jason Chapman, Jeff Zandi & Monk have reviews for you today. 

We have a couple new Peasant Decks up for your viewing pleasure at Magic Yammers and double posted in our Peasant Deck archives.