Been searching for MTG writing, be it by pros or players of casual formats or anyone else who likes the game and I'm having trouble finding the good stuff!
SCG free content is fairly perfunctory and repetitive these days, split between surface-level competitive articles and untested Commander decklists. (their gradual cross-over to video and podcast formats is faintly irritating to me as a musician because it takes over teh senses I'm trying to use for my own ends!) Emma Handy seems like the best writer of the bunch but can get edgy in a way that makes me not wanna finish reading the page. It seems like SCG articles are written by relative celebs of Magic who have good reps as players or format administrators but don't necessarily write interesting prose. Sometimes it's fun to dig deep into their archives to find the more entertaining tourney reports and casual articles (there's a lot of personality in their articles from around the Invasion, Odyssey, Onslaught, Mirrodin, Kamigawa and Ravica times, even if it's negative personality, and I loved Abe Sargent's ideas but think he's faded away on gatheringmagic.com - his writing seems rushed now.) but I would not call it the main hub of good Magic writing. the daily mtg articles on the mother site are no less repetitive and I feel disincentivised to even visit that page apart from on mondays.
Personally I've enjoyed digging through gatheringmagic trying to find people whose writing viewpoints resonate with my ideas about the game. my number one wish right now is to find people writing about casual that don't just bang on about Commander the whole time; it's a good format but far from the only one!
Who are your favourite writers and the sites they write for? and are Channel Fireball's articles any better than SCGs? thanks!
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SCG free content is fairly perfunctory and repetitive these days, split between surface-level competitive articles and untested Commander decklists. (their gradual cross-over to video and podcast formats is faintly irritating to me as a musician because it takes over teh senses I'm trying to use for my own ends!) Emma Handy seems like the best writer of the bunch but can get edgy in a way that makes me not wanna finish reading the page. It seems like SCG articles are written by relative celebs of Magic who have good reps as players or format administrators but don't necessarily write interesting prose. Sometimes it's fun to dig deep into their archives to find the more entertaining tourney reports and casual articles (there's a lot of personality in their articles from around the Invasion, Odyssey, Onslaught, Mirrodin, Kamigawa and Ravica times, even if it's negative personality, and I loved Abe Sargent's ideas but think he's faded away on gatheringmagic.com - his writing seems rushed now.) but I would not call it the main hub of good Magic writing. the daily mtg articles on the mother site are no less repetitive and I feel disincentivised to even visit that page apart from on mondays.
Personally I've enjoyed digging through gatheringmagic trying to find people whose writing viewpoints resonate with my ideas about the game. my number one wish right now is to find people writing about casual that don't just bang on about Commander the whole time; it's a good format but far from the only one!
Who are your favourite writers and the sites they write for? and are Channel Fireball's articles any better than SCGs? thanks!