PucaTrade Interview with Eric Freytag
Geekenstein interviews Eric Freytag of PucaTrade.com, a great website that allows you to trade your Magic: the Gathering cards online, for free! We talk up his site, and chat a little bit about our experiences with Magic.
Rebuild of Evangelion 3.33: You Can (Not) Redo Review
The Rebuild of Evangelion movie series is a reboot of the classic anime, Evangelion. The show was known for its brutal mecha vs. monster combat, its examination of the effects of such combat on its human participants, and its dense storyline that never really got explained or resolved. The first two Rebuild movies largely followed [...]
Telltale Games’ Poker Night 2 Review
When the trailer for Telltale Games’ Poker Night 2 was released to the Internet on April 1st, 2013, I thought to myself, “Haha, this is a great April Fools joke. I wish it was actually a real thing, but who would put this cast of characters into a poker game? That’s crazy!” Little did I [...]
Commander: Gatecrash In-Depth Set Review Part II: The Guilds
Review Part II:The Guilds This article is a continuation of the Gatecrash Commander Set Review. We’ll just jump right in, starting with… Dimir Dinrova Horror is another great utility card for the early to mid-game, slowing down your opponent and getting you some breathing room to build your own position. Dimir Charm is not the [...]
Commander: Gatecrash In-Depth Set Review Part I
It’s been a few months now since Gatecrash released onto the unsuspecting world. In those few months, I’ve been playing a LOT of Commander with the new cards. Gatecrash is one of the best sets for Commander in quite a while, so there’s plenty to talk about. In this article, I’ll be going through some [...]
The Dead Shall Serve – MtG Commander Deck
This week on Geekenstein, I’ll be dissecting my favorite (and strongest) Commander deck, led by Sheoldred, Whispering One. My Sheoldred build is primarily based on the old Reanimator archetype, with elements of Mono-Black Control thrown in to keep other players from messing with it. The goal of the deck is to get its large creatures [...]
Dungeon Mastery Part I: Worldbuilding
So you wanna be a master? Specifically, a Game Master for a tabletop RPG such as Dungeons and Dragons, Shadowrun, Call of Cthulhu, or so many others? Then you’ve come to the right place. Over the next few weeks, we here at Geekenstein will be publishing a series of articles walking you through the process [...]
PAX East 2013 First Look: Duels of the Planeswalkers 2014
There are a few inescapable facts in the Magic world: every summer will bring us a new Core Set and a new Duels of the Planeswalkers game. We got a sneak peek at the game at last weekend’s PAX East convention in Boston. While there, I received an exclusive demo from Wizards of the Coast [...]
Magic: The Gathering – Sorin vs. Tibalt Review
Twice a year, Wizards releases a Magic sealed product known as Duel Decks. This product contains two premade 60-card decks meant to be able to face each other on a relatively even playing field. The latest of these is Sorin vs. Tibalt, which is meant to simulate the battle these two planeswalkers had to determine who would control the plane [...]
Commander Profile: Wrexial, The Risen Deep
My personal favorite Magic variant is a format called Commander. Commander is a flavorful and incredibly fun format, where you build a deck focused around a single legendary creature, called your Commander. There are some restrictions and rules changes, but that is not the point of my article this week. If you unfamiliar with the [...]
