Since my personal preference is also Wednesday and no one else really had a preference, I'll be throwing up a new article every Wednesday starting next week. For this one I wanted to wait at least a week mostly just to give people time to read some of those articles. Some were in fact quite lengthy and I know everyone isn't as crazy as I am and would read them all in one sitting, especially some of the ones that were slightly above your head (they were at least slightly above my head). I wanted to get that first post out of the way at the beginning because I felt as though it was the perfect place to start. It isn't like I'll ever be able to come up with any new ideas that totally redefine how people think about magic. I'd be lucky to come up with ideas that redefine my own thoughts about magic.

Since it has been over a year since my last update I figured I may as well do something with this thing. I've been wanting a place to discuss Magic with just our group. I believe that all our players are well beyond that awkward beginner stage and are ready for actual strategy. I think I have improved at magic considerably over the past two years or so. I contribute most for my improvement from simply reading about magic. I read every (free) article posted on magicthegathering.com, StarCityGames, and Brainburst as well as occasionally browse other sites and message boards. I also like to go back and read old magic articles from times either before I started playing magic or at least before I started reading about it. Through all this reading I have been able to understand parts of the game I didn't before. A good strategy article may help you think about a part of the game you didn't think about before and help to improve yourself in that area. At the least it could just help you to understand the game better which will help you both be a better deck builder and a better player. A good deck tech article can help you in ways beyond just seeing a cool deck. Often seeing an interesting deck can inspire you to create a deck of your own based either on something you saw or even just something that seeing the list made you think of. Inspiration for deck building can come just like inspiration for anything else creative. Often just looking at other's work can help you create your own.

I don't know how long this use for my Journal I never use will last but do at least have a few other entires for it planned.

This is a list of some of the most important Magic articles past and present that I feel every magic player needs to read at some point. If there are any articles you have read and liked or think are important, go ahead and post a link to them.