Magic: The Gathering -- Advanced Strategy Guide: The Color-Illustrated Guide to Expert Magic

by Tim Dedopulos, Mark Justice, Beth Moursund

Written for serious Magic players, the "Advanced Strategy Guide" features cards and techniques for the intricacies of high-level and tournament play. The focus of this book is on winning, and it... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1560251999
• ISBN13: 9781560251996
• Release Date: September 1998
• Publisher: Running Press Book Publishers
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 7.3" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Fantastic

I love the book,It informed me of how to be a better Magic the gathering player.

Mark is one of the best in the business

When I was a serious tournament player I met Mark in Lincoln, Nebraska. Mark is a friendly, intelligent, and generous person. He's a great example of someone who found what he was meant to do in life. Mark is committed to the game and sharing his knowledge, which he demonstrated when I saw him in person. He also imparts his knowledge to fellow gamers in this well written book. Obviously, the book went out of date (in a sense) soon after it was published. However, it contains a treasure trove of knowledge for the serious player. Magic is about strategy first and tactics second. Of course the game will change as WOTC develops new cards and different rules. I particularly liked the rigorous way the book delineates how to create an effective tournament deck. Mark also gives great tips about how to analyze new cards (how will that ever go out of date?). I disagree with the foreward of the book - it states that anyone can become a great magic player with enough hard work. I've been around and I know that some people are naturally talented at Magic playing and will be better players than everyone else. However, using the book's advice will probably result in more wins for the committed student and player of Magic. econ

Excellent book for building a base for future deckbuilding

This book is quite good in that it takes you through the author's thought processes in how to assess new card sets and as such is not limited to the latest set.It is not a speed read as you need to take in the reasons why a particular card is good or not, otherwise you may miss the point.Not enough detail for some cards in his stronghold example as to why they were good or bad. Without description/pictures of cards, it was also difficult for me to follow some of his analysis. I needed to have a reference book with separate descriptions of each card to get full value from his comments.His detailed example of drafting for sealed deck play would have been better if it was easier to follow but does provide some insight into how one can build a good deck without having to go through the experience the hard way. But again would have liked more detail as to why he would have picked a certain card and not another.All in all, I would recommend highly for players looking to move from beginner/intermediate to expert to read this.

well...

This book is good... it'll help you understand booster and rochester (i didn't knew nothing , but now i'm well informed) and it has some cool stuff BUT... -and this is the problem- it takes alot , and i mean alot of pages evaluating stronghold cards , not some intersting examples or something , the whole thing , it ends up boring you because you don't need to know what he thinks about every card of a set , he could just say 5 or 6 good examples and thats it.It didn't help much with deck construction , though those "rules" of how to build good decks will be followed by this MTG player. In short , when they said advanced player theyh mean ADVANCED , they expect you to have 4 cursed scrolls , your own set of moxes and al the rares in tempest! (kidding) Its a good book overall , but not i expected

One of the best books for the Intermediate Magic Player!

Full color illustrations, and great advice from Mark Justice rock. Info on Sealed deck, how to evaluate cards, deck construction advice, etc. You want it, its in here!