i have been reading Brainburst.com for a long time and when i say brainburst.com, i really mean tcgplayer. thats how long i have been around for. i was around for when brainburst was a huge site, had really good writing on a consistant basis and was able to keep up and stay a top site. but now is a different story.
i mean nothing against tcgplayer, but they just wont be able to keep up with the larger sites such as channelfireball.com or starcitygames.com but thats actually really ok in my opinion. i like that it doesnt charge you to read their stuff and that they have really good writers for the site such as Flores, Conley,Frank and i guess Rich Hagon is there too. but the first 3 that i named are pretty big names right now and they each have thier own approach to the game. i love conley and his rouge decks that he brings to events and he contiunes to inspire me to keep building my own rouge decks as i am a rouge deck builder. Frank is the vet thats knows what he is talking about and will break it down for you. he also finds interesting decks out there and brings them to the attention to players so that they are aware that they exist. and Mike Flores...read deckade people seriously.
i have to give it to TCGplayer, they have a huge decklist data base in which you can post your decks on there for people to add their 2cents.you can find anything on there, its pretty awesome.But thats also the down side. the fact that you can go on this site and try to find a list of a deck you saw somewhere is awesome, but try looking at that samelist...but with worse cards. or a list that kinda lookslike your list but its a terrible version in extended. or just lists that play the most basic of cards and they want you to tell them whats wrong with it.if your looking for a competative deck list for MTG, your not going to find it there. theres too much clutter and not enough filtering of the crap, but i guess thats what seperates TCGplayer from everyone else.
another downside that i see from the site are the other writers...now there is one writer here that i will make an exception for and that is nick spagnolo. this kid is a rising star and has the potential to do big things and do great things. i hope that he keeps going and starts off 2011 well. with that said the other writers are...as Flores would say on the top 8 magic cast "bleeeeeeeeh". but mainly Wescoe and Kolos. we have one, i got fired from SCG becuase i am a douche, i am bad at the game with my terrible decks and Jon Medina does my job better and the other is a Worlds team failure and a mediocore article writer at best. i will say that he did write a particularly good article before worlds that was pretty good. it was about american magic and its rise to magic dominance.other than that...bleeeeeeeeh
overall i like this site. i am always going to check back for something nick has written or a new deck that conley is running with and older flores stuff and oddly enough, i wouldnt change much of whats going on here other than ditch some writers and pick up new ones to keep things fresh.
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