Graven Lore – A Magic the Gathering Card Review
Graven Lore is a Snow instant spell card from Magic the Gathering’s Kaldheim set. It’s similar to a few draw cards that we’ve seen in the past that have popped up in competitive play. This card is reminiscent of Precognitive Perception from Ravnica Allegiance. That card drew you three cards for five mana, but allowed […]
Kardur, Doomscourge – A Magic the Gathering Card Review
Magic the Gathering has had many Legendary Creatures over the years printed at uncommon, dating all the way back to Legends, but not having any appear between then and Champions of Kamigawa. Betrayers of Kamigawa and Saviors of Kamigawa continued the trend of uncommon legendary cards. Then, we saw no more until Dominaria and yet […]
Lucario EX – A Pokemon TCG Card Review
Lucario EX is one of the best cards from the Pokemon Trading Card Game Expansion Set X&Y Furious Fists. There is a Mega Lucario EX card in this set, as well. In general, Lucario is a very popular Pokemon whose cards tend to be highly sought after by collectors. While many Pokemon cards are collectible […]
Dragonkin Berserker – A Magic the Gathering Card Review
Dragonkin Berserker is a two-mana Human Berserker creature card from Magic the Gathering’s Kaldheim set. At first glance, Dragonkin Berserker reminds long-time Magic players of a couple other creatures who create Dragon creature tokens, namely Dragon Whisperer and Dragonmaster Outcast. Neither of those creatures panned out the way many players expected them to, although the […]
Boone Logan and the Rockies: MLB Worst Free Agent Signings
As an armchair baseball GM for much of my teenage years and a good chunk of my young adulthood, I loved to over-analyze free agent signings by MLB teams. Some of my favorite deals to tear apart were those that paid many millions of dollars to relief pitchers, who often didn’t pitch more than 50 […]
Deflecting Palm Explained – A Magic the Gathering FAQ
Deflecting Palm is an instant spell card from Magic the Gathering’s Khans of Tarkir set. It has some of the best artwork in the set, featuring the now-famous Narset, leader of the Jeskai clan, who would soon after gain her planeswalker spark. Beyond the great artwork of Narset “showing the Hand” to an incoming fist, […]
Is Basculegion a Good Pokemon?
Basculegion is a new Pokemon evolution featured in Pokemon Legends Arceus for a Pokemon that badly needed it. It’s not that the Pokemon it evolves from was actually bad, but it was underwhelming at best. Fortunately, Game Freak has made it their mission starting with Sun and Moon to reevaluate Pokemon that never seemed to […]
Is Hisuian Decidueye a Good Pokemon?
Unlike the other two starters from Pokemon Legends Arceus, Decidueye already existed in the Generation 8 games Sword and Shield. This was thanks to being able to enter from the 3DS Sun and Moon games through Pokemon Home. Also, like the other two fully evolved Sun and Moon starters, Incineroar and Primarina, Decidueye has enjoyed […]
Skip Schumaker and the Reds: MLB Worst Free Agent Signings
On November 18, 2013, Cincinnati Reds General Manager Walt Jocketty made one of the strangest free agent signings I’ve ever seen with the signing of Skip Schumaker. While it certainly doesn’t go down as an all-time front office misstep, it certainly had a pretty bad ending to a respected role player’s career. Here’s what I […]
Is Hisuian Samurott a Good Pokemon?
Oshawott is an interesting Pokemon from Pokemon’s Black and White Generation. In fact, it was my second-favorite starter Pokemon during Generation 5, as for whatever reason I didn’t take fancy to Tepig. My favorite starter from Black and White is actually Snivy, who I hoped would be the Grass-type choice for Pokemon Legends Arceus, although […]