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John F. Rizzo

John F. Rizzo's Archives
If you seek hardcore technology, complete metagame breakdowns, and detailed deck analysis, read JFR to be severely disappointed. He's all about twisted tech, illogical breakdowns, and shady analysis, with curious grammar, questionable theory, obscure references, and his own brand of ambiguous philosophy thrown in when you weren't looking.

Seven Broken Legs In Pittsburgh - (2011-09-01)

SCG Classic - Stuck In The Middle With Bruce - (2011-08-10)

Feature Article - Guild Wars, Insanity, And A Sixty Dollar Playmat: Shadowmoor Prerelease - (2008-04-30)

Feature Article - Four PTQs Walk Into A Grand Prix Trial... (Part 2) - (2008-04-02)

Feature Article - Four PTQs Walk Into A Grand Prix Trial... (Part 1) - (2008-04-02)

Feature Article - Big Mana Rock Ready To Roll - (2008-02-18)

Feature Article - Extended Tech: Size Does Matter - (2008-02-04)

Feature Article - Those New Set Tribal Blues - (2008-01-25)

Feature Article - From The Desk Of The Constructed Specialist - (2007-12-13)

Feature Article - Madness Still Rocks! - (2007-12-03)

Feature Article - It’s Madness I Tell You! - (2007-10-10)

Feature Article - You’re So Cool, Brewster! - (2007-10-01)

Feature Article — These Pretzels Are Making Me Thirsty - (2007-09-20)

Feature Article - OMG The Most Super Duper Strategy And Tech Article Ever! - (2007-09-10)

Feature Article - Twice Told Tales - (2007-08-13)

Feature Article - Innovate This - (2007-07-31)

Feature Article - The Road To Regionals: Vicadin And Valium - (2007-05-21)

Feature Article - The Worst Metagame Choice Ever - (2007-03-15)

As God Extended - (2007-02-01)

The Champs Experience: 2006 Edition - (2006-11-01)

Mountain, Shock You, Go - (2006-10-17)

Nationals 2006: All The News That Wasn’t Fit To Print - (2006-08-08)

A Brave, And Braver, New World - Mono-Black in Standard Revisited - (2006-07-26)

Dreams of Flametongue Kavu - (2006-07-12)

Punch Limited In The Face For Me - (2006-06-27)

Bad Beats - (2006-06-20)

Limited Is Teh Suck - (2006-06-08)

SCG Daily - The Five-Mana Men - (2006-05-26)

SCG Daily - The Four-Mana Men - (2006-05-25)

Northern New England Regionals: Night of the Flying Plants - (2006-05-25)

SCG Daily - The Three-Mana Men - (2006-05-24)

SCG Daily - The Two-Mana Men - (2006-05-23)

SCG Daily - The One-Mana Men - (2006-05-22)

The Road to Regionals - Zero Confidence: Nearly Mono Black Updated - (2006-05-18)

Penetrating Tony Danza: A PTQ Report - (2006-05-10)

Gold Cards Are For Suckers - (2006-05-02)

F33ring GG - (2006-04-18)

2HG Champs: Measure Your Words - (2006-03-22)

Two Heads That Beat As One - (2006-03-14)

Seven Easy Pieces - (2006-03-07)

Guys Seventeen and Eighteen - (2006-03-01)

Following the Herd - (2006-02-16)

Learning Your Way Around The Combat Phase - (2006-02-09)

SCG Daily - Breaking Away - (2006-02-03)

SCG Daily - Breaking Wind - (2006-02-02)

SCG Daily - Breaking Up Is Hard To Do - (2006-02-01)

SCG Daily - Breaking Benjamin - (2006-01-31)

SCG Daily - Breaking and Entering - (2006-01-30)

How Chris Romeo Broke Legacy! - (2006-01-23)

PTQ: Prague - It Rhymes With "Greg" - (2006-01-10)

William Spaniel Might Be Right - (2006-01-02)

Ichorid, The Blood-soaked Soul Kiss - (2005-12-13)

The Vase - (2005-12-01)

If It Ain't Broke, Break It - The Payoff - (2005-11-17)

If It Ain't Broke, Break It Part 2 - (2005-11-16)

If It Ain't Broke, Break It - (2005-11-15)

A Short Drink From The Metagame Fountain - (2005-11-09)

Seven Tips for Ruling at Magic - (2005-10-17)

Don't Call It A Comeback - (2005-10-10)

Maine States: The Screenplay Of The Best. Tournament. Report. Ever. Or Not. - (2003-10-29)

The Asses Of Boston: An In-Depth Analysis - (2003-02-25)

It's Not Sheila, But... Nah. Not Even Close - Part II - (2002-11-05)

It's Not Sheila, But... Nah. Not Even Close. - (2002-11-05)

Willie Nelson Is Full O' Crap - (2002-03-21)

Oh, For God's Sake, He Broke The Database Again - His Article, Part III - (2002-03-13)

Welcome To My Overcompensation, Part II - Pack Dinner And A Sleeping Bag - (2002-03-13)

Welcome To My Overcompensation - Pack A Lunch (Part One) - (2002-03-12)

A Day At The Old Bender House - (2002-03-06)

How To Avoid Manascrew, Guaranteed - (2002-03-05)

Tech Tips #1: How To Win A PTQ - (2002-03-04)

I Don't Have Much To Say, But Let Me Give It A Try - (2002-03-01)

It Was A Fairly Boring Week - (2002-02-28)

Sex, Drugs, And Ancestral Tribute For Four - (2002-02-19)

I Can't Think Of A Clever Title: PTQ - Nice - (2002-02-13)

Bad Times For Eduardo - (2002-02-05)

That New Card Smell And Punks Galore - Torment Prerelease - (2002-01-30)

PTQ Osaka: Deconstructing Enchantress - (2002-01-25)

A Frank Discourse: The Relevance Of Malcolm X In The Twenty-First Century - (2002-01-14)

Worrying About The Vase - (2001-12-31)

PTQ - Osaka: The Importance Of Being l33t - (2001-12-18)

A Review Of My Accelerated Black - (2001-12-11)

PTQ - Osaka: Is That A Smokestack In Your Pocket? - (2001-12-03)

The Avatar Of Woe Plays White Cards: PTQ - San Diego - (2001-11-27)

A Tournament Report I Wrote - (2001-11-21)

Maine States: Tickling Millikin Under The Chin - (2001-11-13)

A Really Long Road Up And The Effect Of Escape Artist On The Metagame - (2001-11-08)

How White Weenie Made Me A Bitch - (2001-10-24)

States: Tech For The Stupid - The 2001 Edition - (2001-10-16)

I Think I'm Tough Because I Have Overrun:PTQ - SD - (2001-10-11)

Stuck In The Middle With Bruce - (2001-10-03)

Welcome To Buehler Block: What Would Your Puppet Be? - (2001-09-26)

Mario Mendoza Would've Sure Been Proud... - (2001-09-19)

Y'all Don't Know Deck - (2001-09-10)

How To Do Better But Still Suck, Even With Help: PTQ New Orleans - (2001-09-06)

Fifty-Nine Cards And Contemplating Cameron: PTQ - NO - (2001-08-30)

Finding The Truth In The Cesspool - (2001-08-21)

Who I'm Voting For At The Invitational - (2001-08-17)

Jigger Wieners, Worlds, and Friggin' Green Redux - (2001-08-15)

Urza's Mad As Hell And He's Not Going To Take It Anymore. Well, Yeah He Is. - (2001-08-09)

Sexual Chocolate And The 3-5 Conspiracy: PTQ - Nawlins - (2001-08-03)

The Corruption Of Kurt Hahn And Other Assorted Sundries - (2001-07-27)

I Have No Signed Toolbox, And I Must Scream: IBC At Origins - (2001-07-25)

Enter The DCI - (2001-06-26)

You Are Now About To Witness The Strength Of Street Knowledge - (2001-06-19)

Broken Beyond Repair - (2001-06-11)

Dirty Shirt And All: A Prerelease Extravaganza - (2001-06-04)

Seether Is The Center Of It All - (2001-05-22)

The Guy That Invented Regionals Needs To Be Beaten Up: Part 2 - (2001-05-15)

The Guy That Invented Regionals Needs To Be Beaten Up: Part 3 - (2001-05-15)

The Guy That Invented Regionals Needs To Be Beaten Up: Part 1 - (2001-05-15)

All's Fair In Love And The Writer War - (2001-04-20)

Ask The Other Judge: Semifinal Judgement (a.k.a. "Knowing Da Rulez") - (2001-04-18)

GP - Detroit: I Am Not Hip Hop, But I'll Swing From These - (2001-04-04)

GP - Detroit: I Am Not Hip Hop, But I'll Swing From These: Part II - (2001-04-04)

Metagame This - (2001-03-28)

You Won't See These At Regionals, But You Should - (2001-03-21)

Chime In When I'm Talking To You - (2001-03-14)

The Set Evaluation To End All Set Evaluations: 7th Edition Preview - (2001-03-06)

My Name's John, And I Went To Detroit To Play Magic - (2001-02-28)

PTQ Barcelona: Why Wasn't There A Nightscape Snidd? - (2001-02-19)

The Dead Thread - (2001-02-15)

Bringing Out The Dead - (2001-02-08)

Tales From The Hood - (2001-01-31)

Rebecca Brings It - (2001-01-23)

It's A Big Bag, Chief - (2001-01-16)

The Worst Tournament Report, Ever - (2001-01-10)

The Theory Of Rogue Revisited - (2001-01-08)

Hit So Many Def Lines You Have To Rewind - (2001-01-02)

I'm Only Happy When It Snows, or Something - (2000-12-27)

Me And My Ants: PTQ Tokyo - (2000-12-19)

PTQ: Checked - (2000-12-12)

Getting Up For The Down Time While Remaining Random - (2000-12-05)

Flame Rift For Four? - (2000-11-29)

Zadok Sligh Eats Columbus: The Universal Net Deck Comes Out To Play - (2000-11-24)

Purge Mode: On - (2000-11-16)

PA States: I'm With Hip-Hop - (2000-11-09)

States: Tech For The Stupid - (2000-11-02)

Epiphany: Might Of Oaks And That Annoying Kid - (2000-10-26)

PTQ: Tokyo, Akron, Ohio - (2000-10-23)

Stigmata And The Cleansing Of Magic - (2000-10-17)

Thirty Minutes With Anthony - (2000-10-11)

The Pittsburgh Connection - (2000-10-03)

Monotony - (2000-09-28)

The Top 20 Reasons I Didn't Attend A PTQ This Weekend - (2000-09-25)

Rethinking The Grand Experiment - (2000-09-21)

The Grand Experiment - (2000-09-14)

Searching For Jamie Wakefield - (2000-09-09)

The Innocence Of Magic - (2000-09-01)

The Most Broken Tournament Mechanic, Ever - (2000-08-21)

Some People Never Learn... - (2000-08-15)

The More I Learn About Magic, The More I Suck - (2000-07-27)


 

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