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Oscar Tan

Oscar Tan's Archives
Winner of the 2002 Writer War, Oscar lives in the Phillipines and is an aspiring law student.

You CAN Play Type I #153: - (2005-10-13)

You CAN Play Type I #152: Ravnica as a Requiem - (2005-10-11)

You CAN Play Type I #150: Three Draw Spells That Might Slip Under The Radar - (2005-06-15)

You CAN Play Type I #149 - The Interactivity War (Oscar Forces Interaction With Mike Flores) - (2005-06-02)

You CAN Play Type I #148: Trinisphere, and Does Fun in Type I Mean Interactivity? - (2005-03-15)

You CAN Play Type I #147 - Betraying Kamigawa, Part III: Instants, Sorceries and Land - (2005-02-24)

You CAN Play Type I #147 - Betraying Kamigawa, Part II: Artifacts and Enchantments - (2005-02-15)

You CAN Play Type I #146 - Betraying Kamigawa, Part I: Creatures - (2005-02-02)

You CAN Play Type I #141 - O Brave New World! Why the Type 1.5 Change is Good for Everyone - (2004-10-21)

Oscar Tan's Really Long Title About Reviewing Champions of Kamigawa - (2004-10-13)

You CAN Play Type I #144 - Championing Kamigawa, Part III: Sorceries - (2004-10-05)

You CAN Play Type I #143 - Championing Kamigawa, Part II: Lands - (2004-09-29)

You CAN Play Type I #142 - Championing Kamigawa, Part I: Creatures - (2004-09-23)

You CAN Play Type I #140 - Remembering Your Advanced Scrub Days - (2004-08-27)

You CAN Play Type I #140 - Would You Loan Your Moxen to an Eight-year-old? - (2004-08-03)

StarCityGames.com Writer Lost in Desert - (2004-08-02)

You CAN Play Type I #139 - Firing Up Fifth Dawn, Part IV: Enchantments and Instants - (2004-07-14)

You CAN Play Type I #138 - Firing Up Fifth Dawn, Part III: Sorceries - (2004-07-01)

You CAN Play Type I #137 - Back to Basics, Part XIV: Six Beginner's Delusions You Meet in Heaven - (2004-06-24)

You CAN Play Type I #137 - Firing Up Fifth Dawn, Part II: Artifacts - (2004-06-17)

You CAN Play Type I #136 - Firing Up Fifth Dawn, Part I: Creatures - (2004-06-11)

You CAN play Type I #135 - Back to Basics, Part XIII: Incremental Thinking, and How to Say No to Cute Combos - (2004-06-02)

You CAN play Type I #134: The Control Player’s Bible, Part XXXII.1 - “The Deck” is Now Aggro-Control? - (2004-05-25)

You CAN Play Type I #133: Are There Five Colors in Type I Again? - (2004-05-13)

You CAN Play Type I #132 - The Control Player’s Bible, Part IV.4: Control at a Crossroads, April 2004 - (2004-05-10)

You CAN Play Type I #131 - The Control Player’s Bible, Part XIX.1: Head to Head: Ravager - (2004-04-30)

You CAN Play Type I #130: The Control Player's Bible, Part V.1: Revisiting the Mirror Match - (2004-04-21)

You CAN Play Type I #129 Part II: Head to Head with Landstill - (2004-04-13)

You CAN Play Type I #129 Part I: Head to Head with Landstill - (2004-04-13)

You CAN Play Type I #128: Counting Tempo, Part IV - The Death of Aggro - (2004-03-04)

You CAN Play Type I #127: Deconstructing Darksteel, Part IV - Instants - (2004-03-01)

You CAN Play Type I #126: Deconstructing Darksteel, Part III - Sorceries - (2004-02-19)

You CAN Play Type I #125: Deconstructing Darksteel, Part II - Artifacts - (2004-02-12)

You CAN Play Type I #124: Deconstructing Darksteel, Part I - Creatures - (2004-02-09)

You CAN Play Type I #122 - The Control Player's Bible, Part IV.3: The History of "The Deck", December 2003 - (2004-01-30)

You CAN Play Type I #122: Back to Basics, Part XII: Counting Card Quality, or Why You Can't - (2004-01-22)

You CAN Play Type I #121: Back to Basics, Part XI: Counting Shadow Prices, Unifying the Theories of Magic - (2004-01-19)

You CAN Play Type I #120: Back to Basics, Part X - The Backyard Brawl and Your Ten-Second Answers - (2004-01-06)

You CAN Play Type I #120: Back to Basics, Part X - The Backyard Brawl and Your Ten-Second Answers Part II - (2004-01-06)

You CAN Play Type I #119: Back to Basics, Part IX - The Ten-Second Card Advantage Solution Part 2 - (2003-12-31)

You CAN Play Type I #119: Back to Basics, Part IX - The Ten-Second Card Advantage Solution Part 1 - (2003-12-31)

You CAN Play Type I #118 - Back to Basics, Part VIII: Revisiting Card Advantage - (2003-12-26)

You CAN Play Type I #118 - Back to Basics, Part VIII: Revisiting Card Advantage Part 2 - (2003-12-26)

Oscar Takes On All Comers! - (2003-12-26)

You CAN Play Type I #117: CAN Randy Buehler Play Type I? Hell Yes! - (2003-12-19)

You CAN Play Type I #116: CAN Mark Rosewater Play Type I? Take 2 - (2003-12-17)

You CAN Play Type I #115 Part 2: More Testing - (2003-12-15)

You CAN Play Type I #115 Part 1: The Control Player's Bible Head to Head - - (2003-12-15)

You CAN Play Type I #114: CAN Wizards Design For Type I? - (2003-12-05)

You CAN Play Type I #113: The Control Player's Bible - Head to Head: Dragon! - (2003-12-01)

You CAN Play Type I #112: The Control Player's Bible, Part XXXVI: Head to Head: Classic Suicide Black - (2003-11-20)

You CAN Play Type I #111: Maximizing Mirrodin Part VI - Blue, Black, and Red Creatures - (2003-11-17)

You CAN Play Type I #110: Study Extended And Grow Strong - (2003-11-07)

You CAN Play Type I #109: The Control Player's Bible, Part XXII.1 - Head to Head with Vengeur Masque - (2003-11-04)

You CAN Play Type I #108: The State Of The Metagame Address (Or, Is Oscar Tan His Own Worst Enemy?) - (2003-10-22)

You CAN Play Type I #107: Maximizing Mirrodin, Part V - Mail Call, Part 2 - (2003-10-14)

You CAN Play Type I #106: Maximizing Mirrodin, Part IV - The Half Time Mail Call - (2003-10-09)

You CAN Play Type I #105: Maximizing Mirrodin, Part III - Scepters And Belchers - (2003-10-02)

You CAN Play Type I #104: Maximizing Mirrodin, Part II - The Three Hyped Artifacts, And Others - (2003-09-24)

You CAN Play Type I #103: Maximizing Mirrodin, Part I - Artifact, White and Green Creatures - (2003-09-17)

You CAN Play Type I #102: The Control Player's Bible - Head to Head With Stax - (2003-09-11)

Back to Basics #7: Counting Tempo (Part III) - (2003-09-04)

Back to Basics #6: Counting Tempo, Part II - (2003-08-28)

Back To Basics #5: Counting Tempo, Part I - (2003-08-20)

You CAN Play Type I #101: The More Impossible The Game, The Sweeter The Victory - (2003-08-14)

You CAN Play Type I #100: Rector, Intuition, Burning And Cunning Wish To Be Restricted? - (2003-08-07)

You CAN Play Type I #99: The Vintage Conundrum - ...And Why Did A Lot Of Other Decks Lose? - (2003-08-01)

You CAN Play Type I #98: Oscar Tan 101 - The Man Under The Hat - (2003-07-31)

You CAN Play Type I #97: What Would JP Meyer Do? - (2003-07-17)

You CAN Play Type I #97: What Would JP Meyer Do?, Part Deux - (2003-07-17)

You CAN Play Type I #96: The Control Player's Bible, Part IV.2 - History, 2003 (Part 1) - (2003-07-14)

You CAN Play Type I #96: The Control Player's Bible, Part IV.2 - History, 2003 (Part 2) - (2003-07-14)

You CAN Play Type I #95: Sifting Through Scourge, Part V - Sorceries and Instants - (2003-07-03)

You CAN Play Type I #94: Sifting Through Scourge, Part IV - Enchantments and Artifacts - (2003-06-26)

You CAN Play Type I #92, Part I: Mana Drain To Be Reprinted In Eighth Edition - (2003-06-19)

You CAN Play Type I #93, Part II: The Celebrities - (2003-06-19)

You CAN Play Type I #91: Sifting Through Scourge, Part III - Creatures - (2003-06-12)

You CAN Play Type I #90: The Control Player's Bible, Part XXXV: Head to Head WIth Growing 'Tog (The Roland Bode Tribute) - (2003-06-06)

You CAN Play Type I #89: It's Official - Roland Bode Broke The Metagame! - (2003-06-04)

You CAN Play Type I #88: Sifting Through Scourge, Part II - The Storm Mechanic - (2003-05-29)

You CAN Play Type I #87: Sifting Through Scourge, Part I - The Landcycling Mechanic - (2003-05-21)

You CAN Play Type I #86: The Control Player's Bible, Part XXXIV - Head to Head With Fish - (2003-05-16)

You CAN Play Type I #85: The Control Player's Bible XXXII - What IS Aggro-Control? - (2003-05-09)

Back to Basics #4: Recounting Card Advantage - (2003-04-29)

Back to Basics #3: Counting Card Advantage - (2003-04-24)

You CAN Play Type I #84: Is Gush > Ancestral Recall? - (2003-04-18)

Back to Basics #2: A Mana Curve Can Be A Line Or A Blob - (2003-04-10)

You CAN Play Type I #83: Looking at Legions Part III - Red, White and Blue Creatures - (2003-04-04)

Back to Basics #1: Why Timmy And Brian Kibler Shouldn't Play Type I - (2003-03-27)

You CAN Play Type I #82: Looking At Legions, Part II - Black And Green Creatures - (2003-03-21)

You CAN Play Type I #81: Is Type I Broken, And Do We Need To Fix It? - Part III - (2003-03-11)

You CAN Play Type I #80: How Did The DCI Get Hit By A Bus? (Or: Is Type One Broken, Part II) - (2003-03-06)

You CAN Play Type I #79: Is Type One Broken, And Do We Need To Fix It? - Part I - (2003-02-27)

You CAN Play Type I #78: Looking at Legions, Part I - The Mechanics - (2003-02-17)

You CAN Play Type I #77: The Control Player's Bible, Part XXVIII - The Aggro Gauntlet, Part II - (2003-02-05)

You CAN Play Type I #76: The Death Of Art - (2003-01-31)

You CAN Play Type I #75: The Control Player's Bible, Part XXVIII - The Aggro Gauntlet, Part I - (2003-01-23)

You CAN Play Type I #74: The Control Player's Bible, Part XVIII.1 - Head to Head With Goblins - (2003-01-09)

You CAN Play Type I #73: How To Screw Up A God Hand With Invincible Counter-Troll - (2003-01-02)

You CAN Play Type I #72: The Control Player's Bible, Part IV - History, 2002 - (2002-12-24)

You CAN Play Type I #71: The Control Player's Bible, Part VI.1 - Cunning Wish and the Core Extension - (2002-12-19)

You CAN Play Type I #70: The Control Player's Bible, Part VII.1 - Vampiric Tutor Or No? - (2002-12-13)

You CAN Play Type I #69: When Second-Best Stinks - (2002-12-10)

You CAN Play Type I #68: The Control Player's Bible, Part XXIII - Head to Head With German TnT - (2002-12-02)

You CAN Play Type 1 #67: The Control Player's Bible, Part XIV.1: Building A 5-Color Mana Base After Onslaught - (2002-11-21)

You CAN Play Type I #66: Mask As The New Force In Type I? - (2002-11-14)

You CAN Play Type I #65: Opening Up Onslaught, Part VI - Artifacts and Land - (2002-11-07)

You CAN Play Type I #64: Opening Up Onslaught, Part V - Instants - (2002-10-31)

You CAN Play Type I #63: Opening Up Onslaught, Part IV - Enchantments - (2002-10-24)

You CAN Play Type I #62: Opening Up Onslaught, Part III - The Sorceries - (2002-10-17)

You CAN Play Type I #61: Opening Up Onslaught, Part II (Red, Green and Black Creatures) - (2002-10-10)

You CAN Play Type I #60: Opening Up Onslaught, Part I (Blue and White Creatures) - (2002-10-07)

You CAN Play Type I #59: The Control Player's Bible, Part XXVII - Sleazy Sleazy "The Deck" Sideboarding Vs. Aggro - (2002-09-27)

You CAN Play Type I #58: The Control Player's Bible Part XXVI - Deck Deconstruction: Aggro vs. "The Deck" - (2002-09-24)

You CAN Play Type I #57: The Control Player's Bible Part XXV - Deck Deconstruction v. Aggro - (2002-09-13)

You CAN Play Type I #56: Head To Head With White Weenie - (2002-09-06)

You CAN Play Type I #55: Unquiet Speculations - (2002-08-30)

You CAN Play Type I #54: The Control Player's Bible Part XXII - Head to Head With The Funker - (2002-08-23)

You CAN Play Type I #53: The Nantuko Conspiracy - (2002-08-16)

You CAN Play Type I #52: Type I's Nantuko Conspiracy, Part I - (2002-08-08)

You CAN Play Type I #51: Back To Basics Vs. The Deck - (2002-08-02)

You CAN Play Type I #50: Boot The Back To Basics? - (2002-07-22)

You CAN Play Type I #49: CAN Mark Rosewater Play Type I? - (2002-07-16)

You CAN Play Type I #48: The Initial Judgment, Part III - Instants And Land - (2002-07-15)

News Flash! Mark Rosewater's Monday Column Leaked! - (2002-07-12)

You CAN Play Type I #47: A Memoriam To Beyond Dominia - (2002-07-08)

You CAN Play Type I #46: The Initial Judgment, Part III - (2002-07-01)

You CAN Play Type I #45: Deconstructing Mark Rosewater - (2002-06-24)

You CAN Play Type I #44: The Judgment Artifact That Should NEVER Have Been Printed - (2002-06-17)

You CAN Play Type I #43: The Initial Judgment, Part I - Creatures - (2002-05-28)

You CAN Play Type I #42: Why There Are Only Four Colors In Magic - (2002-05-20)

You CAN Play Type I #41 (Unless You're Geordie Tait): Stop Hyping The Wishes! - (2002-05-14)

You CAN Play Type I #40: The Control Player's Bible, Part XX - Head To Head With Zoo - (2002-05-06)

You CAN Play Type I #39: The Control Player's Bible, Part XX - Head To Head With Stompy - (2002-04-29)

You CAN Play Type I #38: The Control Player's Bible Part XIX - Head To Head With Stacker 2 - (2002-04-22)

You CAN Play Type I #37: The Control Player's Bible, Part XVII: Head To Head With Sligh - (2002-04-16)

You CAN Play Type I #36: Public Service Announcement - (2002-04-08)

You CAN Play Type I #35: The Control Player's Bible Part XVI - Why Control Sucks - (2002-04-01)

You CAN Play Type I #34: The Control Player's Bible, Part XV - The Budget 5-Color Mana Base - (2002-03-25)

You CAN Play Type I #33: The Control Player's Bible, Part XIV - Building A 5-Color Mana Base - (2002-03-18)

You CAN Play Type I #32: The Control Player's Bible, Part XIII - Rounding out "The Deck" - (2002-03-13)

You CAN Play Type I #31: Tormented by Torment, Part II - Instants - (2002-03-04)

You CAN Play Type I #30: Tormented by Torment, Part II - Enchantments and Sorceries - (2002-02-27)

You CAN Play Type I #29: Tormented by Torment, Part I - Creatures! - (2002-02-18)

You CAN Play Type I #28: The Control Player's Bible, Part XII - The Emeralds - (2002-02-12)

You CAN Play Type I Unless You're Rizzo #27 The Control Player's Bible Part XI, The Rubies - (2002-02-04)

You CAN Play Type I #26: The Control Player's Bible, Part X - Join The Reader's War! - (2002-01-28)

You CAN Play Type I #25: The Control Player's Bible Part IX - Vote Smart, Vote Tan - (2002-01-22)

You CAN Play Type I #24: The Control Player's Bible, Part VIII - (2002-01-14)

You CAN Play Type I #23: The Control Player's Bible, Part VII - (2002-01-09)

You CAN Play Type I #22: The Control Player's Bible, Part VI - (2001-12-31)

You CAN Play Type I #21: The Control Player's Bible Part IV - (2001-12-24)

You CAN Play Type I #20: The Control Player's Bible,Part V - (2001-12-17)

You CAN Play Type I #19: The Control Player's Bible, Part III - (2001-12-10)

You CAN Play Type I #18: The Control Player's Bible Part II - (2001-12-03)

You CAN Play Type I #17: The Control Player's Bible, Part I - (2001-11-26)

You CAN Play Type I #16: Sucking With The Power Nine - (2001-11-19)

You CAN Play Type I #15: Odyssey to Type I, Part IV - (2001-11-12)

You CAN Play Type I #14: Odyssey to Type I, Part III - (2001-11-05)

You CAN Play Type I #13: Odyssey to Type I, Part II - (2001-10-29)

The Long Road Up #12: Odyssey for Type I, Part I - (2001-10-23)

You CAN Play Type I #11: Brainless Players Vs. Mono Blue - (2001-10-10)

You CAN Play Type 1 #10: Why Do They Say Fact Or Fiction Isn't Broken? - (2001-09-17)

Pikula And Other Stories Of The World Trade Center - (2001-09-13)

You CAN Play Type 1 #9: When Power Cards Are Bad Cards - (2001-09-03)

You CAN Play Type I #8: Did Zvi Ruin The Game For Us? - (2001-08-06)

You CAN Play Type I #7: Making Goofy Cards (Like Quirion Dryad) Come Alive - (2001-07-20)

You CAN Play Type I #6: Simple Mistakes In A Simple (?) Stompy - (2001-07-11)

You CAN Play Type I #5: Rating New Cards Part II - (2001-07-02)

You CAN Play Type I #4: Rating New Cards Part II - (2001-06-18)

You CAN Play Type I #3: Rating New Cards From, Say, Apocalypse - (2001-06-11)

You CAN Play Type I #2: Why You Shouldn’t Force Of Will A Channeled Fireball - (2001-06-05)

You CAN Play Type 1 #1: Lessons From History - A Commentary On Deck Parfait - (2001-02-28)

You CAN Play Type I #108: The State Of The Metagame Address - The Charts - (1999-10-22)


 

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