This is an old, old article. We now are reposting old content on Sundays, touching up the dated formatting, and giving readers an opportunity to check out some of our earlier stuff. That said, I should have prefaced the article with this info, and expect to see this henceforth. At the moment, there’s no definite plan on the Deck Doctor. We managed to do one, but, alas, failed to get any submissions afterward. Additionally, the concept just became a semantic battleground for people to try and one-up me, and each other, in a way that wasn’t as constructive as we hoped. So there is def credence to your lack of faith in the idea being successful.

Regarding the NYC magic scene… My friend Alice Goguen just opened a shop in Williamsburg called Twenty-sided Die (I believe). It’s new, but doing great already. Give it a glance, any of you in the area, as she is a great person who knows how to organize shizz like no other!

p.s. I think the overall failure of deck doctor articles is its not the reader’s deck 99.99999% of the time, though there is still great deckbuilding information to be gleaned from the article.

Oh, and where do people play magic in NYC nowadays? i was there last month in Upper Manhattan and could not find anything for my friday night fix.