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AuthorJeff Phillips

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At the Gathering – Ancient Wisdom

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Wednesday, March 11th – We must practice diligently with our deck. This will not only increase our level of comfort with it, as noted before, but also prepares us for the actual moment of crisis, when we must make the decision, and that decision may very well determine whether we win or lose. Go to any PTQ, and you can start picking out the players who audibled into a different deck the night before.

At the Gathering – State of Perfection

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Wednesday, March 4th – In every game of Magic you play, there are two options. The correct play, and everything else. There exists in a Perfect Game-state, a game state which you are striving for. Every decision you make while playing is your attempt to achieve that perfect game state. Meanwhile, your opponent is not only trying to get to their perfect game state, but to also prevent you from getting to yours.

At the Gathering – Standard Deviations?

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Wednesday, February 25th – Last week, I promised you some Standard deck-lists, and I have plenty of new ideas for you. Let’s jump into the Standard card pool and see what we can dig up. After that, I have a nice tip on how to build a manabase.

At The Gathering – Weapon of Choice

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Thursday, February 19th – Jeff Phillips is our final writer to make his debut today. In this article, he introduces himself and sets out the goals and direction of the column going forward, before branching out into Extended territory…