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AuthorTom Reeve

Once generously described by Rich Hagon as a 'Limited specialist', Tom Reeve plays most of his Magic at The Games Club in London, England. His best finish over the years was a cruel 12th place at the Great British National Championships earlier this year, and he can often be found Cube drafting (UWB Control), playing EDH (Sliver Queen, Thraximundar, Radha, Heir to Keld, Bladewing the Risen) or drinking pear cider.

The Reprint Trap

Tom Reeve has been contemplating a lot on an innocuous reprint lately, Griffin Sentinel. How do reprints affect your drafting, especially if you have a lot of previous Limited experience?

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Drafting With Tom! MSS #5

Tuesday, May 3 – It’s Draft o’Clock with Tom Reeve! See what you could have done differently in this text draft as an exercise for your future drafts.

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Drafting With Tom! MSS #5

Tuesday, May 3 – It’s Draft o’Clock with Tom Reeve! See what you could have done differently in this text draft as an exercise for your future drafts.

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Drafting With Tom! MSS #1

Wednesday, March 16 – Tom Reeve managed to survive the Talent Search and is now back to give you guys an MSS draft walkthrough. Use this under-drafted strategy in a SCG Draft Open this weekend in Dallas/Fort Worth.

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SCG Talent Search – Mirrodin Besieged – Notes from the Asylum

Thursday, January 27 – Just in time for the Prerelease, Tom Reeve covers Scars drafting now that faction packs have been introduced and pack orders have been switched. Vote for him in the Talent Search!

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SCG Talent Search – Goldilocks and the Three Dreams

Thursday, January 13th – Tom Reeve has made it to the Top 8 of the SCG Talent Search and throws a curve ball by talking about Commander! He shows you how to build 100-card decks…

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SCG Talent Search – The Little Death

Tuesday, November 30th – What does it mean that fear is a mind-killer? How does this affect us when we play Magic? Tom Reeve has seen the face of fear and wants to teach you how to overcome it in your game.

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SCG Talent Search – Of Schoolgirls, She-Wolves, and Judges

Tuesday, November 16th – With a Friday night deadline, I finally found my chance. After a first-pick Oxidda Scrapmelter and second-pick Embersmith, I scooped up a Sunspear Shikari, leaving Goblin Gaveleer in the pack, and started moving in.

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SCG Talent Search – No Idea’s Original

Tuesday, November 2nd – We learn from history in order to not repeat the mistakes of the past. We learn from history to do something that humans are very good at (sometimes too good at) – to look for patterns.

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SCG Talent Search – Finding the Dampen Deck

Tuesday, October 26th – This is lesson number one of a Dampen deck, or a Lashdraft deck – you violate every established pick order, and ignore every piece of conventional wisdom about which cards are “good” and which are “bad.”

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