CategoryMagic The Gathering

There And Back Again – My Story (PT Philadelphia 20th)

What’s it like to have Brian David-Marshall, Pro Tour historian, ask you, “So, what’s your story?” What’s it like to get within a hair’s breadth to Top 8ing your second Pro Tour?

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My Pro Tour, Your Pro Tour

11:30 am on Saturday, and you pick up your fourth loss at PT Philadelphia. Your opponent is at five life, but for four turns in a row you fail to draw that much needed fifth land to cast the Lava Axe hiding in your hand.

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Everyday I’m Shufflin’ – To Your Health!

The real key to winning the tournament is you—i.e. your physical and mental status before and during the event. Reubs gives you some helpful hints and tips and polls for some opinions.

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Dear Azami – Vicious Carnage With Vish Kal

Sean McKeown helps a reader out by giving him some advice on what to do about that tricky Commander, Vish Kal from the new Commander decks. Check out this W/B beast!

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Flow Of Ideas – Flying For Free And Rooming For Cheap: The Travel Secrets Of A Magic Grinder

Gavin Verhey shows you all the major ways to save time and money on traveling all over the country to grind the infinite Magic events that are taking place next year. The best time to be a grinder!

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Going Infinite – A Boy And His Bot

A year ago, Jonathan Medina tried maintaining his own Magic Online bot. Read about the perils of the MTGO market and why bots are more trouble than they’re worth.

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Zoo In Modern

Of course Pat Cox would find a Zoo deck for PT Philly—what else? But his evolution, instead of Flashfreeze, had Thoughtseize to fight the combo-laden Modern format. After going 7-3 in Modern, what does the Zoo master have to say?

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Innovations – Snapcaster Mage Is Too Good

For people on the fence about Snapcaster Mage, Patrick Chapin wants to kill those doubts. Snapcaster Mage may be one of the three best creatures in Vintage and will be crazy-good in all other formats.

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The Icy Grip – You Too Can Master Limited!

Shaheen Soorani has won multiple StarCityGames.com Draft Opens this past year, but his Limited wasn’t always his best asset as a Magic player. Find out the lessons for becoming adept at 40-card formats.

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You Lika The Juice? Brainstorming Innistrad Standard For States

What Innistrad cards have got your juices flowing?

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Fixing Modern

Brad Nelson talks about prepping for the Pro Tour and overcoming road blocks. What should be banned to make Modern healthy? Brad thinks it only needs to be one card, one which may surprise you…

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The Dragonmaster’s Lair – I Told You So

“I think you’ve earned the right to say ‘I told you so’ for at least the next three months…” – LSV Zoo at the Pro Tour? Everyone thought Brian was crazy.

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Too Much Information – Seattle, Pittsburgh, Richmond, And Boston Legacy Opens

Jesse and Alix Hatfield whet your appetites for Legacy data, and catches you up on the last four SCG Opens!

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My First Constructed Deck: Designing Shoal Infect For PT Philly

John Stolzmann created the Poison Shoal deck that propelled him to 50th at the Pro Tour and Sam Black to 3rd! How does it feel to break the format after your very first attempt?

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Flores Friday – A Theory Of Granny Panties

Context matters. If a metagame is all combo and no control, Patrick Chapin may not be a favorite in that context, but who is a favorite? Is an all-combo format the worst, or does it reward skill?

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