CategoryMagic The Gathering

Insider Trading – Making 11th Edition (Part 3)

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Thursday, December 25th – In the final part of his Making 11th Edition series, Ben explores his choices for the 53 Rares and 15 Epic cards he thinks should be in 11th Edition. Did your favorite rares make the list? The only way to find out is to read the article!

MTGCast #135 – Conflux Card Rumors Cleared for Take-Off!

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Wednesday, December 24th – In today’s MTGCast, there’s news on updates regarding 11th Edition, and other tidbits from the Magic round-table held at Worlds 2008. There’s also talk of rumored Conflux cards…

Removed From Game – Worlds Week With Rich, Part 2

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Wednesday, December 24th – Tales from both sides of the curtain abound as Rich continues his inside look at Worlds 2008. Players, pizza, press, Draft weirdness and more, all in a festive bundle of joy… enjoy!

Chatter of the Squirrel – They Were Right And I Was Wrong: An Exploration of Five-Color Control

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Wednesday, December 24th – The Patrick Chapin/Manuel Bucher Standard list that several people ran to several solid finishes at Worlds is one of the most perfectly-tuned decks in history, one of the single most unfair-feeling and is-everyone-else-really-playing-the-same-format-as-me-seeming machines I have ever touched…

Drafting With LSV – Shards of Alara #3

Wednesday, December 24th – Canadian maestro Rich Hoaen has downed tools for good, as work and real life intrudes apace. As a replacement, we have Luis Scott-Vargas, who shares each pick from a Magic Online 8-4 queue. He talks us through the difficult decisions in the forums… do you agree with his choices?

One Step Ahead – Attacking With Kird Apes in Extended

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Wednesday, December 24th – When Gerry Thompson decides to attack for two at a Pro Tour event, it’s a sure sign of the coming Apocalypse. Nevertheless, in the Extended portion of Worlds 2008, GerryT sleeved up the Zoo deck in order to take him to Level 6 status. Today, he shares his decklist and sideboarding strategies for the coming PTQ season…

Luck Skill Victory – Mono Blue Faeries in Extended

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Wednesday, December 24th – Luis Scott-Vargas has a well-documented love of the tricky Blue deck archetype. With Sensei’s Divining Top banned from Extended, and Next Level Blue neutered, LSV has turned to the next best thing: Gabriel Nassif’s Mono Blue Faeries deck. He brings us his take on the archetype and sideboarding, in prime time for the approaching PTQ season…

Tribal Thriftiness #52 – Shards Has A Lot of Dollar Rares

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Tuesday, December 23rd – While doing the research for last week’s article, Dave was stunned (stunned!) by the number of Shards rares that were just lingering around in the dollar bin. This week, he picks up a couple to run with.

Deconstructing Constructed – Extended: The New Metagame

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Tuesday, December 23rd – Now that Worlds has ended we have a solid grasp of what the new Extended format is shaping up to be. Let’s start by looking at the breakdown of decks that went 4-2 or better on Day 3… and heck, let’s add in the top eight of the Worlds PTQ.

Drafting With LSV – Shards of Alara #2

Tuesday, December 23rd – Canadian maestro Rich Hoaen has downed tools for good, as work and real life intrudes apace. As a replacement, we have Luis Scott-Vargas, who shares each pick from a Magic Online 8-4 queue. He talks us through the difficult decisions in the forums… do you agree with his choices?

Down And Dirty – The Top 10 Decks of 2008

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Tuesday, December 23rd – Today’s Down And Dirty sees Kyle looking back over the stronger decks designed throughout 2008. With eyes mainly on Standard and Extended, he brings us his personal contenders for the Top 8 decks of the year. Do you agree with his assessments?

Feature Article – Three Versions of Tron in Extended

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Tuesday, December 23rd – In his first article for StarCityGames.com, newly crowned Rookie of the Year Aaron Nicastri takes us through Blue/Black Tron for the upcoming Extended PTQ season. On top of that, he brings powerful Blue/White and Blue/Red versions to the table. Could these decks be the breakout builds that send you to Hawaii?

The Magic Sock Episode 149 – Worlds Retrospective

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Monday, December 22nd – In this week’s installment of The Magic Sock, there’s talk on Worlds, on the Conflux Fat Pack, and much more!

The Riki Rules – Chatter of the Judge

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Monday, December 22nd – I’ve been bombarded with a variation of one question all week: “What do you think of Zac Hill’s article?” Zac’s article, “Sealed Redux, and a Little Bit of “Judge!”” lit a firestorm of discussion and controversy that followed me all over the Internet, where I’ve had e-mail exchanges, PM exchanged, IM chats, IRC discussions, and even a Facebook chat on the subject…

Drafting With LSV – Shards of Alara #1

Monday, December 22nd – Canadian maestro Rich Hoaen has downed tools for good, as work and real life intrudes apace. As a replacement, we have Luis Scott-Vargas, who shares each pick from a Magic Online 8-4 queue. He talks us through the difficult decisions in the forums… do you agree with his choices?