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With multiple high-level Constructed tournaments taking place around the globe featuring seats at the World Championships up for grabs, Rich Hagon gives us a guide to Choosing Your Deck. Drawing on the disciplines of psychology, politics and philosophy, but sadly not physiology or physiognomy, the man from mox is heading for Nationals with a clear idea of what you should play if you’re good, and an even better idea of what you should play if you’re not.

This article replaces The Online Outlook, which will be running tomorrow.

The Ferrett opened up some pretty darned strong cards at his release fest, so “strategy” wasn’t as big a part in the games as “luck.” So after some brief discussions on cards in 10th, Ferrett asks a Core question: is it possible to have a really good Core set?

Today I want to reopen an old article and discuss some cards from Three Kingdoms. I will give you all new stories on the cards, and occasionally critique how well the card captured the story. I hope you will enjoy it, and hopefully it will give you a taste of the characters of Three Kingdoms.

I got an interesting e-mail a couple of weeks ago. The writer wanted to know if we could come up with a U/R Time Spiral Block Constructed deck whose only rare was Aeon Chronicler. Also, even though Time Spiral Block has two of the best counterspells around right now (Cancel and Delay), we couldn’t use any countermagic…

In case you missed part one, here’s the overview: I’d like to organize this set review by looking at how certain cards in Ninth have been obviously replaced by a particular card in Tenth, and what those selections might tell us about what R&D might have been thinking about when making those choices.

I have finally got some time to do some serious block playtesting. Some of that is done with paper, where Darksteel Ingots can do a fine job pretending to be Coalition Relics. However, much of that playtesting also occurs on MTGO, where you need the real cards. I had to choose the rares on which I’d blow my budget — Korlash, Tarmogoyf, Relics or some lands. I chose the green Lhurgoyf. I chose unwisely.

Today, Zac takes us through the changes made to Billy Moreno’s Mono-Red-splash-Korlash list for Block Constructed, a deck he thinks is particularly absurd in the current metagame. He also addresses a couple of exciting changes that Tenth Edition brings to the Standard scene. If you’re looking for tips going into either PTQS or Nationals, then maybe Zac has the answers for you!

Yes, the Player of the Year Race has been updated over on the Mothership, and Rich Hagon’s back from the trenches to tell you what it all means. Four Grand Prix tournaments and a mighty fine Pro Tour come under the spotlight with his trademark sentences that should have stopped many words ago, but seem to take on a life of their own, which is understandable given that, if you’ve ever met the man, you can see the…

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This weekend I spent all my time Magic-wise drafting Tenth Edition. Unfortunately, this means I don’t have a heck of a lot new to say on Block or Standard. To top that off, my original article got corrupted, which meant I lost most of it, so instead of a shorter (and worse) version of that, I’ll be breaking my normal Constructed roots and giving you a Tenth Edition Limited article. All this, plus a Vintage bonus section!

I am an expert cheat. I practice cheating in Magic games on a very consistent basis. I’ve cheated at every kind of tournament; from FNM, PTQs, to Grand Prix events, Nationals, even the Pro Tour. I’ve cheated against many of the game’s best and most talented players. The best part is that no one has ever caught me, and until now no one has ever had a clue… DISCLAIMER: Don’t believe everything you read…