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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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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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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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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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Vintage Avant-Garde – Identifying Trends And Reading “The List”

Brian DeMars once polled ten prominent Vintage players on their Top 100 Cards in Vintage, and today he’s here to discuss the list—which cards did people on agree on? Which did they disagree on?

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All In For Modern

Ari Lax shows you all the combo decks that didn’t take the spotlight in Modern but are still viable candidates, even after any proposed bannings. Will Modern be an all-combo format even after multiple bannings?

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Rise Of Aintrazi – Dragon Kicks And Magic

Ali Aintrazi guides you on a perilous adventure with him at GP Pittsburgh and PT Philadelphia, past dragon-kicking Magic players, into heavenly food joints, and through multiple 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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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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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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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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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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Yo! MTG Taps! Episode 79 – Chillin’ in Philly

Joey brings you interviews from Magic Weekend Philly, featuring Patrick Chapin, Brian Kibler, and Aaron Forsythe! Hear their thoughts on Modern and the upcoming release of Innistrad. Afterwards, Ben Friedman discusses his deck.

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Black Magic – Pro Tour Philadelphia *3rd* Place

Sam’s initial doubts about running poison at the Pro Tour were quickly wiped away after trying out the deck. Read about his first Pro Tour Top 8 at Philadelphia and the journey to his amazing finish.

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Midrange In Modern

Learn how Reid Duke turned the tides of his testing preparation and found a deck for Pro Tour Philadelphia.

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