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Your Standard Overlords

The reduced power of Standard overall has created some unlikely format definers. If you aren’t running the latest set of spell-like lands from Innistrad, perhaps you should strongly consider it.

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Tempo’ing All The Way To Charlotte

Michael Martin is a huge fan of Delver, and in preparing for the SCG Open featuring the Invitational in Charlotte, he’s ready with a Standard U/R Tempo deck that you should check out.

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Hive Mind

Hive Mind top 8ed both Legacy Grand Prix this year. Michael Caffrey runs through some games with Hive Mind, and shows you how to beat this powerful and confusing deck.

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Going Infinite – Language Redux And Introduction To Foils

Jonathan Medina continues his long look into harder-to-find Magic cards, such as foreign, foil, and promotional. Today, he touches on all the different foil cards available and their relative pricing.

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Innistrad Sealed Walkthrough

Dan Jordan is back! He’s had multiple PTQ Top 8s this season in Innistrad Limited, and he’s here to impart some tips about this deep format. Check out his sealed pool and how he built it.

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Single-Set Block Constructed

This two-week-old, Magic Online-only format is taking shape as we speak. If you want to be part of the Magic, the time is now to start playing Constructed online for cheap.

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Yo! MTG Taps! Episode 86 – Punting On Purpose

The NFL meets MTG on this episode of Yo! MTG Taps! Joey and Bigheadjoe are joined by Minnesota Vikings punter Chris Kluwe, an avid gamer who recently returned to Magic.

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Is There A World Of Tomorrow For Sky Captain?

Valeriy talks about the issues facing him and his fellow Russian players now that Worlds is gone, and moreover, he introduces several neat Standard decklists that you should give a try.

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Flores Friday – Surprise! The Masterpiece And Breaking All The Rules

Solar Flare has diminished in popularity since the beginning of the format, but perhaps all it needs is a bump from Mike Flores. He takes Solar Flare to an entirely new plane with green mana, acceleration, and Garruks.

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The Magic Show #246 – Graveborn Spoiler & OP Thoughts

Hello everybody and welcome to another edition of the Magic Show. Yes, I’ll happily admit it’s good to be back. The Show as you know it isn’t a regular program, but it’s not going away. It’s simply on less often. With that said, we got a sick Premium Deck: Graveborn spoiler for you guys today, so let’s go!

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Maximizing MODO: EV-Based Event Selection

If you play on Magic Online and want to know which events have the best expected value, these charts and tables show you exactly how you should be spending your time and tix.

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All I Care About Is Mana And The City That It’s From

Brian Kibler talks about one of the fundamental resources in Magic and how you can build your deck to utilize it more efficiently. Take a lesson from Paul Sligh.

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You Lika The Juice? Taking Heartless Summoning To 11

Heartless Summoning is not a card you see often in Standard anymore. But maybe looking at some recent decklists from States and SCG IQs will spur a little imagination.

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Rise Of Aintrazi – Mayor Of Secrets Part Deux

Turn one Delver of Secrets into turn two Mayor of Avabruck has given Ali the fuel needed to create an amazing Standard deck. Check inside for decklist and card breakdown.

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Constructed Criticism – Dissecting Fish (And Insectile Aberrations)

Illusions is the sickest Standard deck I’ve had the pleasure of playing in quite a while. Read Todd’s full primer on Illusions, and try it at the next Open in St. Louis.

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