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Live Coverage of StarCityGames.com Open Series: Kansas City

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It’s over. After eight grueling rounds and a stacked Top 8, the Kansas City Legacy Open has wound to a close. Our Champion is Chris Osinski, a Goblins player from Minnesota who audibled from the Draft Open to the Legacy Open at the last-minute, running the tables after a Round 1 loss. It was a tribal battle, with Corbin Hosler’s undefeated Merfolk list falling prey to Goblin Piledriver in three games. The story of the day was that Legacy is healthy, and even ripe for innovation. We saw plenty of interesting new takes on existing archetypes over the course of the day. Everyone should be even more excited for the San Jose Open Series next weekend—SCGLive will be there!StarCityGames.com Open Series Event Coverage!
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Playtesting the U/W Mashup

Friday, January 7th – Following his incredible return to StarCityGames.com, Mike Flores brings you three playtesting videos with his new U/W Mashup. Includes a special guest appearance from Bella Flores!

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Flores Friday – How to Make a Mashup

Friday, January 7th – Earlier today, I tried to call Steve Sadin and Patrick Chapin, but neither one felt like picking up the phone. It’s not like they’d spent the last 2 months trying to get me to come back to StarCityGames.com or anything…

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Ideas Unbound – 4CC vs. Faeries: Looking at Trumps

Friday, January 7th – Max McCall includes what you need to know about this matchup: game one matchups, sideboarding, post-board tactics, and more. Is your sideboard against Faeries and 4CC effective?

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Inexorable Tech – It’s About Time (Spiral)

Friday, January 7th – There are tons of cards viable in Legacy now with Survival gone – Lewis is brewing up a storm and wants to play with some sweet new ones: Lotus Cobra, Time Spiral, Explore…Time to win SCG Open: Kansas City is now!

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One Step Ahead – Aggressive Tendencies and Wargate with _ShipitHolla

Friday, January 7th – Gerry, SCG Invitational and GP Nashville champion, explains why attacking is miserable and interviews MTGO ringer and SCG Talent Search contestant, Michael Hetrick, about playing Wargate in the MTGO PTQ.

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Magic Show Extra – Mark Rosewater Interview!

Friday, January 7th – In this Magic Show Extra, we sit down for a full half hour with the man at the helm of Magic design. We talk the long journey of poison, favorite designs, how they design Planeswalkers these days and more! Let’s go!

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Stifle and Wasteland

Friday, January 7th – The 2011 Open Series kicks off with Kansas City this weekend, and Drew Levin teaches a valuable lesson about Stifle and Wasteland in the format and their usage in various decks throughout MTG history.

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The Dragonmaster’s Lair – Better Beatdown!

Friday, January 7th – Brian Kibler loves attacking. He’s been piloting Zoo, Next Level Bant, and Doran to GP and PT Top 8s for years and wants to continue this trend with the latest Extended season. Watch out, Faeries.

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You Lika The Juice? Commander Savra and Her Incubi

Friday, January 7th – Lord of the Pit is one of Magic’s greatest villain cards, with as much history as Serra Angel and Akroma. So Bennie decided to honor the Lord with his own Commander deck filled with Demons!

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Constructed Criticism – Bringing Back the Boogeymen: Part I

Thursday, January 6th – They’re back! The boogeymen of Standard’s past have all come back to haunt you. It’s like WotC cast Reanimate on every deck I’ve ever wanted to set on fire. Welcome to my world.

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Jacob’s Ladder – MTGO Video with Tempered Steel (Extended)

Thursday, January 6th – Michael Jacob, Pro Tour scenester, continues making excellent high-res videos of an Extended Daily on Magic Online. He discusses his deck, his plays, and explains sideboarding for the hot, new Tempered Steel.

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No Gamble, No Future – Standard B/R Vampires

Thursday, January 6th – The SCG Open in Kansas City is coming up in just a few days, so sleeve up EFro’s update on his 5th place Vampire list from Worlds and beat up on control!

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Rise of Aintrazi – Restin’, Testin’, and Bestin’: An Extended Compendium

Thursday, January 6th – Ali Aintrazi is a successful deckbuilder and SCG Open grinder. His article has everything you need on Extended, including interviews and debates on sideboard choices.

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Embracing the Chaos – More Other Peoples’ Decks Again Redux

Wednesday, January 5th – Sean McKeown is a long-time StarCityGames.com columnist and manages to keep Sheldon happy with his new Memnarch list by keeping it fun.

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