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Live Coverage of StarCityGames.com Open Series: Charlotte

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StarCityGames.com Open Series

The StarCityGames.com Legacy Open in Charlotte has come to a close! The question headed into the weekend was whether the dominance of Survival of the Fittest would continue, or whether the metagame would adjust to take it into consideration and hate it accordingly. Early in the day a poll of some big name players and the head judge of the event revealed few felt the card deserved serious enough attention to merit a banning (a sentiment echoed on Twitter). Then again, the Top 8 became yet another tale of Survival’s dominance.

It was there that Adam Cai and Nick Spagnolo would meet in the Finals, both playing decks reliant on the enchantment. In addition to playing similar decks, both players also can claim the title of being back-to-back StarCityGames.com Open Top 8’ers after Adam managed the feat in Nashville and Nick pulled it off this weekend in Charlotte. All that remained in the event as they sat down to battle were three games to answer the question of whether Nick’s slightly more traditional blue and green version of Survival Madness would be superior to his opponent’s more Zooish green and white version.StarCityGames.com Open Series Event Coverage!
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Black Magic – This and That

Friday, October 29th – Sam Black explores a variety of Scars of Mirrodin Draft archetypes and believes the format’s much more open-ended than initially thought! Also, he discusses what separates Brad Nelson from the rest.

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MTGCast #230 – GP Toronto and the Sydney Screamer

Friday, October 29th – Robert joins us while on the road back from GP Toronto and we welcome Chris Otwell back to the show!

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Video Drafting with Matteo – Scars of Mirrodin #1!

Friday, October 29th – No Magic Show today (you’ll find it Monday), so instead we have Matteo-Orsini Jones taking you through all of the picks and plays in his first Scars of Mirrodin video draft!

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Tribal Thriftiness #129 – Ablaze Of Glory

Friday, October 29th – Dave talks about his current pet card, Chandra Ablaze, and builds a budget deck in an attempt to channel her unbridled power by pairing her up with Pyromancer Ascension. Try it at SCG Standard Open: Charlotte!

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The Dragonmaster’s Lair – Essen and U/B Decks in Standard

Friday, October 29th – Brian Kibler promotes his Ascension board game in Germany and convinces his team to join him for Grand Prix Bochum. In Standard, Brian Kibler examines the U/B decks and what works and what doesn’t!

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You Lika The Juice? The EDH Evil Dead II

Friday, October 29th – Last week I wrote about Geth, Lord of the Vault as an EDH general. This week we take a look at the other Evil Dead legend from Scars of Mirrodin, Skithiryx, the Blight Dragon.

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Drafting with Anton – Scars of Mirrodin #2!

Friday, October 29th – Anton joins us for this second Scars draft. Learn how this Draft Master makes his picks, makes his plays, and chooses archetypes in Scars of Mirrodin!

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SCG Talent Search – Laying Down the Line: Odds for Worlds 2010, Chiba

Thursday, October 28th – If you live anywhere where gambling is illegal… don’t sweat it. You see, us Goblins don’t gamble, being fictional and all. Goblins don’t need money, but we love clams.

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Drafting with Noah – Scars of Mirrodin #1!

Thursday, October 28th – Follow Noah Weil’s first Scars of Mirrodin draft on SCG! Does our fabled hero make it to the last round? What are his thoughts on the format? Dive in!

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SCG Talent Search – Flirting at Magic Tournaments: A Primer

Thursday, October 28th – Men plus women equals drama. The Magic Corollary states that writing an article about men and women in Magic equals Magic forum drama. One, two, three, four, I declare a flame war.

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SCG Talent Search – Many Many Many Many Azami

Thursday, October 28th – EDH has fast become my group’s only mode of playing Magic, ousting Standard (since we haven’t bought a ton of new cards / have nothing worthy of bringing to FNM) and our “casual” play.

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One Step Ahead – A Trip to Chicago, Toronto, and Beyond

Thursday, October 28th – I was skeptical, but there was that feeling in the back of my mind that I was missing something. There was something drawing toward Chicago. Clearly that thing was pizza.

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18 Ways To Improve Magic Online

Thursday, October 28th – It may be about time for some major updates to MODO, wouldn’t you agree? Geordie Tait provides 18 fixes to current MODO functionality, including online Cube and online Mental Magic!

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SCG Talent Search – Don’t Be a Menace

Thursday, October 28th – I want to tell you about the best change I ever made to a deck. It’s a single card change, and it’s a cut, not an add. It might be hard to believe, but I improved this EDH deck an untold amount simply by removing one card.

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