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Reflecting Ruel – Catching Up With Oli: Standard Matchups

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Wednesday, March 31st – After missing a few articles in the past few weeks, Olivier Ruel plays catch-up. Today’s installment of Reflecting Ruel sees Oli present the information on White Weenie versus Jund and Jund versus UW Control from his brother Antoine’s series! With Nationals qualifiers fast approaching, Oli leads the way!

MTGCast #200 – The Beefmaster LIVE!

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Wednesday, March 31st – On this milestone live edition of MTGCast, the guys discuss Rise of the Eldrazi, the tournament scene, Grand Prix: Brussels, and more!

Ideas Unbound – Cube Construction

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Wednesday, March 31st – I am positive that everyone who owns a Cube will want to run an eight-man Draft at some point, so 360 cards is the minimum. However, part of the fun of any Draft format is wondering which cards will get opened; if you draft multiple times with the entire Cube, you lose that mystery.

Legacy’s Allure – The Pile of Misfit Cards 2

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Wednesday, March 31st – This week, Doug looks into the card vaults and pulls out five cards that are underutilized or just unloved in Legacy. Get a look at a card that can stop attackers forever, one that will make all of your board sweepers better, and a card that will be a lot better with Rise of Eldrazi! All these and more in an article that promises to get you thinking about new tricks and tips when you’re building your next deck. Warning: Contains Spoilers.

Thirst for Knowledge – Extended: The Home Stretch

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Wednesday, March 31st – At this time last year, I was fairly disappointed to see the Extended season come to an end. This year, however, I feel almost relieved. It isn’t that I actually enjoy Standard that much more at present, but rather that one can only see so many Wild Nacatls and 20/20s before he wants to hang himself.

Embracing The Chaos – Embracing… Everything

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Tuesday, March 30th – We have another week until the Armada Games EDH League v.4 starts up so there won’t be an event report, but as promised, this week, we have a contest. I’m offering $50 in StarCityGames.com credit to the winner and $25 to the runner-up, but I’ll warn you right now, you’ll have to do a little work for it.

Black Magic – Grand Prix: Brussels and the Evolution of Standard

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Tuesday, March 30th – At last weekend’s Standard Grand Prix in Brussels this past weekend, Sam Black was excited to be playing his version of Blue White Control in a high level tournament. Today, he shares his tales from the tournament floor across two days of play, and presents a few thoughts on the evolution of the format going forward…

Removed From Game – Covering Grand Prix: Brussels

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Tuesday, March 30th – Want to know who’s doing well during an event? Who’s out? What new deck’s the hot tech for the weekend? Who got disqualified? Don’t ask Rich, he’s too busy actually writing and recording the stuff to know things like that! Join him for a trip inside the coverage of the largest Standard event ever held.

The Long & Winding Road – Night of the Living Dead: The Ultimate Vintage Dredge Primer (Part 1)

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Tuesday, March 30th – Whether you’ve never heard of Dredge, are casually familiar with it from other formats, or consider yourself an experienced Vintage Dredge player, this is perhaps the most comprehensive look at the Dredge strategy in Vintage ever produced. I’m going to break the deck down into its parts, and provide strategy and rules tips, as well as example versions of the different Dredge strategies.

Sullivan Library – Digesting Standard’s Big Weekend

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Tuesday, March 30th – The dust has settled over a record-breaking weekend for Standard competition, and it seems that Jund is still ridiculous. Adrian Sullivan examines the results from the StarCityGames.com Orlando Standard Open and Grand Prix: Brussels, and draws some interesting conclusions.

The Chump Block – Allied Strategies

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Monday, March 29th – After the severe pummeling at the hands of the W/R Ally deck that I faced at the StarCityGames.com Indianapolis Standard Open, I breathed a small breath and took consolation in the fact that Allies was not a very popular deck. “Boy, am I glad no one plays those allies!”

Constructed Criticism – No More Dark Depths

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Monday, March 29th – This week, I’ve learned a lot about Extended. While DDT continues to dominate, and win pretty much every tournament, I think a lot of that has to do with the abundance of people playing the deck in such a small tournament. Sure, the deck is really good, but if enough people play a really good deck, it is certain to put up good results.

So Many Insane Plays – Six Cards To Unban In Legacy

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Monday, March 29th – With Legacy being heavily discussed at present, Stephen Menendian presents a case for six cards to be removed from the current Legacy Banned list. In each case, he suggests why the card isn’t as dangerous as it once appeared, and he provides sample decklists that include the illegal spells!

Innovations – A First Look at Rise of the Eldrazi: What Really Matters?

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Monday, March 29th – Rise of the Eldrazi is on the way, an Patrick Chapin is here to walk us through some of the cards spoiled thus far. From massive fifteen-mana monsters to innocuous common mana ramp cards, the Innovator spills the beans! Warning! Contains spoilers!

Flow of Ideas – Beating the Hate: How To Fight Against A Sideboard

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Monday, March 29th – Sideboarding. Many theorists and players who have risen to prominence in the past several years have called attention to the importance of that fifteen card first aid kit. Where ten years ago sideboards were often overlooked, times have changed. Articles have been written, paths have been blazed, and theories have been created.