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Positive EV – A Self-Serving Bias in San Juan

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Friday, June 11th – Manuel Bucher believes that all Magic players fall prey to a self-serving bias that blinds them to the strength and weakness of their individual performance. By highlighting some of the mistakes he made at Pro Tour: San Juan, he hopes that we won’t make similar mistakes, and that we’ll come to recognize this bias within us all…

At the Gathering – Balance

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Friday, June 11th – Magic can be a very taxing hobby. We hear stories of players blazing bright, and then burning out just as fast. Money can be a difficult hurdle for players to overcome. Family issues, whether existing or new, also cause players to scale back or quit altogether. How can Magic players combat these issues?

Too Much Information – StarCityGames.com Legacy Open: Philadelphia

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Friday, June 11th – The StarCityGames.com Legacy Opens are routinely breaking 200 players and going 9 rounds, so the largest Legacy Series ever is only getting bigger. With one of the StarCityGames.com Open Series€™ only West Coast stops this weekend in Seattle, Jared breaks down the Legacy Open in Philadelphia and gives you the stats to make the best metagame choice!

The Magic Show #192 – Pro Tour: San Juan Part 2

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Friday, June 11th – Hello everybody, and welcome to another edition of the Magic Show. This week we’re live and in person at Pro Tour: San Juan, talking to the Pros about Drafting Rise of the Eldrazi, and Archenemy with WotC Devs. I also talk with My Magic runner-up Travis Hall, and get an array of answers for my Mystery Question!

Tribal Thriftiness #115 – Mad About M11

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Friday, June 11th – Dave starts a look through the new (and used) cards coming in M11 by taking a look at the cards revealed during the Archenemy preview in San Juan.

The Dragonmaster’s Lair – After The Rain Comes The Sun: A Grand Prix Sendai Report *1st*

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Friday, June 11th – Brian Kibler rocked out to Sendai with an updated Next Level Bant deck, looking to kick-start a disappointing season thus far. After two days of intense competition, the Dragonmaster was victorious! He shares his story today. If you’re looking to play NLB at the StarCityGames.com Open in Seattle this weekend, Brian’s got your back!

Round 8: Alex Kenny vs. Luis Scott-Vargas

Luis was just a single day removed from finishing 2nd at the StarCityGames.com Standard Open in Seattle, and whoever won, it was certainly going to be a battle.

You Lika The Juice? – Scratching my EDH Itch with Commander

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Friday, June 11th – Through a series of curveballs that life throws at you sometimes, I haven’t been able to make it up to Richmond Comix to play in any FNMs in quite a while. Which also means I haven’t been able to play in any EDH games afterwards. Which also means I’ve been dying to play some EDH, so I finally found some time to jump on Magic Online and reconnect with Commander, the MTGO version of Elder Dragon Highlander.

Practical Legacy – Memorable Plays and Complications

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Friday, June 11th – The arrival of the StarCityGames.com Philadelphia Legacy Open was another chance to play high level Legacy for hefty prizes. It is the type of event where better decks and better player prosper because the competition is intense, and a player needs every advantage to pull out close games. Unlike other events, I had already decided awhile back to play Entomb Ichorid.

Duel With Ruel – Next Level Bant versus Blue/White Tap Out Control: The Next Level Bant Perspective

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Friday, June 11th – Next Level Bant has fast proven itself to be a major contender for Best Deck of the Format. If you’re playing in the StarCityGames.com Standard Open in Seattle this weekend, you need to be prepared for Chapin’s masterpiece. Antoine Ruel throws the deck against another format powerhouse – UW Control – in an article that’s perfect preparation for this weekend’s festivities!

The Kitchen Table #341 – Finding Guiltfeeders

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Friday, June 11th – Hello folks, and welcome to another entry in the column that gives you casual lovin’ each week. This week I wanted to talk about winning the game by attacking.

Yawgmoth’s Whimsy #328 – You Be The Judge

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Thursday, June 10th – You are the head judge of 200+ player event. You have a staff of a dozen other judges and a scorekeeper working under you. Here’s a round by round description of the event, and the decisions you would need to make. I’ll describe the issues first, to let you decide how you would handle them, then give my solution.

Too Much Information – StarCityGames.com Standard Open: Philadelphia

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Thursday, June 10th – The Standard PTQ season in full swing! Nationals Qualifiers and a 1900 player GP are in the rearview! Standard has never been a more important format! The StarCityGames.com Standard Open in Philadelphia gives us over 3000 results to breakdown and analyze. Get your information here and get an edge for the Open Weekend in Seattle!

Flow of Ideas – The Lost Journal of a Pro Tour: San Juan Beach House Participant, Part 2

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Thursday, June 10th – Today, there is a Standard PTQ! I thought about what I was going to play last night, and I was flopping between Jund, U/W, and Michael Pozsgay’s Naya Planeswalkers. Right now I’m leaning toward the latter…

The Wescoe Connection – Lessons from Standard and Legacy in Philadelphia

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Thursday, June 10th – Craig Wescoe partook in both tournaments at the StarCityGames.com Open in Philadelphia, and he learned a lot about the respective formats in the process. Today, he imparts his multi-format wisdom in time for the StarCityGames.com Open in Seattle this coming weekend!