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Removed From Game – Grand Prix Madrid: When Does Big Get Too Big?

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Tuesday, March 23rd – Two thousand, two hundred and twenty-odd players turned up to make Grand Prix: Madrid the largest event in Magic history. Paris in 2008 and 2009 had told us that the two thousand barrier would eventually be broken, but it was demolished. And that caused some pretty interesting issues for Staff, Judges, Pros, dealers, casual players, Wizards, and coverage writers. When exactly does Big get Too Big? Rich wants your help in finding out. If you care in any way about a system that supports Pro Magic, this is a must-read.

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Positive EV – Master Jund in Standard

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Tuesday, March 23rd – Grand Prix: Brussels is this weekend, and Manuel Bucher has been pounding people with his Jund in preparation! Packing a full complement of Master of the Wild Hunt, will Manu’s deck be the Last Jund Standing come Sunday evening? Read on to find out!

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Too Much Information – StarCityGames.com Legacy Open: Indianapolis

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Tuesday, March 23rd – In Indianapolis the largest StarCityGames.com Legacy Open ever saw a very diverse Top 16. The usual suspects showed up with Merfolk, Counter-Top, Reanimator, Land, and Charbelcher all present. New faces Team America and Mono Black Control had good days, but one of the best performing archetypes on the day just missed the cut. Get the stats inside!

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Duel With Ruel – Jund versus White Weenie: The Jund Perspective

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Tuesday, March 23rd – This week’s edition of Duel With Ruel sees Antoine face Oli in a Jund / White Weenie battle to the death! Over fifty games, the guys dissect the matchup from both sides. Today, Antoine shares the Jund perspective. Later this week, Oli presents the White Weenie side of the matchup.

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Fishing Lessons – The One Where AJ Talks About Jund

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Tuesday, March 23rd – If you are playing Standard and using a deck other than Jund, you have your work cut out for you. Justifying playing anything but the cascading machine is no small task. A lot of people hate Jund, and with good reason…

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The Chump Block – Milling Indy

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Monday, March 22nd – I took a unique deck to the StarCityGames.com Indianapolis Open. Unique in the sense that probably no one else in the room was likely playing it, but people who read my column on a regular basis (hey, mom) should recognize it. I had written about my Hedron Crab deck a little while ago and had be doing fairly well with it online, so after making a few minor changes and a few offerings to various deities I decided to put my money where my mouth was.

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So Many Insane Plays – Reconsidering CounterTop

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Monday, March 22nd – With Legacy gaining popularity across the board, Stephen Menendian looks at the popular CounterTop strategy. He shares his list, explains some of the more esoteric card choices, and runs it through a local tournament with promising results.

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StarCityGames.com is Hiring!

StarCityGames.com is a leader in the trading card game industry and America’s largest Magic: the Gathering retailer. Due to our continued growth, we are currently looking to hire additional f/t buyers and event specialists!

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Innovations – Analyzing Grand Prix: Yokohama

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Monday, March 22nd – The current Extended season is continually shifting, with the strongest decks adapting to the freshest metagame trends. Patrick “The Innovator” Chapin takes a look at the Top 8 decks from Grand Prix: Yokohama, and suggests a control build based on a deck from Kenji Tsumura.

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Flow of Ideas – Returning to the Forest: An Extended Elves Sideboarding Primer

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Monday, March 22nd – Elves receives no respect. Despite winning a GP, despite Top Eighting and winning several PTQ’s each weekend, despite its robust strength and versatility, Llanowar’s finest Elves continue to be an undervalued PTQ choice.

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Tribal Thriftiness #106 – The Reserved List, The New Policy, and Budget Players

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Monday, March 22nd – In the wake of Wizards’ new Reserved List policy, Dave explores the impact that this new stand will have on budget players.

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Feature Article – Drafting: Understanding Signals in Draft.

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Friday, March 19th – As a preview for the upcoming release of his Next Level Magic paperback, Patrick Chapin discusses understanding signals in draft. Enjoy!

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Positive EV – U/W Control versus Boss Naya: The Boss Naya Perspective

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Friday, March 19th – Earlier this week, Antoine Ruel brought us the lowdown on the Blue/White perspective of the UW versus Naya Standard matchup. Today, Manuel Bucher rounds out the matchup with his thoughts on the match from the Naya side of the table.

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At the Gathering – Communities and You

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Friday, March 19th – Today, I want to tackle a subject broader than just Magic: the Gathering. I want to discuss Gamer Communities at large. As such, this article, while useful for Magic players, is also aimed at other genres of gamers. As such, it assumes no prior knowledge of any specific game of the reader.

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Feature Article – Bigger and Better: The StarCityGames.com Open Series

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Friday, March 19th – If you have been paying attention to the recent StarCityGames.com Open Series events in Richmond and Indianapolis, you know that attendance records are being broken left and right. Jared has some exciting announcements about new policies to deal with the increased attendance and to make the StarCityGames.com Open Weekends even better!

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