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Embracing The Chaos – EDH Zombies Attack!

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Tuesday, May 4th – Sometimes you trust your instincts, and this week, my instincts told me to play Zombies. There are brains, and they must be devoured.

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The Nose Knows – The Ten Card Commandments, Part 2 (Plus Bonus Standard Brew)

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Tuesday, May 4th – Last week, Kyle Boggemes presented the first fine of his Ten Card Commandments. Today, he rounds of the list with some sage advice, and provides an intriguing Standard deck that looks well-placed to attack the Standard metagame. If you’re looking for an edge in the upcoming Nationals Qualifier tournaments, look no further!

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The Combat Phase – Tokens Tokens Tokens

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Tuesday, May 4th – Jamie Wakefield’s much heralded return to the game has started in familiar territory: the King of Fatties is brewing up Mono Greed decks for Standard! Today he takes us through his highs and lows on Magic Online, and shares the lessons he’s learned with every step of his journey.

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Fishing Lessons – Brewing With Rise of the Eldrazi

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Tuesday, May 4th – I have been in the brew-house ever since the prerelease and have eliminated some possibilities. I tried some pretty out-there stuff and it was a lot of fun, but nothing really panned out particularly well. I’m going to talk about some of the concepts I tried out.

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So Many Insane Plays – The Q1 2010 Vintage Earnings and Market Report

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Monday, May 3rd – In today’s edition of So Many Insane Plays, Stephen Menendian presents his regular breakdown of the movers and shakers in Vintage. He analyzes the results from tournaments across the world, and brings his personal picks for the cards that will rise and fall in the coming months.

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Innovations – A Fresh New Standard: The StarCityGames.com Atlanta Open

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Monday, May 3rd – The StarCityGames.com Standard Open hit Atlanta on Saturday, and the Rise of the Eldrazi fuelled metagame did not disappoint! Every deck in the Top 8 features cards from the new set, and today Patrick Chapin examines the state of the format.

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The Long & Winding Road – Oath 2: Electric Boogaloo

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Monday, May 3rd – The last time I played Oath of Druids in a Vintage tournament was back on January 3rd. That tournament capped a three-tournament streak with Oath where my overall record was 11-1-5 in the Swiss rounds, with two finals splits and a top 8. It seemed like Oath was about to conquer Vintage, but life suddenly became much more difficult as Dredge, Noble Fish, and MUD flexed their muscle and made life hard for Oath players.

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Flow of Ideas – Bringing the Blue Beatdown in Rise of the Eldrazi Limited

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Monday, May 3rd – Rise of the Eldrazi is an incredible Limited format. Wizards did a great job with this set. No color feels unplayable, most of the cards you will commonly play against are balanced, and the set gives you the tools to draft a good beatdown or control deck.

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Legacy’s Allure – Money For Nothing

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Monday, May 3rd – The Legacy market for cards is increasingly driven by speculation and overnight price jumps. This week, Doug tells you his system for evaluating potential profitable cards and how you can use it to supplement your Legacy budget. Find out how to get the scoop on up and coming cards and see for yourself whether they’re hot or just hype. Packed full of real-life examples of historical card profit opportunities, this article will inform you on how to free-roll your next Legacy deck.

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On Camera: Standard’s New Best Deck

At the StarCityGames.com Open in Atlanta, we asked a number of the game’s top players what deck they think is best in Standard now that Rise of the Eldrazi is legal. Find out how Evan Erwin, Gerry Thompson, Aaron Wayne, AJ Sacher, Charlie Gindy, and more responded.

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Live Coverage of StarCityGames.com Open: Atlanta

Live coverage of the StarCityGames.com Open Series in Orlando!

The StarCityGames.com Legacy Open has drawn to a close here in Atlanta! There were 200 competitors hoping for a shot at the glory on Sunday morning, but after eight rounds of Swiss action, only eight remained to battle for the title.

Along the way, a host of innovative decks fell by the wayside. Jedi Emreka, a Eureka deck starring Progenitus and Emrakul, the Aeons Torn came out of nowhere to catch the field by storm, but fell just short at the end of the day. A new take on Sneak Attack featuring a host of legendary Eldrazi and Hellcarver Demon to cast them for free nearly made the single elimination rounds as well.

Ultimately, however, it was the tried and true archetypes that broke through to the final rounds of play. Blue-Black Reanimator, Ad Nauseam Tendrils, Zoo, New Horizons, Goblin Charbelcher, and Goblins were all represented. It was a story of Pro versus Joe to determine the title. On one side of the bracket, Pro Tour star Gerry Thompson wound his way through his opponents with Reanimator. Across the bracket was local Atlanta, Georgia hero David Mayer who was hoping to defend the title and keep the Open trophy in his own hometown. The final round was a tight one as the players split the first game, then went long in the third. But a lucky Ad Nauseam Tendrils gave Mayer just enough to storm his opponent out.

Hometown hero David Mayer is the StarCityGames.com Atlanta Legacy Open champion!
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Pro Perspective – Rise of the Eldrazi: A Limited Overview

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Friday, April 30th – With Rise of the Eldrazi proving to be an insanely fun Limited format for everyone without a beard, Pro Tour Hall of Famer Raphael Levy provides us his first impressions of Draft after a selection of successful – and not so successful – forays into the forty-card format.

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Reflecting Ruel – Jund versus Mythic: The Jund Perspective

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Friday, April 30th – For many months, Jund has been the Standard deck to beat. Rise of the Eldrazi hopes to change that, but for the first few weeks at least, Jund’s dominance is likely set in stone. Olivier Ruel catches up with his Duel With Ruel commitments today, throwing the best deck in the format against the formidable Mythic build.

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The Long & Winding Road – Legacy: Attacking is Awesome!

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Friday, April 30th – Today, I want to talk about Legacy. I want to do so specifically in light of Max McCall’s article, Legacy: Attacking is Miserable…

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At The Gathering – Adversity and Eldrazi

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Friday, April 30th – We humans are unique, but challenges are not. Overcoming challenges can be a very lonely road at times. We talk and teach about a lot of things here at StarCityGames.com. Things like expectations, Improvement, Advantage, work ethic, what’s your plan, do this, don’t do that, etc.

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