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Innovations – Extended Evolution With Jace, The Mind Sculptor


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Monday, January 8th – With Grand Prix: Oakland this coming weekend, Patrick Chapin investigates a some interesting approaches to the format, powered by the planeswalker of the moment: Jace, the Mind Sculptor! With New Jace set to kick Standard into the stratosphere, will he do the same to Extended? Read on to find out!

Flow of Ideas – Updating Elves for Oakland


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Monday, February 8th – There are essentially three phases to decks in Extended. They move to the point where they’re unknown and good, to where they’re on the uprise and still good because people aren’t prepared for them yet, and when they’ve hit their peak and bad to play because people are now overly prepared for them.

Tribal Thriftiness #101 – Worldwake 101


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Monday, February 8th – The best opening I got for this article is to start singing “A Whole New Worldwake” like I’m Aladdin, since Rosewater stole the Wham! reference I was planning on making. I guess there’s some relevance to “We Are The Worldwake;” did Rosewater use that when he introduced the design team? No? I guess I should be happy that all the good puns aren’t gone by now.

The Chump Block – Abyssal Persecutor in Extended


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Friday, February 5th – While I think that Worldwake has brought a scrumptious plateful of treats to appease our appetite for Standard change, I don’t believe it will have nearly as big an impact on Extended. That’s not too surprising, as any new set has to contend with about triple the number of cards in Extended as compared to Standard.

Reflecting Ruel – Scapeshift Versus Thopter Depths: The Thopter Depths Perspective


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Friday, February 5th – Earlier this week, the Ruel brothers played out fifty Extended games that pitched Thopter Depths against Scapeshift. Antoine shared the events from the Shapeshift perspective on Wednesday; Oli does the same for the Thopter Depths fans today!

Positive EV – Extended Bant in the Online Queues


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Friday, February 5th – Manuel Bucher takes up his 6-0 Extended deck from Worlds, makes a few changes, and throws it against all comers in the MTGO Constructed queues! Does it still prove to be a contender in this combo-heavy metagame? Read on to find out!

Feature Article – Extended Death Cloud


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Friday, February 5th – Extended is proving to be a format in which any deck can flourish… at least, that was the case before Thopter Depths became dominant. Nevertheless, knowledge of any deck can take the pilot over the top. Today, Gerard Fabiano brings us his intriguing Death Cloud deck, alongside a funky PTQ-winning offering from Ken Adams!

The Magic Show #175 – Bon Voyage!


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Friday, February 5th – Hello everybody, and welcome to another edition of the Magic Show. This week we’re going to go over the financial rumblings of Worldwake’s prerelease and subsequent release as of today, a few new products from Wizards of the Coast coming your way soon, and my adventures on the Magic Cruise both this year and next. Let’s go!

The Dragonmaster’s Lair – Worldwake Prerelease Thoughts


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Friday, February 5th – The Worldwake prerelease finally delivered the fresh new cardboard into our eager hands. In today’s edition of The Dragonmaster’s Lair, Brian Kibler shares his thoughts on a number of strong Worldwake uncommon and rares for Limited play. The set hits the shelves today… get a leg up on the drafting opposition!

You Lika The Juice? – EDH Deck Clinic: Baru, Fist of Krosa


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Friday, February 5th – Welcome back a semi-regular feature here at You Lika The Juice—the EDH Deck Clinic! I’ve got a few emails in the docket for upcoming Deck Clinics, but feel free to keep sending them in to the email address posted at the bottom of this column (make sure you put “EDH Deck Clinic” in the subject).

Yawgmoth’s Whimsy #312 – Extended Evolutions


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Thursday, February 4th – The Extended PTQs are ongoing. I want to look at the decks that are doing well – and those that are changing. Of course, this information is mainly valuable online. In the paper world, Worldwake may shake up the format a bit.

PV’s Playhouse – Making Decisions in Magic


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Thursday, February 4th – There are many factors that separate the weak player from the strong in our glorious game. One particular factor is the strength of our decision-making process. Today, Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa takes a look at this process, and highlights some interesting examples that should help improve our base levels of play.

The Justice League – Nobody Expects the Spanish Inquisition!


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Thursday, February 4th – In my first article for StarCityGames.com, I’d like to write about what promises to be the event of the year in Spain: the European Legacy Grand Prix. Legacy is my favorite format for many reasons: the huge amount of playable decks, the power-level of some old cards, the complicated rules interactions…

Insider Information – More Overrated and Underrated Cards in Worldwake


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Thursday, February 4th – Cedric Phillips is never one to hold back his opinions. Last week, he shared his thoughts on a number of popular Worldwake cards, labelling them over or underrated along the way. Today, he completes this task, doling out both praise and vitriol with his customary wit.

Insider Trading – In the Wake of Worldwake


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Thursday, February 4th – In today’s edition of Insider Trading, Ben revisits some of his predictions from last week, and sees which non-Worldwake cards are being directly affected in value by Worldwake! What is Ben’s pick for the sleeper card in Worldwake? Read on to find out!