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Live Coverage of StarCityGames.com Open: Richmond

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

Tariq Zahzam has had a long weekend of Magic. His friend Alex Bertoncini was at the tournament hall late Saturday night, busy winning the title of Standard champion. On Sunday, in Legacy, it was Tariq’s turn. He ran the tables in the Top 8 after making the cut to the single elimination rounds in a commanding 2nd place. His Blue-Green Fish powered through two Bant decks and the mirror.

Meeting him in the finals was Calosso Fuentes. Fuentes’ Counter-Top deck had lost only two matches on the weekend. Unfortunately for him, they were all against the players who would face him in the Finals: William Greer and Tariq Zahzam. When Tariq got the Semis dubya, it was all but good night for poor Fuentes.

After a record shattering weekend with the largest StarCityGames.com Standard Open and largest StarCityGames.com Legacy Open as well as the first player to secure two byes for the StarCityGames.com Invitational (Aaron Wayne), Tariq Zahzam is your StarCityGames.com Legacy Open Champion in Richmond!

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The Justice League – On The Level

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Friday, February 26th – Readers of my previous article on Pro Tour: Austin are familiar with how important socialization is to the Pro Tour experience – as much so for judges as it is for players. San Diego was exceptionally good, in that many of my favorite judges were on staff. However, this Pro Tour would be slightly different in content and context, as this was the Pro Tour at which I would test for Level Three.

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Positive EV – Tezzerator Versus Zoo: The Zoo Perspective

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Friday, February 26th – Earlier this week, Antoine Ruel threw the U/W Tezzerator deck at Manuel Bucher’s popular Tribal Zoo variant. Today, Manu provides detailed information from the Zoo side of the table. If you’re looking to claim a blue envelope in the coming weeks, this is the series for you!

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The Magic Show #177 – Pro Tour: San Diego Part 1

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Friday, February 26th – Hello everybody, and welcome to another edition of the Magic Show. This week is one of the hallmarks of the year, the Pro Tour Show! These are my pride n’ joy and I try my best to convey the awesomeness that is a PT. In this one we speak of Jace, Tectonic Edge, manlands and more, hearing from PT superstars and WotC personnel. Let’s go!

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Tribal Thriftiness #104 – Drach und Sturm

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Friday, February 26th – One day removed from the first of his Extended PTQ run, Dave is ready to roll with a combo deck deemed “too slow” by one of today’s hottest pros. Dave provides the history and the thoughts behind this year’s build of Dragonstorm, and then gets ready to ride the lightning in Extended!

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The Dragonmaster’s Lair – San Diego Testing

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Friday, February 26th – Brian Kibler spent the majority of his testing time searching for the ideal Knight of the Reliquary deck… and then played Patrick Chapin & Company’s U/W Control deck in the main event! Today he discusses his testing process before sharing the highs and lows from the tournament weekend…

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Richmond’s Hot Legacy Cards

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You Lika The Juice? – Jumpstarting an EDH Deck

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Friday, February 26th – I figured by the time this goes up, you will have been inundated with Standard strategy in the wake of Pro Tour: San Diego and leading up to the next big StarCityGames.com Open this weekend, right here in my hometown of Richmond Virginia! Instead of adding my boots to ground well-trodden by guys far more knowledgeable and accomplished than myself, I figured I’d write about EDH again.

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The Chump Block – Dark Green


SCG Open Richmond!
Thursday, February 25th – This past weekend was apparently an impromptu experiment for me to see if there was such a thing as “too much Magic.” I was very nearly pushed to the brink, as Pro Tour: San Diego had event upon event upon event and one could battle Magically in any number of formats for vast assortment of different prizes.

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Yawgmoth’s Whimsy #314 – Power Creep at the Pro Tour


SCG Open Richmond!
Thursday, February 25th – For years, we have been discussing power creep – the extent to which power, toughness, potency of spells, etc., have increased over time. The difficulty is in finding a way to measure the effect. But suppose we compare Standard decks played by the same world class players/deckbuilders over time…

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Insider Information – A Pro Tour San Diego Report, Part 1


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Thursday, February 25th – After a fine performance at Grand Prix: Oakland, Cedric Phillips rocked up to Pro Tour: San Diego packing the deck for which he is famous: White Weenie! Today, he regales us with tales from the tournament floor, including match recaps for each battle during Day 1 play!

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Insider Trading – The Cost of Cards: On Foils, and One Last Reserved List Thought (Part 3 of 3)


SCG Open Richmond!
Thursday, February 25th – In the final part of this three part series, Ben discusses the pros and cons of foil cards and the Magic community. Will foil reprints be the cure to the rising cost of singles? Also, Ben leaves this series with one last thought concerning the Reserved List!

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Sullivan Library – The Impact of Pro Tour San Diego on Standard


SCG Open Richmond!
Thursday, February 25th – With the results from Pro Tour: San Diego in the books, and all eyes turned to Richmond for this weekend’s StarCityGames.com Standard Open, Adrian Sullivan sorts through the statistics and brings us the lowdown on the real decks that made the “Top 8.”

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Embracing The Chaos – Judging and EDH at Pro Tour: San Diego


SCG Open Richmond!
Wednesday, February 24th – Pro Tour: San Diego was a pretty good weekend for Judges. Two of them made Top 8, one of them won the whole thing, and we promoted the clean sweep of judges all the way from Level 1 to Level 5.

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Innovations – On To The Next: Pro Tour San Diego, Part 1 *14th*


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Wednesday, February 24th – Patrick Chapin rocked up to Pro Tour: San Diego with a cool new deck: U/W Control. Backed by the power of Jace, the Mind Sculptor and Everflowing Chalice, he bartered the deck to a 14th-place finish. Today, he discusses the genesis of the strategy, and shares some of the thinking behind the exact build and sideboard…

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