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Legacy’s Allure – Busting Cthulhu Out of Dark Depths

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Tuesday, October 6th – Why spend thirty mana to get Marit Lage out of the icy prison of Dark Depths? We all know elder, ancient evils require mortal sacrifice, and there’s no better card to accomplish it with than Vampire Hexmage. This week, Doug looks at several methods of thawing Cthulhu for fun and evil. Further, Doug talks about strategies with Dark Depths that just don’t cut it. If you’re interested in decks that can put a 20/20 Flying, Indestructible, Legendary monster into play on the first turn, check out this week’s article!

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Tribal Thriftiness #85 – Zendikar’s Top Uncommons

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Tuesday, October 6th – Dave continues his look through Zendikar, focusing on the powerful uncommons, and the large number of Black cards prompts a budget MBC decklist too…

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Removed From Game – Prerelease Hell

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Tuesday, October 6th – It’s technically possible that you made more mistakes at your Prerelease than Rich did at his, although he rather doubts this. Read this article, however, and you’ll make fewer mistakes next time. Gosh, and all you have to do is click? Right you are!

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Innovations – Standard Vampires, Jund, and Five Color with Zendikar

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Monday, October 5th – With Zendikar finally in the mix, the Constructed hive-mind turns to Standard play. Patrick Chapin brews up a selection of interesting builds utilizing some popular and hyped strategies. Vampires, Jund, and Five-Color in a selection of guises are on the agenda today…

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So Many Insane Plays – The Complete Vintage Checklist

SCG 10K Philadelphia... the first major event featuring Zendikar!Monday, October 5th – In today’s So Many Insane Plays, Stephen Menendian brings us a fantastic resource: a complete list of Vintage playable cards! While this list will obviously stir debate, he’s provided an outstanding blueprint for anyone interested in playing Magic’s most broken format. Plus, some prerelease talk too!

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Drafting With Olivier – M10 #15

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Monday, October 5th – Hall of Famer Olivier Ruel takes us through an 8-4 draft queue on Magic Online. He shares some comprehensive thoughts about both the picks and the games, and talks us through each step of the way! If you’re looking to improve your Limited game, this is the article series for you!

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Constructed Criticism – Standard and Extended

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Monday, October 5th – Zoo is a deck that people will play even when it is clear that it is probably the wrong choice for the format. It is so fast and resilient that control players have a lot of trouble keeping you on the backfoot, even with cards like Engineered Explosives.

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The Long & Winding Road – Zendikar: Vintage Predictions

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Monday, October 5th – I’ve purposefully avoided writing about Zendikar, because if you’re like me, you can only take so many preview articles before you tune out completely. Despite my intent to avoid writing such an article, I have had a large number of requests to discuss the set in reference to Vintage (and specifically any changes to Ichorid and Oath), so that’s exactly what I’m going to do.

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Feature Article – The Zendikar Prerelease

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Monday, October 5th – Wizards may continue to insert some Priceless Treasures in Worldwake, the follow-up to Zendikar. If that’s true, you may want to bring earplugs to that tournament. Because if someone opens up a treasure next to you, you might end up with hurt eardrums. I did.

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Reflecting Ruel – Zendikar Examined

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Friday, October 2nd – Olivier Ruel is gearing up for a mammoth globetrotting Magic adventure… and Zendikar Limited is the format of choice! Today he shares his multi-tournament prerelease experience, covering both Sealed and Draft, sharing his insights along the way.

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PV’s Playhouse – How To Win The Mirror Match

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Friday, October 2nd – The mirror match is vital in all forms of Constructed Magic. Today’s PV’s Playhouse sees Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa share his secrets on how to get the upper hand in Aggro, Combo, and Control Mirrors. This article is invaluable to anyone looking to reach the next level of playskill…

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The Dragonmaster’s Lair – Zendikar Limited: First Impressions

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Friday, October 2nd – Zendikar hits the shelves today, and Brian Kibler is ready to draft! In today’s edition of The Dragonmaster’s Lair, bmk tells tale of his prerelease experience, sharing his deck and cardpool, and examining some of his more successful synergies. He also weighs in on the Priceless Treasures and Mythic debate.

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Drafting With Olivier – ME3 #4

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Friday, October 2nd – Hall of Famer Olivier Ruel takes us through an 8-4 draft queue on Magic Online. He shares some comprehensive thoughts about both the picks and the games, and talks us through each step of the way! If you’re looking to improve your Limited game, this is the article series for you!

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The Secret Lair – Zendikar Musings

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Friday, October 2nd – After spending a couple of weeks hitting WotC with the beatdown stick over sneaking tournament utility cards into the Mythic rarity slot, it’s a pleasure to praise them when they actually do something that qualifies as a bona fide Crowing Moment of Awesome: Priceless Treasures.

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You Lika The Juice? – Zendikar: My Quest Has Begun!

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Friday, October 2nd – Count me amongst the barbarian hordes who’re deeply disappointed at Lotus Cobra’s mythic rarity. I just traded two of the new fetchlands for one Cobra, and based on initial pricing it’s close to an even trade. That’s just ludicrous. Lotus Cobra is a good card, but it’s on par with one fetchland at the most.

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