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Practical Legacy – Aggro-Combo-Control

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Thursday, August 20th – Hybrid archetypes are those that combine parts of the three basic archetypes (aggro ,combo, control). Aggro-control decks are quite common in Legacy represented by decks like CounterTop, Merfolk, Dragon Stompy, and others. Combo-control decks are rare in Legacy but decks like Aluren and Solidarity can be out into this category. Aggro-Combo decks are not all that common, but decks like Elves are a good example of such an archetype in Legacy.

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Yawgmoth’s Whimsy #289 – GenCon

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Thursday, August 20th – I’m back from GenCon. I watched a lot of Magic, and I have quite a pile of decklists. I also survived the Klingons, the fire, the flood, and a truck with no brakes. In short, a typical event.

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Positive EV – Commons and Uncommons in M10

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Wednesday, August 19th – Today’s Positive EV sees Manuel Bucher sharing his personal Top 20 rankings, by color, for the commons and uncommons in M10. While we know that Overrun, Mind Control, and Fireball are ridiculous, is Rhox Pikemaster better than Safe Passage? What about Gravedigger and Assassinate? Read on to find out!

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Down And Dirty – Project Austin #3: Puca-Free Plans Primer

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Wednesday, August 19th – Last week, Kyle brought us an excellent rogue creation revolving around one of the unloved Lorwyn rares: Colfenor’s Plans. This week, after a semifinal PTQ performance with his deck, he revisits the strategy and updates it for the unfolding metagame. If you’re looking for something fresh, funky, and fantastic, Kyle has the deck for you!

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Flow of Ideas – Building, Playing, and Tweaking UW Reveillark

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Wednesday, August 19th – Have you ever had a day where you felt an unnatural surge of enlightenment? The kind of day where you rise in the morning knowing the decisions you make are going to significantly alter the rest of your life, and fall in the night knowing that your future has been set in motion. I have those days whenever an important decision is to be made. And because of them, I had the fire…

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Thirst for Knowledge – Dethroning the Champ

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Wednesday, August 19th – With only three weeks left in the Austin qualifying season, choosing a deck is becoming increasingly difficult. Last week I talked about Five-Color Control and its position as the “best deck,” and I still stand by that. You’d need a very good reason not to play Five Color over something else, although I think the leading excuse would be because playing against the mirror all day is not an ideal thing.

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MTGCast #168 – – Battle Cattle: Siege of Milkwaukee

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Wednesday, August 19th – Masters Edition 3 spoiler is now out, and it’s interesting to see a large number of Portal: Three Kingdom cards with the ability of Horsemanship. Bill Stark has an interesting call to the grass roots MTG community to get Booster Draft as a PTQ format…

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Black Magic – GenCon and Standard

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Tuesday, August 18th – Down the years, GenCon has been very good to Sam Black. He wins high-profile tournaments, and cash prizes, year on year. This year was no exception. Today, he shares his love for the convention, and a few tips to improving your Magic game without playing Magic at all. He rounds out with his thoughts on Standard, and Faeries in particular.

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Sullivan Library – The Best Deck

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Tuesday, August 18th – One question we all face when preparing for a given tournament is this: why not play the best deck? Today’s Sullivan Library attempts to answer this eternal conundrum, and offers advice on the times when playing the best deck is not necessarily the correct thing to do…

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Legacy’s Allure – Building For Legacy On A Budget

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Tuesday, August 18th – This week, Doug looks at some reader-submitted lists and offers cheap suggestions on building a more consistent and powerful Legacy deck. While these decks won’t win tournaments, they can hang with the top performers and can yield promising results for interested players. See how Doug improves a Pox list, a Mono-Black Aggro deck, a burn stack and more in this week’s Legacy’s Allure!

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The M10 Academy – More Men In Black

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Tuesday, August 18th – A bumper selection of entries from the dark side take us from Duress to Zombie Goliath, via a mammothly disappointing Mythic Rare, a curiously disappointing Planeswalker, and an understandably disappointing joke about cheese slices.

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Tribal Thriftiness #79 – The Alara Reborn Dollar Rare Bin

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Tuesday, August 18th – Even though M10 is the talk of the town, Dave still remembers that we just had an awesome all-gold set a couple of months back. Now that the prices have settled, what’s sitting in the Alara Reborn Dollar Rare Bin?

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Innovations – The Deck 2009: Bringing Back the Glory Days of Vintage!

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Monday, August 17th – At the Vintage World Championships GenCon last weekend, Patrick Chapin played The Deck, updated for the 2009 metagame. However, instead of bringing us a Menendian-style play-by-play, he turns the discussion to the decline of Vintage. The format is diminishing in popularity, and Patrick believes he has the answer…

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Constructed Criticism – Drafting With Balefire Liege: M10 #2

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Monday, August 17th – Since I received so many positive responses to last week’s article about my first online M10 draft, and also because I’m pretty bored with the current Standard environment (the only relevant environment at the moment), I thought I might do a few more drafts for your viewing pleasure.

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The Long & Winding Road – Great Expectations

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Monday, August 17th – One of the things I’ve learned about myself is that I have extreme difficulty managing my expectations. I know that I am not alone in this respect. For whatever reason, during certain tournaments I feel a considerable amount of pressure to succeed, and come in with an expectation of success (whether or not it is warranted).

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