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Legacy’s Allure – Solid Land-ing

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Monday, August 10th – This week, Doug tackles Lands!, one of most quirky, unique decks in Legacy! Packing over forty lands, the deck aims to generate amazing card advantage with Life from the Loam. Get the breakdown on what cards are really worth devoting space to and how to sideboard competently. Inside, find tricks for playing around graveyard hate cards and prioritizing how to use mana every turn. All this, plus a solid Lands! list in this week’s Legacy’s Allure!

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The Long & Winding Road – Your Format Sucks

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Monday, August 10th – One of Josh Silverstri’s last articles on SCG was about how your Standard deck sucks, entitled – wait for it – Your Deck Sucks. Josh went through and dismantled every deck in Standard at the time. Today, I thought we’d go a step further, because it isn’t so much that your deck sucks, but rather that your format sucks.

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The Starkington Post – Weekly Digest

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Monday, August 10th – In the past seven days, The Starkington Post (Bill Stark’s daily Magic blog) has brought us talk on multiple Nationals competition, the Hall of Fame ballot (and results), Grand Prix: Brighton, and much more!

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Reflecting Ruel – Time Sieve At Nationals, Part 2 *Top 8*

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Friday, August 7th – Today’s Reflecting Ruel sees Olivier share his highs and lows from Day 2 of the recent French National Championship. Time Sieve Combo has proved itself to be a strong contender in the metagame, and Oli brings us some tips and strategies for success with artifacts…

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PV’s Playhouse – Grand Prix: Boston Meltdown

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Friday, August 7th – Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa did not set Boston alight with his mastery of M0 Sealed. Nevertheless, fun times were had by all, and today’s PV’s Playhouse chronicles his highs and lows both on and off the tournament floor. He’s currently in England in preparation for the upcoming GP: Brighton. Good luck PV!

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Drafting With Olivier – Shards/Conflux/Reborn #30

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Friday, August 7th – 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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Magical Hack – Boston Bravado

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Friday, August 7th – I may not be the best mage, but at least I know how to play the game, to the point where when I have my confidence and can assess those higher states of play that allow you to avoid mistakes and let your intuition guide you…

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You Lika The Juice? – Q&A With Evan Erwin

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Friday, August 7th – You pretty much have to eat, drink and sleep Magic to get on the Pro Tour. That was the conceit that I kept snug in my mind in explaining my relative lack of success. Until I ran across this Tweet on July 23rd: “Guess who just won the last LCQ of the day? Evan Erwin just Q’d for Nats!”

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The Magic Show #152 – US Nationals 2009 Finals And More!

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Friday, August 7th – Hello everybody and welcome to another edition of the Magic Show. This week I took the time to nicely edit all five games of the 5-Color Control mirror in the 2009 US Nationals Finals match between Charles Gindy and Adam Yurchick. Also check out WotC’s own Tom Lapille talk about power curves, power creep, and how Harm’s Way was developed. Let’s go!

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Black Magic- Grand Prix: Boston

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Thursday, August 6th – Sam Black rocked up to Grand Prix: Boston with very little M10 Limited experience. That didn’t stop him from making Day 2 at the largest US Grand Prix in history. Today, he shares his thoughts on the format, and gives us some tips and tricks in time for this weekend’s GP in Brighton, UK!

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Insider Information – Grand Prix: Boston, and Land in Legacy

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Thursday, August 6th – At Grand Prix: Boston, Cedric had a fantastic and terrible time. While his M10 Sealed pool was as useless as an inflatable dartboard, he managed to kick ass and take names in a Legacy side event. He shares the highs and lows of his weekend today.

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Flow of Ideas – Three Takes on U/W Reveillark

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Thursday, August 6th – When we last left our hero, Tenth Edition was about to rotate out and U/W Reveillark was about to lose two important tools: Mind Stone and Wrath of God. What I immediately realized after playing around with new builds of Reveillark is that there were two viable paths the deck could deviate into…

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Yawgmoth’s Whimsy #287 – Humpus Wumpus

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Thursday, August 6th – Years ago, a player in a Pro Tour tried to name Hunted Wumpus with Meddling Mage. He could not remember the name – the closest he got was this article’s title. Why is that significant? It was because Hunted Wumpus was being played in an Extended format Pro Tour. That would be inconceivable today. The game has changed.

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Practical Legacy – Wasteland, Wasteland, Wasteland

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Thursday, August 6th – A quick look around a Legacy tournament or a review of any Top 8 will reveal that Wasteland is omnipresent. To really understand why Wasteland sees so much play, one has to take a look at Legacy’s mana production…

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Positive EV – Beating Five-Color Control, and M10 Sealed

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Wednesday, August 5th – It’s official: Five-Color control is the deck to beat. However, when a deck is powered by multicoloured mana and the best spells in the format. Just how does one bring it crashing down? Manu believes he has the answer. He also discusses M10 Sealed, in perfect time for this weekend’s Grand Prix: Brighton.

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